Hard Boulder Problem Ascents

A list of ascents of boulder problems at 8C+ and above. The aim is for the list to be definitive but currently there are likely to be missing ascents.

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281 entries on the list.

# ClimberClimbGradeAscent Date
1 Elias Iagnemma Exodia 9A+ 11th Nov 2025
2 Adam Ondra Exodia 9A+ 16th Oct 2026
3 Nalle Hukkataival Burden of Dreams 9A 24th Oct 2016
4 Simon Lorenzi Soudain Seul 9A 8th Feb 2021
5 Nico Pelorson Soudain Seul 9A 16th Mar 2021
6 Daniel Woods Return of the Sleepwalker 9A 31st Mar 2021
7 Camille Coudert Soudain Seul 9A 12th Feb 2022
8 Shawn Raboutou Alphane 9A 6th Apr 2022
9 Shawn Raboutou Megatron 9A 7th April-20th August 2022
10 Aidan Roberts Alphane 9A 19th Oct 2022
11 Will Bosi Alphane 9A 31st Oct 2022
12 Simon Lorenzi Alphane 9A 15th Dec 2022
13 Will Bosi Burden of Dreams 9A 12th Apr 2023
14 Vadim Timonov Blackflip SDS 9A 17th May 2023
15 Jakob Schubert Alphane 9A 21st Dec 2023
16 Simon Lorenzi Burden of Dreams 9A 27th Dec 2023
17 Aidan Roberts Spots of Time 9A Feb 2024
18 Sean Bailey Shaolin 9A 17th Feb 2024
19 Will Bosi Return of the Sleepwalker 9A 19th Feb 2024
20 Aidan Roberts Arrival of the Birds 9A Mar 2024
21 Elias Iagnemma Burden of Dreams 9A 26th Mar 2024
22 Will Bosi Spots of Time 9A 19th Oct 2024
23 Nathaniel Coleman No One Mourns the Wicked 9A 3rd Dec 2024
24 Sean Bailey Alphane 9A Before 9th Dec 2024
25 Noah Wheeler Return of the Sleepwalker 9A 30th Dec 2024
26 Elias Iagnemma The Big Slamm 9A 12th Jan 2025
27 Adam Ondra Soudain Seul 9A 9th Feb 2025
28 Nicolai Užnik Mount Doom 9A 1st Mar 2025
29 Noah Wheeler Shaolin 9A 6th Mar 2025
30 Simon Lorenzi Return of the Sleepwalker 9A 9th-10th March 2025
31 Hamish McArthur Megatron 9A 20th Apr 2025
32 Hamish McArthur No One Mourns the Wicked 9A 4th May 2025
33 Will Bosi Realm of Tor’ment 9A 11th May 2025
34 Sungsu Lee Burden of Dreams 9A 12th May 2025
35 Sam Richard Soudain Seul 9A 30th Oct 2025
36 Sean Bailey Arrival of the Birds 9A Nov 2025
37 Jakob Schubert Mount Doom 9A 17th Nov 2025
38 Ryuichi Murai Return of the Sleepwalker 9A 23rd Nov 2025
39 Zach Galla Shaolin 9A 4th Dec 2025
40 Zach Galla Return of the Sleepwalker 9A 11th Dec 2025
41 Adam Shahar Return of the Sleepwalker 9A 16th Dec 2025
42 Simon Lorenzi Shaolin 9A 27th Dec 2025
43 Nathan Williams Return of the Sleepwalker 9A Before 1st Feb 2026
44 Jakob Schubert Shaolin 9A Before 9th Feb 2026
45 Beckett Hsin No One Mourns the Wicked 9A 24th Feb 2026
46 Charles Albert Charlatan 9A Mar 2026
47 Sungsu Lee Alphane 9A Before 4th Apr 2026
48 Makoto Yamauchi Burden of Dreams 9A 4th Apr 2026
49 Yannick Flohé No One Mourns the Wicked 9A 4th Apr 2026
50 Zach Galla Megatron 9A 9th Apr 2026
51 Noah Wheeler Burden of Dreams 9A 14th May 2026
52 Ritsu Kayotani No One Mourns the Wicked 9A Before 22nd Oct 2026
53 Matthew Mendes Realm of Tor’ment 9A 2nd Nov 2026
54 Dayan Akhtar Return of the Sleepwalker 9A Before 4th Nov 2026
55 Christian Core Gioia 8C+ Before 25th Feb 2008
56 Nalle Hukkataival Livin' Large 8C+ 5th Aug 2009
57 Daniel Woods Hypnotized Minds 8C+ 21st Oct 2010
58 Adam Ondra Terranova 8C+ 10th Nov 2011
59 Adam Ondra Gioia 8C+ 6th Dec 2011
60 Daniel Woods The Ice Knife SDS 8C+ 2nd Nov 2013
61 Nalle Hukkataival Gioia 8C+ 22nd Feb 2014
62 Daniel Woods The Process 8C+ 15th Jan 2015
63 Jimmy Webb Livin' Large 8C+ 6th Jul 2015
64 Rustam Gelmanov Hypnotized Minds 8C+ 18th Jun 2016
65 Daniel Woods Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 27th Sep 2016
66 Dave Graham Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ Oct 2016
67 Dai Koyamada Nayuta 8C+ 4th Apr 2017
68 Jimmy Webb Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 20th Aug 2017
69 Daisuke Ichimiya Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 15th Sep 2017
70 Charles Albert La Révolutionnaire 8C+ Nov 2017
71 Griffin Whiteside Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 20th Jul 2018
72 Shawn Raboutou Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 30th Sep 2018
73 Shawn Raboutou Off the Wagon Low 8C+ 27th Oct 2018
74 Charles Albert No Kpote Only 8C+ Dec 2018
75 Charles Albert Hypothèse (assis) 8C+ Dec 2018
76 Paul Robinson Karoshi 8C+ 15th Dec 2018
77 Giuliano Cameroni Poison the Well 8C+ 12th Feb 2019
78 Giuliano Cameroni REM 8C+ 22nd Feb 2019
79 Ryohei Kameyama No Kpote Only 8C+ 9th Mar 2019
80 Ryohei Kameyama La Révolutionnaire 8C+ 16th Mar 2019
81 Jimmy Webb Ephyra 8C+ 29th Mar 2019
82 Shawn Raboutou Livin' Large 8C+ Oct 2019
83 Dave Graham Hypnotized Minds 8C+ Oct 2019
84 Ryuichi Murai United 8C+ 7th Nov 2019
85 Nathaniel Coleman Grand Illusion 8C+ 2020
86 Jimmy Webb Off the Wagon Low 8C+ 27th Feb 2020
87 Daniel Woods Off the Wagon Low 8C+ 9th Mar 2020
88 Paul Robinson REM 8C+ 9th Mar 2020
89 Jimmy Webb Poison the Well 8C+ 7th Apr 2020
90 Adam Ondra Ledoborec 8C+ 24th May 2020
91 Adam Ondra Brutal Rider 8C+ 25th May 2020
92 Carlo Traversi Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 24th Jul 2020
93 Drew Ruana Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 16th Aug 2020
94 Aidan Roberts Superpowers 8C+ 11th Sep 2020
95 Matt Fultz Hypnotized Minds 8C+ 28th Sep 2020
96 Nico Pelorson No Kpote Only 8C+ 7th Oct 2020
97 Sean Bailey Grand Illusion 8C+ 2nd Nov 2020
98 Niccolò Ceria Ephyra 8C+ 10th Nov 2020
99 Niccolò Ceria Gioia 8C+ Dec 2020
100 Shawn Raboutou Big Z 8C+ 29th Dec 2020
101 Griffin Whiteside Howl at the Moon SDS 8C+ 2021
102 Elias Iagnemma Gioia 8C+ 13th Feb 2021
103 Giuliano Cameroni Ephyra 8C+ 16th Mar 2021
104 Drew Ruana Bloody Sunday SDS 8C+ 30th Apr 2021
105 Giuliano Cameroni Off the Wagon Low 8C+ 26th May 2021
106 Daniel Woods Grand Illusion 8C+ 7th Jun 2021
107 Matt Fultz Grand Illusion 8C+ 22nd Jun 2021
108 Shawn Raboutou Fuck the System 8C+ Jul 2021
109 Matt Fultz Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 3rd Jul 2021
110 Drew Ruana Insomniac 8C+ 9th Jul 2021
111 Andy Lamb Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 18th Aug 2021
112 Dylan Barks Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 30th Aug 2021
113 Taylor McNeill Moonlight Sonata 8C+ 3rd Oct 2021
114 Ryuichi Murai Nexus 8C+ 23rd Oct 2021
115 Zach Galla Grand Illusion 8C+ 14th Nov 2021
116 Simon Lorenzi Off the Wagon Low 8C+ 24th Nov 2021
117 Ryuichi Murai Floatin 8C+ 10th Dec 2021
118 Kazuma Ise Hallucination 8C+ 19th Dec 2021
119 Sergii Topishko Off the Wagon Low 8C+ 26th Dec 2021
120 Yannick Flohé Off the Wagon Low 8C+ 1st Jan 2022
121 Shawn Raboutou The Story of Three Worlds 8C+ 2022
122 Simon Lorenzi Big Conviction 8C+ 23rd Jan 2022
123 Elias Iagnemma Ganesh 8C+ 2nd Feb 2022
124 Simon Lorenzi La Révolutionnaire 8C+ 12th Feb 2022
125 Niccolò Ceria La Révolutionnaire 8C+ Mar 2022
126 Toru Nakajima Epitaph 8C+ 1st Apr 2022
127 Nacho Sánchez Daños Con-Laterales 8C+ Apr 2022
128 Dave Graham Euclase 8C+ 20th Apr 2022
129 Dave Graham Fuck the System 8C+ 25th Jun 2022
130 Matt Fultz Brace For the Cure 8C+ 27th Jun 2022
131 Aidan Roberts Isles of Wonder SDS 8C+ Jul 2022
132 Drew Ruana Distortion 8C+ Aug 2022
133 Will Bosi Honey Badger 8C+ 10th Aug 2022
134 Jimmy Webb Insomniac 8C+ 1st-29th September 2022
135 Shawn Raboutou Insomniac 8C+ 1st-8th September 2022
136 Daniel Woods Insomniac 8C+ 15th Sep 2022
137 Yuta Imaizumi Nayuta 8C+ Oct 2022
138 Drew Ruana The Ice Knife SDS 8C+ 5th Oct 2022
139 Clément Lechaptois Fuck the System 8C+ 15th Oct 2022
140 Aidan Roberts Vecchio Leone SDS 8C+ Nov 2022
141 Will Bosi Ephyra 8C+ 8th Nov 2022
142 Matt Fultz Moonlight Sonata 8C+ 13th Nov 2022
143 Drew Ruana Bookkeeping 8C+ 21st Dec 2022
144 Kazuma Ise Epitaph 8C+ 2023
145 Pablo Hammack Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ Before 4th Jan 2023
146 Yannick Flohé Ephyra 8C+ 24th Jan 2023
147 Yannick Flohé Return of the Dreamtime 8C+ 31st Jan 2023
148 Niccolò Ceria Off the Wagon Low 8C+ 3rd Feb 2023
149 Drew Ruana Maxwell's Demon Low 8C+ 16th Feb 2023
150 Florian Wientjes Off the Wagon Low 8C+ 18th Feb 2023
151 Tim Reuser La Révolutionnaire 8C+ 26th Feb 2023
152 Colin Duffy Bookkeeping 8C+ 26th Feb 2023
153 Matt Fultz Vecchio Leone SDS 8C+ 27th Mar 2023
154 Michiel Nieuwenhuijsen La Révolutionnaire 8C+ 13th Apr 2023
155 Will Bosi The Wild South 8C+ 26th Apr 2023
156 Francesco Berardino Off the Wagon Low 8C+ 17th May 2023
157 Drew Ruana Howl at the Moon SDS 8C+ 17th May 2023
158 Will Bosi Isles of Wonder SDS 8C+ 21st May 2023
159 Austin Purdy Insomniac 8C+ 11th Jun 2023
160 Liam Andrews-Bancroft Insomniac 8C+ 1st July-31st October 2023
161 Andy Lamb Insomniac 8C+ 14th Jul 2023
162 Keenan Takahashi Insomniac 8C+ 18th Jul 2023
163 Ryuichi Murai Livin' Large 8C+ 22nd Jul 2023
164 Martin Keller Gateway 8C+ Oct 2023
165 Ryohei Kameyama Floatin 8C+ 17th October-1st November 2023
166 Florian Wientjes Floatin 8C+ 17th Oct 2023
167 Stefano Carnati Vecchio Leone SDS 8C+ 8th Nov 2023
168 Carlo Traversi The Dark Side 8C+ 23rd Dec 2023
169 Shawn Raboutou United 8C+ 2024
170 Daniel Woods Adrenaline 8C+ 1st January-7th February 2024
171 Niccolò Ceria Pneuma 8C+ 2024
172 Shawn Raboutou Devilution 8C+ 1st January-3rd April 2024
173 Toru Nakajima Regret 8C+ 1st January-1st March 2024
174 Sean Bailey Devilution 8C+ Jan 2024
175 Lasse von Freier Off the Wagon Low 8C+ 2nd Jan 2024
176 Pablo Zamora Muerte por Asfixia 8C+ 4th Jan 2024
177 Sam Weir REM 8C+ 6th Jan 2024
178 Francesco Berardino REM 8C+ 15th Jan 2024
179 Francesco Berardino Return of the Dreamtime 8C+ 16th Jan 2024
180 Andy Lamb Event Horizon 8C+ 10th Feb 2024
181 Zach Galla The Process 8C+ 27th Feb 2024
182 Matt Fultz Big Z 8C+ 19th Mar 2024
183 Keiichiro Korenaga Nexus 8C+ Apr 2024
184 Jabee Kim La Révolutionnaire 8C+ 22nd Apr 2024
185 David Fitzgerald Big Z 8C+ May 2024
186 Solly Kemball-Dorey Isles of Wonder SDS 8C+ 24th May 2024
187 Zach Galla Sosa 8C+ 28th May 2024
188 Jorge Díaz-Rullo Muerte por Asfixia 8C+ Jun 2024
189 Pietro Vidi Fuck the System 8C+ 12th Jun 2024
190 Sam Weir Fuck the System 8C+ 28th Jun 2024
191 Noah Wheeler Insomniac 8C+ 30th Aug 2024
192 Nathan Williams Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 8th Sep 2024
193 Sean Bailey Floatin 8C+ Oct 2024
194 Thilo Schröter Tsunami 8C+ 1st Oct 2024
195 Owen Whaley Grand Illusion 8C+ 16th Oct 2024
196 Austin Purdy Sword of Damocles 8C+ 26th Oct 2024
197 Yuta Imaizumi Floatin 8C+ 12th Nov 2024
198 Nathan Phillips Deep Fake 8C+ 3rd Dec 2024
199 Hamish McArthur Big Z 8C+ 19th Dec 2024
200 Sungsu Lee The Process 8C+ 23rd Dec 2024
201 Jakob Schubert Return of the Dreamtime 8C+ 28th Dec 2024
202 Daisuke Ichimiya United 8C+ 2025
203 Keenan Takahashi The Dark Side 8C+ 5th January-30th April 2025
204 Aidan Roberts The Dark Side 8C+ 5th Jan 2025
205 Jakob Schubert The Story of Three Worlds 8C+ 12th Jan 2025
206 Jakob Schubert Vecchio Leone SDS 8C+ 12th Jan 2025
207 Adam Shahar The Process 8C+ Feb 2025
208 Elias Iagnemma Ephyra 8C+ Feb 2025
209 Stefan Hochbaum Obsidian 8C+ 8th Feb 2025
210 Yannick Flohé The Story of Three Worlds 8C+ 15th Feb 2025
211 Austin Purdy Bookkeeping 8C+ 22nd Feb 2025
212 Giuliano Cameroni Curve Ball 8C+ Mar 2025
213 Katie Lamb The Dark Side 8C+ Mar 2025
214 Dave Graham Curve Ball 8C+ Mar 2025
215 Matt Fultz Deep Fake 8C+ 17th Mar 2025
216 Simone Tentori Ephyra 8C+ 4th Apr 2025
217 Eli Perry Grand Illusion 8C+ 22nd Apr 2025
218 David Fitzgerald Last Line of Defense 8C+ 25th Apr 2025
219 Owen Whaley Sosa 8C+ 27th Apr 2025
220 Camille Coudert Deep Fake 8C+ May 2025
221 Ritsu Kayotani Nexus 8C+ May 2025
222 Brian Squire Grand Illusion 8C+ 8th May 2025
223 Hyunbin Min United 8C+ 12th May 2025
224 Clément Lechaptois Permanent Midnight Low 8C+ 14th May 2025
225 Ethan Salvo Event Horizon 8C+ 13th Jun 2025
226 Thilo Schröter Spray and Pray 8C+ Aug 2025
227 Christopher Cosser Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ Aug 2025
228 Solly Kemball-Dorey The Trident 8C+ 20th Aug 2025
229 Liam Andrews-Bancroft Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ Before 31st Aug 2025
230 Sungsu Lee Grand Illusion 8C+ Before 1st Sep 2025
231 Sungsu Lee Sosa 8C+ Sep 2025
232 Zach Galla Hypnotized Minds 8C+ Sep 2025
233 Pietro Vidi Permanent Midnight Low 8C+ Before 5th Sep 2025
234 Beckett Hsin Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 6th Sep 2025
235 Simon Lorenzi Permanent Midnight Low 8C+ Before 22nd Sep 2025
236 Pablo Hammack Hypnotized Minds 8C+ 1st October-1st December 2025
237 Austin Purdy Distortion 8C+ 3rd Oct 2025
238 Stefano Carnati Deep Fake 8C+ 27th Oct 2025
239 Sungsu Lee Floatin 8C+ Before 28th Oct 2025
240 Ritsu Kayotani Floatin 8C+ 30th Oct 2025
241 Ben Hanna Grand Illusion 8C+ Before 9th Nov 2025
242 Miles Perry Grand Illusion 8C+ 18th Nov 2025
243 Sam Weir Poison the Well 8C+ 19th Nov 2025
244 Austin Hoyt The Process 8C+ 15th Dec 2025
245 Simone Tentori Deep Fake 8C+ 3rd Jan 2026
246 Will Bosi Pôr do Sol 8C+ 5th Jan 2026
247 Nicolai Užnik Full Gem 8C+ 30th Jan 2026
248 Pablo Hammack Ear of Life 8C+ Feb 2026
249 Marco Müller The Story of Three Worlds 8C+ Feb 2026
250 Zach Galla Devilution 8C+ 2nd Feb 2026
251 Stefano Ghisolfi Gioia 8C+ 12th Feb 2026
252 Jakob Schubert Ephyra 8C+ Before 27th Feb 2026
253 Ritsu Kayotani Tanpopo 8C+ 17th Mar 2026
254 Nicolai Užnik Bügelbrett 8C+ 2nd Apr 2026
255 Yuta Imaizumi Off the Wagon Low 8C+ Before 3rd Apr 2026
256 Jules Marchaland Ephyra 8C+ 6th Apr 2026
257 Shawn Raboutou Floatin 8C+ 21st Apr 2026
258 Marco Müller Curve Ball 8C+ May 2026
259 Hyunbin Min Prime Time 8C+ 13th May 2026
260 Hamish McArthur Flower of Sulphur 8C+ Before 17th May 2026
261 Adam Shahar Sosa 8C+ 19th May 2026
262 Ben Hanna Sosa 8C+ 23rd May 2026
263 Noah Wheeler Brace For the Cure 8C+ 13th Jun 2026
264 Beckett Hsin Insomniac 8C+ 13th Jun 2026
265 Noah Wheeler Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 16th Jun 2026
266 Teodor Kirkebø Tsunami 8C+ Before 21st Jun 2026
267 Austin Hoyt Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ 3rd Jul 2026
268 Antoine Girard Livin' Large 8C+ Before 22nd Jul 2026
269 Simone Tentori Sword of Damocles 8C+ 19th Aug 2026
270 Pablo Zamora Conexión Crítica 8C+ Sep 2026
271 Zach Galla Event Horizon 8C+ Sep 2026
272 Yuta Imaizumi Nexus 8C+ Before 26th Sep 2026
273 Ritsu Kayotani Nayuta 8C+ Before 30th Sep 2026
274 Liam Andrews-Bancroft Sword of Damocles 8C+ Before 30th Sep 2026
275 Simone Tentori Insomniac 8C+ Before 6th Oct 2026
276 Yuta Imaizumi Tanpopo 8C+ Before 7th Oct 2026
277 Owen Whaley Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ Before 10th Oct 2026
278 Luke Gerhardt Sosa 8C+ Before 10th Oct 2026
279 Sam Weir Permanent Midnight Low 8C+ Before 14th Oct 2026
280 Daniel Woods Sword of Damocles 8C+ 17th Oct 2026
281 Simone Tentori Moonlight Sonata 8C+ Before 21st Oct 2026