Crankshaft

Season 3’s Crankshaft

The Crankshaft is an obstacle, first introduced in Season 3 as the first Gauntlet obstacle in the Wipeout Zone (fourth obstacle overall).

It consists of a narrow walkway next to a rotating square wave-shaped beam segmented in four parts. Contestants must cross the walkway and time their moves carefully to avoid the beam.

Other Season Appearances

Season 4

Season 4’s Crankshaft (Winter)

Season 4’s Crankshaft (Spring)

In Winter, Spring, and Summer, the Crankshaft returned as the fourth obstacle of Winter Blunder Land. It was exactly the same, but the walkway slides back and forth to make it harder.

Season 4's Total Carnage (featuring the Crankshaft)

In half of the Summer Wipeout episodes, the Crankshaft later appeared as a part of Total Carnage. This time, the beam only had three segments, each angled 120° apart instead of 180° from the original.

Since there was a rule in this round that disallows going underneath with the fact that the beam moves towards the contestants instead of being stationary, jumping over the Crankshaft became mandatory.