How Does Your Strength Compare with Climbing Benchmarks?

Two independent comparisons, not a predicted grade. Each metric shows the supported group whose mean is closest to your strength ratio. Ties show every equally close group. There is no combined score, weakest-link grade, or extrapolation beyond the recorded groups.

Ranges and means answer different questions. The reference range is the group mean ± one standard deviation, not a minimum requirement or an individual target. Ranges overlap; a value can be inside several grade groups while being closest to another group’s mean. Recorded means do not always rise with grade.

Status boundaries. Below range means below its lower bound; lower half means from the lower bound up to, but not including, the rounded mean; within range means from that mean through the upper bound; above range means strictly above the upper bound. Both endpoints are included. Comparisons, means, and displayed ratios use the same 0.01× bodyweight precision.

Supported groups. Bouldering uses pooled ≤V3 and individual V4–V10 groups. Sport climbing uses six source groups from YDS 5.11a/b through 5.13c/d. Other scales are approximate labels for these same groups, not additional data. Select the group containing your maximum outdoor grade; indoor and project grades are not equivalent reference populations.

NextGrade test: 7-second max hang. Enter added weight on a 20mm edge for 7 seconds and added weight for one maximum weighted pull-up. Ratios are (bodyweight + added weight) ÷ bodyweight. Enter 0 only if you completed the test at bodyweight. Assisted tests are not supported. Input limits are software limits, not physiological standards or instructions to attempt these loads.

Protocol limitation. The cited Power Company source describes a 10-second max hang. NextGrade retains its 7-second test; no validated 7-to-10-second adjustment is applied. Finger comparisons are therefore approximate and not protocol-matched.

Source and uncertainty. Power Company Climbing’s public metrics article describes over 600 assessments, grade samples of 15 to 60+, and tables last updated October 2022. It includes client assessments and allows public submissions; it is not peer-reviewed research. This app’s stored tables have no verified version date or per-group sample counts, so newer data or sample-specific confidence cannot be claimed.

French/UIAA labels follow an approximate conversion reference; regional conversions vary. Two strength tests cannot establish technique, endurance, dynamic power, injury risk, or which training will improve your climbing. Use these comparisons as context, not a diagnosis or a promise of performance.