The scoring system is too complicated for the commentators

The new commentators in the Boulder World Cup did a great job, but as usual they presented incorrect statements at several times when analyzing the live rankings. However, they should not be blamed as this has been the case for the last ten years as the scoring system is not logical and too complicated. Furthermore, even the live score presented on the screen is unclear. As a matter of a fact, 8a has presented the results as points instead of tops and zones for a couple of years.

Natalia Grossman won in Salt Lake City and in the IFSC rankings, her result is presented 4t 4z 15 14. By contrast, 8a just presents her scoring as 44 points. In other words, by giving a top 10 points and a zone one point, it is much easier to present and understand the result.

Hence, the 8a system just needs to present one point score, and occasionally the number of attempts when the score is tied. IFSC always presents four scores, i.e. quadruple the info to handle.