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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250 entries on the list.

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