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Statistics

Reading the charts Chalky builds from your logged sessions.

Overview

The Stats tab is what your logbook adds up to. It's most useful after a few months, once there's enough in there for shapes to appear.

Grade Pyramid

The grade pyramid shows the distribution of your sends across grades. A healthy pyramid has more sends at lower grades, tapering to fewer at your highest grades.

Reading Your Pyramid

  • Base width — Shows volume at lower grades
  • Apex — Your maximum grade
  • Shape — Ideally pyramidal, not top-heavy

A top-heavy pyramid (many sends at high grades, few at lower grades) might indicate you're not building a solid foundation. Consider adding volume at lower grades.

Filtering the Pyramid

You can filter your pyramid by:

  • Time period (last month, year, all time)
  • Discipline (bouldering, sport, trad)
  • Location (outdoor only, specific crag)

Success Rate

Track your success rate (sends vs. total routes attempted) across:

  • Different grades
  • Different disciplines
  • Different time periods

Don't read too much into the raw number. It drops steeply as you approach your limit, and that's the point — a climber sending almost everything they touch is probably not trying hard enough, and one sending almost nothing is on the wrong routes. What's worth watching is your own figure at a given grade moving over time.

Session Statistics

See trends in your sessions:

  • Sessions per week/month — Are you climbing consistently?
  • Average session duration — How long are your sessions?
  • Routes per session — Your typical volume

Personal Bests

Track your milestones:

  • Hardest send by discipline
  • Most routes in a session
  • Longest session
  • First send at each grade

Time-Based Analysis

View your progress over time:

  • Grade progression graphs
  • Volume trends (routes/week)
  • Session frequency

Seasonality

See how your climbing varies by season. Most people have a strong few months and a flat few months, and it's usually weather rather than fitness.

Tips

  1. Don't obsess over numbers — Use stats to guide training, not define your worth
  2. Look for trends — Single data points matter less than patterns
  3. Be honest — Inflated grades hurt only you
  4. Review regularly — Check in monthly to track progress