In 2007, Paul Robinson took second place at the 8th Annual [[American Bouldering Series]] (ABS) National Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.climbing.com/news/us-national-bouldering-championships/|title=U.S. National Bouldering Championships|publisher=climbing.com|author=Dougald MacDonald|accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref> The following year, Robinson took first place at the competition, beating [[Chris Sharma]] and [[Sean McColl]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usaclimbing.net/rockcomps/comps/event_details.cfm?id=1682|title=ABS 9 Open/Adult National Championship|publisher=usaclimbing.net|accessdate=19 May 2013|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025351/http://usaclimbing.net/rockcomps/comps/event_details.cfm?id=1682|archivedate=4 March 2016|df=}}</ref> Later that year, he took third place at the [[International Federation of Sport Climbing]] (IFSC) Bouldering World Cup in [[Vail, Colorado]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!comp=1122&cat=6|title=IFSC Climbing Worldcup (B) - Vail (USA) 2008|publisher=ifsc-climbing.org|accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref> In 2009, Robinson competed once again in the ABS National Championships, this time taking second place behind [[Daniel Woods]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usaclimbing.net/rockcomps/comps/event_details.cfm?id=1916|title=ABS 10 Open National Championships|publisher=usaclimbing.net|accessdate=31 July 2013|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111211841/http://usaclimbing.net/rockcomps/comps/event_details.cfm?id=1916|archivedate=11 November 2011|df=}}</ref> At the IFSC Bouldering World Cup in Vail, he completed three of the four finals problems, placing him in fourth behind [[Kilian Fischhuber]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!comp=1194&cat=6|title=IFSC Climbing Worldcup (B) - Vail (USA) 2009|publisher=ifsc-climbing.org|accessdate=31 July 2013}}</ref> In January 2013, Robinson took third place in the finals of the Dark Horse Series IV bouldering competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1lfPNwU1ri6S19fbVQ2bS1YMUU/edit |format=PDF |date=19 January 2013 |accessdate=28 July 2013 |title=Dark Horse IV Championship – 01.19.2013 Results}}</ref> The following June, Robinson reached the finals of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup in Vail, but was unable to finish any of the final boulders and took sixth place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.climbing.com/news/russian-austrian-victories-at-vail-world-cup/ |title=Russian, Austrian Victories at Vail World Cup |date=9 June 2013 |accessdate=12 August 2013}}</ref>
