How to Read Boulder Scores

HOW TO READ BOULDER SCORES

Competitors are grouped by Category and then sorted by their current rank in that category. To view the results for an individual Category, click on the 3-letter Category label (MJR, FYA, MYD, etc.) on the top left part of the screen. To return to view the results of all Categories, click the on the same 3-letter Category label again. You can search for individual competitors and see the status of each Category:

Active = solid green dot indicates that climbing is underway in that Category
Done Climbing = yellow dot indicates that all athletes in that Category have completed climbing, but scores are not yet official; this converts to a yellow checkmark when results are Official and the appeal deadline will be listed
In Appeal = red magnifier will appear under a Category if an appeal has been filed in that Category
Finalized = blue double check marks indicate that results in that Category are final

You can also toggle between different rounds (Qualification, Final, etc.) at championship events.

In the results display, the competitor’s performance on each boulder is shown in the column directly below the boulder number (B1, B2, etc.)

If a climber achieves a particular objective (Top, Zone, or LowZone) on that boulder, the box in the row that corresponds to that objective (T, Z, L) will be colored green. In addition, the number of attempts that it took them to achieve that objective will be displayed inside the green box.
If a competitor does not achieve a particular objective on a boulder that they attempt, the box will be colored gray, with no number inside it.
If a competitor makes no attempts on a boulder, there will be no boxes displayed under that boulder number.

The total number of attempts that a competitor has made on a boulder is displayed in the row labeled A. NOTE: This number has no impact on their score or ranking.
Because all boulders should be weighted equally when determining the outcome of a round, if one or more boulders in a category have a marked Low Zone, any boulder without a marked Low Zone will be scored with an implied Low Zone (i.e. the climber is given credit for a Low Zone if they are awarded the Zone on that boulder) and colored in a darker green than the other boxes.

Within their Category, competitors are ranked based on the following criteria, in this order:

CRITERIA	LOCATION
Number of Tops achieved	Left of the letter T
Number of Zones achieved	Left of the letter Z
Number of Low Zones achieved (if used in that category)	Left of the letter L
Total number of Attempts to achieve Tops (lower is better)	Right of the letter T
Total number of Attempts to achieve Zones (lower is better)	Right of the letter Z
Total number of Attempts to achieve Low Zones (lower is better)	Right of the letter L

In the Semi-Final and Final round of a championship event, if two or more competitors are tied on all six of the above criteria, then their tie is broken using a “count back” to their result from the previous round. In the Final round, if they are still tied after the “count back” (or it is a single-round championship such as Regionals) their relative rankings will be determined - as per rule 8.14.3 - by comparing:

the number of Tops attained on the 1st attempt, then the number of Tops attained on the 2nd attempt, and so on; then
where the comparison in (A) cannot break a tie, by comparing the number of Zones attained on the 1st attempt, then the number of Zones attained on the 2nd attempt, and so on; then
where the comparisons in (A) and (B) cannot break a tie, by comparing the number of Low Zones attained on the 1st attempt, then the number of Low Zones attained on the 2nd attempt, and so on.

If competitors remain tied following the tabulation of (A), (B) and (C), the results of such competitors shall be considered equal.

Athletes designated EA (Extra Advancement) do not affect the advancement of other ranked athletes. Advancement is first determined using ranking among only non-EA athletes; EA athletes advance if they are ranked better than (or tied with) advancing non-EA athletes. EA effectively replaces prior designations of PQ and FN.

Once all the competitors in a category have finished climbing and scores have been finalized, an asterisk (*) will be added next to the Rank of all competitors who have qualified to advance to the next round or, if it is the Final round, to the next championship event. The rules around advancement at Regional, Divisional, and National championship events can be found in section 12.12 of the Rulebook.

Team Scores

At championship events, you can view Team championship results by clicking on “Teams” to the right of the word “Final” - this will present a table showing teams in rank order based on the total number of team ranking points they currently have in the competition. Section 3.11 of the Rules outlines how Team results are determined:

Only the team’s one highest ranked eligible team member competitor in each category is awarded team ranking points
The number of team ranking points earned by a competitor is based on the table in 13.1.1 (1000 for 1st, 805 for 2nd, 690 for 3rd, etc. down to 1 point for 80th)
If multiple competitors in a category are tied, the number of team ranking points they earn and potentially contribute to their team’s score is the average of the points for the tied rank positions, rounded down to a whole number. For example, two competitors tied for 2nd would each earn 747 team ranking points (805 + 690)/2 = 747.5, rounded down to 747).

NOTE: team ranking points may be earned by competitors who do not advance to the Final round, based on their rank in the earlier round(s)

Clicking on the number of ranking points earned by a team in a particular category will bring up a window that shows - highlighted in yellow - the competitor who was responsible for earning those points for their team and where they ranked in their category.