I've been climbing for 2 years and I boulder about V8/V9...unfortunately I still can't get past 5.12a/b...

Who are these cats that can climb v4-v6 in a matter of weeks (or even months for that matter)? I've been climbing (almost exclusively bouldering) for almost two years and only just now beginning to crack v4. I don't often climb indoors but when I do i seem to have trouble pulling anything harder than v2. Am I just a f*cktard, or is everyone on rc.com just hardcore badasses except me?

I'm guessing they are climbing at gyms with severely overgraded problems.
Case in point, I've been climbing since the end of June and my onsight level is about 10c outdoors/11b indoors, my redpoint level is 12a both outdoors/indoors but my bouldering level is about V4, with a bit of work. I was climbing with a fellow the other day in the gym who redpoints about 11a indoors and he is talking about how earlier that day he was at another gym bouldering and sent 3 V5's and worked a V4 for a bit.

Fast forward a couple days later and this fellow and I are back in the gym doing some bouldering and he is getting shut down on every V3 we try, and is sending V2 within 6-7 tries.

I dont want to assume this guy was lying about those sends, cause I think he genuinely did send them. I question the legitimacy of their rating, however. If you're sending V4-6 within a couple months then you are straight up a freak of nature, or the problems are misgraded.

It seems we have a lot of freaks in here.

Just for the record, I know it may seem as if I fall into that category as well but I've been climbing 4-5 days a week since I started so I dont see my progression as being particularly impressive.

I assume some of this was directed twords me, yeah you make some good points about the problems being over rated (the 5.12 definately was I probably should have noted that). The bouldering problems are tough as hell, I dont think they are severely over rated maybe a little but for the most part they seem to be pretty on with the ratings. I'll be going to my first comp ever tomorrow with different route setters so well see what I am really capable of.

I probably also have a decent physical advantage over most people, I'm 6'3 and have long arms. It lets me static moves that were meant to be big throws, example theres a v4 in my gym where the opening move is a dyno/throw (varies from person to person, at worst its a tiny dyno but anyway) on an undercling to a sloper that is big enough to match on. No doubt me being to static this move makes it much easier for me to do the problem.

Also like you since I started Ive been going to the gym at least 2x a week and I never climb for less than 3 hours so that probably helps alot. I also climb with climbers that are a hell of alot better than me so I am constantly trying to keep up with them but I am always learning something.

My theory is that it depends alot on body type and who you climb with/learn from. Yeah it also depends alot on how often you climb but I think it has alot to do with other things too.

Of course I could just be spewing BS (which I probably am) but thats the way I see it. I also probably did a really poor job of putting this post together so sorry if it didnt make alot of sense.

but uh yeah thats the way I see it

Thanks man, so I climbed all kinds of prolbems ranging from 265-565 at the comp and for my 5 best prolbems I got 2300. So I think that I over estimated my ability in my initial post. I think the comp was a pretty good measure of my climbing ability