Rolling Escargot

Rolling Escargot
Rolling Escargot, SASUKE 26
SASUKE Competitions
Stage	First Stage
First	SASUKE 26
Last	SASUKE 28
Total	3 competitions
First Attempt	SASUKE 26, Shobun Setsu
First Clear	SASUKE 26, Ryousuke Mokumoto

The Rolling Escargot (ローリングエスカルゴ) is an obstacle featured in the First Stage, debuting in SASUKE 26 as the third obstacle.

Much like the Body Prop was to the Spider Walk, this could be considered a cousin of the Rolling Maruta.

A competitor must latch onto a disc, facing the disc, holding onto handles and jamming their feet into toe clips. They then start down the track, which is angled to the left for safety reasons, rotating slowly four times before hitting the bottom and dismounting.

This has proven to be a deadly obstacle, as losing one's grip on one of the handles or toe clips briefly is usually enough to cause failure. In its entirety, the obstacle eliminated top competitors such as:

• Yamamoto Shingo,
• Takahashi Kenji,
• Kanno Hitoshi,
• Miyazaki Daisuke,
• Kawaguchi Tomohiro,
• Takeda Toshihiro,
• Nakayama Kinnikun,
• Iketani Naoki,
• Kishimoto Shinya,
• Ryo Matachi,
• Patrick Cusic,
• Evan Dollard,
• Will Dodd and
• Joe Lobeck.

With the last four mentioned competitors were American competitors.

All in all, it alone eliminated almost half of the field. Some competitors (e.g. Yamada Katsumi and Urushihara Yuuji) were forced to stop the obstacle and finished in a more energy draining way, while others (e.g. Travis Furlanic and Flip Rodriguez) have jumped for the mat early to save time.

From SASUKE 27 onwards, it became the second obstacle and the toeclips became more closed in footholds. While this modification arguably made the obstacle easier, it still eliminated more people than any other obstacle did in the tournament giving it a lethal status as a feared obstacle. It was removed in SASUKE 29 in favor of the Log Grip's return.

Rolling Escargot, SASUKE 28

American Ninja Warrior Appearance

American Ninja Warrior 6's Spinning Wheel in Venice Beach

The Rolling Escargot appeared as the second obstacle on American Ninja Warrior 6 in Venice Beach. However, this obstacle was called as the Spinning Wheel, and had a similar design from the SASUKE 26 version. Just like in SASUKE 26, this obstacle was proven to be deadly as usual (taking out several competitors, e.g. Kelvin Antoine, Travis Weinand, and Brian Orosco).

During Venice Beach finals, it took out one more competitor (Brennan Mejia).

Visual Design

• From SASUKE 26 to 27, the color of the disc was a mixture of light and dark brown.
• In SASUKE 28, the color changed to a mixture of black and gray.
• On American Ninja Warrior 6, the disc was painted with the American Ninja Warrior logo with a red outline on the sides.

Competitor's Success Rate

• All results based on the TBS broadcast and external information found

SASUKE	Clears	Attempts	Percentage
26	27	53	50.94%
27	49	70	71.01%
28	36	51	70.58%
Total	112	174	64.76%