Boulder WC rules change

IFSC have changed the Boulder World Cup rules 2018 so number of zones will be the first criteria after counting the number of tops. Previously, the second criteria has been number of attempts for the Tops. In practice, counting zones prior to attempts to tops will have most impact and create more fair ranking especially for the ones doing just one boulder. For the WC finals 2017, the only one dramatic change that would have happened, would be Rei Sugimoto moving from #4 to #2 in Meiringen. A positive consequence of the rule change, is that it will be a bit easier to follow who is in the lead as well as the ranking could be decided at a later stage. IFSC have been discussing new scoring for years also and in 2017 they put together a working group 2017 where 8a suggested the 11 point system, which also values zones more as the new IFSC rule.