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The Ball Breaker

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Railway Terrace, Holly Bush, Argoed, Brithdir, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, NP12 0SJ, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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240 m270 m295 m325 m8.9% from 0 m to 61 m21.1% from 61 m to 121 m12.4% from 121 m to 182 m2.2% from 182 m to 227 m5.9% from 227 m to 232 m-3.6% from 232 m to 240 m6.6% from 240 m to 256 m10.3% from 256 m to 280 m-6.8% from 280 m to 305 m-10.6% from 305 m to 327 m3.5% from 327 m to 338 m10.5% from 338 m to 400 m-4.9% from 400 m to 426 m0.8% from 426 m to 487 m-1.1% from 487 m to 514 m13.9% from 514 m to 564 m13.5% from 564 m to 593 m11.3% from 593 m to 655 m12.7% from 655 m to 715 m11.2% from 715 m to 776 m3.1% from 776 m to 782 m8.0% from 782 m to 843 m4.8% from 843 m to 891 m-0.2% from 891 m to 952 m9.1% from 952 m to 981 m10.9% from 981 m to 1.0 km11%2%12%6%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.04 km / 0.65 miles
Elevation gain80.8 m / 265 ft
Average gradient7.8%
Maximum gradient14.2%
Elevation high321.5 m / 1,055 ft
Elevation low240.7 m / 790 ft
Climb difficulty score8,078.16

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 750,023rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 60,643rd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 9,166th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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Ranks 440th out of 1,201 cycling climbs in Caerphilly County Borough.

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A local climb of note, this is the 10th most difficult cycling climb (out of 19 climbs) in Brithdir.

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