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Toshi Takeuchi has done his third 8C in 2015, Asagimadara in Mizugaki and he goes to #5 in the ranking game. (c) Hiroshi Asada "Finally. 3rd ascent. I first touched this mega ball 6 years ago and it felt impossible both physically and mentally. Now I felt a really big evolve for myself. Huge respect for Tokio Muroi who put up this one, one of the best bouldering problem on earth. Now I am already psyched for several project that nobody done yet:) Japan has lots of potential.

1. Adam Ondra - Jain Kim 2. Domen Skofic - Anak Verhoeven 3. Sean McColl - Jessica Pilz Complete results

Here is the score counting after five out of six events. In theory, five male and two female can win overall. The scoring in the IFSC ranking differs as they have based their result on all six events. 1. Adam Ondra 358 - Mina Markovic 427 2. Gauthier Supper 357 - Jain Kim 406 3. Jakob Schubert 331 - Jessica Pilz 355 4. Domen Skofic 325 - Anak Verhoeven 330 5. Romain Desgranges 307 - Helene Janicot 251

Lena Herrmann has done Odd Fellows 8c in Frankenjura. "Finally! I spent great days with my friends here. Somehow a mean route." Full story and great pictures on her nice blogspot. Previously in 2015, the 21-year-old has done two FFAs in Frankenjura; Father and Som and Klondike cat. Maybe it is time to start checking the popular 8c+'s around Lleida.

The sixth out of seven Lead World Cups takes place this weekend in Wujiang, China. Only some 25 competitors outside Asia but all the top ranked are going to participate. Unfortunately there will be no live streaming. 1. Gauthier Supper 357 - Mina Markovic 420 2. Jakob Schubert 327 - Jessica Pilz 345 3. Romain Desgranges 307 - Jain Kim 334 4. Adam Ondra 290 - Anak Verhoeven 290 5. Domen Skofic 282 - Helene Janicot 227

Chaehyun Seo has onsighted one 7c+ and Punto caramelo 8a (+) on Kalymnos. The 11-year-old has previously done four 8a's.

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Thomasina Pidgeon has done her second 8A this year, Supersupernova in Magic Wood. "Never thought I'd try this but when the forest is wet and everyone else is psyched.... Surprisingly fun." In total, the 39-year-old has done 37 boulders 8A and harder, the last 8A+ out of which she did when she was 37. In the last four years, she has actively competed in the Boulder World Cup where she got her best result, 29th place this year in Toronto. In the picture by Axel Perschman from 2013, you can see also her daughter helping out with the crashpad.