Boulder League

Adult Boulder League

The BlocHaven Boulder League series is meant to be a tool to help build and strengthen our community. It’s a chance for climbers of any and all ability levels to come together, support one another, and cheer each other on.

Whether you are looking for:

Accountability
A way to connect
A way to push yourself
A way to just have some fun
Or even if you’re just there for the cool shirts

We are so excited to have you join the league!

Updates this Season

Adding the Overall Highest Scorers for the YEAR

Here’s why: Being that we are trying to have 3 Boulder Leagues this year, a suggestion was brought to us to honor the overall highest scorers for the entire year across all 3 Boulder Leagues.

We think this is great and will be awarding the “Overall Highest Scorers” at the end of the last boulder league of the season to the top 3 men and women who meet this criteria.

“Anything but a Chalk Bag” challenge for the season kick off

Here’s why: We want to do something FUN! So for the kick off night on May 8th, everyone is encouraged to bring their chalk in something not considered an actual chalk bag.

Examples: a pot w/ a lid, a shoe, a loaf of bread, a Doritos bag, etc. You get the idea! We will post the best “chalk bags” on our socials, and give you a hefty high five.

The Basics

Boulder league meets on Thursday evenings after the new sets go up. BUT, you can log your climbs anytime throughout the week if you can’t make it Thursday, it’s just fun to climb with everyone!

We will host an end of league party, announce the winning team, and hand out the shirts and prizes on May 29th!

The highest scoring team, and overall highest scoring male and female will take home prizes and bragging rights!

Logging climbs and scoring is done via the KAYA app.

How it works

3 weeks of friendly competition starting May 8th thru May 28th

The shirt

Registration includes the new Boulder League t-shirt

Unisex Short Sleeve Cotton Blend Tee

The size you select in KAYA is the size that is ordered, we don’t order extra so please be sure to choose wisely!

Register

Two Steps!

Purchase your league ticket with us, you’ll enter your shirt size and V-Max in KAYA
Then join the actual event in KAYA below

Step 1: Purchase league ticket, includes limited edition shirt

Step 2: Join the event in KAYA Here

You will need to download the free KAYA app

You will be asked:

What is your harded skill level? – This is your V-Max (a grade you can complete in 5 attempts on a regular basis)

Team Set Up – 3 Options:

Create a Team (if you want to start a team for people to join)
Join a Team(if you know of a team you are going to join)
Free Agent (Brittany will assign you a team)

Rules

How old do I need to be?
Must be at least 18 yrs of age to join. It is ADULT boulder league after all. 🙂
Starts and Finishes
You must establish on the start hold(s) and the foot(feet) provided before moving to the next hold.

Finishing a climb only counts when you finish on the provided finish hold (top of the wall if no Top tag is provided) and maintain control for 3 seconds.
Does repeating climbs count?
No repeats will be scored. If you really like the climb, then by all means climb it again but a score won’t be recorded a second time.

Teams

How many people can be on a team?
Teams of 2.
How are teams created?
Teams can be created by you or a team leader in Kaya.

You’ll have the choice to either Create a Team, Join an Existing Team, or join as a Free Agent.

Brittany will handle any of the Free Agents and place them on teams the night of the kick off.

Scoring/Points

What is the scoring based on?
Where/When is scoring recorded?
Is video required?
Kaya will require a video

This is a way for us to ensure there is no cheating. (People claiming climbs they didn’t in fact finish.) It’s also a great tool for all of you to learn from other climbers by checking out their beta.

Most importantly it really helps the routesetting team in their development and to learn how they can better serve all of you.

We provide tripods, and the easiest way that we’ve found is to just record your attempts outside of the app and then go back into the app later and load your send video and the other info in.
Which climbs count?
The climbs included in the challenge will be the NEW ones added to the COMP WALL each Thursday starting May 8th.

The regular rotation climbs that go up on the comp wall CANNOT be logged for points.
General Points Information/V Max
The competitors’ score is directly related to their handicap (registered V-max grade: see definition below).

Designed to allow all users to compete regardless of skill level, scoring is based off of the climber’s self-reported V-Max (a grade you can complete in 5 attempts or less, on a regular basis).

Boulder League climbs are generally set to be more competition geared, meaning a higher degree of technical skills. It may be best to aim on the lower end of the grade you may be considering as your Vmax, because the ‘normal’ setting on a regular basis is not necessarily set with Competition intentions.
Points per Boulder/Attempts
100 points will be given for routes you complete at your V-Max grade

10 additional points given for every grade above that EXCEPT at grades V6 and above. See below**

20 points subtracted for climbs below your V-Max

1 point will also be deducted for each attempt at a climb but will stop deducting after 5 points/attempts. But you can attempt as many times as you need.

**Custom Scoring for V6 and up (See next section).
Custom Scoring - V6 and Up

bumping/Sandbag

What is Bumping?
What is Sandbagging?
Bumping/Sandbagging Criteria
If you send 5 out of your 8 climbs in the grade above your registered VMAX, you will be bumped to the next grade.

If you send a climb that is 2 grades or more above your VMAX, you will be bumped to the next grade.

If you FLASH 2 climbs above your registered VMAX, you will be bumped to the next grade.

*Brittany will keep an eye on scores, and bump people according to the above rules as needed. In the end, Brittany will double check the highest scoring teams for qualified sends and reach out to the climbers if needed.

Lingo

V Max
A grade you can complete in 5 attempts or less, on a regular basis.

Boulder League climbs are generally set to be more competition geared, meaning a higher degree of technical skills. It may be best to aim on the lower end of the grade you may be considering as your Vmax, because the ‘normal’ setting on a regular basis is not necessarily set with Competition intentions.
Attempts
An attempt is anytime your feet leave the ground. Whether it was an intentional start, an early slip/miss, etc.

All attempts must be counted as this effects your score.
Bolt Holes
The holes in holds themselves are considered “on”. But they can be dangerous, use at your own risk.
T-Nut Holes
The holes in the actual walls or volumes, are considered “OFF”. Use of these in a competition sense is considered cheating.
Volumes
Volumes are considered an extension of the wall and always ON for hands or feet.

They are typically triangular in shape, or at least angular geometric shapes. Our volumes are generally black or wood grain in color.
Flash
A flash is finishing the climb on your first attempt, with prior knowledge of how to send the climb. This could be watching someone climbing, hearing beta, someone giving you beta, etc.
Onsight
An onsight is finishing a climb on your first attempt without ever getting any prior knowledge. So, seeing other people climb it, without hearing or being given beta, etc.

An onsight doesn’t give you any more points in terms of the challenge in Kaya, but Kaya does track those things for its trophies and awards system within the app itself.