Australian Ninja Warrior: Record Breakers

Australian Ninja Warrior: Record Breakers was the first ever Australian Ninja Warrior's special edition, featuring top competitors attempting to break a record in supersized obstacles (a very similar concept to the Skills Competition on American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special). The show premiered on July 7th, 2021 at Channel 9 (shortly after Australian Ninja Warrior 5's season finale).

Competition Format
There were five events in this competition, all of which have appeared during Skills Competition on American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special:
 * Super Salmon Ladder,
 * Sprinting Steps Showdown (known as the Striding Steps in the U.S.),
 * Soaring Sonic Shelf Grab,
 * Ferocious Ferris Wheel (for female competitors only), and
 * Rising Mega Warped Wall.

In each event, the winning competitor would receive the cash prize of AU$15,000 (AU$75,000 cash prize in total).

Super Salmon Ladder
The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Salmon Ladder, with 35 rungs and about four stories in height, and taking place at the Stage Four tower.

Each competitor tried to reach the highest rung as possible. Whoever reached the highest rung, he/she would be the champion. However, if there were at least two competitors who could reach the highest rung, the competitor who reached it in the fastest time would be the champion.

Competitors
① Daniel Mason

② Ashlin Herbert

③ Charlie Robbins

④ Zak Stolz ⑤ Olivia Vivian

Sprinting Steps Showdown
The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Sonic Swing from Team Ninja Warrior.

Each competitor must sprint across eight small steps (spaced 1.5 meters apart between each step), then grabbed a rope, swung back, and sprinted across the steps in other direction, and finally reached and hit the buzzer at the top of the wall.

There were three rounds in this competition. The first round consisted of four matches, the second round consisted of two matches, and the third round consisted of one match. Each match consisted of two competitors, and the winner of each match would advance to the next round. There was no time limit in this competition.

For the first round, each of the four preselected competitors would pick one competitor he/she wanted to against with.

Competitors
① Stewart Furze

② Jack Wilson

③ Ben Polson

④ Eloni Vunakece

⑤ Daniel Mason

⑥ Olivia Vivian

⑦ Ashlin Herbert

⑧ Rob Patterson

Soaring Sonic Shelf Grab
The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Flying Shelf Grab, with a much larger distance between the shelves, requiring competitors to build a much bigger swing and momentum to make the transition from the first shelf to the second shelf.

The competition worked in an elimination fashion. Each competitor was given just one attempt to clear the obstacle in required distance. If they could complete it, they would move on the next round (with the distance between the shelves being made larger in the next round). If they couldn't complete it, they would be eliminated from the competition. The competition continued until only one competitor could clear the required distance in any round or the remaining competitors in any round failed to clear the required distance.

This event attempted to break the current Ninja Warrior world record for the same event at that time set by Drew Drechsel on American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special 2, at 15 feet (4.57 meters) in distance.

Competitors
① Jordan Papandrea

② Ashlin Herbert

③ Zak Stolz

④ Ben Polson

Ferocious Ferris Wheel
The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Ferris Wheel.

There were three heats in this competition, with two competitors in each heat. In each of the first two heats, the competitor who could reach and hit the buzzer in the fastest time would move on to the final heat. In the final heat, the competitor who could reach and hit the buzzer in the fastest time would be the champion. There was no time limit in this competition.

This competition marked the return of Andrea Hah, the first woman in Australian Ninja Warrior history to scale the Warped Wall, competing for the first time since Australian Ninja Warrior 2.

Competitors
① Olivia Vivian

② Judith Carroll

③ Celeste Dixon

④ Andrea Hah

Rising Mega Warped Wall
The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Warped Wall, with a much taller wall and longer runway than during the regular season, requiring competitors to build a much bigger speed and momentum to reach and climb to the top of the wall.

The competition worked in an elimination fashion. For the first two rounds, each competitor was given just one attempt to clear the obstacle in required height, and in the subsequent rounds, each competitor was given three attempts to clear the obstacle in required height. If they could complete it, they would move on the next round (with the wall's height being made taller in the next round). If they couldn't complete it, they would be eliminated from the competition. The competition continued until only one competitor could clear the required height in any round or the remaining competitors in any round failed to clear the required height.

This event attempted to break the current Ninja Warrior world record for the same event at that time set by Flip Rodriguez on American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special and Jon Alexis Jr. on American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special 2, at 19 feet (5.7912 meters) in height.

Competitors
① Josh O'Sullivan

② Sam Goodall

③ Ben Polson

④ Charlie Robbins

⑤ Jake Baker