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Run a bouldering competition without paper

An organiser runs a bouldering competition on paper: every climber queues at the table, the scorecards pile into a tower, and the podium waits. Then the climbers start logging their own tops from their phones, the standings reorder themselves, ties resolve on boulders completed, and the medals go out while chalk is still on their hands.

Sport
Bouldering
Length
1:19
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What the film says

The lines are burnt into the picture — the film plays without sound. Times are counted from the start.

  1. 0:02Every result in this room passes through my pen.
  2. 0:07They wait in line. I enter the scores.
  3. 0:12The stack piles up. The podium waits.
  4. 0:21So I put the pen down.
  5. 0:25New event on judgemate.com. Bouldering, three taps.
  6. 0:31Points for Zone, Top, Flash. Rules are locked.
  7. 0:37One QR code on the wall. No app needed.
  8. 0:42Instead of walking over, they log it on their phones.
  9. 0:49Standings reorder live. Ties resolve automatically.
  10. 0:56When time is up, the final board is ready.
  11. 1:03No paper wasted. Nothing to throw away.
  12. 1:07Medals out. Chalk still on their hands.
  13. 1:12Simpler, faster, better.

How this sport is scored

The rules behind every screen in the film — scoring, tie-breaks and what an organiser sets up before the first climber starts.

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