About the Data

Sources and provenance

Every fact published on ContestAtlas (result, placement, award) is recorded with a source. We prioritize official federation sources (IFBB and others) and confirmed specialized press coverage; athlete social media is used only to discover or confirm a fact, never as a standalone canonical source.

We freely record facts (who competed, in which edition/category, placement, award) — facts have no copyright protection. We never copy third-party editorial text: all of the site's textual content is original, written in Brazilian Portuguese by our team.

How we build editions and results

We follow a "tournament-first" strategy: we prioritize loading a competition edition's complete, verified history — every athlete, placement and category — before expanding into individual athlete-profile enrichment. This means that once an edition is published, its results table is treated as complete within the covered scope.

Gaps: reported, never invented

When a piece of information is unavailable or could not be verified with confidence, it is marked as a gap — never filled with an estimated or invented value. You may find empty fields, "under review" statuses or partial-coverage notices across the site. This is intentional: we prefer an honest gap over the risk of publishing incorrect data.

Ranking methodology

The specific calculation behind the IFBB Pro ranking — time window, placement scoring, event-prestige multipliers, eligible events and the ranking's coverage limits — has its own dedicated, more detailed page.

View the full ranking methodology →

How to correct a record

Found an error in an athlete profile, a placement, or any other data point? You can let us know at any time. Every reported correction is reviewed and, once confirmed against a reliable source, the record is updated.

The "Report a problem" button is available on every athlete, competition and edition page — it opens a quick form, no login required.

Browse athletes and report an error →