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The American Ninja Warrior Kansas City Qualifiers were all about resilience. Ninjas like Jimmy Choi and Kyle Shulze shared stories of overcoming perceived limitations. Jelani Allen stayed determined and focused through the walk on line and through his heart-pounding run. Lance Pekus burst back on the scene after a rough season eight.
They all had to stay resilient against an unforgiving course. Only ten Ninjas would be able to make it to the buzzer, the lowest number so far this season. Looking at all the run results, we get a picture of what a one-two punch the third and fourth obstacles created!
Here are some stats regarding what there wasn’t time to show on this episode.
We saw on TV: 44 Ninjas
Night of recording: 110 Ninjas tried the course
We saw on TV: 7 Ninjas made it to the buzzer
Night of recording: 10 Ninjas completed every obstacle
We saw on TV: 12 Ninjas tripped up by the Broken Pipes
Night of recording: 33 Ninjas hit the water there
We saw on TV: Crank It Up took out 9 Ninjas
Night of recording: 35 Ninjas couldn’t make it past the fan-designed obstacle
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Here are all the competitors, and where they completed their runs
Please note: These are unofficial results based on witnessing the competition first hand. If you think I’ve miss-recorded something, let me know in the comments! Additionally, names are organized by obstacle and listed in no particular order beyond that.
- Colleen Johnson: Floating Steps
- Forrest Ripley: Floating Steps
- Christine Hovorka: Floating Steps
- Nathan Tucker: Floating Steps
- Kevin Cranmer: Hang Glider
- John Walsh: Hang Glider
- Rich Talavera: Hang Glider
- Patrick Cornett: Hang Glider
- Parker Gatewood: Hang Glider
- Kristy Welch: Hang Glider
- Charlie Miller: Hang Glider
- Nicole Heyboer: Hang Glider
- Zanny Henseler: Hang Glider
- Steven Young: Hang Glider
- Jason Cerny: Hang Glider
- Rian McLean: Hang Glider
- Jason Douglas: Hang Glider
- Mike McKenzie: Broken Pipes
- Bobby Zavala: Broken Pipes
- Steve Haupt: Broken Pipes
- Joseph Stampley: Broken Pipes
- Jimmy Choi: Broken Pipes
- Chris Lange: Broken Pipes
- Lori Ann Lloyd: Broken Pipes
- Steven Moul: Broken Pipes
- Rohan Sebastian: Broken Pipes
- Dakota Phillips: Broken Pipes
- Omar Naffa: Broken Pipes
- Jeremy Taiwo: Broken Pipes
- M.J. Hartig: Broken Pipes
- Dan Nguyen: Broken Pipes
- Zak Zimbile: Broken Pipes
- Adam Williams: Broken Pipes
- Cassie Craig: Broken Pipes
- Rich Burleson: Broken Pipes
- Jim Fenby: Broken Pipes
- Camila Gardner: Broken Pipes
- Connor Carlson: Broken Pipes
- Lars Hanson: Broken Pipes
- Dan Banura: Broken Pipes
- Adam Arnold: Broken Pipes
- Brad Lynn: Broken Pipes
- Taylor Sanders: Broken Pipes
- Marshall Mosher: Broken Pipes
- Matt Goethals: Broken Pipes
- Wesley Owens Jr.: Broken Pipes
- Lucas: Pfannenstiel: Broken Pipes
- Ali Zakka: Broken Pipes
- Calle Alexander: Broken Pipes
- Liz Babcock: Broken Pipes
- Jordan Thurston: Crank It Up
- Justin Cranmer: Crank It Up
- Jaysen Saly: Crank It Up
- Spencer Johnson: Crank It Up
- Brian Doom: Crank It Up
- Craig Schafer: Crank It Up
- Annie Dudek: Crank It Up
- Joe Parker: Crank It Up
- John Williams: Crank It Up
- Michael Bougher: Crank It Up
- Maggi Thorne: Crank It Up
- Sarah Shoback: Crank It Up
- Brent Ruffin: Crank It Up
- Bobby Laenen: Crank It Up
- Charles Hackmann: Crank It Up
- Tyler Rice: Crank It Up
- Derrick Pavoni: Crank It Up
- Abby Paul: Crank It Up
- Justin Maina: Crank It Up
- Sara Heesen: Crank It Up
- Andrew Yori: Crank It Up
- Deren Perez: Crank It Up
- Brittany Reid: Crank It Up
- Kirsti Pratt: Crank It Up
- Mike Chick: Crank It Up
- Jimmy Bogle Jr.: Crank It Up
- Daniel Carbaugh: Crank It Up
- Jackson Griffeth: Crank It Up
- Brendan Kelly: Crank It Up
- Dan Delano: Crank It Up
- Jason Steinberg: Crank It Up
- Tim Brtis: Crank It Up
- Kirby Tatum: Crank It Up
- Kyle Westerhold: Crank It Up
- Donovan Metoyer: Crank It Up
- Alex Carson: Bar Hop
- Mitch Vedepo: Bar Hop
- Kyle Schulze: Bar Hop
- Morgan Wright: Bar Hop
- Wes Whitlam: Bar Hop
- Hunter Guerard: Bar Hop
- Eric Middleton: Bar Hop
- Kyle Mendoza: Bar Hop
- Drew Hendry: Bar Hop
- Dan Polizzi: Bar Hop
- Brad Spine: Bar Hop
- Jeremiah Morgan: Bar Hop
- Bobby Bohannon: Bar Hop
- Devin Harrelson: Warped Wall
- Todd Mitchell: Warped Wall
- Dave Cavanagh: Complete
- Ben Baker: Complete
- Tyler Yamauchi: Complete
- Tyler Smith: Complete
- Ethan Swanson: Complete
- Broc Bebout: Complete
- Dennis Lappin: Complete
- Brandon Mears: Complete
- Lance Pekus: Complete
- Jelani Allen: Complete