In reply to JLS:
> Here, I thought form varied from poor to so so to on fire.
I thought everyone except Jimmy was climbing well. I think Rustam maybe struggled with reach and the boulders didn't suit his best style though.
> The winner was great to watch but watching someone come out and fail to stick the first move, then walk away, didn't make great viewing. Maybe the setting should try to provide less harsh starts and be more progressive to get everyone off the ground.
I think that on P4 they did modify the start and make it easier than it had been set initially. Only Rustam couldn't do the first move at all. Alex couldn't repeat it after the first go. I suppose it still wasn't quite easy enough. Though if Alex had done that first try there might have been a tie or at least a very close finish. I'm sure doing the setting for a comp like this is really hard because you only have a few boulders to separate the climbers and they've practiced them first.
> Perhaps they should invite 10 climbers along to the problem try out day and only select 6 for the event/show.
I guess Sportiva's budget is a good bit less than Adidas has for it's Rockstars' event so they're limited on who they can invite. The crowd (ticket money) is somewhat smaller it seemed too.