This page provide links to our analyses of competition climbing, including data science-based grades and rankings for competition boulder problems, and competition boulderers. We have analysed the last 18 years (2008-2025) of IFSC bouldering competitions to find out which climbers are the best, and which boulder problems have been the hardest.

🏆 2025 Season Complete: Anraku makes history, Garnbret returns

The 2025 World Cup season concludes with historic achievements:

  • Sorato Anraku achieves first-ever 3000+ male ELO (3049) - 6 podiums in 6 events
  • Janja Garnbret wins Innsbruck in her only 2025 appearance
  • Breakout performers: Melody Sekikawa (+20 spots to 7th), Yuji Fujiwaki (+26 to 7th)
  • Mejdi Schalck completes redemption arc - 3rd in world after missing Olympics
  • Japan's depth: 8 climbers in top 10 across men's and women's, limited by IFSC quotas

→ Read the full season analysis

Ranking of competition boulderers

Ranking boulder problems

Elos and ratings

Elos and ratings are alternative representations of the ability of the climbers (and difficulty of the routes). The elo represents the ability of a climber to reach the top (and zones) of a competition boulder. This page shows how to convert from one to the other.