Aired: March 17, 2001 † Yamamoto climbed two and a half meters before slipping and dislocating his shoulder, falling to the safety mats below.
Aired: September 29, 2001 † Jovtchev fell off the Spider Climb after the walls split at the 15 second limit.
Aired: March 16, 2002 † Yamada spent about 20 seconds in front of the spider walk peeling off the duct tape that had been preapplied to his feet to prevent slipping due to the dust.
†† When Naoki Iketani cleared the Reverse Conveyor, time was expired before he could attempt the Wall Lifting.
Aired: October 1, 2003 † Yamada cleared the second stage, but was disqualified for using his gloves on the Spider Walk.
†† Hamm cleared the Wall Lift as time ran out, but forgot to hit the red button as he burst through the gates, and was disqualified.
Aired: July 20, 2005 † Bunpei Shiratori was the last competitor to attempt the first stage due to suffering from heat exhaustion.
Aired: September 27, 2009 † Nagano was given a second run of the first stage because the Slider Jump failed to work properly.
Aired: January 1, 2010[5] † Kenji twisted up the G-Rope and got the safety wire tangled, causing him to stop.
Note: The third stage of this competition is a time attack, and only the person who clears it the fastest can challenge the Final.
†† Drew slipped off course when sliding down the chute from the Backstream Aired: December 31, 2019 †René was disqualified because both bars derailed.