Am I improving on this trail? That is the question PedalMash answers, and the only one it sets out to.
It reads a finished ride and works out the shape of it on its own — every climb, every descent, and the trail connecting them.
Ride the same trail eight times and you get eight attempts on one sector, lined up against each other. Not eight unrelated entries to match up yourself.
Descents count as much as climbs here. Most tools measure a ride by its climbing. On a mountain bike that is half the story, and often the less interesting half.
A time here records a ride that already happened, not a target for the next one — so PedalMash asks you to accept a short safety notice before showing you any sector time.