American Ninja Warrior 8's Ring Jump in Los Angeles
The Ring Jump is an obstacle, firstly introduced as the fourth obstacle in Los Angeles on American Ninja Warrior 8.
Competitors must move three rings across two slanted tracks, the first slanted up, the second slanted down, but there were pegs of different heights that had to be jumped over. Competitors would have to reach for the first ring, jumped it over a few pegs, and then reached for a second ring, and used those two rings to climb the first track. Then, competitors must transfer to the third ring on the second track, and jump or slide it down over the pegs to reach the landing platform.
The obstacle eliminated a decent number of competitors, such as Tory Garcia, Hunter Seide, Tim Schnee, Alan Adams, Chris Kluwe, Eric Gates, and Brandon Toon. At least 15 competitors are confirmed to have went out on the obstacle in Los Angeles Qualifying. During Los Angeles finals, one of the rings was made bigger, making it heavier to jump. Despite this change, no competitor failed on the obstacle.
Other Season Appearances[]
American Ninja Warrior 9[]
American Ninja Warrior 9's Ring Jump in Cleveland
The Ring Jump returned as the fourth obstacle on American Ninja Warrior 9 in Cleveland. However, the obstacle was heavily modified, with the number of rings was reduced from three to just two (one on each slanted track), the number of pegs was also reduced, the shorter tracks, and a larger gap between the end of the second track to the landing platform. The longer pegs are 8 inches long.
During Cleveland qualifiers, the obstacle eliminated more competitors than during Los Angeles qualifiers on the previous season, as 29 competitors fell on it out of 60 attempts. This included competitors like Michelle Warnky, Rachael Goldstein, Annika Nieshalla, Danny Adair, Amy Pajcic, Chris Fantauzzo, Luis Moco, James Wilson, Lucio Battista, Chris Fantauzzo, Ricky Stenhouse, Logan Broadbent, Rex Alba, Matthew Guardo, Jesse Wildman, Tori Clement, Michael Nowoslawski, and on her first ANW season competing, Abby Clark. The obstacle also served as the cut off for the top 5 female competitors to advance to Cleveland finals.
An easier technique was discovered during Cleveland qualifiers (although it was done early by Jessie Graff during American Ninja Warrior 8's Los Angeles finals). Competitors grabbed the first ring, then faced the obstacle backward. This would generate more power to jump the ring across several pegs, and made this obstacle needed less time and energy to complete it. In fact, no competitor failed on this obstacle during Cleveland finals, despite one of the pegs on the second track being removed.
American Ninja Warrior 10[]
American Ninja Warrior 10's Ring Jump in Minneapolis
On American Ninja Warrior 10, the Ring Jump appeared during Minneapolis qualifiers, with the obstacle moved a position back to the third obstacle. The obstacle itself looked the same as during Cleveland qualifiers on the previous season.
Despite that, during Minneapolis qualifiers, the obstacle was significantly more ruthless than the past two seasons, as 38 competitors fell on it, including Joe Prue, Dan Yager, Sarah Schoback, Tomas Cabrera, Ryan Rattazzi, Cole Wadsworth, Sara Heesen, Ryan Robinson, Maggi Thorne, Jennifer Tavernier, Glenn Albirght, Dan Fox, Larissa Cottle, Jamie Ross, Daniel Novarro, Michael Stanger, Jonathan Castaneda, Tavares Chambliss, Kevin Cranmer, and Jacob Bowling. The obstacle was once again served as the cut off for the top 5 female competitors to advance to Minneapolis finals. It was worth noting that the Ring Jump also had the highest amount of casualties from a single city qualifiers obstacle on American Ninja Warrior 10.
During Minneapolis finals, the obstacle was replaced by the Sky Hooks, which was used as the fourth obstacle during Los Angeles qualifiers on that season (during Los Angeles finals, the Sky Hooks was replaced by the Flying Shelf Grab). This made the Ring Jump as one of three obstacles during city qualifiers round that didn't reappear during city finals round on American Ninja Warrior 10 (along with the Floating Steps and Tuning Forks).
American Ninja Warrior 17[]
American Ninja Warrior 17's Ring Jump in National Finals
On American Ninja Warrior 17, the obstacle appeared third position in the National Finals alternating between the Pole Grasper in the Group Stage and remained in the Knockout stage. Due to the nature of the obstacle being in a side-by-side course, there would be instances where competitors would fail the obstacle due to rushing.
Other Appearances[]
Ninja Warrior UK[]
Ninja Warrior UK 3's Ring Jump
On Ninja Warrior UK 3, the Ring Jump appeared as the fourth obstacle during the finals' Stage One, which was similar to the one used on American Ninja Warrior 8. However, the obstacle was proven to be easy, as no competitor failed on this obstacle.
Then, the obstacle appeared as the fifth obstacle in Heat 2 on Ninja Warrior UK 4. This time, the obstacle eliminated several competitors.
Ninja Warrior UK 5's Ring Jump
On Ninja Warrior UK 5, the Ring Jump appeared as the fifth obstacle in Heat 1 and Heat 2.
Australian Ninja Warrior[]
Australian Ninja Warrior's Ring Jump
On Australian Ninja Warrior, the Ring Jump appeared as the seventh obstacle in Semifinal 1, which was similar to the one used on American Ninja Warrior 8.
Australian Ninja Warrior 2's Ring Jump
Then, the obstacle appeared as the fourth obstacle in Stage One on Australian Ninja Warrior 2. This time, each track had two rings.
Ninja Warrior Austria[]
Ninja Warrior Austria 3's Ring Jump
On Ninja Warrior Austria 3, Ring Jump appeared as the fifth obstacle of Heat 1, 2, 4, and 6. The first section had nine pegs, while the second had six.
Ninja Warrior Poland[]
Ninja Warrior Poland 1's Ring Jump
On Ninja Warrior Poland, the Ring Jump appeared as the fifth obstacle in Heat 1 and Heat 4 with a similar configuration to its appearance on Australian Ninja Warrior 2 with a total of 4 rings (two rings on each track). It was not a problem for the participants as only semi-finalist one failed on it.
Ninja Warrior Poland 5's Ring Jump
Then, on Ninja Warrior Poland 5, the Ring Jump appeared as the fifth obstacle in Heat 2 and Heat 6. It was paired with Spinning Log as part of Route B of the Crossroads.
Ninja Israel[]
Ninja Israel's Ring Jump
On Ninja Warrior Israel, the Ring Jump appeared as the eighth obstacle in the Stage One, which was similar to the one used on American Ninja Warrior 8, except that all pegs were longer.
Ninja Israel 2's Ring Jump
Then, on Ninja Warrior Israel 2, the Ring Jump appeared as the third obstacle in Semifinal 2 and Semifinal 4 with several modifications. All pegs on the first track were smaller, the second track was placed higher a bit than the first track, but the gap between the two tracks was smaller. Also, there was a lachรฉ bar in front of as a medium for competitors before reaching the first ring.
Ninja Israel 3's Ring Jump
Later, on Ninja Warrior Israel 3, the Ring Jump appeared as the third obstacle in Semifinal 1 and Semifinal 3 with several modifications. The lachรฉ was replaced by a rope. The number of pegs on the first track were reduced to seven, with the gaps between the third and fourth peg and the gap between the sixth and seventh peg were longer. The number of pegs on the second track were increased to five,
Ninja Israel 4's Ring Jump
On Ninja Warrior Israel 4, the Ring Jump appeared as the fourth obstacle in the Stage One. The obstacle was reverted back to the one used in the first season, and the rope was replaced by a lachรฉ, which was used in the second season.
Team Ninja Warrior Germany[]
Team Ninja Warrior Germany 1's Ring Jump
On Team Ninja Warrior Germany 1, Ring Jump (Ringleiter) appeared as the third obstacle of the K.O. round in the Finals
Trivia[]
- The reverse technique used on the first track on this obstacle would later be seen as a technique on V Formation, firstly introduced as the fifth obstacle during the first two episodes of qualifying during American Ninja Warrior 13.
- During its first appearance in American Ninja Warrior 8, according to ANW competitor Jonathan Cunanan, there was supposedly a rule on the obstacle where competitors had to fully go up the first track and hop over the final peg before transitioning to the second track. However, there were behind the scenes controversies in the Los Angeles city finals where some competitors who made the top 15 advanced to the national finals despite breaking this rule. It is very likely this rule was repealed in future obstacle appearances. No mention of this rule was stated during the broadcast of any of its course appearances.
Competitors' Success Rate[]
- All results based on the NBC/Polsat/Keshet 12 broadcast and external information found.
| ANW | Clears | Attempts | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANW8 (qualifiers) | 33 | 45 | 73.33% |
| ANW8 (finals) | 23 | 23 | 100% |
| ANW9 (qualifiers) | 31 | 60 | 51.67% |
| ANW9 (finals) | 27 | 27 | 100% |
| ANW10 | 31 | 69 | 44.93% |
| Total | 145 | 224 | 64.73% |
Ninja Warrior Poland[]
| NWP | Clears | Attempts | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWP1 (Heat 1) | 9 | 15 | 60% |
| NWP1 (Heat 4) | 12 | 18 | 66.67% |
| Total | 21 | 33 | 63.63% |
Ninja Israel[]
| NWI | Clears | Attempts | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWI1 | 5 | 13 | 38.46% |
| NWI4 | 23 | 23 | 100% |
| Total | 28 | 36 | 77.78% |