Brent Steffensen (ブレント・ステッフェンセン) is a stuntman who qualified for SASUKE 26 by making it through American Ninja Warrior 2. There, he was one of five Americans to clear Stage One and a record four Americans to clear Stage Two. He was one of four competitors that day to go out on the Ultimate Cliffhanger. His onscreen graphic lists his start position as #62, but in actuality his start position was in the mid-70s.
Though his whole run was digested, his overall results are still known. He cleared the First Stage with 8 seconds left, the 4th fastest time set by an American in that competition. He then impressed many when he cleared the Second Stage with 21.5 seconds left on the clock. His run on the Third Stage was great up to the Ultimate Cliffhanger, where his strength gave way on the third ledge.
Steffensen clearing the First Stage with 8.2 seconds.
Steffensen then competed in American Ninja Warrior 3 and successfully qualified for SASUKE 27. There, despite slipping on the Spin Bridge, he once again cleared the First Stage, this time with over 32 seconds left on the clock. In the Second Stage, he nearly lost his balance and fell on the Balance Tank but managed to clear it successfully. However, on the Metal Spin, he lost his grip and fell there.
In American Ninja Warrior 4, Steffensen made it to the inaugural American version of Mt. Midoriyama, and was the only person to pass Stage 2, hitting the buzzer with a slim 0.03 seconds left on the clock. He made it all the way to Stage 3, and became the first American to complete the Ultimate Cliffhanger. However, his victory was short lived, as he ended up falling on the Hang Climbing. He celebrated by jumping in the water when he got past everyone else.
In American Ninja Warrior 5's Venice Qualifying, he got hung up on the Hang Move, but completed the obstacle. Even though he was completely drained, he completed the last third of Qualifying and advanced. In the Venice finals, however, he was quickly defeated by the Salmon Ladder when he took too long to start climbing. He was a wildcard for Vegas, and made up for his Venice fail by gaining the 5th fastest time. Unfortunately, history repeated itself as he failed the Double Salmon Ladder in Stage 2, when he completed the transition, but, unlike the Venice finals, he went too fast to continue climbing, resulting in the right side not landing properly. Everyone, including Brent was shocked.
In American Ninja Warrior 6, Brent competed in the Dallas Qualifying. There he competed alongside his girlfriend Kacy Catanzaro. He was quick to defeat the first 4 obstacles, however he had trouble on the new obstacle the Ring Toss. He accidently got both rings stuck on a peg and he tried to clear the obstacle, but eventually fell in the water. Then to the shock of everyone, he didn't make it into the Top 30, just getting 31st place and getting beat by Dillon Gates, a person that he trains with and is also friends. He was later seen in the Dallas Finals cheering on Kacy during her run.
In American Ninja Warrior 7, Brent was on a mission for redemption after a weak past 2 seasons. He competed in the Houston Qualifiers with Kacy again. This time he finished the course and placed the 2nd fastest time moving into the city finals. He got his revenge on the Salmon Ladder, which took him out in Season 5, but was one of the many to fall on the Walking Bar. Despite that however, he placed 8th and was able to advance to Vegas without being a wildcard this time. In Vegas, Brent was the final runner to go and despite almost slipping on Sonic Curve, he recovered and finished Stage 1 with a record breaking 51 seconds. It was the most seconds remaining on the clock (though in ANW 6, Elet Hall left 46 seconds on the clock out of 2:05 seconds). However he had trouble with Stage 2 being slow and spending a lot of energy on the Rope Jungle, using 40 seconds to complete it and rest before the Double Salmon Ladder and then failing the transition to the first Unstable Bridge and thus failing Stage 2. On team ninja warrior Brent didn't do as good as he thought he would do in round 1 lost to Ryan Startis then in round two with his team up two to nothing he had a slight slip on the warped wall and lost to Kevin bull then in sudden death he had a clumsy slip on the dancing stones as he tried to rush to catchup with Kevin bull. And with his girlfriend Kacy besting him again
Results
| SASUKE | # | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 74 | Failed Ultimate Cliffhanger (Third Stage) | Digest. Third Ledge. |
| 27 | 79 | Failed Metal Spin (Second Stage) | |
| ANW4 | 71 | Failed Hang Climbing (Third Stage) | First American to beat the Ultimate Cliffhanger. |
| ANW5 | 85 | Failed Double Salmon Ladder (Second Stage) | Transition to seventh rung. |
| ANW7 | 100 | Failed Unstable Bridge (Second Stage) | Transition to the first bridge. |