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Eyeglass Alley - ANW13 - Stage 3

American Ninja Warrior 13's Eyeglass Alley in Stage Three

The Eyeglass Alley is an obstacle, introduced as the sixth and penultimate obstacle in Stage Three on American Ninja Warrior 13, replacing the Cane Lane from its past two recent appearances.

The obstacle features two bars with rings on its sides, a similar configuration as to an eyeglass, and a series of hooks in which some will spin.

Competitors must navigate the eyeglass through three hooks by locking the rings onto the hook. The first hook is stationary and consists of two prongs. While the second and third hooks can spin and consist of three prongs in a similar appearance to the second hook of the Fly Hooks. Once they reach the last spinning hook, they can reach for the second eyeglass in which they must do a transition from the first pair of hooks to the second pair of hooks in a similar fashion to the Sky Hooks.

In its first appearance, Kaden Lebsack was the only one that completed the obstacle while Vance Walker and Austin Gray failed.

Other Season Appearances[]

American Ninja Warrior 14[]

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American Ninja Warrior 14's Eyeglass Alley in Stage Three

Eyeglass Alley returned in American Ninja Warrior 14, once again as the sixth obstacle of Stage Three. This time around, while some competitors showed signs of struggles, only Nate Hansen failed the obstacle.

Due to its low knockout rate, it was replaced by the Pressure Cooker on the next season.

Other Appearances[]

Eyeglass Alley[]

Ninja Warrior Germany[]

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Ninja Warrior Germany 7's Eyeglass Alley (Brillen-Weg)

In Ninja Warrior Germany 7, the Eyeglass Alley, locally called Brillen-Weg (literally Eyeglass Way) appeared as the seventh and penultimate obstacle in the second and the fifth Preliminary Round, which was very similar to the one used in American Ninja Warrior, except that there was a minor difference being the arrangement of the three non-paired hooks. In addition to that, the Eyeglass Alley was preceded by the Salmon Ladder, with a laché bar between two obstacles. The obstacle was very brutal, with half of 26 competitors, who attempted this obstacle, failing it. Then more brutal in the fifth round as out of 23 ninjas failed it and 9 conquered it.

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Ninja Warrior Germany 8's Eyeglass Alley

It reappeared in Ninja Warrior Germany 8, this time in the sixth Preliminary Round and as the seventh obstacle once again with the same modification as last season. Despite it being brutal last season, 13 ninjas conquered it and all qualified for the Semifinals. But it did disqualify the Last Ninja Standing of the first season, Oliver Edelmann.

Thread the Needle[]

Australian Ninja Warrior[]

Not to be confused with Thread the Needle, which appeared in American Ninja Warrior 15 as the eighth and final obstacle in Finals' Stage One.

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Australian Ninja Warrior 6's Thread the Needle

A variant of Eyeglass Alley, named Thread the Needle, is introduced as the second obstacle of Stage Two on Australian Ninja Warrior 6.

This version only focused on the laché part of the obstacle itself, with the presence of three eyeglasses, each ring on each eyeglass becoming progressively smaller as competitors made it through the obstacle. Compared to Eyeglass Alley, competitors would move the eyeglass using the bar in a similar motion to the Bar Hop, instead of holding the rings to initiate the transition to the hooks. The second lache was revealed to be 1.8m (5.91ft).

In total, two competitors fell on this obstacle out of ten competitors that attempted it: Le Hua and Bryson Klein.

Ninja Israel[]

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Ninja Israel 5's Salmon Ladder to Thread the Needle

On Ninja Warrior Israel 5, the Thread the Needle, locally called המשקפיים (literally The Glasses) appeared as the fifth obstacle in Heat 1, Heat 5 and Heat 6, and was combined with the Salmon Ladder and counted as one obstacle. This season, the obstacle had a similar configuration to Australian Ninja Warrior 6, except that the number of eyeglasses and pairs of hooks was reduced to two.

Despite of this modification, the obstacle was more brutal than the one used in Australian Ninja Warrior 6, as it eliminated 5 out of 15 competitors in who attempted it.

Competitors' Success Rate[]

  • All results based on the NBC/RTL/Nine Network/Keshet 12 broadcast and external information found.

American Ninja Warrior[]

Eyeglass Alley
ANW Clears Attempts Percentage
ANW13 1 3 33.33%
ANW14 6 7 85.71%
Total 7 10 70%

Ninja Warrior Germany[]

Eyeglass Alley
NWG Stage Clears Attempts Percentage
NWG7 Preliminary Round 2 13 26 50%
Preliminary Round 5 9 23 39.13%
Total 22 49 44.89%

Australian Ninja Warrior[]

Thread the Needle
AuNW Clears Attempts Percentage
AuNW6 8 10 80%
Total 8 10 80%

Ninja Israel[]

Thread the Needle
NWI Clears Attempts Percentage
NWI5 (Heat 1) 2 4 50%
NWI5 (Heat 5) 5 8 62.5%
NWI5 (Heat 6) 3 3 100%
Total 10 15 66.67%

Trivia[]

  • During Flip Rodriguez's Twitch stream, it was revealed that the original idea of Eyeglass Alley was to only have one eyeglass, which meant that once competitors reach the last spinning hook, they must continue navigating towards the pairs of hooks. It was also known that no one completed the obstacle with this configuration once testers tried the obstacle.
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