There is a World Wide Ranking System for Rock Climbers?

I just came across a website, 8a.nu, that ranks climbers in the world.  *Based on people who actually record their climbs on the site.  Not that I want to be ranked or anything, I just found it interesting to see what the top masters were actually climbing.  Where have I been right? It has been around since 1999.  If you have been out of the loop like I have, here is an article about 8a.nu.  Also, I added a list of the top 50 bouldering masters in the world and also in North America.  Check it out.  ~SKA

8a.nu was created in 1999 by the coach of Sweden's Junior National team, Jens Larssen. As a training innovator and route developer, Larssen’s initial concept was to share his advice and new climbs via a “blog.” But in 2000, Larssen says he, along with Leif Jägerbrand, came up with the true genius behind the site … the scorecard.

Currently, 50,000 people around the globe log in to 8a.nu, and according to Larssen, two-thirds of those users keep and maintain a scorecard. These scorecards are tallies of every route or boulder problem you’ve ever climbed—and logged—on 8a.nu.

“Keeping track of climbs is our core,” Larssen explained to me in a recent e-mail.

But the 8a.nu scorecard is not just sport climbing or bouldering specific and can actually accommodate a plethora of ascents, from a 35-foot, four-bolt 5.13a on a chossy limestone road-cut, to a 5.10 multi-pitch desert tower in the American Southwest. I’ll admit, however, that the true experience of a “bigger” traditional climb seems to be lost in translation during the whole scorecard logging process, no matter how many details you try to cram in the little comment box. For instance, you log: Black Canyon, Scenic Cruise, 5.10c, Hard, Onsight, but then you wonder, wait … if I was swinging leads, does it still count as an onsight? Oh, screw it, I’ll take it. Then you finish by commenting Such a ballin’ classic!  Excerpt from "TNB: 8a.nu: The Best Climber in the World is the One with the Most Points" by Chris Parker.  <<  More  >>

 Here are the top 50 master boulders in the world in the last 12 months. 

1	10 700	Tomáš Strnad	1975	CZE	Liberec
2	10 552	charles cooper	1967	GBR	oldham
3	10 470	Jan De Smit	1974	BEL	Lokeren
4	10 299	Ritoon 's	1972	ATA	Antarctica city
5	10 115	Frederic Bouyge	1968	FRA	ST ALBAN AURIOLE
6	10 020	damien alexander	1970	AUS	sydney
7	10 003	Lino Banfi	1972	ITA	Lecce
8	9 959	francO conca	1900	ITA	milan
9	9 860	Stephan Schibli	1971	CHE	Cham
10	9 850	Christoph Reichert	1974	DEU	Fürth
11	9 800	Heinz Betschart	1971	CHE	Ibach
12	9 730	craig berman	1974	USA	las vegas
13	9 600	Samuel Martinez	1900	ESP	Alcoy
14	9 593	Bart van Raaij	1969	NLD	Rotterdam
15	9 550	Skyler Della corte	1900	USA	santa cruz
16	9 514	Chee Hoi 'Spy' Leong	1973	SGP	Singapore
17	9 500	Israel Olcina	1976	ESP	Madrid
18	9 500	Mo Sun	1970	AUT	Innsbruck
19	9 462	cristl egg	1973	AUT
20	9 456	Jose E. Agustí	1976	ESP	Terrassa
21	9 450	Patti Wohner	1974	USA	Chattanooga
22	9 370	Markus Schmitt	1972	DEU	Erlangen
23	9 362	Thiago Veloso	1900	BRA	Florianópolis - Hippy Tree_Roc
24	9 357	Adam Strong	1972	USA	Estes Park
25	9 356	Arthur Ternant	1900	FRA	tournon
26	9 305	Christian Wied	1976	DNK	Copenhagen
27	9 190	Carl-August -Kalli- Mertz	1976	DEU	Pfalz
28	9 160	mike njoten	1972	USA	south lake tahoe
29	9 153	Daniel Krist	1900	USA	Ventura
30	9 150	Oldman Johnson	1887	USA	clemson, sc
31	9 053	Marek "binek" Binkowski	1975	POL	Szczawno-Zdrój
32	9 025	Peter Chasse	1967	USA	Reno
33	9 000	Dalibor Jančar	1974	CZE	Ostrava
34	8 959	Vasilii Chernov	1900	RUS	Saratov/SPb
35	8 940	Thomas Madsen	1973	NOR	Oslo
36	8 900	Rod Biddle	1971	USA	chapel hill
37	8 862	Gudmund Grønhaug	1972	NOR	Fredrikstad
38	8 856	Bastian Marquaß	1974	DEU	Leipzig
39	8 800	kevin newell	1976	USA	wenatchee
40	8 755	Roddy Mackenzie	1975	GBR	Edinburgh
41	8 745	Rolf B	1969	DEU	Fürth
42	8 703	Grzegorz Sowa	1975	POL	Zakopane
43	8 665	Tom Helvie	1969	USA	Bishop
44	8 653	Hector AF	1900	ESP	Oviedo
45	8 600	Lorentz Mandal	1974	NOR	Tromsø
46	8 600	simone gennai	1976	ITA	Milano
47	8 553	Pavel Mentlik	1971	CZE	Plzen
48	8 511	Barti Albert Wuersch	1973	CHE	Engelberg
49	8 506	Tony Little	1973	GBR	Lancaster
50	8 485	Marnix Wagemaker	1971	NLD	Den Hoorn

Here are the top 50 master boulders in North America in the last 12 months. 

1	9 730	craig berman	1974	las vegas
2	9 550	Skyler Della corte	1900	santa cruz
3	9 450	Patti Wohner	1974	Chattanooga
4	9 357	Adam Strong	1972	Estes Park
5	9 160	mike njoten	1972	south lake tahoe
6	9 153	Daniel Krist	1900	Ventura
7	9 150	Oldman Johnson	1887	clemson, sc
8	9 025	Peter Chasse	1967	Reno
9	8 900	Rod Biddle	1971	chapel hill
10	8 800	kevin newell	1976	wenatchee
11	8 665	Tom Helvie	1969	Bishop
12	8 406	El Scorpion	1972	California
13	8 385	Shaddow Ayala	1972	lexington
14	8 256	David Duez	1975	Rockvale
15	8 203	Scott Curtis	1976	Nederland
16	8 147	Jason Kester	1971	portland
17	8 068	Kris "Odub" Hampton	1974	Cincinnati
18	7 970	Joe McLoughlin	1969	North Attleboro
19	7 962	Matt Dendy	1974	Plano
20	7 703	Benoit Robitaille	1974	Québec
21	7 570	Andrew Rosenzweig	1915	--
22	7 452	C Lesher	1958	Boulder
23	7 441	Julie Hwang	1900
24	7 350	Chris Summit	1972	Santa Rosa
25	7 255	Mike Wohner	1967	Chattanooga
26	7 245	Ray Ellington	1971	Lexington
27	7 048	Nathaniel Walker	1976	Los Alamos
28	6 873	Chuck Odette	1955	Anywhere
29	6 830	Jürgen Hämmerle	1976	Dornbirn
30	6 799	Alison Domnas	1975	The Dirty
31	6 700	Max Robbins	1900	Grand Junction
32	6 628	Yasser El-Sheikh	1974	Toronto
33	6 111	Sue Murphy	1971	Toronto
34	5 890	Chris Weidner	1974	Boulder
35	5 812	E-Zen Swamp Master	1966	Chattanooga
36	5 759	Emily Mo	1900	Knoxville
37	5 710	Maggie Odette	1969	Anytown
38	5 259	Nat Smale	1957	Salt Lake City
39	4 754	Patrick Iseli	1968	Montreal
40	4 697	Jim Redo	1966	Boulder
41	4 290	JAMES WILLIAMS	1968	AUSTIN
42	4 153	Lundy Bancroft	1959	Northampton
43	3 950	Brian Camp	1900	Fort Collins
44	3 693	Kevin McClure	1972	Salt Lake City
45	3 472	Dung Nguyen	1972	Montreal
46	3 015	Andrew Pallek	1976	Ottawa
47	1 902	Shawn Seifert	1976	Laurel, MD
48	1 900	Craig Wagner	1968	Chapel Hill
49	1 703	Kiyoshi Yoshida	1958	Oakland
50	1 700	Noel Tupas	1900	Newport Coast