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Season 6's Dark Side of the Moon
Dark Side of the Moon is an obstacle, used as the third obstacle in the Wipeout Zone of Season 6, replacing both the Torrential Twisters and Spinergy from Summer Wipeout of the previous season. It was interchanged with the Space Pod of Doom throughout the season.
It is a similar obstacle to Point Break (which was used as the third obstacle in the Spring Wipeout Zone of Season 4, being interchanged with the Axle of Evil in Summer Wipeout for the rest of the season).
It is a rotating orb. Contestants must circle around the planetary ring while avoiding two sweeper bars, climb the ladder to the top, and time their drop down the steep blind slide and through the center of the moon to the platform. Dismounting from the planetary ring is not allowed as seen from Amanda Delgado in episode 12; when she did this, she was told to swim back and retry the obstacle. This was a very difficult obstacle and might take at least two attempts to beat. The reason is because while most contestants timed it correctly, the speed and momentum were instead the issue.
Only five contestants cleared this obstacle on their first attempt with two of them from the same episode:
Coincidentally, two of them later won their respective episodes.
It was replaced by Hell's Carousel in the next season.