The sixth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on NBC on May 26, 2014. Matt Iseman returned for his sixth season as host, while Akbar Gbaja-Biamila and Jenn Brown each returned for their second season. Similar to previous seasons, the winner receives $500,000 and the coveted title, "American Ninja Warrior".

Cities In addition to the five cities (Venice Beach, Dallas, St. Louis, Miami, and Denver), the national finals were held once again in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Obstacles

City Qualifying & Finals EventObstacles FinishersVenice Beach QualifyingQuintuple StepsSpinning WheelSlack LadderJumping Bars into Cargo NetMonkey PegWarped WallN/A18 Finals Salmon Ladder Cannonball Alley Body Prop Spider Climb2Dallas QualifyingLog GripTilting TableSwing JumpRing TossN/A21 Finals Salmon Ladder Swinging Frames Pole Grasper Spider Climb7St. Louis QualifyingRolling LogBridge of BladesRope Swing into Cargo NetDouble Tilt LadderN/A25 Finals Salmon Ladder Rumbling Dice Crazy Cliffhanger Spider Climb9Miami QualifyingDownhill Pipe DropDancing StonesJump HangCurtain SliderN/A42 Finals Salmon Ladder Minefield Floating Stairs Spider Climb7Denver QualifyingCat GrabSpinning LogSpikes into CargoDevil StepsN/A22 Finals Salmon Ladder Arm Rings Doorknob Arch Spider Climb6

National Finals EventObstacle(s) Finishers Stage 1 Piston Road Giant Ring Silk Slider Jumping Spider Half Pipe Attack Warped Wall Spinning Bridge Final Climb18 Stage 2 Rope Jungle Double Salmon Ladder Unstable Bridge Butterfly Wall Metal Spin Wall Lift2 Stage 3 Cannonball Incline Doorknob Grasper Floating Boards Ultimate Cliffhanger Propeller Bar Hang Climb Spider Flip Flying Bar0 Stage 4Rope ClimbN/A

City Qualifying Regional competitions were held in the following five locations to determine the 90 competitors to participate in the qualifying rounds: Venice Beach, CA, Dallas, TX, St. Louis, MO, Miami, FL, and Denver, CO. The top 30 competitors that went the farthest the fastest would move on to the finals rounds.

Venice Beach Qualifying Order # Competitor Outcome Obstacle/Result 1 David Campbell Completed 1:55.45 2 James McGrath Completed 1:57.08 3 Alan Connealy Completed 2:07.23 4 Kevin Bull Completed 2:28.18 5 Dustin Rocho Completed 2:32.91 6 Thaddeus Robeck Completed 2:43.66 7 Derek Nakamoto Completed 2:58.52 8 Dan Mast Completed 3:07.34 9 Alex Kane Completed 3:19.31 10 Kyle Cochran Completed 3:37.05 11 Travis Brewer Completed 3:45.07 12 Robert Ing Completed 4:11.96 13 Ben Melick Completed 4:20.41 14 Evan Dollard Completed 4:41.46 15 Dorian Cedars Completed 4:51.90 16 Andres De La Rosa Completed 5:16.14 17 James Sclar Completed 5:29.34 18 Mario Mendoza Completed 6:58.27 19 Vadym Kuvakin Failed Warped Wall (2:20.02) 20 Alexander Gines Failed Warped Wall (5:07.12) 21 Keita Kashiwagi Failed Warped Wall (5:35.36) 22 Brian Kretsch Failed Monkey Peg (0:59.28) 23 David Money Failed Monkey Peg (1:08.90) 24 Vadym Krasnenko Failed Monkey Peg (1:30.19) 25 Justin Taylor Failed Monkey Peg (1:33.57) 26 Danny Goler Failed Monkey Peg (1:39.19) 27 Paul Money Failed Monkey Peg (1:46.12) 28 Warren Li Failed Monkey Peg (2:06.84) 29 Brennan Mejia Failed Monkey Peg (2:27.53) 30 Quoc-Hoan Do Failed Jumping Bars into Cargo Net (1:10.48)

Dallas Qualifying Order # Competitor Outcome Obstacle/Result 1 Dillon Gates Completed 1:31.19 2 Kevin Klein Completed 1:33.42 3 Joshua Cook Completed 1:41.10 4 Raymond Clawson Completed 1:48.23 5 Jaret Salas Completed 1:58.62 6 Tremayne Dortch Completed 2:05.98 7 Seth Blaustein Completed 2:11.43 8 Jordan Yordanov Completed 2:13.50 9 Connor Moyer Completed 2:23.37 10 David Gilbert Completed 2:33.71 11 Nathan Jasso Completed 2:43.25 12 Eric McKeethen Completed 2:54.75 13 Sam Sann Completed 3:03.51 14 Jimmy Bogle Jr. Completed 3:04.34 15 Matthew Laessig Completed 3:04.54 16 Johnathan Morin Completed 3:06.03 17 Terry Cossey Completed 3:15.38 18 Jo Jo Bynum Completed 3:21.17 19 Abel Gonzalez Jr. Completed 3:29.07 20 Karsten Williams Completed 3:36.61 21 Kacy Catanzaro Completed 5:26.18 22 Jeremy Morgan Failed Warped Wall (1:10.30) 23 Brandon Pannell Failed Warped Wall (1:34.77) 24 Geoffrey Lancaster Failed Warped Wall (1:40.11) 25 Michael Solomon Failed Warped Wall (1:43.08) 26 Geoffrey Motil Failed Warped Wall (2:02.10) 27 Daniel Manuel Failed Warped Wall (2:10.39) 28 Joe Calderon Failed Warped Wall (2:41.33) 29 Engin Dolen Failed Warped Wall (2:53.27) 30 Joshua Stone Failed Warped Wall (2:59.64)

St. Louis Qualifying Order # Competitor Outcome Obstacle/Result 1 Joe Moravsky Completed 1:04.13 2 Aaron Himelright Completed 1:27.19 3 Joseph Hyndman Completed 1:32.68 4 Michael Needham Completed 1:35.40 5 Elet Hall Completed 1:37.05 6 Travis Rosen Completed 1:39.55 7 Andrew Karsen Completed 2:02.92 8 Jamie Rahn Completed 2:04.61 9 Roland Seward Completed 2:12.78 10 Dan Galiczynski Completed 2:13.06 11 Adam Arnold Completed 2:22.53 12 Rob Moravsky Completed 2:24.80 13 Geoff Britten Completed 2:25.71 14 Matthew Schumann Completed 2:34.43 15 Brian Wilczewski Completed 2:40.67 16 Chris Wilczewski Completed 2:45.35 17 Brent Ruffin Completed 2:47.99 18 Mitch Pajcic Completed 2:55.20 19 Michelle Warnky Completed 3:08.94 20 Andrew Lowes Completed 3:14.24 21 Leoniel Olanda Completed 3:24.58 22 Tom McGregor Completed 3:29.75 23 Dan Polizzi Completed 3:30.72 24 David Cavanagh Completed 3:58.66 25 Adam Mihm Completed 3:58.66 26 Tukrong "TK" Klengdong Failed Warped Wall (1:01.92) 27 Timothy Dauehauer Failed Warped Wall (1:29.98) 28 Raymond Butler Failed Warped Wall (1:47.16) 29 Brandon Willis Failed Warped Wall (1:57.30) 30 Matthew Harris Failed Warped Wall (2:07.66)

Miami Qualifying Order # Competitor Outcome Obstacle/Result 1 Drew Drechsel Completed 0:44.24 2 Jonathan Sharp Brown Completed 0:51.11 3 Luciano Acuna Jr. Completed 1:00.07 4 William Brown Completed 1:03.03 5 John Vogt Completed 1:13.20 6 Joseph Rosello Completed 1:16.95 7 Idoko Abuh Completed 1:19.24 8 Neil Craver Completed 1:23.48 9 Miguel Castillo Completed 1:23.65 10 Dustin Sanderson Completed 1:25.05 11 Solomon Harvey Completed 1:27.88 12 Brett Sims Completed 1:28.50 13 Kenneth Niemitalo Completed 1:32.02 14 Jared "J.J." Woods Completed 1:34.15 15 Stephens Nunnally Completed 1:34.83 16 Adam Orsini Completed 1:35.27 17 Michael Eckert Completed 1:40.39 18 Timothy Koren Completed 1:40.72 19 Preston Griffall Completed 1:48.05 20 Ryan Stratis Completed 1:50.29 21 David Hunt Completed 1:51.99 22 Kavon Sadier Completed 1:52.84 23 Brandon Arrington Completed 2:00.91 24 Adam Grossman Completed 2:02.69 25 Gabriel Arnold Completed 2:03.80 26 Reko Rivera Completed 2:03.91 27 Binny Seth Completed 2:07.45 28 Rich Thompson Completed 2:09.88 29 Andy Friedman Completed 2:11.32 30 Todd Bourgeois Completed 2:11.92 31 Josh Windbeck Completed 2:13.75 32 Jonathan Ruiz Completed 2:30.98 33 Chris Poli Completed 2:31.06 34 Sean Morris Completed 2:33.92 35 Dustin McKinney Completed 2:34.67 36 Felix Chu Completed 2:39.90 37 Noel Reyes Completed 2:42.94 38 William Donke II Completed 2:55.32 39 Daniel Bertrams Completed 3:06.07 40 Jim Matheis Completed 3:50.21 41 Matt Zacharkow Completed 4:02.82 42 Andrew Viscusi Completed 4:17.47

Denver Qualifying Order # Competitor Outcome Obstacle/Result 1 Lorin Ball Completed 1:04.27 2 Paul Kasemir Completed 1:09.04 3 Lance Pekus Completed 1:20.06 4 Daniel Larson-Fine Completed 1:26.11 5 Justin Kydd Completed 1:29.97 6 David Schwartz Completed 1:37.45 7 Kyle Sinacori Completed 1:41.41 8 Christopher Romrell Completed 1:46.72 9 Yancey Quezada Completed 1:56.72 10 Robin Pietschmann Completed 1:56.79 11 Isaac Caldiero Completed 1:56.97 12 Karson Voiles Completed 2:00.36 13 Matthew Wilder Completed 2:01.23 14 Brian Arnold Completed 2:32.86 15 Dan Entmacher Completed 2:37.53 16 Yen Chen Completed 2:43.53 17 David Bortz Completed 2:58.25 18 Alex Manikowski Completed 3:09.04 19 Dr. Noah Kaufman Completed 3:26.30 20 Josh Newhouse Completed 3:26.37 21 Ian Dory Completed 3:35.48 22 Meagan Martin Completed 4:46.29 23 Keith Peters Failed Warped Wall (1:39.91) 24 Phil Gavigan Failed Warped Wall (1:56.59) 25 Carl Fantauzzo Jr. Failed Warped Wall (2:15.59) 26 Jared Higginson Failed Warped Wall (2:20.93) 27 Jon Stewart Failed Warped Wall (2:44.30) 28 Joel Brady Failed Warped Wall (3:08.18) 29 Ronnie Shalvis Jr. Failed Devil Steps (0:31.43) 30 Austin Lutz Failed Devil Steps (0:33.21)

City Qualifying Leaderboard