Hardest Boulder Problems in the World

Verified reasonably complete

85 climbs

Climb Grade Crag First Ascent # Ascents
1 Exodia 9A+ Rifugio di Barbara Elias Iagnemma (11th Nov 2025) 1
2 Burden of Dreams 9A Lappnor Nalle Hukkataival (24th Oct 2016) 7
3 Soudain Seul 9A Coquibus Rumont Simon Lorenzi (8th Feb 2021) 5
4 Return of the Sleepwalker 9A Black Velvet Canyon Daniel Woods (31st Mar 2021) 8
5 Alphane 9A Chironico Shawn Raboutou (6th Apr 2022) 7
6 Megatron 9A Eldorado Canyon Shawn Raboutou (7th April-20th August 2022) 3
7 Blackflip SDS 9A Djan-Tugan Vadim Timonov (17th May 2023) 1
8 Spots of Time 9A Swirl Crags Aidan Roberts (Feb 2024) 2
9 Shaolin 9A First Creek Canyon Sean Bailey (17th Feb 2024) 5
10 Arrival of the Birds 9A Chironico Aidan Roberts (Mar 2024) 2
11 No One Mourns the Wicked 9A Thunder Ridge Nathaniel Coleman (3rd Dec 2024) 4
12 The Big Slamm 9A Tintorale Elias Iagnemma (12th Jan 2025) 1
13 Mount Doom 9A Maltatal Nicolai Užnik (1st Mar 2025) 2
14 Realm of Tor’ment 9A Raven Tor Will Bosi (11th May 2025) 1
15 Charlatan 9A Franchard Isatis Charles Albert (Before 29th Mar 2026) 1
16 Gioia 8C+ Varazze Christian Core (Before 25th Feb 2008) 6
17 Livin' Large 8C+ Champagne Nalle Hukkataival (5th Aug 2009) 5
18 Hypnotized Minds 8C+ Bear Lake Road Daniel Woods (21st Oct 2010) 6
19 Terranova 8C+ Holštejn Adam Ondra (10th Nov 2011) 1
20 The Ice Knife SDS 8C+ Guanella Pass Daniel Woods (2nd Nov 2013) 2
21 The Process 8C+ The Buttermilks Daniel Woods (15th Jan 2015) 5
22 Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ Chaos Canyon Daniel Woods (27th Sep 2016) 18
23 Nayuta 8C+ Gero Dai Koyamada (4th Apr 2017) 2
24 La Révolutionnaire 8C+ Gros Sablons Charles Albert (Nov 2017) 7
25 Off the Wagon Low 8C+ Valle Bavona Shawn Raboutou (27th Oct 2018) 12
26 Hypothèse (assis) 8C+ Bas Cuvier Charles Albert (Dec 2018) 1
27 No Kpote Only 8C+ Rocher Brûlé Charles Albert (Dec 2018) 3
28 Karoshi 8C+ Hueco Tanks Paul Robinson (15th Dec 2018) 1
29 Poison the Well 8C+ Brione Giuliano Cameroni (12th Feb 2019) 3
30 REM 8C+ Cresciano Giuliano Cameroni (22nd Feb 2019) 4
31 Ephyra 8C+ Chironico Jimmy Webb (29th Mar 2019) 9
32 United 8C+ Mizugaki Ryuichi Murai (7th Nov 2019) 4
33 Grand Illusion 8C+ Little Cottonwood Canyon Nathaniel Coleman (2020) 11
34 Ledoborec 8C+ Holštejn Adam Ondra (24th May 2020) 1
35 Brutal Rider 8C+ Sloup Adam Ondra (25th May 2020) 1
36 Superpowers 8C+ Coniston Boulders Aidan Roberts (11th Sep 2020) 1
37 Big Z 8C+ Tahoe Mountain Road Shawn Raboutou (29th Dec 2020) 4
38 Howl at the Moon SDS 8C+ Guanella Pass Griffin Whiteside (2021) 2
39 Bloody Sunday SDS 8C+ Coal Creek Drew Ruana (30th Apr 2021) 1
40 Fuck the System 8C+ Fionnay Shawn Raboutou (Jul 2021) 5
41 Insomniac 8C+ Lincoln Lake Drew Ruana (9th Jul 2021) 10
42 Moonlight Sonata 8C+ Joe's Valley Taylor McNeill (3rd Oct 2021) 2
43 Nexus 8C+ Shiobara Ryuichi Murai (23rd Oct 2021) 3
44 Floatin 8C+ Mizugaki Ryuichi Murai (10th Dec 2021) 8
45 Hallucination 8C+ Horai Kazuma Ise (19th Dec 2021) 1
46 The Story of Three Worlds 8C+ Cresciano Shawn Raboutou (2022) 4
47 Big Conviction 8C+ Coquibus Rumont Simon Lorenzi (23rd Jan 2022) 1
48 Ganesh 8C+ Tintorale Elias Iagnemma (2nd Feb 2022) 1
49 Daños Con-Laterales 8C+ Fortuna Nacho Sánchez (Apr 2022) 1
50 Euclase 8C+ Valle Bavona Dave Graham (20th Apr 2022) 1

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