Hang types and specialty tiers
Standard two-arm dead hang is the flagship. Many other hang types are accepted and each has its own Contender-to-Freak ladder. Grip Age still comes only from a standard two-arm hang. Open-board times: 1:00 Contender, 2:00 Expert, 3:00 Elite, 4:00 Legend, 5:00 Freak.
Weighted time hangs are not “hit a time or hit a load.†You pick the added load you hung with. That load sets how long you need for each tier. 20 lb and 35 lb are real values. They sit between the printed weights.
Look up a weighted time
Standard-style time boards
Times below are the minimum hold for that badge. Below Contender is Challenger.
Weighted time boards
Read across a load row. That is how long you must hold at that added weight. Any other load interpolates between the two nearest rows. Example: 35 lb one-arm weighted sits between 25 lb and 45 lb.
Most weight in 30 seconds
Hold at least 30 seconds. Extra time does not beat more weight. Tier is the added load you held for those 30 seconds.
Ultra-wide pinch
- Legal hang: two hands pinch the outside faces of square vertical posts (rack uprights or equal). Palms face each other. Ultra-wide stance. Shoulders live. Feet free.
- The hang ends when a hand slips, a foot touches, or a kip unloads the shoulders.
- Official time is the last full second before the break.
- A round bar or hangboard does not count. This is not an Active hang.
L-sit form break
- Legal L: two hands on the bar, legs in front of you, thighs at or above parallel to the floor (hip angle 90 degrees or tighter).
- The hang ends at the first moment either thigh drops below parallel, a knee tucks past a soft bend (about 30 degrees), a foot touches anything, a hand leaves the bar, or a kip / swing unloads the shoulders.
- Soft knee shake is fine. A tucked cannonball is not an L.
- Official time is the last full second before the break.
Filming and bar rules still follow the rulebook.