Alexander Wurm

Alexander "Alex" Wurm is a German sports climber, route setter, psychology student and also a musician who participated in the regular Ninja Warrior Germany Seasons 1-6 & 8, Team Ninja Warrior Germany 1 & 2, Ninja Warrior Germany: Four Nations Special 1 & 2, as a part of Team Germany, and Ninja Warrior Germany All-Stars. In the all the different competitions of Ninja Warrior Germany, Alexander Wurm is always considered as one of the athletes to watch out for (mainly due to his extraordinary skills, efficiency and success), and for quite a long time, he was even considered as the greatest competitor of Ninja Warrior Germany, since he not only achieved three consecutive 1st place finishes (Last Man Standing titles) in a row, namely from Seasons 3-5 (Wurm is one of only five people to have achieved this feat once in the history of regular National/International Ninja Warrior/SASUKE shows, with the others being Nagano Makoto, Morimoto Yūsuke, Jean Tezenas du Montcel, and Miyake Ayako), but he also reached the Final Stage (Mount Midoriyama) in Ninja Warrior Germany Season 3, making him the first ever person to have done that in the history of the show.

Ninja Warrior Germany[]

Ninja Warrior Germany 1[]

In 2016, Alexander Wurm participated in the very first season of Ninja Warrior Germany. He first participated in the fourth Preliminary Round and cleared the course with a time of 03:41.80, finishing fifth in his Preliminary Round. He then participated in the fourth Finals Qualifications. There, he cleared the course with a time of 01:23.30, finishing sixth in this Finals Qualifications. In the First Stage of the Finals, he failed on the Jumping Spider, becoming 10th overall.

Ninja Warrior Germany 2[]

In 2017, Alexander Wurm participated in the second season of Ninja Warrior Germany. He participated in the second Preliminary Round and cleared the course with a time of 02:42.20, finishing second in his Preliminary Round. He then participated in the second Semi-finals Qualifications. There, he cleared the course with a time of 02:22.30, finishing first. In the Semi-finals, Alexander cleared the course with a time of 03:49.70, finishing 13th in the Semi-finals of this season. In the First Stage of the Finals, he failed on the second obstacle, the Propeller Bar, becoming 23rd overall. This was his worst result in Ninja Warrior Germany.

Ninja Warrior Germany 3[]

In 2018, Alexander Wurm participated in the third season of Ninja Warrior Germany. He participated in the seventh Preliminary Round and cleared the course with a time of 02:25.81, finishing third in his Preliminary Round. He then participated in the seventh Semi-finals Qualifications. There, he claered the course with a time of 01:17.24, finishing fifth. In the Semi-finals, Alexander cleared the course with a time of 04:45.33, finishing eight in the Semi-finals of this season. In the Finals, he cleared the First Stage for the first time in his career, advancing to the Second Stage. There, he had trouble on the Wall Flip, the final obstacle of the Stage. But he still cleared the Second Stage with 00:02.00 remaining on the clock, advancing to the Third Stage. On the Third Stage, he easily cleared the Curved Body Prop and the Floating Boards. He then took on the Cliffhanger. He cleared the Cliffhanger, becoming the third participant (after Kim Marschner and Moritz Hans) to do so. After that, he took on the Flying Bar. And unlike Kim Marschner and Moritz Hans, who both failed on this obstacle, Alexander Wurm amazingly cleared the Flying Bar, becoming the first to clear the Flying Bar in Ninja Warrior Germany and also becoming the first ninja to clear the Third Stage in Ninja Warrior Germany. He then took on the Final Stage (Mount Midoriyama). He started out fast on the first half of the tower, but began to slow down once he reached the second half. In the end, Alexander Wurm timed out 3 seconds away from achieving Total Victory. But since he became the Last Man Standing/ of the entire season, Alexander Wurm still recieved a cash prize of 25.000€.

Ninja Warrior Germany 4[]

In 2019, Alexander Wurm participated in the fourth season of Ninja Warrior Germany. This time, he participated in the first Preliminary Round, in which he tried to clear the newly added Mega Wall, but failed to do so. In the end, he still cleared the course with a time of 04:03.08, finishing eleventh in his Preliminary Round. He then participated in the first Semi-Final Qualifiacations. There, he cleared the course with a time of 03:17.74, finishing third. In the Semi-finals, Alexander Wurm cleared the course with a time of 05:15.99, not only finishing second in the Semi-Final of this season, but also being one of only four participants to clear the Semi-Final course of this season. In the Finals, Alexander Wurm cleared the First Stage for the second time in a row, proving that his previous performance was not just a fluke. On the Second Stage, he advanced at a relatively fast pace, reaching the finish button with over 15 seconds remaining on the clock, but waited about 10 seconds before actually hitting the finish button to have an extended rest before attempting the Third Stage. On the Third Stage, he once again cleared the Floating Boards and the Curved Body Prop with an relative ease. After that he took on the modified version of the Cliffhanger, now having two jump transitions instead of only one. But despite this modification, Alexander Wurm cleared the Cliffhanger, becoming the second participant (after Moritz Hans) to do so, without having problems. Without having a pause, he then took on the next obstacle, the Peg Cloud. He then cleared the Peg Cloud, also using a climbing technique which is called "Figure of Four" to take short rests while being on the obstacle. He then took on the Flying Bar, the final obstacle of the Stage, once again. But this time unfortunately, Alexander Wurm failed the Flying Bar, undershooting the 3rd cradle. This performance however was good enough to grant Alexander Wurm the Last Man Standing title and a cash prize of 25,000€ for the second time in a row.

Ninja Warrior Germany 5[]

In 2020, Alexander Wurm participated in the fifth season of Ninja Warrior Germany. He participated in the first Preliminary Round once again and cleared the course with a time of 03:24.14, finishing second in his Preliminary Round and also advancing to the, newly added Power Tower. On the Power Tower, Alexander Wurm had to compete in a head-to-head race against Lukas Kilian and lost the race, missing out on receiving the Speed Pass, which would have granted him an automatic advance to the Finals. He then participated in the first Semi-finals. There, he cleared the course with a time of 06:44.18, finishing tenth in the first Semi-Finals. In the Finals, Alexander Wurm cleared the First Stage for the third time in a row, doing so with 00:29.00 seconds remaining on the clock. On the Second Stage of this season, he advanced at a rather slow pace, clearing the Stage with 00:04.20 seconds remaining on the clock. On the Third Stage, he once again cleared the Floating Boards easily, and also advancing at a very efficient pace. He then took on the newly added Cane Lane and cleared it, becoming the fourth participant (after Giovanni Ertl, Rene Casselly and Kim Marschner), to do so. After that, he took on the new version of the Cliffhanger (the Cliffhanger 3.0, or Die Fingerleisten 3.0). Despite this modification, Alexander Wurm cleared the Cliffhanger once again, clearing the jump transition of the obstacle using the unconventional jump method, facing the ledge, instead of using the conventional SASUKE method. He then took on the following obstacle, the Peg Cloud and cleared it again, despite struggling a little bit on the final box, using the "Figure of Four" climbing technique once again. Without having a rest platform, he then took on the second to last obstacle of the Stage, the newly added Time Bomb and cleared the obstacle very efficiently, also using the "Figure of Four" a few times. After that, Alexander Wurm took on the Flying Bar, final obstacle of Stage, for a third time in a row. But despite all the hopes, Alexander Wurm unfortunately failed the Flying Bar once again, this time failing the landing on the fourth and final cradle. But, this performance was once again good enough to grant Alexander Wurm the Last Man Standing title and a cash prize of 25,000 € for a third incredible time in a row.

Ninja Warrior Germany 6[]

In 2021, Alexander participated in the sixth season of Ninja Warrior Germany. This time, he participated in the first Preliminary Round once again and also tried to attempt the Mega Wall again and actually cleared it this time, unlike in Ninja Warrior Germany 4 in which he did not clear it, and won a cash prize of 2,000 €. He cleared the entire Preliminary course with a time of 03:03.16, finishing fourth in his Preliminary Round and also advancing to the Power Tower once again. In the first race of the Power Tower, Alexander Wrum had to compete in a head-to-head race against Rene Kaselowsky and actually won the race, receiving a 5,000 € cash prize and also advancing to the final race of the Power Tower. There, he had to compete against the winner of the other race, which was Jun Kim, and impressively won that race as well, receiving the Speed Pass, which granted him an automatic advance to the Finals. But despite the fact that Alexander Wurm had already qualified for the Finals by winning the Speed Pass, he still participated in the Semi-finals and cleared the Semi-finals course, finishing fourth in the Semi-finals and also being the only Speed Pass winner of this season to actually clear the Semi-finals course. On the First Stage of the Finals, Alexander Wurm adavanced through the first half of the stage at a rather slow pace, but began advance at a faster pace in the second half of the stage and cleared the First Stage for fourth time in a row, doing so with 00:21.01 seconds remaining on the clock. On the Second Stage of this season, he once again advanced at a rather cautious pace, clearing the Second Stage with 00:07.93 seconds remaining on the clock, advancing to the Third Stage for his foruth time in a row. On the Third Stage, Alexander once again cleared the Floating Boards without a problem. After that, he took on the second obstacle of the stage, the Cane Lane. On this obstacle, Alexander Wurm cleared the first transition of the Cane Lane without a problem, but shortly before he attempted the second transition, he accidentely slipped a little bit backwards, resulting in him not getting enough height to land on the second track, causing him to fall into the water and fail the obstacle, shocking everybody, since he not only failed earlier than a lot of people expected, but also achieved a result that, for the first time since Ninja Warrior Germany 2, was not good enough to grant him the Last Man Standing, losing his infamous streak of 1st place finishes in Ninja Warrior Germany. But his performance was, nonethenless, good enough to achieve the 7th place overall.

Ninja Warrior Germany 7[]

A few days before the premiere of the seventh season of Ninja Warrior Germany, it was announced that Alexander Wurm did not participate in the seventh season of Ninja Warrior Germany. The reason for this decision, which he mentioned in the post-run interview after his Preliminary Round run in Ninja Warrior Germany 8, was that he felt that he simply needed to take a break from Ninja Warrior Germany, because the very hard training and also the cameras (which is not really comfort zone) and the spotlight became too exhausting for him after six years of competing in Ninja Warrior Germany. This would mark the first time that Alexander Wurm did not paticipate in a regular season of Ninja Warrior Germany.

Ninja Warrior Germany 8[]

In 2023, almost one year after it was announced that he did not participate in Ninja Warrior Germany 7, it was announced that Alexander Wurm returned to Ninja Warrior Germany, participating in the eighth season of Ninja Warrior Germany and marking his first performance in a Ninja Warrior Germany competition in two years, ready to leave a huge mark on the course again. And yet again, he first participated in the first Preliminary Round, with him being the final athlete of that Preliminary Round, and would clear most of the new and old obstacles of that Preliminary Round (including the Rollercoaster, the Spin Zone and the modified Swing Arm) slowly, surely and also quite efficiently, with him only struggling on the third obstacle of that course, the Carnival. Following all of that, Alexander Wurm reached the final obstacle (the Warped Wall / Mega Wall) and firstly tried to attempt the Mega Wall (which he cleared in Ninja Warrior Germany 6) once again. However unlike in Ninja Warrior Germany 6, in which he cleared the obstacle, he failed to complete the Mega Wall, with Wurm not really getting close to the top. After that attempt and after taking a short breather, Alexander Wurm would clear the Warped Wall easily, press the button and would clear the entire course at the end of the day, doing so with a time of 03:42.59, finishing 10th in his Preliminary Round, which meant that he would advance to the Semi-finals of the season. In the second episode of the Semi-finals he made it all the way to the fifth obstacle, Flipped Around but shockingly failed it (marking it in the first time he failed a Semi-Finals course) but moved on in 12th place. On Stage 1, he was flying through the course until he shockingly failed the Pole Grasper which was one of the biggest shocks of the season, making it the first time since Ninja Warrior Germany 2 that he failed Stage 1 ending his incredible comeback season.

Trivia[]

Alexander Wurm is the younger brother of the well-known female sports climber and former competitve climber Juliane "Jule" Wurm.
- Juliane Wurm also participated in Team Ninja Warrior Germany 2, alongside her own brother and Max Prinz as the team Cliffhanger.
Alexander Wurm is the first, and so far only person who managed to achieve back-to-back Last Man Standing titles in Ninja Warrior Germany.
- In addition to that, Wurm is also tied with Nagano Makoto, Morimoto Yūsuke, Jean Tezenas du Montcel, and Miyake Ayako for the most consecutive 1st Place Finishes (Last Man Standing titles) in a row, at 3.
Out of all the different Finalists of Ninja Warrior Germany, Alexander Wurm had the greatest improvement, in terms of the result of the season in which he reached that Final Stage compared to the finals result of the season prior to his Final Stage attempt, with him going from a second obstacle First Stage failure to a Final Stage result.

Ninja Warrior Germany Results[]

NWG	Result	Notes
1	Failed Jumping Spider (First Stage)	Failed to stick between the curved walls. 10th best of the season.
2	Failed Propeller Bar (First Stage)	Failed to hold onto the propeller. 23rd best of the season.
3	Failed Rope Climb (Final Stage)	Time Out. Reached the button about 3 seconds after he timed out. Made it about 18.5 meters up. First person to attempt the Final Stage in Ninja Warrior Germany. Last Man Standing.
4	Failed Flying Bar (Third Stage)	Failed the transition to the third cradle. Last Man Standing.
5	Failed Flying Bar (Third Stage)	Failed the transition to the fourth and final cradle. Last Man Standing.
6	Failed Cane Lane (Third Stage)	Failed the transition to the third track. Slipped backwards with the cane as he was attempting the transition and came up short of the track. 7th best of the season.
8	Failed Pole Grasper (First Stage)	8th best of the season.