diff --git a/vpr/src/route/route.cpp b/vpr/src/route/route.cpp
index 0696996cf85..8571d620452 100644
--- a/vpr/src/route/route.cpp
+++ b/vpr/src/route/route.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "place_and_route.h"
 #include "read_route.h"
 #include "route.h"
+#include <cstddef>
 #include "route_common.h"
 #include "route_debug.h"
 #include "route_profiling.h"
@@ -251,6 +252,8 @@ bool route(const Netlist<>& net_list,
 
     int rcv_finished_count = RCV_FINISH_EARLY_COUNTDOWN;
 
+    std::vector<size_t> per_iter_heap_ops_count;
+
     print_route_status_header();
 #ifndef NO_GRAPHICS
     // Reset router iteration in the current route attempt.
@@ -286,6 +289,7 @@ bool route(const Netlist<>& net_list,
 
         /* Route each net */
         RouteIterResults iter_results = netlist_router->route_netlist(itry, pres_fac, worst_negative_slack);
+        per_iter_heap_ops_count.push_back(iter_results.stats.heap_pushes + iter_results.stats.heap_pops);
 
         if (!iter_results.is_routable) { /* Disconnected RRG */
             return false;
@@ -578,6 +582,31 @@ bool route(const Netlist<>& net_list,
         // profiling::time_on_criticality_analysis();
     }
 
+    // Calculates the number of iterations with high heap ops.
+    // This is defined as an iteration that has more heap operations than the maximum of the previous three iterations.
+    int num_high_heap_ops_iters = 0;
+    if (per_iter_heap_ops_count.size() > 4) {
+        for (int i = 3; i < static_cast<int>(per_iter_heap_ops_count.size()); i++) {
+            size_t max_heap_ops = 0;
+            for (int j = i - 3; j < i; j++) {
+                max_heap_ops = std::max(max_heap_ops, per_iter_heap_ops_count[j]);
+            }
+            if (per_iter_heap_ops_count[i] >= max_heap_ops) {
+                num_high_heap_ops_iters++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Calculates the routing struggle ratio.
+    // This ratio is defined as the number of iterations with high heap ops
+    // (i.e., iterations having more heap operations than the maximum of the previous three iterations
+    // divided by the total number of iterations.
+    // For more details, see TODO: routing struggle paper is not published yet.
+    float routing_struggle_ratio = 0.0;
+    if (per_iter_heap_ops_count.size() > 4) {
+        routing_struggle_ratio = static_cast<float>(num_high_heap_ops_iters) / static_cast<float>(per_iter_heap_ops_count.size() - 3);
+    }
+
     /* Write out partition tree logs (no-op if debug option not set) */
     PartitionTreeDebug::write("partition_tree.log");
 
@@ -624,8 +653,8 @@ bool route(const Netlist<>& net_list,
     VTR_ASSERT(router_stats.heap_pushes >= router_stats.intra_cluster_node_pushes);
     VTR_ASSERT(router_stats.heap_pops >= router_stats.intra_cluster_node_pops);
     VTR_LOG(
-        "Router Stats: total_nets_routed: %zu total_connections_routed: %zu total_heap_pushes: %zu total_heap_pops: %zu ",
-        router_stats.nets_routed, router_stats.connections_routed, router_stats.heap_pushes, router_stats.heap_pops);
+        "Router Stats: total_nets_routed: %zu total_connections_routed: %zu total_heap_pushes: %zu total_heap_pops: %zu routing_struggle_ratio: %.2f ",
+        router_stats.nets_routed, router_stats.connections_routed, router_stats.heap_pushes, router_stats.heap_pops, routing_struggle_ratio);
     if constexpr (VTR_ENABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING_CONST_EXPR) {
         VTR_LOG(
             "total_internal_heap_pushes: %zu total_internal_heap_pops: %zu total_external_heap_pushes: %zu total_external_heap_pops: %zu ",
diff --git a/vtr_flow/parse/parse_config/common/vpr.route_fixed_chan_width.txt b/vtr_flow/parse/parse_config/common/vpr.route_fixed_chan_width.txt
index a71f259d7a8..976aa7e5b7b 100644
--- a/vtr_flow/parse/parse_config/common/vpr.route_fixed_chan_width.txt
+++ b/vtr_flow/parse/parse_config/common/vpr.route_fixed_chan_width.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ avg_routed_wiresegment;vpr.out;\s.*average wire segments per net: (.*)
 total_nets_routed;vpr.out;Router Stats: total_nets_routed: (\d+) .*
 total_connections_routed;vpr.out;Router Stats: .*total_connections_routed: (\d+) .*
 total_heap_pushes;vpr.out;Router Stats: .*total_heap_pushes: (\d+) .*
-total_heap_pops;vpr.out;Router Stats: .*total_heap_pops: (\d+)
+total_heap_pops;vpr.out;Router Stats: .*total_heap_pops: (\d+) .*
+routing_struggle;vpr.out;Router Stats: .*routing_struggle_ratio: (.*)
 
 #Area Metrics
 logic_block_area_total;vpr.out;\s*Total logic block area .*: (.*)
diff --git a/vtr_flow/parse/parse_config/timing/vpr.route_relaxed_chan_width.txt b/vtr_flow/parse/parse_config/timing/vpr.route_relaxed_chan_width.txt
index d13e1d74491..c62980daeb7 100644
--- a/vtr_flow/parse/parse_config/timing/vpr.route_relaxed_chan_width.txt
+++ b/vtr_flow/parse/parse_config/timing/vpr.route_relaxed_chan_width.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ crit_path_total_nets_routed;vpr.crit_path.out;.* total_nets_routed: (\d+)
 crit_path_total_connections_routed;vpr.crit_path.out;.* total_connections_routed: (\d+)
 crit_path_total_heap_pushes;vpr.crit_path.out;.* total_heap_pushes: (\d+)
 crit_path_total_heap_pops;vpr.crit_path.out;.* total_heap_pops: (\d+)
+crit_path_routing_struggle;vpr.crit_path.out;.* routing_struggle_ratio: (.*)
 
 #VPR Analysis (final implementation) Metrics
 critical_path_delay;vpr.crit_path.out;Final critical path delay \(least slack\): (.*) ns