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NCL Finals 2025 – Rules & Format

The Ninja Challenge League Finals weekend is the culmination of the 2025 season, where the best ninja athletes from across Australia will compete against the course across three challenging stages to achieve Total Victory.

RULES

Course videos and rules for the NCL Finals 2025 will be released on Friday 3 October on our YouTube channel and linked to below once available.

There will be no rules walkthrough on the day of competition, so be sure to study these closely before your run.

Additionally, all competitors and spectators are required to adhere to our general rules and meet the standard of behaviour expected of our Finals athletes.

REVIEWS

If a competitor is issued a red flag by an NCL official for failing an obstacle or breaking a rule, they may request a review of the ruling by the NCL Commissioner if they believe the call was incorrect.

If a competitor is issued a yellow flag by an NCL official, it means that the official is uncertain whether a rule was broken and will check the video footage to make a final call afterwards. The video footage must show clear evidence of breaking a rule or failing an obstacle, otherwise no infraction will be issued and the run will stand.

If an NCL official does not issue a yellow flag during a competitor’s run, they cannot check the video footage afterwards to alter the competitor’s official result. Essentially, if a run has no flags, there will be no review.

The only exception to this is when an NCL official is also a competitor, in which case the NCL Commissioner may review their run as a neutral party before finalising results.

FORMAT

Competitors who have accepted their invitations and purchased a ticket to the NCL Finals will compete on Saturday 4 October and Sunday 5 October 2025 at Geelong Ninjas in Geelong, Victoria. 

The Finals will consist of up to three stages of competition over the course of the weekend.

The Masters and Teens divisions will have a longer time limit that the adult divisions on Stages One and Two, and will run before the adult divisions on all stages. However, competitors in the Teens and Masters divisions will not be eligible to win Total Victory, Last Ninja Standing, Last Woman Standing or Last Man Standing.

The run order for ALL STAGES in all divisions will be determined by how many points competitors scored at events throughout the year, with the highest-scoring competitors running later in their division.

Competitors will not be allowed to practice any part of the course unless otherwise specified on the day.

Competitors are only allowed one attempt to clear a stage.

Competitors must complete each stage within the designated time limit (where applicable), beginning with Stage One to progress to the next stage.

If a competitor fails an obstacle on Stage One or Stage Two, they can use the remainder of their time limit to unofficially attempt the remaining obstacles on that stage.

If a competitor falls on Stage Three, their run will immediately end.

UNOFFICIAL RUNS

If less than 10 competitors in the Teens division clear Stage One, then as many non-finishers as needed to reach 10 competitors or 50 per cent of the field (whichever is lesser) will advance to Stage Two for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage One.

If less than 10 competitors in the Masters division clear Stage One, then as many non-finishers as needed to reach 5 competitors or 50 per cent of the field (whichever is lesser) will advance to Stage Two for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage One.

If less than 10 competitors in the Adult Male division clear Stage One, then as many non-finishers as needed to reach 10 adult male competitors will advance to Stage Two for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage One.

If less than 10 competitors in the Adult Female division clear Stage One, then as many non-finishers as needed to reach 10 adult female competitors or 50 per cent of the field (whichever is lesser) will advance to Stage Two for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage One.

If less than 3 competitors in the Teens division clear Stage Two, then as many non-finishers as needed to reach 3 Teens competitors will advance to Stage Three for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage Two.

If less than 5 competitors in the Adult Male division clear Stage Two, then as many non-finishers as needed to reach 5 adult male competitors or 50 per cent of the field (whichever is lesser), will advance to Stage Three for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage Two.

If less than 5 competitors in the Adult Female division clear Stage Two, then as many non-finishers as needed to reach 5 adult female competitors or 50 per cent of the field (whichever is lesser), will advance to Stage Three for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage Two.

If less than 3 competitors in the Masters division clear Stage Two, then as many non-finishers as needed to reach 3 Masters competitors will advance to Stage Three for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage Two.

PRIZES

The following cash prizes are on offer at the event:

Note, there will be no prize money allocated to the Last Teen Standing.

The top competitors at the NCL Finals 2025 will also qualify to compete in the World Ninja League World Championships in the United States in mid-2026.

For more information about the World Ninja League, visit https://worldninjaleague.org/

If you have any questions about the Ninja Challenge League’s rules or format, contact the Commissioner directly at commissioner@ninjachallengeleague.com.

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