Bouldering at the 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup

Bouldering
at the 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup
LocationChina Keqiao, China
Brazil Curitiba, Brazil

Salt Lake City, United States
Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
Bern, Switzerland

Innsbruck, Austria
Dates18 April – 29 June 2025
Champions
MenJapan Sorato Anraku
WomenFrance Oriane Bertone

The 2025 season of the IFSC Climbing World Cup was the 26th season of the competition. Bouldering competitions were held at six stops of the IFSC Climbing World Cup. The bouldering season began on April 18 at the World Cup in Keqiao, and concluded on June 29 with the World Cup in Innsbruck. At each stop a qualifying was held on the first day of the competition, and the semi-final and final rounds were conducted on the second day of the competition. The winners were awarded trophies, and the best three finishers received medals. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 40 of each individual event.

Oriane Bertone won the women's season title. The men's season title went to Sorato Anraku while Japan defended its title in the national teams competition.

Overview

Date Location Routesetters* Men Women
April, 18-20 China Keqiao, China
  • Spain Sergio Verdasco
  • Italy Anna Borella
  • France Pierre Broyer
 Japan Sorato Anraku United States Anastasia Sanders
May, 16-18 Brazil Curitiba, Brazil
  • France Remi Samyn
  • Argentina Mauro Schwaszta
  • Italy Anna Borella
 Japan Sorato Anraku France Naïlé Meignan
May, 23-25 United States Salt Lake City, United States
  • Japan Gen Hirashima
  • Italy Stefan Scarperi
  • Japan Tsukasa Mizuguchi
 Japan Sorato Anraku Japan Mao Nakamura
June, 6-8 Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
  • Switzerland Manuel Hassler
  • France Pierre Broyer
  • Argentina Mauro Schwaszta
 France Mejdi Schalck France Oriane Bertone
June, 13-15 Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
  • France Remi Samyn
  • Spain Sergio Verdasco
  • China Cai Luyan
 China Pan Yufei United Kingdom Erin McNeice
June, 25-29 Austria Innsbruck, Austria
  • Japan Tsukuru Hori
  • United Kingdom Max Ayrton
  • France Maelys Agrapart
 United Kingdom Toby Roberts Slovenia Janja Garnbret
OVERALL WINNERS Japan Sorato Anraku France Oriane Bertone
NATIONAL TEAM Japan Japan

* Chief routesetters are in bold.

Overall ranking

The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 40 of each individual event. The national ranking is the sum of the points of that country's three best male and female athletes. Results displayed (in brackets) are not counted.

Men

The results of the twenty most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2025:[1]

Rank Name Points Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck
1 Japan Sorato Anraku 5300 1. 1000 1. 1000 1. 1000 2. 805 3. 690 2. 805
2 France Mejdi Schalck 4145 5. 545 2. 805 6. 495 1. 1000 2. 805 6. 495
3 Japan Sohta Amagasa 3240 9. 380 4. 610 2. 805 4. 610 9. 380 7. 455
4 South Korea Lee Dohyun 3105 2. 805 - 3. 690 7. 455 4. 610 5. 545
5 Belgium Hannes Van Duysen 2355 24. 105 15. 240 13. 280 6. 495 5. 545 3. 690
6 France Paul Jenft 1965 7. 455 7. 455 14. 260 - 6. 495 12. 300
7 Japan Tomoa Narasaki 1941 4. 610 3. 690 10. 337.5 41. 13.5 12. 290 -
8 Slovenia Anže Peharc 1925 16. 220 6. 495 18. 185 8. 415 15. 230 9. 380
9 Japan Meichi Narasaki 1875 3. 690 9. 380 5. 545 - - 14. 260
10 China Pan Yufei 1764 36. 24 - - 5. 545 1. 1000 17. 195
11 United States Colin Duffy 1504 18. 178 32. 33 4. 610 47. 9 7. 455 16. 220
12 United Kingdom Toby Roberts 1402 15. 240 - - 20. 155 51. 7 1. 1000
13 United Kingdom Dayan Akhtar 1384 10. 350 - 12. 300 31. 39.5 8. 415 13. 280
14 Japan Yuji Fujiwaki 1155 20. 155 5. 545 7. 455 - - -
15 Austria Jan-Luca Posch 1028 17. 205 8. 415 31. 39 19. 170 18. 185 41. 13
16 United Kingdom Jack MacDougall 991 - - 10. 337 9. 380 25. 78 17. 195
17 United Kingdom Maximillian Milne 950 - - 16. 220 23. 120 - 4. 610
18 Israel Oren Prihed 906 8. 415 - - 39. 16 10. 350 22. 125
19 Japan Rei Sugimoto 870 11. 325 22. 130 8. 415 - - -
20 Germany Elias Arriagada Krüger 768 27. 68 16. 220 20. 150 11. 325 - 53. 5

Women

The results of the twenty most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2025:[2]

Rank Name Points Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck
1 France Oriane Bertone 4375 2. 805 2. 805 4. 610 1. 1000 10. 350 2. 805
2 Japan Mao Nakamura 3480 4. 610 4. 610 1. 1000 19. 170 5. 545 5. 545
3 United States Anastasia Sanders 3290 1. 1000 - 3. 690 12. 300 2. 805 6. 495
4 Japan Melody Sekikawa 2880 6. 495 5. 545 13. 280 3. 690 8. 415 7. 455
5 Japan Anon Matsufuji 2670 11. 270.83 7. 455 14. 260 5. 520 6. 475 3. 690
6 United Kingdom Erin McNeice 2512 3. 690 - - 4. 610 1. 1000 16. 212.5
7 Japan Miho Nonaka 2370 5. 545 - 6. 495 9. 380 3. 690 13. 260
8 Italy Camilla Moroni 2213 27. 68 3. 690 11. 325 16. 220 12. 300 4. 610
9 France Agathe Calliet 2116 17. 178.75 14. 260 12. 300 2. 805 14. 260 11. 312.5
10 France Zélia Avezou 2035 - 15. 240 2. 805 - 4. 610 9. 380
11 Australia Oceania Mackenzie 1670 8. 415 - 7. 455 11. 325 6. 475 -
12 France Naïlé Meignan 1545 - 1. 1000 5. 545 - - -
13 United States Kyra Condie 1375 11. 270 13. 280 15. 240 17. 205 9. 380 -
14 United Kingdom Emma Edwards 1375 35. 25.5 - 10. 350 5. 520 16. 220 13. 260
15 Italy Giorgia Tesio 1147 31. 39 10. 350 20. 155 45. 10 18. 178 8. 415
16 Slovenia Jennifer Eucharia Buckley 1069 10. 350 - - 7. 455 29. 52 16. 212
17 Japan Futaba Ito 1055 21. 145 6. 495 8. 415 - - -
18 Slovenia Janja Garnbret 1000 - - - - - 1. 1000
19 United States Cloe Coscoy 938 11. 270 9. 380 18. 185 39. 14 29. 52 31. 35
20 South Korea Seo Chae-hyun 904 7. 455 - - 24. 100 25. 89 13. 260

* = Joint place with another athlete

National Teams

The results of the ten most successful countries of the Bouldering World Cup 2025:[3]

Country names as used by the IFSC

Rank Name Points Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck
1 Japan Japan 21812.5 3950 3950 4260 3295 3070 3287.5
2 France France 18465.75 2478.75 3675 2920 4195 2815 2382
3 United Kingdom United Kingdom 9182.75 1441.5 241 1446 1956.5 1721.75 2376
4 United States United States 8535.98 1994.16 1144.33 2100.5 666.33 1699 931.66
5 Slovenia Slovenia 5427.53 970.83 745 300 1010 478.7 1923
6 South Korea Korea 5035.82 1431.5 300 862 619.5 983.16 839.66
7 Italy Italy 4818.83 162.3 1402 602 535.5 702.2 1414.83
8 Belgium Belgium 3791.15 171.5 740 524 889 705.25 761.4
9 Germany Germany 3785.82 848.83 940 428 669 645 254.99
10 Austria Austria 3264.18 417.75 978.33 351.5 631.75 396.75 488.1

Keqiao, China (18-20 April)

Women

58 athletes attended the World Cup in Keqiao. Last year's winner Janja Garnbret did not compete. Anastasia Sanders (54.7) won in front of Oriane Bertone (44.9) as the only athlete to get 1 top and 3 zones. Miho Nonaka was the only athlete to top boulder 1 in the final. Erin McNeice (44.8) finished third. [4][5][6]

Rank Name Score
1 United States Anastasia Sanders 54.7
2 France Oriane Bertone 44.9
3 United Kingdom Erin McNeice 44.8
4 Japan Mao Nakamura 44.4
5 Japan Miho Nonaka 44.1
6 Japan Melody Sekikawa 29.6
7 South Korea Seo Chae-hyun 19.6
8 Australia Oceania Mackenzie 9.9

Men

67 athletes attended the World Cup in Keqiao. Last year's winner Tomoa Narasaki did not achieve a podium place. Last year's overall World Cup winner Sorato Anraku (99.7) won the competition, being one of two athletes to top all problems in the final. Only 4 attempts separated him from silver medallist Lee Dohyun (99.3). The Japanese team finished with four athletes in the Top 5 including Tomoa Narasaki (69.6) and Meichi Narasaki (83.9), who rounded out the podium.[7][8]

Rank Name Score
1 Japan Sorato Anraku 99.7
2 South Korea Lee Dohyun 99.3
3 Japan Meichi Narasaki 83.9
4 Japan Tomoa Narasaki 69.6
5 France Mejdi Schalck 69.5
6 France Sam Avezou 69.5
7 France Paul Jenft 44.6
8 Israel Oren Prihed 29.7

Curitiba, Brazil (16-18 May)

Women

44 athletes attended the World Cup in Curitiba — the first World Cup held in South America. The final round saw few tops on the fourth boulder — only the medallists topped it.[9] Naïlé Meignan (99.6) won the competition, flashing 3 of the 4 final boulders. Oriane Bertone (99.5) came in second by virtue of having used one attempt more than Meignan in the final. Curitiba 2025 marked Meignan's first World Cup win.[10][11]

Rank Name Score
1 France Naïlé Meignan 99.6
2 France Oriane Bertone 99.5
3 Italy Camilla Moroni 83.8
4 Japan Mao Nakamura 69.7
5 Japan Melody Sekikawa 69.5
6 Japan Futaba Ito 69.4
7 Japan Anon Matsufuji 49.5
8 United States Nekaia Sanders 34.8

Men

56 athletes attended the World Cup in Curitiba. Keqiao winner Sorato Anraku dominated the semi-final, topping all four boulders and getting the only top on the technical fourth boulder. A low-scoring final round saw only Sorato Anraku (69.7) and Mejdi Schalck (58.9) topping boulders. Anraku won the competition, earning his second consecutive gold medal in the 2025 Boulder season. He was the only athlete to make it to the top of the third boulder. Schalck was the only athlete to top the fourth boulder. However, missing the crucial zone on the third boulder and making more attempts than Anraku left him to settle for silver. [12][11]

Rank Name Score
1 Japan Sorato Anraku 69.7
2 France Mejdi Schalck 58.9
3 Japan Tomoa Narasaki 39.0
4 Japan Sohta Amagasa 29.5
5 Japan Yuji Fujiwaki 19.6
6 Slovenia Anže Peharc 19.3
7 France Paul Jenft 19.2
8 Austria Jan-Luca Posch 9.3

Salt Lake City, United States (23-25 May)

Women

50 athletes attended the World Cup in Salt Lake City. Last year's winner Natalia Grossman did not compete in the World Cup due to a torn ACL. Mao Nakamura (84.7) won her first World Cup after finishing fourth on three occasions in previous World Cups. Zélia Avezou (70.0) won Silver over Anastasia Sanders (70.0) by virtue of her better semi-final score. The women's final was criticised for poor separation of scores — only 6 attempts (0.6) separated 2nd place from 6th place. [13][14]

Rank Name Score
1 Japan Mao Nakamura 84.7
2 France Zélia Avezou 70.0
3 United States Anastasia Sanders 70.0
4 France Oriane Bertone 70.0
5 France Naïlé Meignan 69.9
6 Japan Miho Nonaka 69.4
7 Australia Oceania Mackenzie 44.8
8 Japan Futaba Ito 44.3

Men

61 athletes attended the World Cup in Salt Lake City. In the final Sorato Anraku (84.4) was the only athlete to top 3 of the 4 boulders, winning his third consecutive Boulder World Cup of the 2025 season.[15] Sohta Amagasa (69.6) came in second and Lee Dohyun (69.5) finished in third place.[16] Salt Lake City also marked Japanese veteran Rei Sugimoto's final World Cup in his 14 year IFSC World Cup career.[17]

Rank Name Score
1 Japan Sorato Anraku 84.4
2 Japan Sohta Amagasa 69.6
3 South Korea Lee Dohyun 69.5
4 United States Colin Duffy 59.6
5 Japan Meichi Narasaki 54.8
6 France Mejdi Schalck 54.4
7 Japan Yuji Fujiwaki 44.3
8 Japan Rei Sugimoto 29.5

Prague, Czech Republic (6-8 June)

Women

77 athletes attended the World Cup in Prague. The women's final in Prague was cancelled due to windy weather conditions and the inability to ensure the safety of the athletes and spectators.[18] The final results were based on semi-final standings instead. Oriane Bertone (84.8) won the competition, repeating her win in Prague last year. Agathe Calliet (69.7) and Melody Sekikawa (69.5) completed the podium, earning their first IFSC World Cup medals. [19]

Rank Name Score
1 France Oriane Bertone 84.8
2 France Agathe Calliet 69.7
3 Japan Melody Sekikawa 69.5
4 United Kingdom Erin McNeice 69.3
5 United Kingdom Emma Edwards 54.5
5 Japan Anon Matsufuji 54.5
7 Slovenia Jennifer Eucharia Buckley 54.1
8 Spain Geila Macià Martín 53.8

Men

89 athletes attended the World Cup in Prague. None of the previous medallists at the 2024 Prague World Cup managed to reach the podium this year. Mejdi Schalck (99.1) won the competition in front of Sorato Anraku (84.1). The men's final received significant backlash from netizens for its parkour style, achieving little separation, particularly on the first and third boulders — all finalists topped the first boulder and only Peharc did not top the third boulder. Anraku and Samuel Richard (84.1) had identical final scores. Anraku was awarded the silver medal by virtue of his better semi-final performance.[20][21]

Rank Name Score
1 France Mejdi Schalck 99.1
2 Japan Sorato Anraku 84.1
3 France Samuel Richard 84.1
4 Japan Sohta Amagasa 69.5
5 China Pan Yufei 69.2
6 Belgium Hannes Van Duysen 69.0
7 South Korea Lee Dohyun 59.9
8 Slovenia Anze Peharc 44.2

Bern, Switzerland (13-15 June)

Women

67 athletes attended the World Cup in Bern. A tough semi-finals round saw only thirteen boulder tops spread amongst the semi-finalists.[22] Erin McNeice (99.5) won her first World Cup, topping all 4 boulders in the final. Anastasia Sanders (84.4) took the silver. Miho Nonaka won bronze, making her first podium since her bronze in Innsbruck two years before.[23][24]

Rank Name Score
1 United Kingdom Erin McNeice 99.5
2 United States Anastasia Sanders 84.4
3 Japan Miho Nonaka 84.3
4 France Zélia Avezou 74.3
5 Japan Mao Nakamura 69.7
6 Japan Anon Matsufuji 69.6
6 Australia Oceania Mackenzie 69.6
8 Japan Melody Sekikawa 54.0

Men

87 athletes attended the World Cup in Bern. Lee Dohyun was the only athlete to top all 4 boulders in the low-scoring semi-finals round where half of the semi-finalists could not get a boulder top. In the final Pan Yufei (84.2) topped three of the four boulders, winning his first World Cup in front of Mejdi Schalck (84.1) and Sorato Anraku (83.7). All three medallists secured three tops and a zone, with attempts deciding the podium places.[25][26]

Rank Name Score
1 China Pan Yufei 84.2
2 France Mejdi Schalck 84.1
3 Japan Sorato Anraku 83.7
4 South Korea Lee Dohyun 54.5
5 Belgium Hannes Van Duysen 54.4
6 France Paul Jenft 29.4
7 United States Colin Duffy 19.8
8 United Kingdom Dayan Akhtar 19.4

Innsbruck, Austria (25-29 June)

Women

79 athletes attended the World Cup in Innsbruck. This marked Janja Garnbret's first World Cup appearance since Koper last year. Bern winner Erin McNeice failed to advance past the semi-final round. Going into the third boulder of the final, Garnbret and Anon Matsufuji topped boulders one and two while the other finalists had all failed to top the second boulder. Garnbret had fallen behind on number of attempts, however. As Matsufuji could not find a zone or top on the third boulder Garnbret seized the chance to take the lead, flashing the final two boulders. Oriane Bertone (69.8) came in second and Matsufuji (59.5) finished third, her first podium since Hachioji two years before.[27][28]

Rank Name Score
1 Slovenia Janja Garnbret 99.3
2 France Oriane Bertone 69.8
3 Japan Anon Matsufuji 59.5
4 Italy Camilla Moroni 53.8
5 Japan Mao Nakamura 53.6
6 United States Anastasia Sanders 44.6
7 Japan Melody Sekikawa 29.3
8 Italy Giorgia Tesio 10.0

Men

109 athletes attended the World Cup in Innsbruck. Bern winner Pan Yufei failed to advance past the semi-final round. Olympic champion Toby Roberts made it to his first final of the 2025 boulder season after failing to advance past the qualifiying round in Bern. Roberts (69.8) went on to win the competition over Sorato Anraku (69.6) who could not top the fourth boulder, allowing Roberts to overtake him on attempts. Hannes Van Duysen (54.6) won the bronze medal.[29][30]

Rank Name Score
1 United Kingdom Toby Roberts 69.8
2 Japan Sorato Anraku 69.6
3 Belgium Hannes Van Duysen 54.6
4 United Kingdom Maximillian Milne 54.5
5 South Korea Lee Dohyun 44.9
6 France Mejdi Schalck 44.3
7 Japan Sohta Amagasa 39.9
8 Austria Nicolai Uznik 19.3

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