3s power graph

The 3sec power display on my device is a great help during an activity. Is there a way to display a graph of this in Garmin Connect? The current unsmoothed graph is too spikey to be useful.

  • I don't think this is possible either in the Connect app or website, without the use of a 3rd party Connect IQ data field. This data field would have to independently calculate 3s power and record it to the activity file, so it appears as a graph in the activity details in Connect.

    I happen to have a CIQ data field which can do this. Since it's pretty flexible - it's basically "excel for your garmin" - it does require some setup.

    Notes:

    - this will work with cycling power on all devices

    - this should work with built-in running power on currently supported devices (released in the past few years) which have up-to-date firmware

    - this may not work with built-in running power on older devices 

    - the very latest devices - Forerunner 570 / 970 and Venu X1 - are not yet supported

    I assume you are *not* referring to Stryd power, as you seem to be referring to the built-in 3s power data field. My guess is that you are talking about cycling power, but let me know if i'm wrong.

    Setup:

    1) Install AppBuilder 5 from the CIQ store: https://apps.garmin.com/apps/fd690281-9c22-4fee-a81e-3b7f39aa67c5

    2) Configure the following settings for AppBuilder 5, using the Connect IQ mobile app:

    - Label:

    POWER (3s)

    [or whatever you want]

    - Display Format: Auto

    - Record to FIT file: Yes

    - Formula:

    timeavg(power, 3)

    3) Add AppBuilder 5 to the activity of your choice

    Sorry for all the steps - if I knew of a simpler CIQ data field that does what you want out of the box and supports modern devices, I would def recommend it over mine