Stair racing is already a sport. Ascend is that sport on the machine in front of you: pick a real tower, race its actual step count, and take your rank against every climber who has taken it on.
Stair racing already exists. On the Vertical World Circuit, athletes race the stairwells of the world's tallest buildings, floor by floor, against the clock. Entry costs a skyscraper, an event date, a travel budget, and a place in a limited field. Ascend costs a stair stepper.
No event calendar and no start list. The tower opens the moment you step onto the machine.
Your stair stepper is the stairwell. Nothing to book, nothing to fly to, nothing else to buy.
Every attempt posted on that tower is the field you race. Your rank moves while you climb.
Every new tower opens with a permanent prize. The first finisher claims it forever, even after someone posts a faster time.
Pick your tower from landmarks across the globe.
Check the steps, floors, time, and completions.
Watch your rank move while you climb.
Read your rank, best effort, stats, and splits.
Save a share card with your tower and your result.
Hold your place against everyone who finished it.
Every race you finish feeds a record book only you can break: most steps, longest climb, fastest pace, rolling windows, and progress charts tied back to the session that set each one.
Ascend gives you pre-built stair-stepper routines for endurance, max output, and heart-rate-zone work, then guides each interval while you climb. Pair a Bluetooth chest strap for live heart rate and effort zones. Finished routines land in the same history as your races, and you can save favorites, repeat what works, or build your own interval structure from scratch.
Ascend is out now on the App Store. Race real towers from any gym, and climb the leaderboard one attempt at a time.