Format & Rules

Qualifying Round

Everyone will compete on the same 3 traverses – 2 on the comp wall and 1 on the warm-up area.

Each competitor will get 4 minutes to complete each traverse, however you can have unlimited goes, from the start each time, in those 4 minutes.

Each traverse will vary in difficulty and also increase in difficulty towards the end, making them accessible to all entrants.

The qualification round will have demos of each traverse and competitors can watch others climb.

Route-cleaning breaks will be integrated into the schedule.

There will be a minimum of 30 mins rest for competitors after each traverse.

There will be 3 groups of up to 20 competitors and the running-order will be randomly assigned.

After the qualifying round has finished competitors shall be ranked according to the total number of points scored (see “general” for scoring details below).

Final Round

The top 6 men and women will progress into finals.

The final will follow an on-sight format with finalists detained in the isolation area before climbing!

We encourage all other competitors and our Boulder UK community to stay and watch the show!

General

Scorecards are marked by a Boulder UK judge.

Each hold on the traverse is given a number: i.e. “1” is the starting hold. When a climber’s centre off mass is moving positively towards the next hold, they will get a “+.” If they hold it in control, they will receive the next point.

Each competitor will get a maximum of 4 minutes of climbing time on each traverse.

Competitors have unlimited attempts on each traverse in qualification and 1 attempt in final.

A technical incident is defined as; a broken or loose hold, or any other occurrence that results in a disadvantage or unfair advantage to a competitor, which is not the result of an action on the part of the competitor. The problem must be repaired and the competitor allowed another attempt on the traverse.

Routes to be set by Alice Thompson, Dave Barrans & IFSC setter Yann Genoux.