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World Climbing Pan America Championship

Aug 22–23, 2026 Curitiba, Brazil Speed · Lead · Boulder Continental Championship Completed

Canada owned the men's final. Ethan Pitcher beat Dylan Le 5.15 to 5.41 for the continental title, after running the fastest time of the event, 5.09, earlier in the competition. Ecuador's Carlos Felipe Granja Lopez took bronze in 5.48 over home climber Caio Soares De Farias.

Valentina Camila Flores Cortez won the women's title for Ecuador in 11.05 over Chile's Anahí Riveros, in a final both climbers ran well off their best. Venezuela's Sabrina Baumgartner took bronze. The fastest woman of the event was another Ecuadorian, Andrea Rojas, in 7.20, who finished fifth.

No American climbers appear in the speed results.

Results

The podium.

Who competed

4.54

At 16-17 he already owns the world record and is the clear favorite every time he steps to the wall. The first sub-4.5s run may well be his.

Emma Hunt
United States

Emma Hunt

5.99

The fastest woman in history and the standard-bearer for the USA speed program heading toward LA28, even though the Kraków gold slipped away after her record run.

Samuel Watson
United States

Samuel Watson

4.60

The top American man and Zhao's main rival; a consistent podium threat who is pushing to reclaim the record.

Results verified against multiple sources; unconfirmed times and placements are omitted rather than guessed. Official event info →

Photo of Curitiba: Wilfredor · CC0

Finals

Every race, round by round.

The knockout in full: who raced whom, the lane they ran, and the time each climber ran in that heat. The climber who advances is marked; a fall is shown as the officials recorded it, not as a time.

1/8

João Henrique De Araújo B6.49
Daniel Granja A8.53
Jack Whitney B7.08
Caio Soares De Farias B6.84
Pedro Egg AFALL
Piero David Luna Manrique A6.10
Martin Emilio Vizcarra Solano BFALL

1/4

Jack Whitney B6.19
Caio Soares De Farias A6.474
Joaquin Tapia B6.479
Piero David Luna Manrique B8.83

1/2

Ethan Pitcher AWILDCARD
Caio Soares De Farias BFALSE START

Final

Dylan Le B5.41

Small final · race for third

Caio Soares De Farias A6.44

Official results from the World Climbing result service. Times are the run in that heat, so a climber's fastest time of the day may sit in an earlier round than their last one.

Complete field

Full results, every climber.

Every finisher and their best time. Click any climber to see what they've done in past events.

Men's speed

17 climbers

#ClimberNatBest time
1 Ethan Pitcher CAN 5.09 View climber →
2 Dylan Le CAN 5.30 View climber →
3 Carlos Felipe Granja Lopez ECU 5.37 View climber →
4 Caio Soares De Farias BRA 6.44
5 Piero David Luna Manrique ECU 5.83
6 Valentin Sternik ARG 5.86 View climber →
7 Jack Whitney CAN 6.19
8 Joaquin Tapia CHI 6.47 View climber →
9 Alexander Kovats CAN 5.54 View climber →
10 Pedro Egg BRA 5.76 View climber →
11 Daniel Granja ECU 5.95
12 Caio Felipe Egg BRA 6.46 View climber →
13 João Henrique De Araújo BRA 6.49
14 Martin Emilio Vizcarra Solano ECU 6.51
15 Salvador Flores CHI 6.62 View climber →
16 Juan Sebastian Sanchez Martin COL 6.73 View climber →
17 Vinicius Sergio Silva De Oliveira BRA 7.17
Women's speed

11 climbers

#ClimberNatBest time
1 Valentina Camila Flores Cortez ECU 8.07 View climber →
2 Anahí Riveros CHI 7.79 View climber →
3 Sabrina Baumgartner VEN 7.58
4 Aleya Morin CAN 8.27 View climber →
5 Andrea Rojas ECU 7.20 View climber →
6 Avery Macdonald CAN 8.00 View climber →
7 María Deneb Sánchez COL 8.71 View climber →
8 Hayley Schaefer CAN 8.73
9 Ainoa Hernandez VEN 9.26
10 Deborah Albuquerque BRA 10.45
11 Rachel Uezu BRA 10.89

Full field and times from ifsc.results.info. Click any climber for their full record.

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