Overview
- Top favorite Ole Janek withdrew before the episode due to a thumb muscle‑fiber tear, saying it was bad luck but health comes first.
- The debuting Stahl-Gleiter eliminated 18 athletes in the first final course, felling contenders such as Moritz Hans, Jona Schöne, Lukas Homann and Max Prinz.
- Nicola Wulf, 17, retained the Last Woman Standing title and secured the €25,000 prize after edging Lotta Kokemohr at the decisive obstacle.
- High drama at the buzzer saw Giovanni Ertl finish a few hundredths too late and Fabian Scheipner slip on Wall 2.0, underscoring that even a finish did not guarantee advancement.
- Joel Mattli reached Stage 2 with a last‑second dive to the buzzer, and Daniel Gerber posted the fastest time of the day with 22.08 seconds left on the clock.