With many of the best missing, especially among the males, Japan got five males and four females in the Top-8 in the qualification. The only one topping out both male routes was Fedir Samoilov. In the women category, we saw five double tops. Complete results

James Webb, who previoulsy has done three 8C+', has done his 27th 8C, Virgo which is a FA in Tahoe. "Lost in Space proj. Really sick pitbul that packs a punch. Unsure on the grade. Could be easier? Finger is on the mend! What he means by that is explained in his Insta. "After leaving Rocklands with a finger injury I’ve been struggling to heal up and stay strong. Recently though I found an amazing project here in Tahoe that was ultra comfy for the left hand." In the 8a ranking game, Jimmy is #1.

Cathy Wagner has added two 8a's and a very impressive 2nd go ascent of Guernica 8a+ in Rodellar to her scorecard. In total the 54-year-old has now done 736 routes 8a and harder out of which one third 2nd go.

Gabri Moroni, reports on his Insta that he has made the FA of The Party is Here. (c) Paolo Sortiri "Then, after 8 days of work, when nothing seems to work anymore, on my 4th try of the day and pretty bad conditions, I fought my way up, managed to stick the move I fell countless times and kept it together! Another great moment I will hardly forget..."

Kai Harada, Boulder World Champion in Innsbruck, is last out on the final route that looked too easy as three had topped before him. It seems he is on cruise mood until he falls as he could not hold the top jug. If he had topped he had won but now he did not even get a medal. Furthermore, if Kai had won he would have been the favorite to win overall as he just needed to be #6 the next weekend to overtake Adam, who will not compete. Instead, Adam secured the overall title although just participating in three events out of which he won all. (c) Eddie Fowke 1. Adam Ondra CZE Top 2. Taisei Homma JPN Top 3. Tomoa Narasaki JPN Top