Final Stage (Ninja Warrior Germany)

In the regular Ninja Warrior Germany seasons, the Final Stage, also known as Runde 4 in the German language, or similar to the most International SASUKE/Ninja Warrior spin-off shows, also known as Mount Midoriyama, is always serving as last of four courses of the Finals of Ninja Warrior Germany. As of now, Ninja Warrior Germany included three different iterations of the Final Stage, with all of them however sharing one, singular goal: to scale the Final Stage and press the button at the top before the time expires, in order to achieve the title of "Ninja Warrior Germany" and to achieve a cash prize.

Regular Competitions[]

First Version (Ninja Warrior Germany 1-2)[]

Format Overview[]

In the first two seasons of Ninja Warrior Germany, the competitors who would reach the Final Stage, just like the First and the Second Stage, would have to press the button and complete the stage within a certain time limit. The time limit, in which this stage had to be completed in, was only 30 seconds. This time limit, in combination with all of the preceding exhaustion of the other stages, means that this stage would serve as the ultimate beast for the competitors who would make it this far. Apart from that, if there should be multiple finalists in one season and at least two of them would achieve Total Victory, the competitor who would complete the Final Stage in the better time would be declared as the winner of the entire season, which means that only the competitor with the perfect amount of speed, efficiency and endurance, would have a realistic chance to complete this stage fast enough and to not only acheive Total Victory but also the title "1. Ninja Warrior Germany" plus a cash prize.

Ninja Warrior Germany's cash prize of 100,000€ (circa 108,100$) for the winner of the season

Ninja Warrior Germany 2's cash prize of 200,000€ (circa 216,200$) for the winner of the season

In Ninja Warrior Germany, the cash prize for the winner of the season would be 100,000€ (circa 108,100$).
In Ninja Warrior Germany 2, the cash prize for the winner of the season got increased to 200,000€ (circa 216,200$), due the fact that no competitor completed the Final Stage and achieved Total Victory in the previous season.

Also, unlike in the later seasons of Ninja Warrior Germany, the timer of this Final Stage would start immediately after the fourth acoustic signal (the starting signal) sounded, and would not start as soon as both feet of the competitor completely left the ground mat, which was very similar to SASUKE.

Season Differences[]

Ninja Warrior Germany's trophy for the winner of the season

In Ninja Warrior Germany, the trophy for the winner of the season had a translucent look with a golden-white iteration of the usual Ninja Warrior Germany logo on the centre of the trophy, plus the text "1. Ninja Warrior Germany" below the logo.
In Ninja Warrior Germany 2, however, this trophy design got changed completely and now the trophy not only had a more dark-gold look, instead of a translucent look, but it also rested on a pedestal, making this tropy look more like an actual classic trophy than the trophy of Ninja Warrior Germany. In addition to that, the bottom text "1. Ninja Warrior Germany" got removed completely.
- Instead, this text was now inscribed on a completely seperate medal.

Stage Layout[]

Ninja Warrior Germany's Final Stage (Mount Midoriyama) tower (a 22-metre Rope Climb)

In the first two seasons of Ninja Warrior Germany, the Final Stage consisted of one sole obstacle, which was a 22-metre (circa 72.17 feet) high Rope Climb (locally known as Seil). The design of the first Final Stage tower of Ninja Warrior Germany was very similar to the design of Final Stage tower design from SASUKE 18 and onwards (except SASUKE 25), with this Final Stage also consisting of light circles, although the tower itslef looked different compared to the tower used in SASUKE (the one since the Shin-SASUKE-era) due to the height of this tower. Apart from that, there were also two LED-wall installations on both sides of the inner halfs of the metal construction of the tower, with both of them regularly displaying the logo of Ninja Warrior Germany on the typical background of the show. The actual function of these two LED-wall installations was that they would serve as a set timer, which would only be displayed, if a competitor should attempt the Final Stage.

Competitors[]

Just as in the succeeding seasons of Ninja Warrior Germany, only the competitors, who would clear the preceding stage, the Third Stage would be allowed to attempt this Final Stage. And, due to the facts that the the preceding stage, the Third Stage, required a lot of finger tip/grip strength and stamina, and that there were no really established Ninja-atheltes in Germany at that time, only very established sports climbers/boulderers would have a realistic chance to attempt this Final Stage.

Version Summary[]

This version of the Final Stage however was never attempted, with the Last Man Standing of Ninja Warrior Germany, Oliver Edelmann, failing the Unstable Bridge of the Second Stage and the Last Man Standing of Ninja Warrior Germany 2, Moritz Hans, failing the Cliffhanger of the Third Stage.

Competitors' Success Rate[]

NWG	Clears	Attempts	Percentage
NWG1	0	0	N/A
NWG2	0	0	N/A
Total	0	0	N/A

Second Version (Ninja Warrior Germany 3-6)[]

Format Overview[]

In these seasons of Ninja Warrior Germany, the competitors, who would reach the Final Stage, just as the First and the Second Stage, would still have to press the button and complete the stage within a certain time limit. From Ninja Warrior Germany 3 and onwards, however, the time limit was also cut by 5 seconds to 25 seconds as well, in order to balance out the time limit reduction. This reduced time limit, in combination with all of the preceding exhaustion of the other stages, means that this stage would be an even greater beast for the competitors who would make it this far, and once again only the competitor with the perfect amount of speed, efficiency and endurance, would have a realistic chance to complete this stage fast enough and to not only acheive Total Victory but also the title "1. Ninja Warrior Germany" plus a cash prize.

In Ninja Warrior Germany 3, the cash prize for the winner of the season got increased to 300,000€ (circa 323,900$), due the fact that no competitor completed the Final Stage and achieved Total Victory in the previous season. This cash prize, however, would not be changed anymore in the later seasons.

Season Differences[]

In Ninja Warrior Germany 3, similar to the first two seasons of Ninja Warrior Germany, the timer of this Final Stage would start immediately after the fourth acoustic signal (the starting signal) sounded, and would not start as soon as both feet of the competitor completely left the ground mat.
From Ninja Warrior Germany 4 and onwards, however, this got changed and now, the timer of this Final Stage would start as soon as both feet of the competitor completely left the ground mat, which also got added in that season, which was very similar to American Ninja Warrior.

Stage Layout[]

Ninja Warrior Germany 3's Final Stage (Mount Midoriyama) tower (a 20-metre Rope Climb)

The set timer function of the Final Stage in , the season in which attempted this Final Stage. — The set timer function of the Final Stage in Ninja Warrior Germany 3, the season in which Alexander Wurm attempted this Final Stage.

From Ninja Warrior Germany 3 to Ninja Warrior Germany 6, the Final Stage still consisted of one sole Rope Climb, just as in the first two seasons. Starting from Ninja Warrior Germany 3, however the height of this Rope got decreased by 2 metres to only 20 metres (circa 65.61 feet), making the Final Stage very similar to the Final Stage of SASUKE 27. The design of this second tower was almost the same as the design of the first version.

Season Differences[]

There were some notable differences, regarding the stage layout of the Final Stage, between ceratin seasons within this particular era of Ninja Warrior Germany:

The first major difference is the location of the Final Stage, which changed from a location inside of the dm-arena - Messe Karlsruhe (the recording location that has been used from Ninja Warrior Germany to Ninja Warrior Germany 4), to a location outside of the MCC Studio (Coloneum, the recording location that has been used from Ninja Warrior Germany 5 and onwards).
- The sole reason for location change was the maximum height of the new event hall in the MCC Studio (Coloneum), in which Ninja Warrior Germany 5 and onwards got recorded, which was so low that it would have been physically impossible to put the entire Final Stage construction into that event hall.
- This made Ninja Warrior Germany the only International SASUKE/Ninja Warrior format that recorded both indoor and outdoor in the same season, as most international formats were filmed indoor of outdoor in each season.
The second, more aesthetical difference, was the colour of the light ring similar installations, which got changed from a dark blue tone (Ninja Warrior Germany 3 to Ninja Warrior Germany 5) to red (Ninja Warrior Germany 6).
The third, and both aesthetical and functional difference, was the display of the two LED-wall installations, which got changed from the regular logo of Ninja Warrior Germany on the typical background of the show (Ninja Warrior Germany 3 to Ninja Warrior Germany 5) to a more translucent display (Ninja Warrior Germany 6). Along with that, the set timer function of the two LED-wall installations got removed completely in the later seasons of this era.
- Instead, there would now be a graphical timer shown on the TV screen like in SASUKE and in most of the other International SASUKE/Ninja Warrior formats.

The fourth is the difference regarding the placement of the button of the Final Stage between the Seasons 3 and 6. In Ninja Warrior Germany 3, the button was placed horizontally on the top of the finish platform like SASUKE, while in Ninja Warrior Germany 6, the button was installed vertically on a support bar that was slightly below the actual finish platform (in a similar way to the one used from Ninja Warrior France 5 and onwards).

Competitors[]

Just as in the preceding seasons of Ninja Warrior Germany, only the competitors, who would clear the preceding stage, the Third Stage would be allowed to attempt this Final Stage. However, due to the fact that that there already many really established and all-round Ninja-atheltes in Germany at that time, which firstly really started in Ninja Warrior Germany 5, many different types of athletes, and not only established sports climbers/boulderers would have a realistic chance to attempt this Final Stage and to achieve Total Victory. The most well-known example of that was René Casselly, who didn't have a background as an established sport climber/boulderer, but still managed to acheive Total Victory, doing so in Ninja Warrior Germany 6.

Version Summary[]

This version of the Final Stage was first attempted in Ninja Warrior Germany 3 by Alexander Wurm, who timed out about three seconds away from achieving Total Victory.

In Ninja Warrior Germany 4 and Ninja Warrior Germany 5, this Final Stage was not attempted, with the Last Man Standing of both seasons, Alexander Wurm, failing on the final obstacle of the Third Stage, the Flying Bar.

One season later however, in Ninja Warrior Germany 6, both Moritz Hans and René Casselly became the second and the third competitors in Ninja Warrior Germany to attempt this Final Stage. And incredibly both Hans and Kaselowsky completed the Final Stage in the tournament, becoming the first and the second competitors to complete the Final Stage of Ninja Warrior Germany in a regular season, with Hans completing the stage with 1.08 seconds remaining while Kaselowsky completed the stage with 2.99 seconds remaining being declared as the winner of the season.

Competitors' Success Rate[]

NWG	Clears	Attempts	Percentage
NWG3	0	1	0%
NWG4	0	0	N/A
NWG5	0	0	N/A
NWG6	2	2	100%
Total	2	3	66.6%

Third Version (Ninja Warrior Germany 7 & 8)[]

Format Overview[]

After both Moritz Hans and René Casselly managed to complete the Final Stage in Ninja Warrior Germany 6, the Final Stage got completely renewed for Ninja Warrior Germany 7, in order to make the Final Stage of Ninja Warrior Germany more difficult than ever before. And in order to achieve that, two new obstacles were added to this Final Stage, incraesing the total amount of obstacles to three. Just as in all of the previous seasons, the competitors would have to press the button on the top of the tower within a certain time limit to complete this stage. However, despite the fact that this Final Stage now consists of three obstacles, the time limit in which this stage had to be completed in, is still kept incredibly strict, with it being only 30 seconds. This time limit, in combination with all of the preceding exhaustion of the other stages, and the fact that this Final Stage consits of three obstacles, means that this stage would serve as the greatest challenge in the history of this show so far. And only the competitor with the perfect amount of speed, endurance and explosive strength would have a realistic chance to complete this stage fast enough and to not only acheive Total Victory but also the title "2. Ninja Warrior Germany" plus a cash prize of 300,000 €.

Competitors[]

Stage Layout[]

Ninja Warrior Germany 7's new Final Stage (Mount Midoriyama) tower

This new Final Stage, similar to the Final Stages which have been used from SASUKE 32 to SASUKE 38 and in Australian Ninja Warrior 5, consists of three obstacles that were connected to each other:

A Chimney Climb (locally known as Kamin, literally Chimney in German),
A Salmon Ladder (locally known as Himmelsleiter, literally Ladder to Heaven in German), which consists of 10 rungs in total,
And a Rope Climb (Seil).

In Ninja Warrior Germany 7, this Final Stage got described as "Eine kräftraubende Kombination aus Kamin, Himmelsleiter und Seil." (roughly translated as "An energy-sapping combination of Chimney, Ladder to Heaven and Rope.").

For quite a while, there was a total lack of information regarding the real individual measurements of the obstacles of this new Final Stage, as they have never been mentioned by RTL or Ninja Warrior Germany. And while the seperate heights of the individual Final Stage obstacles still have never been "officially" mentioned (as of 2024), René Casselly presumably revealed them during his pre-Preliminary Round interview of Ninja Warrior Germany 8 (2023). During the interview, Casselly said that he built a faithful replica of the new Final Stage in his residence backyard and stated the following information:

The total height of the stage itself is 25 meters (circa 82 feet).
- And the stage consists of a 7 meter (circa 22.96 feet) high Chimney Climb,
- A 6 meter (circa 19.86 feet) high Salmon Ladder,
- And a 12 meter (circa 39.37 feet) high Rope Climb.

The height of the entire tower construction meanwhile is said to be exactly 32 metres (circa 105 feet).

And like the tower used in the first and second version of Final Stage, the design of the third Final Stage tower was very similar to the Final Stage tower design that was used from SASUKE 18 and onwards (except for SASUKE 25). Also, due to the greater height of this tower, the tower now also looks very similar to the SASUKE's Final Stage tower that has been used since the Shin-SASUKE era. In addition to that, both the metal construction of the tower now has a red illumination that is emitted by the red lights inbetween the metal construction, instead of a dark-blue illumnation that was emitted on the past two Final Stages.

Season Differences[]

Aesthetical Differences[]

While the towers of both Ninja Warrior Germany 7 & 8 had similar designs, there were some slight aesthetical differences that were made from 7-8:

1. The banner installations on the tower.
- In Ninja Warrior Germany 7, the tower had two red banner installations on both sides (near the corner) of the metal construction, with both of them displaying the logo of Ninja Warrior Germany on the typical background of the show.
- In Ninja Warrior Germany 8, the this installation got removed completely.

2. The design of the Final Stage tower pre-run compared to the design during a run.
- In Ninja Warrior Germany 7, the original desgin of the tower would stay the same during a majority of a run.
- In Ninja Warrior Germany 8, the regular design would change majorly during a run.
  - The tower would now just be covered in a dark-blue & white illumination, instead of a slight dark red one,
  - And the sets of lamp rings on the tower would now have two dark blue & two white lamps, instead of four dark blue lamps.

3. The light changes after certain events during a run.
- In Ninja Warrior Germany 7, if competitors completed an obstacle on this stage, the white light that covers the obstacle would slowly fade away into a dark-blue light.
- In Ninja Warrior Germany 8, this feature got removed completely

Ninja Warrior Germany 7 Ninja Warrior Germany 8

4. The design of the Final Stage during the final ten-second countdown.
- In Ninja Warrior Germany 7, once the clock reached the ten-second mark during a run, the entire tower would be covered in a dark-blue illumination, and the lamp rings would flash in a red light.
- In Ninja Warrior Germany 8, all the white lamps/lights installed on the tower would shortly flash in a red light.

Version Summary[]

This version of the Final Stage was first attempted in Ninja Warrior Germany 7 by both Max Görner and Moritz Hans, with Max Görner being the fourth different competitor in Ninja Warrior Germany to attempt the Final Stage and with Moritz Hans being the first competitor in Ninja Warrior Germany to attempt the Final Stage more than once. And unfortunately, this new Final Stage, along with the strict time limit of just 30 seconds, proved to be too much for both Max Görner and Moritz Hans, with both of them failing the second obstacle of this Final Stage, the Salmon Ladder, with Max Görner derailing the bar at the transition to the 7th rung and Moritz Hans derailing the bar at the transition to the 4th rung. The first-mentioned competitor, Max Görner, then subsequently became the Last Man Standing of the entire season.

This version was then attempted again in Ninja Warrior Germany 8 by Philipp Göthert becoming the fifth different competitor in Ninja Warrior Germany history to attempt the Final Stage. Göthert had to complete the Final Stage within the same brutal time limit of 30 seconds. At first, he had a blazing start on the Chimney Climb. However, unlike Max Görner and Moritz Hans in the previous season, Philipp Göthert became the first person to clear the Final Stage iteration of the Salmon Ladder in Ninja Warrior Germany. But due to the immense difficulty paired with the strict time limit of just 30 seconds, Göthert then reached the Rope Climb with struggle and had less than ten seconds remaining on the clock to clear it. And after he caught the rope very low because he made a mistake on the transition from the Salmon Ladder to the Rope Climb, he timed out at the halfway point, ending his quest for a Total Victory. After that, he still climbed the rest of the rope and made it to the buzzer about eight seconds after the time out.

This is the second version that has never been completed in Ninja Warrior Germany history, after the first version.

Competitors' Success Rate[]

NWG	Attempts	Percentage
NWG7	2	0%
NWG8	1	0%
Total	3	0%

Fourth Version (Ninja Warrior Germany 9~10[]

Format Overview[]

Despite no one achieving Total Victory in Ninja Warrior Germany 8*, the Final Stage was modified for Ninja Warrior Germany 9 in order to make the Final Stage of Ninja Warrior Germany more difficult than ever before. And in order to achieve that, one of the obstacles were modified for the Final Stage, decreasing the total amount of obstacles to two. Just as in all of the previous seasons, the competitors would have to press the button on the top of the tower within a certain time limit to complete this stage. However, despite the fact that this Final Stage now consists of two obstacles, the time limit in which this stage had to be completed in, is still kept incredibly strict, with it being only 35 seconds. This time limit, in combination with all of the preceding exhaustion of the other stages, and the fact that this Final Stage consits of two obstacles, means that this stage would serve as the greatest challenge in the history of this show so far. And only the competitor with the perfect amount of speed, endurance and explosive strength would have a realistic chance to complete this stage fast enough and to not only acheive Total Victory but also the title "2. Ninja Warrior Germany" plus a cash prize of 300,000 €.

*Trivia Note: Originally, the third version of Ninja Warrior Germany's Final Stage (from Ninja Warrior Germany 7 & 8), was supposed to be used in Ninja Warrior Germany 9. However, due to poor weather conditions during the recordings, the first obstacle (Chimney Climb) became very slippery, making the obstacle unusable for a fair competition and prompting the show's producers to remove it completely.

Competitors[]

Stage Layout[]

Ninja Warrior Germany 9's Final Stage tower (30 rungs Salmon Ladder and Rope Climb)

This Final Stage almost similar to its previous appearance had a slight modification in its obstacles:
- A Salmon Ladder (locally known as Himmelsleiter, literally Ladder to Heaven in German) which consist of 30 rungs this time.
- And a Rope Climb (Seil).

In Ninja Warrior Germany 9, this Final Stage got described as: "Wer alle 13 Hindernisse geschafft hat, auf den wartet der neue Mount Midoriyama mit den Elementen Himmelsleiter und Seil. In 35 Sekunden muss er bezwungen werden." (Roughly translated to: "If you have completed all 13 obstacles, the new Mount Midoriyama with the elements of a ladder to heaven and a rope awaits you. He must be defeated in 35 seconds.")

The total height of the stage itself is 25 meters (circa 82 feet).
- The 13 meter (circa 42.65 feet) high Salmon Ladder,
- And a 12 meter (circa 39.37 feet) high Rope Climb.

The height of the entire tower construction meanwhile is said to be exactly 32 metres (circa 105 feet).

Also, the tower design of this version was still same as the third version from Ninja Warrior Germany 8 without any aesthetical differences.

Version Summary[]

This version of the Final Stage was first attempted in Ninja Warrior Germany 9 by Sandro Scheibler, Moritz Hans, and René Casselly with Sandro Scheibler being the sixth different competitor in Ninja Warrior Germany to attempt the Final Stage, Moritz Hans becoming the first competitor in Ninja Warrior Germany to attempt the Final Stage three times, and René Casselly becoming the second competitor in Ninja Warrior Germany to attempt the Final Stage twice. This new Final Stage proved to be brutal for the three competitors as Sandro Scheibler derailed the bar going to the 21st rung and Moritz Hans and René Casselly who then both made it to the Rope Climb and even to the top of the tower but both timed out with Moritz making it about 13 seconds after the clock ran out while Rene made it two seconds after the time out becoming the Last Man Standing of the entire season.

Competitors' Success Rate[]

NWG	Clears	Attempts	Percentage
NWG9	0	3	0%
Total	0	3	0%

Final Stage Obstacles Overview[]

NWG	Obstacles (Height)					Total Height	Time Limit
English Obstacle Names
NWG1	① Rope Climb (22m)					22m	30.0
NWG2	① Rope Climb (22m)					22m	30.0
NWG3	① Rope Climb (20m)					20m	25.0
NWG4
NWG5
NWG6
NWG7	① Chimney Climb (7m)	+	② Salmon Ladder (10 Rungs) (6m)	+	③ Rope Climb (12m)	25m	30.0
NWG8	① Chimney Climb (7m)	+	② Salmon Ladder (10 Rungs) (6m)	+	③ Rope Climb (12m)	25m	30.0
NWG9	① Salmon Ladder (30 Rungs) (13m)			+	② Rope Climb (12m)	25m	35.0
NWG10	① Salmon Ladder (TBA Rungs) (TBAm)			+	② Rope Climb (TBAm)	TBAm	TBA
German Obstacle Names
NWG1	① Seil (22m)					22m	00:30.00
NWG2	① Seil (22m)					22m	00:30.00
NWG3	① Seil (20m)					20m	00:25.00
NWG4
NWG5
NWG6
NWG7	① Kamin (7m)	+	② Himmelsleiter (10 Sprossen) (6m)	+	③ Seil (12m)	25m	00:30.00
NWG8	① Kamin (7m)	+	② Himmelsleiter (10 Sprossen) (6m)	+	③ Seil (12m)	25m	00:30.00
NWG9	① Himmelsleiter (30 Sprossen) (13m)			+	② Seil (12m)	25m	00:35.00
NWG10	① Salmon Ladder (TBA Rungs) (TBAm)			+	② Rope Climb (TBAm)	TBAm	TBA

Final Stage Results[]

NWG	Clears	Attempts	Percentage	Finalists	Results
NWG1	0	0	N/A	-	-
NWG2	0	0	N/A	-	-
NWG3	0	1	0%	Alexander Wurm	1. Rope Climb
NWG4	0	0	N/A	-	-
NWG5	0	0	N/A	-	-
NWG6	2	2	100%	Moritz Hans - René Casselly	Moritz Hans - Total Victory René Casselly - Total Victory
NWG7	0	2	0%	Max Görner - Moritz Hans	Max Görner - 2. Salmon Ladder Moritz Hans - 2. Salmon Ladder
NWG8	0	1	0%	Philipp Göthert	Philipp Göthert - 3. Rope Climb
NWG9	0	3	0%	Sandro Scheibler - Moritz Hans - René Casselly	Sandro Scheibler - 1. Salmon Ladder Moritz Hans - 2. Rope Climb René Casselly - 2. Rope Climb
Total	2	9	22.22%

Notable Statistics[]

Finalists[]

Now, after nine regular Ninja Warrior Germany seasons, the following six different competitors have reached the Final Stage and had their chance to complete the Final Stage, to achieve Total Victory and the title of "Ninja Warrior Germany":

Alexander Wurm in Ninja Warrior Germany 3.
Moritz Hans in Ninja Warrior Germany 6, Ninja Warrior Germany 7, and Ninja Warrior Germany 9.
René Casselly in Ninja Warrior Germany 6 and Ninja Warrior Germany 9.
Max Görner in Ninja Warrior Germany 7.
Philipp Göthert in Ninja Warrior Germany 8.
Sandro Scheibler in Ninja Warrior Germany 9.

Champions[]

And, out of these six different competitors, who have reached the Final Stage and had their chance to complete the Final Stage, in order to achieve Total Victory, only Moritz Hans and René Casselly managed to acheive Total Victory, both of them doing so in Ninja Warrior Germany 6, with René Casselly completing the Final Stage faster than Moritz Hans.

Kanzenseiha Gallery[]

Trivia[]

With his Final Stage attempt in Ninja Warrior Germany 6, René Casselly once held a National/International Ninja Warrior/SASUKE record at that time for the fastest ever Rope Climb Final Stage clear, with him completing a 20-metre Rope Climb with a time of just 22.01 seconds, which is about 1 metre every 1.10 seconds.
- However, his record got later beaten by Clément Gravier, in Ninja Warrior France 6, with with him completing a 23-metre Rope Climb with a time of 25.16 seconds, which is about 1 metre every 1.09 seconds, and whose record was then beaten again, this time by Yogev Malka in Ninja Warrior Israel 5, with with him completing a 23.5-metre Rope Climb with a time of just 22.00 seconds, which would be 1 metre every 0.93 seconds.
Out of all the Finalists of Ninja Warrior Germany, Moritz Hans is the only Finalist who has never been the Last Man Standing in the same season in which he reached the Final Stage.
Out of all the Finalists of Ninja Warrior Germany, Max Görner was the youngest Finalist, with him reaching the Final Stage at an age of just 19 years.
Ninja Warrior Germany is the third version (after SASUKE Vietnam and SASUKE Ninja Warrior Indonesia) have a tower design very similar to SASUKE.
- In this case, the tower design in Ninja Warrior Germany (since season 7) and SASUKE Vietnam were look like the tower during Shin-SASUKE's era, while the tower design in SASUKE Ninja Warrior Indonesia was look like the tower from SASUKE 5 to SASUKE 17.
- One of the reason that the tower design in Ninja Warrior Germany (since season 7) was look like the tower during Shin-SASUKE's era is the removal of the two LED-wall installations since Ninja Warrior Germany 6. If this tower still featured LED walls, it will look like the Stage Four tower in American Ninja Warrior (since season 4) instead of SASUKE.