The season was officially announced by NBC in late March.[1][2][3]
Obstacles
Qualifying
Like in season 15, the qualifying course starts with the Pole Vault and ends with the Warped Wall, with an attempt at the 18.5-foot Mega Wall available for anyone who finishes the course in under 1 minute and 20 seconds; the instant reward for successfully completing the Mega Wall, once again sponsored by Wells Fargo, was doubled to $20,000 this season. The Runoffs also returned; like in the previous season, the bottom two male contestants and two female contestants on the leaderboard (12th and 13th places) would race side-by-side on the four-obstacle course with the winners earning the last spot in the semifinals.
Denotes obstacles created by fans for the Obstacle Design Challenge.
Event
Obstacles
Finish under 1:20
Course 1
Pole Vault
Reel to Reel
Dangerous Waters
Duck Duck Goose
Jawbreakers
Warped Wall
Mega Wall
Course 2
Double Twister
Ring the Bells
Course 3
Ring Chaser
Spinning Bridge
Heavy Metal
The Cubes
Course 4
Reel to Reel
Jawbreakers
Course 5
Ring Chaser
The Cubes
Course 6
Reel to Reel
Jawbreakers
Runoffs
Event
Obstacles
Course 1
Home Run
Spring Forward
Wingnuts
Hopscotch
Course 2
Course 3
Flying Shelf Grab
Sideways
Course 4
Course 5
Course 6
Qualifying
Denotes expanded course (Mega Wall) finishes
Denotes runoff winners who advanced to semifinals
Denotes rookie contestants
Course 1
Three new obstacles were introduced in the qualifying course: Reel to Reel, Dangerous Waters, and Duck Duck Goose (an Obstacle Design Challenge creation).
Top 13 Men
Rank
Competitor
Time
Furthest Obstacle
1
Jonah Brown
01:15.16
Finished
2
Daniel Gil
01:17.16
Finished
3
Isaiah Thomas
01:19.60
Finished
4
Jody Avila
01:34.14
Finished
5
Grant Kiningham
01:48.13
Finished
6
Kyle Schulze
01:55.97
Finished
7
Jonah Maningo
01:04.21
Jawbreakers
8
Anthony Porter
01:11.29
Jawbreakers
9
Jesus Capote
01:22.22
Jawbreakers
10
Dillon Ruble
01:30.84
Jawbreakers
11
Sam Folsom
00:15.02
Duck Duck Goose
12
Caiden Madzelan
00:18.99
Duck Duck Goose
13
Jonas Harmer
00:48.05
Duck Duck Goose
Top 5 Women
Rank
Competitor
Time
Furthest Obstacle
1
Isabella Wakeham
02:19.59
Finished
2
Madelyn Madaras
01:47.35
Jawbreakers
3
Karen Wiltin
01:24.42
Duck Duck Goose
4
Liv Hackmann
N/A
Duck Duck Goose
5
Ixchel Valentino
N/A
Dangerous Waters
Course 2
Top 13 Men
Rank
Competitor
Time
Furthest Obstacle
1
Caleb Bergstrom
01:05.17
Finished + Mega Wall
2
Nacssa Garemore
01:15.12
Finished
3
Flip Rodriguez
01:18.14
Finished
4
Owen Dyer
01:25.80
Finished
5
Alex Nye
01:56.30
Finished
6
Benjamin Drake
02:07.16
Finished
7
Lance Pekus
01:03.70
Ring the Bells
8
Kyle McCreight
01:06.83
Ring the Bells
9
Branden McWilliams
01:08.21
Ring the Bells
10
Steven Cen
01:24.64
Ring the Bells
11
Lenny Lopez
01:29.07
Ring the Bells
12
Elijah Browning
00:20.57
Duck Duck Goose
13
Roberto Garemore
00:21.83
Duck Duck Goose
Top 5 Women
Rank
Competitor
Time
Furthest Obstacle
1
Anna McArthur
01:35.66
Ring the Bells
2
Jenn Sanders
02:21.08
Ring the Bells
3
Zhanique Lovett
00:44.33
Duck Duck Goose
4
Lisa Hair
01:12.69
Duck Duck Goose
5
Nikki Zink
N/A
Duck Duck Goose
Course 3
This course introduced one new obstacle, Heavy Metal.
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Release
Broadcasting
On March 18, 2024, NBC revealed the premiere date and timeslot for the season.[2][3] The program's longtime timeslot, Mondays 8 p.m. ET, was kept (with reruns scheduled to air on select Sundays at 7:00 p.m. ET); however for this season, episodes would mostly revert back to the previous two-hour format (with some exceptions), after Season 15 consisted mostly of one-hour episodes – mainly during the qualifying and early semifinal rounds – to allow the network to run a competition-based Monday prime time lineup for its Summer 2023 schedule (accompanied by fellow game shows The Wall and The Weakest Link, both of which share the lead out time slot this season).