Indoor Rowing API
Indoor-rowing (Concept2 erg) maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically — the watts, split and calorie numbers a rower, coach or fitness app works a piece out with, using the published Concept2 relations. The split-to-watts endpoint turns a 500 m split into power: on an erg the power is fixed by the pace, not the stroke rate, so watts = 2.80 ÷ pace³ where the pace is the seconds per metre (the split ÷ 500) — a 2:00 split is about 202 W. Because power goes as the inverse cube of pace, small split gains cost a lot of watts: pulling 1:50 instead of 2:00 is roughly 270 W, not 220. The watts-to-split endpoint inverts it — pace = (2.80 ÷ watts)^(1/3), split = pace × 500 — so a target wattage maps to the split on the monitor and a rower's power compares directly with a cyclist's or any other watts figure. The calories endpoint applies the Concept2 calorie formula, Cal/hr = (watts × 4 × 0.8604) + 300, where the +300 is a fixed resting-metabolism term that makes the erg's count run higher than pure mechanical work; 200 W is about 988 Cal/hr, roughly 494 calories over 30 minutes. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for rowing and erg training tools, coaching and leaderboard apps, and fitness calculators. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Concept2 model — a machine estimate, not lab calorimetry. 3 compute endpoints. For running pace use a pace API; for cycling a cycling API.
api.oanor.com/rowing-api
