Competition lead climbing at the 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held over six stages at six different locations, from 25 April to 6 September 2025. The top three in each competition received medals, and at the end of the season, the overall winners were awarded trophies. The overall winners were determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 40 of each event. Alberto Ginés López won the men's season title, Erin McNeice won the women's season title, and Japan won the national team title.[1]
The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 40 of each individual event. There are six competitions in the season, but only the best five attempts are counted. The national ranking is the sum of the points of that country's three best male and female athletes. Results displayed in parentheses are not counted.
Men
The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2025:[2]
In the men's, last year's winner Toby Roberts did not advance past the semi-finals. Sorato Anraku topped the final route and claimed victory in the first lead World Cup of the 2025 season. Neo Suzuki claimed the silver medal after re-climbing the final route due to an upheld belaying appeal. Alberto Ginés López placed third.[6]
In women's, last year's winner Janja Garnbret did not compete. Erin McNeice and Seo Chae-hyun had identical scores going into the final. Both athletes climbed to the same point with a time of 4:26 in the final — resulting in a shared gold. This also marked Erin McNeice's first World Cup win. Anastasia Sanders placed third.[7]
In men's, Japan's Satone Yoshida topped a qualification route, ascended higher than anyone else on the semi-final and final routes, and thus securing his first World Cup win. France's Max Bertone took second place while Spain's Alberto Ginés López took third. The winner of last week's event, Japan's Sorato Anraku slipped on the semi-final route, placing 16th.[9]
In women's, identical final and semi-final scores led to count-back to qualification results to determine first and second place. Eventually, Briton Erin McNeice took the win. South Korea's Seo Chae-hyun placed second and Japan's Ai Mori third.[10]
In men's, last year's winner Jakob Schubert did not compete due to a finger injury. Japan's Neo Suzuki topped the final route and claimed his first World Cup gold. Great Britain's Toby Roberts and Spain's Alberto Ginés López also topped the final route, placed second and third respectively due to count-back to the semi-final.[12][13]
In women's, Slovenian superstar Janja Garnbret was the only athlete to top both qualification routes. A high point on the final route secured Garnbret her fifth consecutive Innsbruck lead World Cup gold. Italy's Laura Rogora placed second and Erin McNeice placed third.[14]
In men's, last year's winner Colin Duffy made it into the final and placed fifth after an early qualification exit in Innsbruck. Japan's Sorato Anraku claimed the only top of the final, securing the win. After falling while trying to jump to the top on the final route, Spain's Alberto Ginés López had to settle for silver. Italy's Filip Schenk took third, his first World Cup podium finish.[16][17]
In women's, South Korea's Seo Chae-hyun claimed the win, her second Chamonix lead World Cup gold since her first in 2019. USA's Anastasia Sanders topped both qualification routes and the semi-final route, but she finished lower than Seo on the final route and had to settle for silver. Great Britain's Erin McNeice took third.[18]
In women's, USA's Anastasia Sanders topped the final route, securing her first lead World Cup win. Sanders became the first American woman to win both Lead and Boulder World Cup golds. Italy's Laura Rogora and USA's Brooke Raboutou placed second and third respectively.[21]
In women's, 2-time Olympic champion Janja Garnbret timed out in the semi-final, resulting in a tie with Seo Chae-hyun going into the finals. In the final Garnbret secured the win, claiming her 31st gold medal in the lead World Cup competitions — overtaking South Korea's veteran Jain Kim's record of the most lead World Cup gold medals. Seo Chae-hyun placed second, which also left her in second place in the 2025 lead season's overall rankings. Italy's Laura Rogora placed third. Great Britain's Erin McNeice, the 2025 lead season's overall champion, finished in fourth place.[25]
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