City Qualifying & Finals

National Finals

Venice Beach Qualifying

Kansas City Qualifying

Houston Qualifying

Orlando Qualifying

Pittsburgh Qualifying

San Pedro (Military) Qualifying

City Qualifying Leaderboard

Fastest Qualifiers

Kevin Bull had the fastest time on a City Qualifying course this season.

Venice Beach Finals

Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.^[5] Obstacles used in the Venice Beach Finals included:^[6]

Notes

• Nicholas Coolridge was the only person to clear the course as the "POM Run of the Night".
• Many people went out on the Hourglass Drop, meaning that most people had to only clear the 5th Obstacle to make it to Vegas, and did not even need to pass all the standard qualifying course obstacles; the only other time this has occurred was during Season 4 during the Northeast Region Finals and that was the last season we saw it as a fifth qualifying obstacle next it became an eighth obstacle after the Salmon Ladder still a ninja killer for American Ninja Warrior Season 8 and 9.
• Jessie Graff is only the 4th woman to scale the Warped Wall,^[5] and the second to make it to Las Vegas directly (and is the only one to make it this season directly). Graff is also the second woman to clear the Salmon Ladder.^[5] Graff is only the second woman to clear the Salmon Ladder, behind Kacy Catanzaro in ANW 6.

Kansas City Finals

Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.^[7] A small rainstorm had passed over earlier, causing some obstacles to be slightly wet and slick.^[7] Obstacles used in the Kansas City Finals included:^[8][9]

Notes

• Meagan Martin was the only female in the finals, but she fell on the second obstacle and placed last in the finals. However, she still became a wildcard for Vegas.
• Kansas City had the most finishers on any city finals course this year with 3.

Houston Finals

Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.^[10] Obstacles in the Houston Finals included:^[11]

Notes

• Jeremiah Morgan and Sam Sann were the only 2 finishers of the course.
• Sam Sann is the 2nd oldest person to finish a City Finals Course at 48 years old, after Jon Stewart.^{[citation needed]}
• The Walking Bar proved to be the most difficult obstacle during the course.^[10]

Orlando Finals

Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.^[12] Obstacles used during the Orlando Finals are listed below.^[13]

Notes

• Adam Arnold and James McGrath were the only two competitors to complete this course.
• Cannonball Alley eliminated 11 competitors, almost one-third of the competitors. Only 7 out of 18 competitors who made it that far, advanced to the next obstacle.^{[citation needed]}
• The course took place at Universal Studios Orlando.^[12]

Pittsburgh Finals

Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.^[14] Obstacles in the Pittsburgh Finals included:^[15]

Notes

• Joe Moravsky and Geoff Britten were the only two finishers.
• Michelle Warnky was the only female in the Pittsburgh Finals, but failed on Snake Crossing. However, she was wild-carded to the Las Vegas National Finals.^[14]
• Miles Avery was the oldest man ever to make a City Finals but failed on Snake Crossing as well.^{[citation needed]}

San Pedro (Military) Finals

Military competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below.^[16] Obstacles in the San Pedro Finals included:^[17]

Notes

• The Finals were held in San Pedro, California with the USS Iowa as a backdrop.
• Dustin McKinney was the only finisher; he is also the shortest man to ever complete a City Finals course.^{[citation needed]}
• Preston Griffall was the first Olympian to advance to Vegas^{[citation needed]}, failing on the Salmon Ladder and placing 13th.

City Finals Leaderboard

Fastest Finalists

James McGrath had the fastest time on a City Finals course this season.

Stage 1

Competitors who successfully completed Stage 1 in under 2:30.00 are listed below. Competitors in Bold are finishers of the City Finals.^[18] Obstacles used in Stage 1 included:^[19]

Stage 1 featured three new obstacles, Sonic Curve, the Coin Flip, and the Triple Swing.

Notes

• A record of 38 competitors had completed stage 1, beating the record of 24 in season 4. This record would be beaten in season 9, with 41 competitors.
• The Vegas finals had a record 3 finishers (Pavel Fesyuk, David Yarter, and Dustin Rocho) who completed Stage 1 with less than a second left.
• Brent Steffensen had the fastest time on the course by 1:38.92.
• Brandon Mears is the tallest person to complete Stage 1 in ANW history at 6'5 (195.6 cm).
• Dustin McKinney is the shortest person to complete Stage 1 in ANW history at 5'2 (157.5 cm), until Tyler Yamauchi in the show's ninth season.

Stage 2

Stage 2 featured a new obstacle, Roulette Row.

Notes

• A record 8 competitors finished Stage 2, but this record would later be beaten in Season 11 when 21 competitors finished the stage.
• Geoff Britten had the fastest finish with a time of 2:00.89.

Stage 3

Stage 3 featured two new obstacles, Psycho Chainsaw and Area 51.

Notes

• Geoff Britten and Isaac Caldiero were the only two finishers in Stage 3.

Stage 4

Isaac Caldiero and Geoff Britten were the first two people to reach Stage 4 in the seventh season of the show. Since there were two competitors, the trophy and $1,000,000 was given to the athlete with the fastest time to climb the tower via a 75-foot rope and hit the buzzer at the top. While Britten was able to hit the buzzer at the top with 0.35 seconds remaining and earn the title of "First American Ninja Warrior" and the first runner-up to achieve Total Victory, Caldiero hit the buzzer with 3.86 seconds left and earned the title of "Second American Ninja Warrior" and the first to win $1,000,000.