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Rookie Blue

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Afan Valley Road, Rock, Cwmavon, Pont-rhyd-y-fen, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, SA12 9RY, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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75 m85 m100 m110 m0.0% from 0 m to 3 m-3.0% from 3 m to 16 m-4.8% from 16 m to 25 m-2.8% from 25 m to 46 m-4.0% from 46 m to 56 m-2.2% from 56 m to 75 m-5.7% from 75 m to 96 m-4.7% from 96 m to 117 m0.0% from 117 m to 128 m-1.8% from 128 m to 139 m-5.2% from 139 m to 151 m-3.8% from 151 m to 172 m-5.3% from 172 m to 202 m2.2% from 202 m to 211 m-2.7% from 211 m to 226 m3.2% from 226 m to 251 m-2.1% from 251 m to 260 m2.0% from 260 m to 270 m0.0% from 270 m to 288 m3.7% from 288 m to 305 m0.0% from 305 m to 311 m1.6% from 311 m to 324 m-9.9% from 324 m to 332 m7.5% from 332 m to 337 m-0.9% from 337 m to 359 m0.0% from 359 m to 381 m-2.8% from 381 m to 389 m-4.4% from 389 m to 402 m-1.0% from 402 m to 422 m-3.4% from 422 m to 428 m-2.7% from 428 m to 457 m0.0% from 457 m to 474 m-1.9% from 474 m to 484 m0.0% from 484 m to 500 m0.0% from 500 m to 515 m-2.0% from 515 m to 536 m-0.6% from 536 m to 567 m0.0% from 567 m to 572 m-1.2% from 572 m to 589 m1.9% from 589 m to 599 m-0.6% from 599 m to 635 m0.0% from 635 m to 639 m-2.2% from 639 m to 648 m-4.5% from 648 m to 661 m2.7% from 661 m to 676 m-7.3% from 676 m to 684 m-1.6% from 684 m to 697 m5.1% from 697 m to 701 m-3.4% from 701 m to 719 m2.7% from 719 m to 733 m0.0% from 733 m to 738 m7.3% from 738 m to 752 m8.3% from 752 m to 757 m6.5% from 757 m to 772 m4.3% from 772 m to 777 m3.9% from 777 m to 792 m0.0% from 792 m to 808 m4.4% from 808 m to 831 m-1.2% from 831 m to 848 m2.0% from 848 m to 868 m-1.7% from 868 m to 891 m0.0% from 891 m to 900 m-10.0% from 900 m to 902 m6.0% from 902 m to 908 m10.9% from 908 m to 921 m2.3% from 921 m to 930 m0.0% from 930 m to 932 m12.2% from 932 m to 937 m0.0% from 937 m to 939 m6.1% from 939 m to 942 m0.0% from 942 m to 948 m-3.0% from 948 m to 954 m-10.3% from 954 m to 960 m-3.2% from 960 m to 979 m-1.2% from 979 m to 995 m2.5% from 995 m to 1.0 km3.8% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km14.2% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km14.1% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km9.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km3.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km11.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km14.6% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km17.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km21.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km28.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km11.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km25.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km13.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km12.9% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km16.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km11.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km0.0% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km0.0% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-0.9% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km2.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km0.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km0.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-1.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km0.0% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km0.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-2.2% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km1.4% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km0.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km5.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km2.4% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km2.2% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km1.3% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km0.0% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km-5.8% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km-1.8% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km-9.3% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-3%-1%-0%2%9%-0%-1%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km1.3 km1.5 km1.8 km
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.79 km / 1.11 miles
Elevation gain11.2 m / 37 ft
Average gradient0.6%
Maximum gradient23.5%
Elevation high105.6 m / 346 ft
Elevation low75.8 m / 249 ft
Climb difficulty score1,112.47

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 2,289,174th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 263,540th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 23,334th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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Ranks 873rd out of 967 cycling climbs in Neath Port Talbot.

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Ranking 39th out of 41 cycling climbs in Pont-rhyd-y-fen.

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