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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262 entries on the list.

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