Las Vegas National Finals Official Thread (June 24 & 25)

[LusitaniaAngel313]

PROVEN YOU CAN JUMP IN THE WATER AFTER YOUR RUN!

[Amber]

brent barely pulling off the fastest time, nice

[mrbignich128]

They said the had 38 clears but they only showed 33 out of the 68 runs they aired. Come on NBC cool it with fluff pieces and just air the damn runs.

[penguincatfish]

All Stage 1 finishers

SPOILER: Click to show

{Finishers}

[snakeeyes]

Was there a change to Jumping Spider? Seemed like the mount distance was shortened or the wall angle was changed in case a certain short female got to it.

[LusitaniaAngel313]

REALLY hoping if Drew isn't digested next week (Stage 2 or 3) that the fluff piece morely focuses on his SASUKE endeavors... that's really the only reason I like Drew in ANW

[penguincatfish]

Continuing from last week's results

This week, I counted 37 competitors (vs 36 last week) - 20 full runs (vs 17 last week), 0 runs already in progress (vs 3 last week), 17 fast-forwards (vs 16 last week) - 12 had profile pieces (vs 15 last week), not counting the ones where it was just Iseman going over their record this season or previous which there were a lot more of this week than last week.

Overall, we saw more runs and less fluff this week.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Results in the order they appeared}FF = fast-forward, P at the end = they had a profile piece

Adam Arnold - Propeller Bar
Preston Griffall - Triple Swing (second bar) - P

FF - Asya Grechka - Propeller Bar
FF - Adam Mihm - Jumping Spider
FF - Steve Martin - Piston Road

Jonathan Parr - Sonic Curve
Grant McCartney - FINISH 2:20.41 - P
Rose Wetzel - Propeller Bar - P
Jamie Rahn - FINISH 2:17.22

FF - Van Tran - Propeller Bar
FF - Eddy Stewart - Warped Wall (timeout)
FF - Brandon Mears - FINISH 2:19.52

Brendan Couvreux - Propeller Bar - P
Pavel Fesyuk - FINISH 2:29.01 - P

FF - Geoff Lancaster - Sonic Curve
FF - Benjamin Barrett - Triple Swing (second bar)
FF - Sean Clayton - FINISH 2:08.36

Josh Cook - Silk Slider
Anthony Scott - FINISH 2:19.10 - P
Lance Pekus - FINISH 2:06.34 - P
Isaac Caldiero - FINISH 2:09.26 - P
Kacy Catanzaro - Propeller Bar - P

FF - Caleb Hayre - Silk Slider
FF - Rich Shoemaker - Jumping Spider
FF - Ian Dory - FINISH 2:24.13

Jeremy Prather - Propeller Bar
JJ Woods - FINISH 1:57.36 - P
Joe Moravsky - FINISH 1:54.69
Elet Hall - Jumping Spider

FF - Dustin Rocho - FINISH 2:29.53
FF - Drew Drechsel - FINISH 1:49.42

Jake Murray - FINISH 1:39.78
Meagan Martin - Warped Wall (timeout) - P

FF - Brandon Berrett - Jumping Spider
FF - Karson Voiles - FINISH 2:11.53
FF - Jeremiah Morgan - FINISH 1:56.24

Brent Steffensen - FINISH 1:38.92 - P

There were 5 finishers not shown -
#9 - Mike Meyers - 2:00.29
#11 - Dan Yager - 2:02.50
#20 - Jason Williams - 2:09.78
#23 - Thomas Stillings - 2:13.02
#33 - Nathan Tucker - 2:25:34

In total, we saw 73 competitors. Since we know who the 100 are, we can figure out who wasn't shown + those five finishers.

[LusitaniaAngel313]

Oh good Kninja made it! I completely missed it but good job!

[RiderLeangle]

Sept 8, 2015 0:23:03 GMT -5 LusitaniaAngel313 said:

Oh good Kninja made it! I completely missed it but good job!

He was one of the Fast Forwards in last night's episode

[NinjaATX]

Is there any way to find out the results of the competitors that were all cut? Just curious about what obstacles the guys failed on for a little game I'm organizing.

[kangaroo]

Kind of weird the jumping spider took down people that have had no problems with it in the pass Hall and Mcgrath where wow really.

Then the question with 38 finishers this year do you think they will shave about 10 seconds off the time next year plus obstacle change ? I hope they keep the sonic curve I really like the obstacle a lot.

[Amber]

Ugh, all the less than a second clears with a 2:30 time limit...

[kangaroo]

Sept 8, 2015 16:45:09 GMT -5 GlobalNinjaFan said:

Just watched this... Results were interesting.,.
-Though this was the best Vegas stage 1 yet. Sonic Curve, Silk Slider and Coin Toss are are cool.

- Just a little less fluff and you'll reach the perfect balance from tonight's episode NBC!

- Kacy didn't surprise me. No way she was beating the propeller bar with her height. Honestly, she'd better not get as much screentime next season. She doesn't deserve it now, and all the "inspiration" and "first" being repeated over and over just gets grating. We get it she finished the city qualifier in 2014. You haven't done anything notable since, and arguably didnt even deserve a wildcard spot. But gotta give her tons of broadcast time because strong females get ratings! Give me a break...

- Meagen on the other hand. She deserves all the screen time Kacy got. She is a better athlete that Kacy and a better representation of what women can do on the course. Just a little more endurance training and I think she could beat stage 1 next year, albeit with a tight time limit finish. Shame the wall beat her, but you could tell she was exhausted by then...

- Next year, the wildcards need to be better allocated. Give 5 to women who ACTUALLY DESERVE IT, 4 to other strong competitors who just missed out and one to someone from a worthy cause (like the autism kid from this year).

- Drew getting fast forwarded is complete BS, especially since he got the 4th fastest time. He is my favourite competitor and was an unfortuante victim of the mini female empowerment documentary that Kacy got...

- They almost did it this year, but next year try to air all runs.

- To lower the number of clears, lower the time limit to 2:15

I think you left out Jessie Graph as well she did qualify in the city finals and she made it to the Warped wall in stage 1 as well and did well the year before she only missed last year do to injury. I think the real issue with Megan and Graff on the warped wall was the short runway requires a lot more leg explosion than on the qualifying warped wall.

[vaughngk]

Can anyone confirm if this is true or not but I heard that because of injury Lorin Ball did not compete in Vegas and was replaced by Miachel Stanger.

[kid0h]

I want to say that is true.

[thisise]

Sept 8, 2015 19:58:22 GMT -5 vaughngk said:

Can anyone confirm if this is true or not but I heard that because of injury Lorin Ball did not compete in Vegas and was replaced by Miachel Stanger.

It's true, Geoff Britten mentioned it in the ANW subreddit.

[Zach Smith]

Just can't wait for stage 2!I have no idea why but I have always loved stage 2 for some reason,maybe the obstacles,the atmosphere,or just the intensity!WAIT.BACK TO THE OBSTACLES.EVERY STAGE 2 -THE STUPIDLY EASY OR BROKEN OBSTICLES.

And as Akbar says...

#dropthemic

[guy4815162342]

Here's who wasn't shown:
Alvaro Campos
Ryan Robinson
Almas Meirmanov
Jason Tirado
Sam Goldstein
Michael Burkett-Crist
Dennis Lappin
Michael Stanger (replaced Lorin Ball)
Joe Calderon
James Bogle Jr.
Hunter Sipes
Sean Darling-Hammond
Adam Grossman
Todd Mitchell
Ron Schmidt
Matthew Jensen
Chris Moore
Jeremy Guarino
Annie Dudek
Cassie Craig
Caitlin Shukwit
Tory Garcia

According to the earlier posted results:
4 failed piston road
5 failed the propeller bar
10 failed the jumping spider
2 failed sonic curve
1 timed out at warped wall

If anyone knows where these people failed, could they please tell me. I'm developing a system of ANW national rankings that includes every competitor that has ever made it to Mt. Midoriyama and this will help the rankings become the most accurate.

[mesa3for4]

Michael Burkett-Crisp went out on jumping spider after breaking a finger on the propeller

[guy4815162342]

Sept 9, 2015 0:43:45 GMT -5 mesa3for4 said:

Michael Burkett-Crisp went out on jumping spider after breaking a finger on the propeller

So far I have
Adam Grossman- failed sonic curve
Michael Stanger- failed piston road
Michael Burkett-Crist- failed jumping spider

Still looking for the rest particularly Alvaro Campos, Matthew Jensen, and Chris Moore