Short, sharp, repeatable — the weekly race scene.
Character. Bunch racing at an inner-city crit circuit or a regional road race. High intensity, low distance, results matter.
Conditions. Whatever the regional race calendar serves up. Short enough that weather rarely matters for lubricant choice.
If you wax — ZFC-recommended path. Wear doesn't accumulate meaningfully in 40 km. The priority is efficiency on race day. Any Tier 1 immersive wax works. Cost and faff are low-stakes for a single event.
If you're on oil — pragmatic equivalent. Same as TT — fresh, clean application of your usual oil the night before, excess wiped off. Distances too short for wear to matter; what matters is rolling resistance. The friction differential vs wax is real but only moves the dial at sharp-end finishing positions.
when: Road riders who want one wax blend that covers training, racing, hot climates, and cold winter rides.
#1 because: dry road is clean riding, so ZFC's Block 1 wear is the only axis that matters. Cyclowax Race Wax is eligible after scenario filtering and its wear (0.000) is the lowest in the eligible set, which — given your priority weights — edges out every other eligible lube.
#2 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.003 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#3 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.000 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#4 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.000 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#5 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.000 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#6 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.000 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#7 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.006 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#8 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.000 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#9 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.000 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#10 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.020 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.