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ANW9 Razor's Edge

American Ninja Warrior 9's Razor's Edge in Cleveland

Frontal View Razor's Edge

Frontal view of the Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge is an obstacle, firstly introduced as the third obstacle on American Ninja Warrior 9 in Cleveland. Supposedly, the name is a reference to the 1944 book The Razor's Edge, by W. Somerset Maugham.

Competitors must run across a 24-foot (7.32-meter) pool on top of three unstable vertical boards, until they reached the landing platform to advance. The boards had an axis placed near the bottom, which made them would tilt to the left/right if the competitors did not have the right footwork while attempting the obstacle. The first and third boards were slightly tilted to the right, while the second board was slightly tilted to the left.

Although the function of this obstacle was very simple, it had a slight disadvantage with placement in its debut. Since it was placed after the Rolling Log, several competitors still got disoriented while attempting the obstacle. During Cleveland qualifiers, it ended the runs of 19 competitors, including Carl Fantauzzo, P.J. Walsh and Phillip Hucke.

During Cleveland finals, the obstacle wiped out three more competitors (Annika Nieshalla, Kevin Weng, and Fabio Figueiredo).

Other Season Appearances[]

American Ninja Warrior 10[]

ANW10 Razor's Edge

American Ninja Warrior 10's Razor's Edge in Miami

On American Ninja Warrior 10, the Razor's Edge appeared as the third obstacle in Miami. This time, the first and third boards were slightly tilted to the left, while the second board was slightly tilted to the right.

Although only 13 competitors failed on this obstacle during Miami qualifiers, it wiped out notable competitors like Colleen McCormack, Shaun Murray, Megan Dillard, Zach Thomas and most shockingly, JJ Woods.

During Miami finals, only Scott Reuter failed on this obstacle.

Razor Beams[]

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American Ninja Warrior 10's Razor Beams in Stage One

A variation of the Razor's Edge (called as the Razor Beams) appeared as the seventh obstacle in Stage One on American Ninja Warrior 10, replacing the Domino Pipes from the previous season.

Instead of running on the top of the vertical boards, competitors must run across the horizontal beams until they reach the landing platform to advance. Similar to the Razor's Edge in Miami course on American Ninja Warrior 10, the first and third beams were slightly tilted to the left, while the second beam was slightly tilted to the right.

This variation of the Razor's Edge was proven to be extremely easy, as no competitor failed on the obstacle, although Hunter Guerard merely tripped on it. Because of that, the obstacle was replaced by the Diving Boards on the next season.

Other Appearances[]

Australian Ninja Warrior[]

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Australian Ninja Warrior 3's Razors Edge

On Australian Ninja Warrior 3, the Razor's Edge (named as the Razors Edge) appeared as the third obstacle during the semifinals. The obstacle is 7m long.

Similar to its appearance in Cleveland course on American Ninja Warrior 9, the obstacle was preceded by the Rolling Log.

Ninja Warrior France[]

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Ninja Warrior France 3's Razors Edge

Razor's Edge appeared in Ninja Warrior France 3, being paired along with Cargo Crossing in Split Decision as the first obstacle of Qualifications 1 and 3 respectively.

Ninja Warrior Germany[]

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Ninja Warrior Germany 3's Razor's Edge\

On Ninja Warrior Germany 3, Razor's Edge appeared as the third obstacle of Preliminary Rounds 1 and 4.

Ninja Warrior Poland[]

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Ninja Warrior Poland 6's Razor's Edge

On Ninja Warrior Poland 6, the Razor's Edge appeared as the third obstacle during the Heats.

The distance between the boards was similar to the American Ninja Warrior 9 version, but the distance between the first board and the launch pad and the third board and the landing platform was longer than in ANW9.

NWP8 Razor's Edge

Ninja Warrior Poland 8's Razor's Edge

Then, on Ninja Warrior Poland 8, the Razor's Edge appeared as the third obstacle in Heats and in the finals in Stage One.

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Ninja Warrior Poland 8's Razor's Edge in Stage One, with additional dimensions

Ninja Israel[]

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Ninja Israel 2's Razor's Edge

On Ninja Warrior Israel 2, the Razor's Edge, locally called גשר הלהבים (literally Bridge of Blades) appeared as the third obstacle in Heat 9, Heat 12, Against the Route Heat and VIP Heat.

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Ninja Israel 3's Razor's Edge

Then, on Ninja Warrior Israel 3, the Razor's Edge appeared as the third obstacle in Heat 6 and Heat 10.

Ninja Israel Junior[]

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Ninja Israel Junior's Razor's Edge

On Ninja Warrior Israel Junior, the Razor's Edge appeared as the first obstacle in Semifinals and Finals' Stage One.

Competitors' Success Rate[]

  • All results based on the NBC/Polsat broadcast and external information found.

American Ninja Warrior[]

Razor's Edge
ANW Clears Attempts Percentage
ANW9 (qualifiers) 60 79 75.95%
ANW9 (finals) 27 30 90%
ANW10 (qualifiers) 56 69 81.16%
ANW10 (finals) 21 22 95.45%
Total 164 200 82%
Razor Beams
ANW Clears Attempts Percentage
ANW10 40 40 100%
USA vs. The World 5 5 5 100%
Total 45 45 100%

Ninja Warrior Poland[]

Razor's Edge
NWP Clears Attempts Percentage
NWP8 (Heat 1) 20 22 90.91%
NWP8 (Heat 2) 18 19 94.74%
NWP8 (Heat 3) 22 25 88%
NWP8 (Heat 4) 20 23 86.96%
NWP8 (Heat 5) 19 24 79.17%
NWP8 (Heat 6) 16 22 72.72%
NWP8 (Final) 19 19 100%
Total 134 154 87.01%
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