Start position by clears.

[darthvaderlim]

Here are start position by number of clears per stage.
Stage One
1 time: #5,#6,#7,#10,#11,#13,#17,#19,#23,#24,#25,#28,#29,#30,#36,#44
2 times: #2,#3,#9,#22,#32,#38,#39,#42,#52,#53,#58,#63,#68
3 times: #1,#18,#31,#34,#43,#46,#51,#69
4 times: #14,#20,#35,#41,#45,#48,#50,#55,#56,#57,#59,#62,#64,#67,#78,#80,#82
5 times: #54,#61,#66,#72,#77,#85
6 times: #47,#60,#65,#74,#75,#79
7 times: #73,#83
8 times: #40,#70,#76
9 times: #49,#84,#86
10 times: #71,#81,#87,#88
11 times: #90,#92,#94
12 times: #91
13 times: #93
14 times: #89
17 times: #95,#99
18 times: #96
22 times: #97,#100
23 times: #98
Stage Two
1 time: #1,#3,#10,#13,#18,#30,#31,#42,#43,#45,#46,#47,#48,#55,#57,#58,#64,#68,#69
2 times: #20,#35,#54,#59,#62,#63,#65,#66,#67,#74,#76,#79,#80,#83,#85
3 times: #50,#60,#70,#72,#73,#77,#86,#88
4 times: #40,#61,#84,#90
5 times: #71,#81,#92
6 times: #49,#87,#93
7 times: #91
8 times: #94
9 times: #89,#99
14 times: #95
15 times: #100
16 times: #96
18 times: #98
20 times: #97
Stage Three
1 time: #13,#54,#59,#62,#67,#85,#86,#87,#88,#89,#92,#93,#95
2 times: #72,#77,#91,#94
3 times: #49,#96,#97,#99
7 times: #100
Final Stage
1 time: #86,#91,#93,#100
2 times: #99

[YourResidentKojiFan]

That's really weird that #49's been to the final three times. Granted, two of those times were in SASUKE 1 and 3, but that's still crazy. Funniest part about it is that #98, literally double #49, hasn't made it to the Final. SASUKE's got some strange stats.

[yamfriend]

Helpful document is helpful: www.mediafire.com/file/jvhenqddjdasfnt/SASUKE_Stage_Clears_%2528Numbers%252C_Cumulative%2529.rtf/file

Also, a few of your numbers assume that certain competitors wore those numbers when they have been either unconfirmed or deconfirmed. Specifically, Paul Kasemir and Brent Steffensen did not wear #61 and #74 in Sasuke 26, respectively; I am almost certain that they (along with most of the other ANW2 competitors, including Travis Furlanic) did not receive numbers in that tournament). The same is the case for Takeda in Sasuke 18, due to him missing the race.

Also, #100 has cleared the Third Stage 7 times.

[dakohosu]

I'm pretty sure Brent was #74 given that #76 was standing next to the start line, indicating that the latter was running shortly, and apparently #75 was known so he couldn't have been #75. As for Kasemir, yes he didn't wear the number and Sasukepedia isn't the most reliable source, but surely there must've been some evidence to suggest that he was actually #61. He definitely wasn't in the #70s like Brent as it wasn't completely dark during his run, and he definitely ran in the early #60s given that Morikami who wore #65 ran when it was slightly darker than Paul's run. Also, Ryo who was was confirmed to wear #63 was standing next to the start line. There's a small chance he could've been #62 as no one was known to have that number, but idk.... either way, the edit of 26 was such a horrid mess that it's almost impossible to tell these days lol.

Either way, if there's no confirmation of who wore which number, then we have no choice but to go with what Sasukepedia and/or TBS themselves say. Not much else we can do.

But anyway, thanks for this vaderlim. I always had these weird imaginations of having a Sasuke spin-off where all of the #100s compete against one another, then all the former #99s, #98s, and so on, so this is really helpful as it's a ballache having to remember where each competitor who wore a certain number failed at a certain tournament.

I'm not surprised #98 never cleared Stage 3 given that it was mostly Shingo or Takeda who wore that number, neither of whom had much luck with Stage 3 after the first few tournaments, though Shingo narrowly missed a clear in Sasuke 5 wearing the number. Then in Shin-Sasuke it was mainly given to either Takeda or celebrity athletes, again neither of which had much of a shot at beating the stage. I'm not going to speak for the RISING era and beyond given that basically anyone other than #100 Yusuke clearing Stage 3 at this point is almost unfathomable lol.

#49 clearing Stage 3 three times is an odd one ngl, though two of those three clears were during the first era of the show which was way easier and where numbers were way less of a thing (Kawashima got higher numbers in the Shin-Sasuke era due to his pro-athlete background). The third was obvs Tada in 37, which is funny given that he was actually initially given #46 but then because taping got delayed by a day which meant certain competitors could no longer attend, some of the numbers got switched around so he ended up getting #49.

[subtleagent]

#59: Adam LaPlante
#60: Patrick Cusic
#61: Paul Kasemir
#72: Adam Truesdell
#73: Evan Dollard
#74: Brent Steffensen
#83: Travis Furlanic
#84: David Campbell
#89: Shane Daniels
#92: Brian Orosco

IIRC this was when the Americans ran. I'm fairly certain one of them got #89 given we don't know who #89 was and given Shane did better in 23 than Travis he would likely be higher up in the rotation.

Also yeah Ryo and Hioki were #63 and #64, you could see them conversing when Paul Kasemir was beginning to run. While #62 I'm pretty sure was someone random.

And yeah 26's edit was so atrocious that G4 for once actually had a better edit as bizarre as that sounds. Aided by them actually showing Kanno, Kong, and Hashimoto even if the order was off.

[m4tt3r0x]

So #98 has cleared Stage 2 18 times, yet has never cleared Stage 3. Wild.
Only four of those Stage 3 attempts were Takeda.

[furatachi]

SASUKE 3 has had it's fair share for numbers being the first clear:

1) Ken Hasegawa(#10), Shingo Yamamoto(#13), and Masaaki Tateyama(#17) are the only Stage 1 clears of their associated number, and...
2) The only Final Stage number that wasn't new was Minoru Matsumoto(#49), as Takayuki Kawashima reached the Final Stage with that number in SASUKE 1.

Shingo, Tatsuya Yamamoto(#54), Katsumi Yamada(#89), and Akira Omori(#100) were new numbers in the Final Stage, and with the exception of Omori, none of those numbers have ever re-appeared in a Final Stage(Even Matsumoto's number would appear again with Tatsuya Tada in SASUKE 37).

[dakohosu]

I doubt Shane would've been #89 as they were run in order of where they qualified. Shane was third while Campbell who wore #84 was second, so no way they'd put him that high. My hunch is that Travis actually wore #82 and Daniels wore #83, given that Travis qualified fourth and there's no evidence to suggest that he definitely wore #83; that would make the most sense, and the number was allegedly seen on the 26 Navi so someone must've worn #82. 

Yeah if I remember correctly for #98: Shingo's worn it nine times (4, 5, 8-11, 14, 17, 28 - I think that's it?), Takeda's worn it five times (13, 16, 21, 24, 32) - Nagano, Kawaguchi, and Paul Terek have all worn it twice, then everyone else has worn it once. So blame Shingo lol.

[subtleagent]

Well tbf David didn't qualify for 23 so they might have been partly basing it on that. Plus sometimes they scramble results. Technically Brian qualified first in ANW 1 and Levi got second, but Levi still got the higher number (#95 to Brian's #73) in 23 based on his results being superior to Brian.

Also ANW Boot Camp's placing was kind of jagged in placing on account of Patrick Cusic should have been the one to go on the ropes as Rich King would have likely beaten him if Evan Dollard hadn't taken his spot. I could go on for days why I hated it and from what I can tell I'm far from the only one even though it was technically allowable it really shouldn't have been. Point being they could've put Shane higher for making it to the Final Climb more recently than David, but who knows?

[yamfriend]

I'm almost positive Shane Daniels was #83 (he's seen wearing his number on G4's ANW2 Japan Finals episode). As far as I know, of the ANW2 qualifiers in Sasuke 26, only Shane, David Campbell (#84), and Brian Orosco (#92) received numbers---the rest were just there.

To an extent, I'm even skeptical of the numbers which Richard King (#42) and Brian Orosco (#73) got in Sasuke 23, as there isn't any evidence to believe it aside from the TBS broadcast's claims (to my understanding, only the top 6 may have actually gotten numbers). Only in Sasuke 27 do we actually know that all 10 ANW3 qualifiers received numbers, and even those were heavily implied for a few of them as a result of the butchered editing of the TBS broadcast (though some were seen/confirmed by us during behind-the-scenes videos).

In fact, the numbering system was very sketchy during most/all of Higuchi's tournaments as director, from Sasuke 15 to Sasuke 27 (Inui is MUCH better at keeping track of who is actually what number, to the extent that since his return as director in Sasuke 28 we've even gotten an official list online). Similarly to finding out cut Sasuke competitors' results, unless you get direct confirmation from Paul, Brent, etc., it's pretty much just speculation.

EDIT: Here is confirmation that Shane Daniels wore #83 in Sasuke 26, per the ANW2 broadcast.

[darthvaderlim]

#82 is currently the only number in the last twenty not to clear Stage Two.
#75 is the only number to fail Stage Two 6 times without clearing.
So far, 90 out of 100 numbers have cleared Stage One, 61 in Stage Two, 22 in Stage Three, and 5 in the Final Stage.