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ANW9 Time Bomb

American Ninja Warrior 9's Time Bomb in Stage Three

The Time Bomb is an obstacle, firstly appeared on American Ninja Warrior 9 as the penultimate obstacle of Stage Three, replacing the Walking Bar from the previous season.

The obstacle consists of six hooks that spin and two rings with spherical handholds 3 inches (7.62 centimeters) in diameter. After completing the Peg Cloud, competitors have to hold on to the spheres and must traverse to the hooks using the spheres. After that, they must transfer to the resting bar of the next obstacle, the Flying Bar.

Only Joe Moravsky attempted the obstacle but failed to complete it. The Time Bomb ultimately concluded his run as the Last Man Standing, making him the second American to be the Last Man Standing multiple times, after David Campbell on American Ninja Warrior 2 (SASUKE 26) and American Ninja Warrior 3 (SASUKE 27), and before Drew Drechsel on American Ninja Warrior 8, 10, and 11.

On American Ninja Warrior 10, the obstacle was replaced by the Cane Lane.

Other Appearances[]

Ninja Warrior Germany[]

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Ninja Warrior Germany: Four Nations Special 2's Time Bomb (Kugel-Haken)

In the Ninja Warrior Germany: Four Nations Special 2, the Time Bomb, locally called Kugel-Haken (literally Sphere Hooks), appeared as the fifth and penultimate obstacle of the Third Stage of that special. In this appearance of the obstacle, it consisted of only four hooks, instead of six, making the obstacle significantly shorter, compared to the version used in American Ninja Warrior 9. However, this obstacle was also preceded by two obstacles (the Cliffhanger and the Peg Cloud), with there being no rests in between any of these obstacle, essentially making this obstacle a strength/stamina drainer. After the competitors have completed all of the hook movements, they must directly (this means that there is also no rest between those two obstacle) transfer to the next obstacle, the Déjà Vu.

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Ninja Warrior Germany 5's Time Bomb

The Time Bomb appeared as the fifth and penultimate obstacle of Stage Three in Ninja Warrior Germany 5, with only four hooks presented. Out of three competitors attempted, only René Casselly failed this obstacle, while both Kim Marschner and Alexander Wurm could complete it.

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Ninja Warrior Germany 6's Time Bomb

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Ninja Warrior Germany 6's Time Bomb
(from a front view)

Then, in Ninja Warrior Germany 6, Time Bomb once again appeared as the fifth and penultimate obstacle of the Third Stage. And just as in Ninja Warrior Germany 5, this obstacle was also preceded by two obstacles (the Cliffhanger 3.0 and the Peg Cloud), with there being no rests in between any of these obstacle, once again essentially making this obstacle a strength/stamina drainer. This time however, the amount of hooks presented on the obstacle got increased to six, which then also subsequently resulted in a different arrangement of the hooks. During it's third appearance, no comeptitor failed the obstacle, as Moritz Hans completed the obstacle and René Casselly got his redemption.

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Ninja Warrior Germany: Four Nations Special 3's Time Bomb

In the Four Nations Special 3, the Time Bomb reappeared as the fourth obstacle of Stage 3. This time consisting of eight hooks.

Ninja Israel[]

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Ninja Israel 5's Peg Cloud to Time Bomb

On Ninja Warrior Israel 5, the Time Bomb, literally translated פצצות הזמן was combined with the Peg Cloud (ענן היתדות) as the fifth obstacle in the Stage One. The obstacle featured six hooks, in a similar to the one used in American Ninja Warrior 9, with a resting bar placed before the first hook.

Competitors' Success Rate[]

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

American Ninja Warrior[]

ANW Clears Attempts Percentage
ANW9 0 1 0%
USA vs. The World 4 0 0 N/A
Total 0 1 0%

Ninja Israel[]

NWI Clears Attempts Percentage
NWI5 15 15 100%
Total 15 15 100%

Trivia[]

  • This obstacle was similar to the Floating Monkey Bars during Kansas City finals on American Ninja Warrior 9:
    • Both are upper body obstacles that utilize a pair of apparatus to hold on (bars on Floating Monkey Bars and spherical handholds on Time Bomb),
    • Both need to place the apparatus on an object (pairs of cradles on Floating Monkey Bars and hooks on Time Bomb),
    • Both were preceded by an obstacle with no rests (Salmon Ladder preceded the Floating Monkey Bars and the Peg Cloud preceded the Time Bomb), and
    • The last competitor to attempt the obstacle and the course both failed there (Lance Pekus failed on the Floating Monkey Bars and Joe Moravsky failed on the Time Bomb).
  • Time Bomb is the one of only three obstacles in the seventh position in Stage Three where a competitor failed to complete it (during American Ninja Warrior's regular season), as Joe Moravsky failed to complete it on American Ninja Warrior 9. The others are Flying Bar and Road Signs (due to Pipe Dream taking up two spots from American Ninja Warrior 11 onwards).
    • During All Stars Special 3's team competition, two competitors (Jesse Labreck from Team Matt and JJ Woods from Team Kristine) attempted this obstacle and both of them could complete it. However, this is most likely to the fact that they did not attempt the earlier obstacles of Stage Three, and consequently had more energy to complete the obstacle.
  • The Time Bomb is one of only three obstacles in American Ninja Warrior history to never be completed once during either the regular season or an international competition (i.e., USA vs. The World), with the others being Northwest Passage and Angry Birds. The obstacle also holds the record for least attempts out of any obstacle during the regular season, with just one.
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