Table 3.

Statistics of international bouldering competitions.

		Number of attempts per boulder	Successful attempt duration	Non-successful attempt duration	Climbing time per boulder	Average attempt duration per boulder	Observation time	Resting time between attempts	Resting time per boulder	Resting time between boulders	Ratio between climbing and resting time
Qualification and semifinal round women	N	177	91	485	176	173	175	397	173	70	173
	M	3.2	39 s	21 s	76 s	28 s	47 s	35 s	125 s	498 s	0.72
	SD	2.0	14 s	14 s	42 s	13 s	11 s	21 s	66 s	167 s	0.42
	Median	3	36 s	18 s	68 s	25 s	48 s	33 s	119 s	421 s	0.60
Qualification and semifinal round men	N	180	111	548	175	175	172	420	135	67	134
	M	3.4	32 s	13 s	62 s	27 s	51 s	34 s	113 s	430 s	0.68
	SD	2.7	13 s	13 s	33 s	18 s	13 s	22 s	73 s	84 s	0.49
	Median	3	29 s	8 s	54 s	24 s	50 s	31 s	90 s	394 s	0.56
Final round women	N	48	25	202	48	48	48	173	47	36	47
	M	4.4	39 s	12 s	70 s	27 s	16 s	22 s	96 s	1308 s	1.72
	SD	4.0	19 s	14 s	34 s	24 s	8 s	14 s	68 s	366 s	2.39
	Median	4	35 s	6 s	70 s	24 s	15 s	19 s	91 s	1468 s	0.94
Final round men	N	52	26	182	52	52	52	142	52	39	52
	M	3.7	31 s	16 s	73 s	24 s	20 s	32 s	109 s	1416 s	1.10
	SD	1.8	12 s	13 s	33 s	15 s	10 s	21 s	57 s	165 s	1.18
	Median	4	28 s	12 s	66 s	21 s	19 s	28 s	112 s	1419 s	0.69

Sample: 52 courses from 20 female and 24 male athletes, respectively. N, sample size; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.