Differences Between the 2025 Rock Climbing Competition Rules, the 2025 National Event Competition Regulations, and the 2026 FPTI Event Manual

These three documents (the 2025 Rock Climbing Competition Regulations, the 2025 National Event Competition Regulations, and the 2026 FPTI Event Manual) complement one another in governing the conduct of rock climbing in Indonesia, yet each has significantly different focuses, functions, and scopes.

Here are the main differences between the three documents:

1. 2025 Rock Climbing Competition Rules (Focus: Technical Rules and On-Site Judging) This document is essentially the “rulebook” for the sport of rock climbing itself. These rules specifically govern what happens within Field of Play (playing field).

• Key Focus: Climbing techniques, athletes' movements, and the judging system.
• Document Contents: Defining various types of climbing, such as on-sight and flash, rules for the start and end of the experiment, how to determine scores and results (such as criteria Advancing the Movement or points Zone), lane markings such as Safety Hold and the area Out of Bounds, as well as details of infractions resulting in a warning or disqualification.
• Primary Users: This document serves as the primary guideline for the judges (On-field officials), Route Builder (Route Setter), and athletes during competition.

2. Regulations for the 2025 National Competition (Focus: Structure, Logistics, and Tournament Format) This document establishes the administrative and organizational framework for conducting a national-level championship. It bridges the gap between the technical rules on the field and the overall conduct of the tournament.

• Key Focus: Competition procedures, competition data management, and the format of the competition stages.
• Document Contents: Regulating the obligations of organizers, regulations Safety and the medical team, scheduling competitions, and Start List, procedures for handling formal protests, protocols for the winners' ceremony, as well as Attachment: Details on the format for each discipline (Lead, Speed, Bouldering). For example, this document describes the mathematical formula for calculating Lead qualification points and the format of the single-elimination tournament bracket for the Speed category.
• Primary Users: The organizing committee, Event Delegate, and officials from the provincial management team (Pengprov).

3. FPTI 2026 Event Manual (Focus: Guidelines for Conducting Annual Competitions) This document is an annual practical guide published to standardize the organization of championships across Indonesia for a specific year, namely 2026.

• Key Focus: Eligibility requirements, fees, event facility standards, and age categories for that year.
• Document Contents: Determining the types of championships recognized by the FPTI that year (such as the FPTI National Championships, the National Series, and the Age Group National Championships), determining registration fee per team (for example, Rp 2,500,000 for the National Championship), specifying the quota for the number of participants who advance to each round, and age-specific grouping table (U11 to U19) based on year of birth. This document also sets out the technical specifications for the facilities, such as the requirement to use 10-meter walls or modifications to the climbing format Top Rope for children (U11).
• Primary Users: FPTI Provincial Executive Boards, Regency/Municipal Executive Boards, and Local Organizing Committees in the region.

Brief Summary:

• 2025 Competition Rules: Explaining how how athletes climb and how judges score them.
• 2025 Competition Regulations: Explaining how how a tournament is conducted, how the rounds are organized, and how the rankings are calculated administratively.
• Event Manual 2026: To establish specific annual administrative regulations regarding age categories, athlete quotas, costs, and the competition calendar.