The fourth season of American Ninja Warrior began on May 20, 2012, and aired on NBC and G4. This was a landmark season for Ninja Warrior, as the entire format was overhauled. For the first time, the finals took place on U.S. soil. In addition, regional qualifying and finals were added, taking place in the series' flagship location, Venice Beach, CA, Dallas, TX, and Miami, FL. New co-host Jonny Moseley replaced Jimmy Smith, while Angela Sun replaced Alison Haislip. Again, the winner would have received $500,000 and the coveted American Ninja Warrior title. Brent Steffensen became the first competitor to complete the Ultimate Cliffhanger.

Changes Mount Midoriyama was moved from Japan to Las Vegas, Nevada for the national finals.

Regions Instead of just one region, there were six regions: the Southwest, the Midwest, the Northeast, the Northwest, the Midsouth, and the Southeast.

Obstacles

Regional Qualifying & Finals EventObstacles FinishersSouthwest QualifyingQuad StepsLog GripSpinning LogJump HangDevil StepsWarped WallN/A26 FinalsSalmon Ladder Arm Rings Cargo Climb13Midwest QualifyingBridge of BladesCurtain SliderN/A12 FinalsSalmon Ladder Lamp Grasper Cargo Climb8Northeast QualifyingBungee BridgeJumping BarsWall LiftWarped WallN/A19 FinalsSalmon Ladder Cycle Road Cargo Climb8Northwest QualifyingSpinning Log Pipe SliderWarped WallN/A27 Finals Devil StepsSalmon Ladder Arm Rings Cargo Climb16Midsouth QualifyingBridge of BladesRope JunctionN/A22 FinalsSalmon Ladder Lamp Grasper Cargo Climb14Southeast QualifyingBungee BridgeSwing CircleWall LiftWarped WallN/A21 FinalsSalmon Ladder Cycle Road Cargo Climb18

National Finals EventObstacle(s) Finishers Stage 1 Step Slider Rolling Log Giant Swing Jumping Spider Half Pipe Attack Warped Wall Spinning Bridge Final Climb24 Stage 2 Slider Drop Double Salmon Ladder Unstable Bridge Balance Tank Metal Spin Wall Lift1 Stage 3 Roulette Cylinder Doorknob Grasper Floating Boards Ultimate Cliffhanger Bungee Rope Climb Hang Climb Spider Flip Flying Bar0 Stage 4Rope ClimbN/A

Regional Qualifying

Submission videos for American Ninja Warrior Season 4 had been collected since January 25, 2012. There were six regional competitions held in three locations: Venice Beach, CA (Southwest and Northwest), Dallas, TX (Midwest and Midsouth), and Miami, FL (Northeast and Southeast) that determined the 100 competitors to participate in the qualifying rounds. The top 30 competitors that went the farthest the fastest would move on to the finals rounds.

Southwest Regional Qualifying Order # Competitor Outcome Obstacle/Result 1 Brent Steffensen Completed 0:50.10 2 Dan Mast Completed 0:53.65 3 Remi Bakkar Completed 0:54.10 4 Jesse La Flair Completed 0:54.15 5 Shane Daniels Completed 0:54.58 6 Paul Darnell Completed 1:01.01 7 Michael "Frosti" Zernow Completed 1:01.52 8 Derek Nakamoto Completed 1:04.46 9 Dorian Cedars Completed 1:05.95 10 Rick Pitcher Completed 1:06.28 11 Daron Payne Completed 1:11.94 12 Ronnie Shalvis Jr. Completed 1:12.54 13 Ryan Thompson Completed 1:13.97 14 Dustin Rocho Completed 1:16.44 15 Vincent Gorby Completed 1:17.50 16 Ryan Cousins Completed 1:18.88 17 Joseph "Jo" Paloma Completed 1:20.54 18 Kole Stevens Completed 1:22.27 19 Chad Simpson Completed 1:23.73 20 Evan Dollard Completed 1:28.00 21 Will Roberts Completed 1:32.05 22 Dylan Curry Completed 1:43.56 23 Seddrick Bassett Completed 1:47.76 24 Victor Rivera Completed 1:51.15 25 Kody Klein Completed 1:59.89 26 Kelvin Antoine Completed 2:29.97 27 Caine Sinclair Failed Warped Wall (0:44.40) 28 Matthew Conway Failed Warped Wall (0:45.78) 29 Travis Brewer Failed Warped Wall (0:48.94) 30 David Money Failed Warped Wall (0:49.53)

Midwest Regional Qualifying Order # Competitor Outcome Obstacle/Result 1 Andrew Karsen Completed 1:00.91 2 Matthew Derouen Completed 1:11.94 3 Joshua Grant Completed 1:12.30 4 Stephen Volcko Completed 1:18.86 5 Zach Sokoloski Completed 1:28.28 6 Andrew Lowes Completed 1:43.97 7 Nick Kostner Completed 1:48.48 8 Kevin Arehart Completed 2:01.27 9 Cade Halada Completed 2:01.46 10 Adam Kezele Completed 2:07.50 11 James Hardin Completed 2:16.86 12 Johnathan Morin Completed 2:27.39 13 Jack Morgan Failed Warped Wall (0:35.76) 14 Eric Davies Failed Warped Wall (0:45.73) 15 James Jacoy Failed Warped Wall (0:50.23) 16 Brent Haddock Failed Warped Wall (0:50.82) 17 Darrel Robertson Failed Warped Wall (0:53.57) 18 Eric Sietsema Failed Warped Wall (0:54.50) 19 Will Dodd Failed Warped Wall (0:54.85) 20 Scott Robinson Failed Warped Wall (0:55.30) 21 Arthur Skov Failed Warped Wall (0:56.17) 22 Phillip Michou Failed Warped Wall (0:57.19) 23 Michael Silenzi Failed Warped Wall (0:57.39) 24 David Seitz Failed Warped Wall (0:58.04) 25 George Murphy Failed Warped Wall (1:02.25) 26 Nickolas "Nick Lovin" Stephforn Failed Warped Wall (1:04.91) 27 Nate Aye Failed Warped Wall (1:04.94) 28 Joshua Tate Failed Warped Wall (1:05.51) 29 Matt Laessig Failed Warped Wall (1:05.84) 30 Justin West Failed Warped Wall (1:06.00)

Northeast Regional Qualifying Order # Competitor Outcome Obstacle/Result 1 Tim Shieff Completed 1:07.37 2 Michael Needham Completed 1:20.52 3 Chris Wilczewski Completed 1:20.70 4 Elet Hall Completed 1:33.08 5 Phillip Pirollo Completed 1:35.24 6 Jesse Villarreal Completed 1:36.04 7 Danny Johnson Completed 1:38.60 8 Yosuel Garcia Completed 1:41.21 9 Travis Graves Completed 1:42.04 10 Luis Moco Completed 1:47.38 11 Jamie Rahn Completed 1:52.62 12 Gabe Arnold Completed 2:01.00 13 Ryan Stevens Completed 2:01.24 14 Mike Bernardo Completed 2:04.75 15 John Strzepek Completed 2:06.09 16 Christopher DiGangi Completed 2:41.91 17 Travis Weinand Completed 2:51.83 18 Andrew Wood Completed 2:52.77 19 Adam Kosak Completed 2:55.88 20 Khalil Uqdah Failed Warped Wall (1:00.91) 21 Dan Galiczynski Failed Warped Wall (1:01.67) 22 John Sapinoso Failed Warped Wall (1:03.93) 23 Jeremy Allen Failed Warped Wall (1:15.80) 24 Bryant Edwards Failed Warped Wall (1:20.76) 25 Michael Pericoloso Failed Warped Wall (1:22.28) 26 Shaun Antonio Failed Warped Wall (1:30.76) 27 Chris Swartz Failed Warped Wall (1:32.47) 28 Matt Mings Failed Warped Wall (1:35.16) 29 Bradley Smith Jr. Failed Warped Wall (1:37.71) 30 Brad Martin Failed Warped Wall (1:42.54)

Northwest Regional Qualifying Order # Competitor Outcome Obstacle/Result 1 David Campbell Completed 0:58.55 2 James McGrath Completed 1:01.87 3 Travis Furlanic Completed 1:08.37 4 Justin Sweeney Completed 1:16.51 5 James Sclar Completed 1:16.91 6 Glenn Black Completed 1:23.92 7 Nathan Sausedo Completed 1:24.91 8 Josh Horsley Completed 1:25.41 9 Justin Walcker Completed 1:25.64 10 Brian Kretsch Completed 1:26.37 11 Gunner Bahn Completed 1:27.28 12 Kevan Reoli Completed 1:31.41 13 Nicholas Frank Completed 1:34.70 14 J.B. Douglas Completed 1:41.61 15 Kyle Cochran Completed 1:42.64 16 Patrick McGrath Completed 1:51.84 17 Ben Musholt Completed 1:55.12 18 Brian Unger Completed 1:56.46 19 Angelo Dela Cruz Completed 2:05.40 20 Marcus Ramos Completed 2:15.33 21 Michael Wenger Completed 2:20.02 22 Andres De La Rosa Completed 2:20.05 23 Chris Miller Completed 2:22.17 24 Carlos Solis Completed 2:42.00 25 Drew Howard Completed 3:06.15 26 Richie Wight Completed 3:06.75 27 Tom Hutchman Completed 3:07.54 28 Sean Noble Failed Warped Wall (0:53.69) 29 Ben Snead Failed Warped Wall (0:57.36) 30 Joseph Duncan Failed Warped Wall (1:02.10) 31 Michael Lee Failed Warped Wall (1:02.19)

Midsouth Regional Qualifying Order # Competitor Outcome Obstacle/Result 1 Paul Kasemir Completed 0:53.99 2 Jake Smith Completed 0:54.32 3 Brandon Douglass Completed 0:59.41 4 Sat Khalsa Completed 1:02.91 5 Lorin Ball Completed 1:05.60 6 Josh Lobeck Completed 1:07.50 7 Luke Cash Completed 1:11.30 8 Joe Lobeck Completed 1:12.36 9 George Dunwoody Completed 1:14.55 10 Jereme Sanders Completed 1:18.60 11 Alan Connealy Completed 1:20.06 12 Ahmed Toure Completed 1:20.37 13 Stephen Solt Completed 1:24.06 14 Brian Arnold Completed 1:30.56 15 Arnold Risvek Completed 1:32.74 16 James Wyatt Completed 1:40.44 17 Kevin Klein Completed 1:40.82 18 Todd Stair Completed 1:46.04 19 Josh Kronberg Completed 1:58.87 20 Bob Pondrom Completed 2:05.86 21 Miguel Gonzalez Completed 2:08.73 22 Tremayne Dortch Completed 2:15.14 23 Jaret Salas Failed Warped Wall (0:43.68) 24 Angel Flores Failed Warped Wall (0:44.81) 25 David Cabrera Failed Warped Wall (0:49.63) 26 Nathaniel Spencer Failed Warped Wall (0:50.46) 27 Justin D'Avila Failed Warped Wall (0:51.12) 28 Michael Cusic Failed Warped Wall (0:51.63) 29 Justin Dickstein Failed Warped Wall (0:53.43) 30 Erick Eischen Failed Warped Wall (0:54.88)

Southeast Regional Qualifying Order # Competitor Outcome Obstacle/Result 1 David "Flip" Rodriguez Completed 0:57.34 2 Drew Drechsel Completed 1:02.24 3 Sean Morris Completed 1:09.79 4 Travis Rosen Completed 1:16.26 5 Ben Wicks Completed 1:18.57 6 Thomas Hall Completed 1:24.45 7 Bull Bullard Completed 1:27.55 8 William Brown Completed 1:28.92 9 Kamerion Wimbley Completed 1:30.87 10 Tony Reddick Completed 1:31.16 11 Brendan Kelly Completed 1:33.11 12 Toshio Sidney-Ando Completed 1:34.58 13 Colton Sansum Completed 1:36.00 14 Gabriel Cortes Completed 1:36.36 15 Andy Taylor Completed 1:42.75 16 Dante Mucherino Completed 1:46.22 17 Michael Eckert Completed 1:47.36 18 Adam Grossman Completed 1:49.08 19 Logan Cruz Completed 1:51.41 20 Adam Hughes Completed 1:56.69 21 Kyle Stokes Completed 2:16.33 22 Jared "J.J." Woods Failed Warped Wall (0:51.58) 23 Amos Rendao Failed Warped Wall (0:54.36) 24 Niko Bogucki Failed Warped Wall (0:58.05) 25 Timothy Oliphant Failed Warped Wall (1:04.82) 26 Paul O'Connor Failed Warped Wall (1:08.86) 27 Patrick Cusic Failed Warped Wall (1:08.94) 28 Arthur Hinton Failed Warped Wall (1:10.33) 29 Ryan Saegert Failed Warped Wall (1:11.59) 30 Jacob Siler Failed Warped Wall (1:13.78)

Venice Beach Qualifying Leaderboard