Nanjing, China Villars, Switzerland Arco, Italy Edinburgh, United Kingdom Wujiang, China Speed climbing competitions at the 2017 IFSC Climbing World Cup were being held at seven stops.

The winners were awarded trophies, and the best three finishers received medals.

At the World Cup in Nanjing, Reza Alipour of Iran and Russia's Iuliia Kaplina set world records on their way to the men's and women's speed titles of 5.48 and 7.38 seconds respectively.

[1] At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

An overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

Reza Alipour won and set a new speed world record of 5.48 seconds in the semifinal race against Bassa Mawem of France, who finished fourth.

The previous world record for men's 15-meter speed wall was set at 5.60 seconds by Danyil Boldyrev at the IFSC World Championships in 2014.

Iuliia Kaplina won and set a new world record of 7.38, beating her time of 7.46 from last week in Chongqing.