Hitting an Eddington Score of 100+ with Robert Williams

Robert riding his road bikeVV Wrapped season has unearthed some phenomenal stories of rider achievements. One which we were keen to do a deep dive on was Robert Williams who chased 100 imperial centuries and hit 107 in 2025. This amazing achievement gives him an Eddington score of 100+ which is spectacular. Not only this, the icing on the cake for Robert is hitting 524,076 metres elevation for the year.

For VV fanatics who are familiar with the Eddington number you will know how impressive this is, for those who are not familiar with the term let’s give a quick recap before we share Robert’s story (for the full Eddington break down click here):

  • Your cycling Eddington number is calculated on the distance covered per day
  • Your Eddington Score is the largest distance where you have completed on that many days 
  • As an example, if you have completed 50 miles on 50 days your Eddington is 50
  • Named after British astrophysicist Sir Arthur Eddington, a cyclist himself in the early 1900’s, this is now used by cyclists to create tough cycling challenges and set personal goals 

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Max Cluster Span Goals with Elmar Hogenboom

We have had our eye on the tiling adventures of Dutch rider Elmar Hogenboom as he sits in a very impressive 1st place in the Explorer Max Cluster Span leaderboard. It is thanks to Elmar this VeloViewer leaderboard was created after his request to Ben.

To achieve this amazing feat Elmar developed a Max Cluster spanning from Germany’s North Baltic coast down to Alicante (half way down Spain’s East Coast).

We checked in with Elmar to find out about his impressive position, how he hit his goals, and the challenges along the way.

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VeloViewer Wrapped – Yorick Dix’s Inspiring Tiling Adventures

For our final VeloViewer Wrapped story we get the inside scoop on Dutch tiler Yorick Dix’s infographic. Renowned for his explorer corridor in 2024 to the Mediterranean from his home in the Netherlands, in 2025 he travelled equally impressive distances and grew his Cluster by almost 2,800 tiles. 

Take inspiration from Yorick’s year of riding with his Q&A which highlights his motivation to ride with no focus on speed but more the pure enjoyment of adventuring. Continue reading

VV Wrapped: Chasing 365 Days Active

Scottish rider Stuart Dick is a keen VeloViewer user and has kept us regularly updated with his infographic progress throughout the year as he chased his target of 365 active days.

We had a quick fire Q&A with Stuart to find out how he has stayed focus this year on the bike and tell us the story behind his VV Wrapped infographic. Continue reading

VeloViewer Wrapped – 30,000km Target & MaxSquare Goals With Jürgen

One year after Jürgen Knupe’s phenomenal Panamericana Bikepacking trip  we were keen to catch up with him to see how his VeloViewer infographic, and year wrapped, landed for 2025.

Jürgen tells us the story behind his impressive 30,000km year of riding, despite a hip replacement, his focus of increasing his MaxSquare, and shares the inspiration he gets from the tiling community in our VV Wrapped Q&A looking at the stats from his VeloViewer Infographic. Continue reading

Simon Warren: 50×50 and the Life of a Tiling Addict

Simon Warren of 100 Climbs notoriety reveals how he recently cracked his 50×50 Max Square and what is so addictive about VeloViewer tile hunting.

Learn about Simon’s winter tiling adventures: motivation, ticking off tiles, why he’s addicted, and the mighty fuelling power of Christmas cake. Continue reading

The View From An Original Tiler

Torsten Frank VeloViewer Tile HunterThe tiling community never fails to impress us, and for this tiling Q&A we go inside the mind of one of the original VeloViewer tilers. Torsten Frank has a rare four digit Strava user number which is indicative of his time on the platform, and he was quick to get on board with VeloViewer, exploring its functionality to maximise his riding experience.

Torsten has a passion for ultra distance racing and regularly blogs his adventures, both on his travels and in his homeland of Germany.

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VeloViewer Infographic Check-In

With over half of 2025 completed, VeloViewer infographics are starting to look pretty as they tell a story of riders adventures for the year to-date. Our end of year VV Wrapped is renowned for being shared in the new year and is a visual way to depict the year of training. 

For some, the infographic data is a closely guarded secret which will not be revealed until the close of 2025, but we have spotted a few out in the wild and so have been checking in with riders on their progress.

Cycling enthusiast and YouTuber Scottish rider Stuart Dick shared his Infographic with us, and we wanted to see how his year was progressing, and what his motivations were to get out and ride. Continue reading

Highlighting newly ticked VeloViewer Explorer Tiles in the Activities Page

A slight lull in work coding for and supporting the professional peloton has allowed me to add some long-outstanding VeloViewer Explorer Tile features, namely the highlighting of newly ticked tiles for an activity in the Activities Map, along with total and new tile count columns.

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Tile Hunting – Panamericana Challenge Complete

When we told the story of Jurgen Knupe’s Panamericana bikepacking challenge earlier in the year it created intrigue and admiration from other riders, and after a staggering 25623 km over 230 days Jurgen’s trip is now complete.

As number one in the VeloViewer Explorer Max Cluster leaderboard and in the top three of the Explorer Tiles leaderboard, we were keen to learn more about Jurgen’s focus and motivation during the trip and his love of tile hunting.


Get inspired by Jurgen’s tales of adventure….

1. How long had you planned the trip for, and was it hard to make the time to take on the challenge?

The idea for this trip came to me in early 2023. However, it wasn’t until January 2024 that I started planning properly. I had decided to end my working career early, and my last day of work was scheduled for Friday, July 26, 2024. Just three days later, my flight to Vancouver, Canada, left. Continue reading