Rolling Escargot

Rolling Escargot (ローリングエスカルゴ) is an obstacle originally introduced in SASUKE 26's First Stage. It was placed as the third obstacle, indirectly replacing Rolling Maruta from the previous tournament.

Competitors must latch onto a disk, facing the disk, holding onto handles and jamming their feet into toe clips. Then, they would start the disk down the track, which was angled to the left for safety reasons, rotating slowly about four times before finally made the dismount to the landing platform, although some competitors like Travis Furlanic and Flip Rodriguez lept midway in the air to save time.

In its debut, it caused turbulence as it proved very hard to clear this obstacle, taking out competitors such as Komiya Rie, Ishimaru Kenjirō, Miyazaki Daisuke, Kanno Hitoshi, Yamamoto Shingo, and Takahashi Kenji. It should be noted that all of the mentioned defeats above came even after the obstacle received a modification mid-tournament, as the original design was proven to be so brutal that three competitors, Mori Kohei, Sakakibara Tetsuji, and Kawahara Takuya, were given a chance to re-attempt First Stage. The specifics of the modifications came from the angle of the track, which had to be lessened due to being too difficult to complete.

In SASUKE 27, it received minor modifications, where the toeclips became more closed in footholds while the track was placed higher up relative to the course, prompting the landing mat to be redesigned as a stationary elevated cushion. It was also relocated as the second obstacle. While the modifications made the obstacle easier, it still took down notable competitors such as Kawaguchi Tomohiro, Nakayama Kinnikun, and Mohammed Farid Isham.

It was again modified in SASUKE 28, with the obstacle now painted in silver and the landing platform was replaced with a small floating mat, owing to the obstacle being lowered back to the SASUKE 26 elevation. Also, a small cylinder pipe was placed above the track to avoid the wheel from potentially derailing. The modifications means Rolling Escargot become one of the many obstacles to be modified in three consecutive tournaments.

The modification again proved to be effective, eliminating Darvish Kenji, Iketani Naoki (who able to clear two previous versions), Watanabe Mika, and most notably, Takeda Toshihiro. However, in the following tournament, it was replaced by the returning Log Grip.

American Ninja Warrior
The Rolling Escargot appeared as the second obstacle on American Ninja Warrior 6 in Venice Beach, referred to as the Spinning Wheel, with various differences from the SASUKE version of the obstacle:
 * The track is on a straight line as compared to having a curvature at the end,
 * The handholds having two on both sides of the wheel that are similar to rock climbing handholds, and
 * The wheel sported the show's as-of-then-current logo, with a red outline.

Just like in SASUKE 26, during Venice Beach qualifiers, the obstacle was proven to be deadly as usual (taking out several competitors, e.g. Kelvin Antoine, Travis Weinand, and Brian Orosco).

During Venice Beach finals, it took out one more competitor (Brennan Mejia).

Ninja Warrior France
Le Bouclier Géant, Ninja Warrior France's official name for the Rolling Escargot, has appeared: The structure used in Ninja Warrior France 2 was made similar to the one in American Ninja Warrior 6. Starting from Ninja Warrior France 4, a thick metal track placed above the track to avoid the wheel from potentially derailing, similar to SASUKE 28, except it was a small cylinder pipe in that SASUKE tournament. It is also known that the length of the track is 7 meters with a 15 degree incline.
 * in Ninja Warrior France 2
 * in Ninja Warrior France 4
 * and as the second obstacle of Qualification 1 in Ninja Warrior France 6, painted red with blue outline on its sides and a silver star placed in the center of the wheel.

Ninja Israel
The Rolling Escargot would appear as the second obstacle of the qualifiers of Ninja Warrior Israel 3. The obstacle would also have a similar structure to that in Ninja Warrior France 4. The wheel would also be painted white with red outline on its sides and red arrows cicrling the wheel.

Australian Ninja Warrior
On Australian Ninja Warrior 5, the Rolling Escargot appeared as the third obstacle during the heats, with a similar structure to that in Ninja Warrior France 4. The obstacle was renamed as the Cyclone Spinner, and painted with a completely different pattern featuring a star in the center surrounded by a red, segmented swirl (depicting a cyclone) on a blue base.

Ninja Warrior Germany
On Ninja Warrior Germany 6, the Rolling Escargot appeared as the second obstacle during Heats 1 and 4, with a similar structure to that in Ninja Warrior France 4. Compared to previous appearances, competitors would now be required to spin the obstacle in a counterclockwise direction from right to left instead of the usual clockwise motion. The wheel is also painted red with the Ninja Warrior Germany logo placed on the middle.

Ninja Warrior Poland
On Ninja Warrior Poland 5, the Rolling Escargot (locally called the Kołowrotek) appeared as the second obstacle during finals' Stage One. The slide track was long. The obstacle turned out to be extremely difficult, as it eliminated 10 competitors, the most of all final obstacles in the history of Ninja Warrior Poland. 14 people were able to complete the obstacle. The wheel is painted red with a white border and a large program logo in the center.

Competitors' Success Rate

 * All results based on the TBS broadcast and external information found.

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