What SpeedClimbing.com is
SpeedClimbing.com is an independent educational and reference resource focused specifically on the Speed discipline: its standardized route, technique, training, competition systems, records, equipment and research.
Editor
Caleb Parsons, Student at Brock University. Caleb is the editor of SpeedClimbing.com. Pages carry his byline with the date the page content was last updated.
Mission
The site is for beginners, athletes, coaches and fans. It does not pretend to be a governing federation or a substitute for qualified coaching, medical care or safety documentation.
Find your way around
Guides are grouped by topic — the wall, technique, training, competition and records — instead of a blog feed. Topic hubs link to focused guides, glossary terms, records, research summaries and official sources. The knowledge map shows how the topics connect.
Independence
SpeedClimbing.com is not World Climbing, an Olympic body, an equipment manufacturer or a national federation. Official rules, results, records and safety documentation remain authoritative in their respective domains.
Evidence standard
Research claims link into the Research & research notes, which distinguishes direct Speed evidence from broader climbing evidence and emerging findings.
Updates
Time-sensitive records and equipment notes—especially records, competition formats and recognized equipment—carry verification or update dates so readers can distinguish evergreen explanation from information that may change.
How pages are researched and checked
- Rules and wall figures are taken from World Climbing (IFSC) documents, such as the World Climbing Competition Rules, version 3, January 2026, the World Climbing Event Regulations, version 3, January 2026 and the IFSC Speed Licence Rules – Speed Walls (dated 01/02/2022). Pages cite the rule or section used.
- Record figures are kept in one dataset. Each row lists its source and the date we last checked it. A figure we cannot confirm from a source is left off the site, not estimated. See the records methodology.
- Research claims link to the study or summary they come from in the research section.
- Dates: “Updated” on a byline is the date the page content last changed. Record tables also show a “checked on” date.
Funding, advertising and affiliate links
The site carries no advertising and no affiliate links. Equipment pages do not earn a commission. Page visits are measured with Google Analytics; see the privacy policy.
Corrections
If a figure, rule or date is wrong, email hello@speedclimbing.com with the page and a source. Record corrections are checked against the official result and the record table is re-dated. See contact for what to include.