WC_Series_2026_VRank

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This panel showcases the proprietary V-Rank system, applied to the World Climbing Series - WC. V-Rank is an Elo-based model that determines the true value of a competition by asking one question: Who did you beat? It adjusts ranking points based on the strength of the field, ensuring that a gold medal won against the world’s best is mathematically rewarded as such. Athletes enter with a baseline IFSC-historical score to track their real-time rank evolution.

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: Patent-pending sports analytics architecture (V-Rank System, VStats_Cards, The Insight & Routesetters’ Panels).

Data Source: World Climbing

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Efficiency and Stylistic Results

This section isolates how athletes interact with the specific demands of the routesetting. The radar maps their raw efficiency, combining success rates with attempt counts on a 0-25 scale. The Stylistic V-Rank below then applies those stylistic metrics to their baseline ranking. By isolating their “Relative Performance” against the rest of the group that day, we reveal the specialists of the day—regardless of their final overall placement.

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Series Radar

Stylistic Profile

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1. Select Competition:

2. Select Category:

3. Select Stage:

4. Select Athletes:

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The radar shows the mean points per style section (0-25).

╌╌╌ Category Average

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Drill-Down Filter

Select an athlete and stage to map their success row-by-row. Hover to see exact attempts and efficiency points.

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1. Select Competition:

2. Select Category:

3. Select Stage:

4. Select Athlete(s):

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Season View

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Select a category to compare how the routesetting difficulty progressed across all events simultaneously.

Select Category:

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Stylistic Load

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Analyze the routesetting composition. The total height of the bar shows the absolute number of scored sections.

Select Category:

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Stylistic V-Rank

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1. Select Competition:

2. Select Stage:

3. Select Category:

4. Select Route Style:

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Watch the leaderboard shift round-by-round.

Athletes with a green relative performance overperformed compared to the field in this specific stage.

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References:

• Data Source: ifsc.results.info

• Villatoro & Ochoa-Marcos, 2025.The Competition Paradox:…

• Villatoro 2025.Beyond physiology: Understanding Climbing’s “Capacity vs. Execution” Puzzle Through Ecological Hierarchy and Motor Control (Article 2 of the “New Framework” Series

• Villatoro 2025.The architect of variance: How routesetting difficulty dictates clibing statistical reality

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