Kiromal Katibin at a glance
Kiromal Katibin's personal best is 4.75 seconds, set in the bronze-medal race at IFSC Climbing World Cup Wujiang 2025 on April 26, 2025. He broke the world record five times, most recently with 5.00 at IFSC World Cup Chamonix 2022.
- Time
- 4.75 s
- Date
- April 26, 2025
- Event
- IFSC Climbing World Cup Wujiang 2025
- Round
- Bronze-medal race
- Country
- Indonesia (INA)
- Born
- August 21, 2000 (age 26)
- Height
- 165 cm
- Source
- World Climbing result · World Climbing profile
Last verified November 13, 2026 against World Climbing results.
About Kiromal Katibin
Kiromal Katibin races for Indonesia through Federasi Panjat Tebing Indonesia. He was born on August 21, 2000 and lists Batang as his home city. His first senior international speed result in World Climbing's records is Asian Championships Bogor 2019, where he placed 2nd. His World Climbing profile counts 17 speed podiums at all levels of competition, 3 of them wins. He topped the season-long World Cup speed ranking in 2025.
How he races
His personal best came in a head-to-head bronze-medal race heat. Apart from that run, he has come within a tenth of a second of it five more times in competition, so it was no one-off. Across 9 international events in 2025 and 2026, he reached the elimination rounds nine times, made the podium four times and won once. His 2026 best of 4.87 is slower than his 2025 mark of 4.75.
Records
Kiromal Katibin has set five world records. Each row below is a world record confirmed in World Climbing's results or records list.
| Time (s) | Event | Round | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.25 | IFSC World Cup Salt Lake City 2021 | Qualification | May 28, 2021 |
| 5.17 | IFSC World Cup Seoul 2022 | Qualification | May 6, 2022 |
| 5.10 | IFSC World Cup Salt Lake City 2022 | Qualification | May 27, 2022 |
| 5.04 | IFSC World Cup Villars 2022 | Qualification | June 30, 2022 |
| 5.00 | IFSC World Cup Chamonix 2022 | Qualification | July 8, 2022 |
Fastest time each season
His quickest legal run in each season at World Cups, the World Climbing Series, World and continental championships and multi-sport Games.
| Season | Time (s) | Event | Round | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.87 | World Climbing Series Wujiang 2026 | Qualification | Result |
| 2025 | 4.75 | IFSC Climbing World Cup Wujiang 2025 | Bronze-medal race | Result |
| 2024 | 4.90 | Olympic Qualifier Series Shanghai 2024 | Round of 16 | Result |
| 2023 | 4.97 | IFSC Climbing World Cup Salt Lake City 2023 | Quarter-final | Result |
| 2022 | 5.00 | IFSC Climbing World Cup Chamonix 2022 | Qualification | Result |
| 2021 | 5.25 | IFSC Climbing World Cup Salt Lake City 2021 | Qualification | Result |
Olympics and World Championships
| Year | Event | Place | Fastest time (s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | IFSC Climbing World Championships Bern 2023 | 5th | 5.05 | Result |
Season-long World Cup ranking
Where Kiromal Katibin finished in the overall speed ranking that World Climbing keeps across each World Cup or World Climbing Series season.
| Season | Overall rank |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 45th |
| 2025 | 1st |
| 2024 | 8th |
| 2023 | 16th |
| 2022 | 2nd |
| 2021 | 2nd |
2025 and 2026 results
Every senior speed event Kiromal Katibin raced in the last two seasons. The date is the last day of the event.
| Date | Event | Place | Fastest time (s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2026 | World Climbing Series Wujiang 2026 | 11th | 4.87 | Result |
| Apr 12, 2026 | World Climbing Asia Championship Meishan 2026 | 14th | 5.14 | Result |
| Sep 13, 2025 | IFSC Climbing World Cup Guiyang 2025 | 9th | 4.86 | Result |
| Aug 17, 2025 | The World Games Chengdu 2025 | 12th | 5.14 | Result |
| Jul 13, 2025 | IFSC Climbing World Cup Chamonix 2025 | 9th | 4.93 | Result |
| Jul 6, 2025 | IFSC Climbing World Cup Kraków 2025 | 2nd | 4.79 | Result |
| Jun 2, 2025 | IFSC Climbing World Cup Denver 2025 | 1st | 4.83 | Result |
| May 4, 2025 | IFSC Climbing World Cup Bali 2025 | 3rd | 4.81 | Result |
| Apr 27, 2025 | IFSC Climbing World Cup Wujiang 2025 | 3rd | 4.75 | Result |
Questions people ask
What is Kiromal Katibin's personal best?
4.75 seconds, set in the bronze-medal race at IFSC Climbing World Cup Wujiang 2025 on April 26, 2025. Last verified November 13, 2026 against World Climbing results.
Has Kiromal Katibin held the world record?
Yes. He set five world records, the last one 5.00 seconds at IFSC World Cup Chamonix 2022 on July 8, 2022. The current men's record is 4.54 seconds by Zhao Yicheng.
How fast is Kiromal Katibin?
He has climbed the 15-metre wall in 4.75 seconds. His fastest time in 2026 was 4.87 seconds, at World Climbing Series Wujiang 2026.
How old is Kiromal Katibin?
Kiromal Katibin was born on August 21, 2000, so he is 26 as of November 13, 2026.
How tall is Kiromal Katibin?
World Climbing lists him at 165 cm, about 5 ft 5 in.
Where is Kiromal Katibin from?
Indonesia (INA). His World Climbing profile gives Batang as his home city.
Sources
- World Climbing athlete profile: Kiromal Katibin (personal best, date of birth, height, podium count)
- World Climbing result: IFSC Climbing World Cup Wujiang 2025 (personal-best race)
- World Climbing speed record table
- Wikipedia (background reading only; figures here come from World Climbing)
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