In American Ninja Warrior 11, the competitors with the top 2 fastest times during city qualifiers and city finals rounds in each city will face a head-on race on the Power Tower. The winner of the race receives the following rewards:
- During city qualifiers round, the victor receives a Speed Pass, which automatically grants the competitor a spot in Las Vegas national finals. The competitor therefore can choose to skip the city finals round if he decides to. (stopped after its debut season).
- During city finals round, the victor receives a Safety Pass, which grants the competitor one extra chance at redoing a course should he/she fall on either Stage One or Stage Two during Las Vegas national finals. Note that if a competitor reaches Stage Three and Stage Two (starting in American Ninja Warrior 15) without using the Safety Pass, it will be voided.
It is worth noting that a competitor who earns the Speed Pass can participate in the city finals round and have a chance of also receiving the Safety Pass (in other words, having both a Speed Pass and a Safety Pass is allowed, which the only person this happened to was Drew Drechsel); the competitor in question is just guaranteed in Las Vegas national finals, regardless on their decision to run the city finals course or where the fall whilst running the course.
In ANW 12, the Power Tower is only set in qualifying and the final tournament. Since there were no Vegas finals that season, the victor of the Power Tower competition in qualifying got to bring back his/her teammates into the semifinal round. The Power Tower has also been used as the final challenge for the ANW 12 competition and the womens' championship, where it is played as a tourney bracket for the winner of the tournament. Ever since it has been used at the end of the semifinals for the Safety Pass in both American Ninja Warrior 13 and 14 until the Power Tower was removed in American Ninja Warrior 15 and 16 with the new side-by-side course for the Safety Pass.
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