Run your discipline · Boulder
Boulder, from setup to final results
Boulder has the most moving parts of any discipline, so this page walks the whole flow in order: set up categories and routes, import athletes, put judges on the right station, watch progress from the chief view, then run semifinals and finals. Do the setup carefully and comp day mostly runs itself.
The flow at a glance
How boulder scoring works
GripRank scores the IFSC-style Top / Zone system automatically. You never add points by hand — you just record what each athlete achieved.
Attempt (1)
Zone (Z)
Top (T)
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Step 1 — Set up the competition
Boulder Setup is where you define the shape of the event: categories, how many routes each round has, and the judge passcode.
- 1Open Boulder Setup and confirm you are on the correct competition (check the name at the top before editing anything).
- 2Create your categories — for example Youth D Boys, Open Women. Category names are what judges and athletes see, so name them the way you'll brief them.
- 3Set the number of qualifier routes, and (if you run them) semifinal and final route counts. GripRank creates the route slots for each category from these counts.
- 4Set a judge passcode. This one code lets any judge device into this competition's judging pages — treat it like a door key.
Route labels and groups
Step 2 — Import athletes
Load your athlete list once, cleanly, before the round opens. Bad athlete data is the single biggest cause of comp-day headaches.
- 1Open Boulder Import and upload or paste your athlete list.
- 2Preview the rows before committing. Check bib numbers, names, teams, and — most importantly — that every athlete is in the right category.
- 3Fix duplicates, missing names, and missing bibs now. It is far easier here than mid-round.
- 4Commit the import, then spot-check a couple of categories to confirm counts look right.
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Step 3 — Judging
Judges use the Judge page. Their whole job is: pick the right station, pick the athlete, record the symbol, save. GripRank is built to make mis-taps hard.
- 1On each judge device, open the Judge page, enter the passcode, and set the station: competition, category, round, boulder, and (for qualifiers) the group/detail.
- 2Judge selects the athlete, taps the symbol for what happened — attempt, zone, or top — and saves.
- 3After each save the athlete is automatically unselected, so the judge must deliberately pick the next climber. This prevents accidental double entries.
- 4Changing any station setting mid-round pops a confirmation ("Switch to Final?") so a stray tap can't quietly move the judge to the wrong boulder.
Built-in timer
Works offline
One row per athlete
Important
Step 4 — Watch progress from the Chief page
The chief judge or scorer keeps one screen on the whole round. This is where you catch problems early and correct scores without sending judges into admin pages.
- 1Open the Chief page and keep it on the live round.
- 2Watch for blanks (athletes with no entries), impossible or duplicated results, and any station that's clearly on the wrong round.
- 3When a score needs changing, correct it here rather than asking a judge to guess a fix on the floor.
- 4For semifinals and finals, confirm the correct round is selected before scoring or publishing.
Tip
Step 5 — Semifinals and finals
Later rounds use a smaller field on their own routes. The mechanics are the same as qualifiers; the key is selecting the right round everywhere.
- 1When qualifiers are complete and verified, generate or confirm the field that advances to the next round.
- 2Confirm semifinal / final routes exist for each category (set during Setup) and that judges' devices are switched to that round.
- 3Score exactly as in qualifiers — the round selector is what keeps final attempts separate from qualifier attempts.
- 4Review the round's results in the chief or finals view before you announce or publish.
Step 6 — Scorecards, results, and exports
When a round is done, produce the outputs you need: printable scorecards, published results, and data exports for records or federation reporting.
Scorecards
Export
Reports
Publish the hub
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