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- 2024 World Cup Results with the New Point SystemUpdated: My calculations were done with the overall score, which was wrong. Each boulder must me counted separately. Starting in the 2025 season, the scoring system will change. Reaching the zone will award 10 points, and topping a boulder will award 25 points, with a deduction of 0.1 points for each failed attempt. For example,… Read more: 2024 World Cup Results with the New Point System
- The probability of qualifying for the Paris 2024I created a Monte Carlo simulation to predict which athletes are going to qualify for Paris 2024 after the first competition in Shanghai. It’s just simple simulation that generates million of random results and calculates the probability out of them. Boulder & Lead There are 12 places in total. I applied country quotas, a host… Read more: The probability of qualifying for the Paris 2024
- Combining Disciplines – Boulder&LeadI was curious how many climbers combined both disciplines before Olympics introduced the combined format. Data are from 1999, when the first boulder world cup was organized (lead world cups were happening from 1989). Sport Climbing was officially proposed as a new sport for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in 2015[1] and on August 3,… Read more: Combining Disciplines – Boulder&Lead