Speed Climbing Information

Speed Climbing has been a stand alone medal event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. CEC is committed to building a unique Speed Program to identify and support athletes in this exciting discipline.

This page contains references from both National and International historical data, plus some performance projections towards Paris 2024 and beyond. Additional information on training and development opportunities will be added over time. The current National Team Program for Speed is detailed HERE.

SPEED RECORDS

Current Canadian Senior Speed Records

Female Canadian Record:

7.99s – Alannah Yip

Established – Olympic Games,Tokyo, Japan, August 6/ 2021

Male Canadian Record:

5.48s – Ethan Pitcher

Established – IFSC World Cup, Chamonix (FRA), July 7, 2023

Canadian Youth & Junior Records

CANADA Record Homologation Process

To be considered a Canadian Record, the following minimum conditions must be met:

1. The time must be accomplished in one of the following events:
   1. Olympic or Pan American Games
   2. IFSC sanctioned competition (Senior or Youth)
   3. Continental sanctioned competition (Pan Am, NACS etc)
   4. CEC Sanctioned event (High Performance Competition, National Championship, Regional Championship) or equivalent (i.e., USAC Nationals)
   5. Select World and Master Events (World Games, Beach Games etc)
2. Athlete must be a Canadian Citizen
3. Speed wall on which the competition is taking place must have been approved by an appointed CEC, National or International Federation representative using the following conditions:
   1. Speed Wall is built to IFSC standard (does not need to be homologated)
   2. Using IFSC certified (stamped) Speed Holds (training holds are not permitted)
   3. Using an approved electronic timing device
   4. For more information on the CEC approval process, please contact [email protected]

TIME REFERENCES

The table below provides several tangible references for age and gender categories. They are intended to help Athletes, Coaches and PTSOs to measure athlete development and to use as reference in creating training and competition objectives. **These are not intended to be used as the only benchmark in athlete development assessments. Athlete development is not always linear and several other factors must be considered.

CEC References

2025 Speed Minimum Performance Times

Olympic Projection References

In the lead up to Paris 2024, where Speed will be a standalone discipline, CEC wishes to provide a guideline for athletes focusing on speed training. The below times are there as a suggestion of what athletes should be tracking toward. In no way should this be construed as qualification times, but rather performance indicators.