We are excited to be back in the Coliseum Center's electric atmosphere! This year we did our best to maximize the schedule for everyone!

​We made sure our youth athletes are off the course at a reasonable hour. We modified our rules to allow for increased course and skill time and we packed our schedule with fun and educational activities and seminars. This page you will find all of the information you need regarding competition schedule for Worlds!
Time
Event
Description
4 pm
Doors Open
We welcome ninjas to check in and pick up wristbands. We will have off-site options available prior to doors opening as well.
4:15 pm
​Staff Course and Skills Runs
Worlds staff is a full community effort! The event takes between 70-100 staff members to run! Our staff take to the course first to ensure no unfair advantage while working. 
4:45 pm
Opening Ceremony
Opening Speech, Recognizing our Teams from around the globe, National Anthem and Regular Season Awards
5:30 pm
Wave 1 Warm Ups
The first group of athletes check into their warm up areas to get ready!
6 pm
Wave 1
Worlds 2022 kicks off with our first wave of athletes!
All athletes are automatically added enrolled to compete in Stage One and all four Skills at Worlds! You can locate what wave athletes are in by checking the official Worlds run order.

We will have six courses running athletes at the same time! Courses are organized by division. Kids, Mature Kids, Preteens and Teens all have their own course. Young Adults and Masters will share one course and Adults and Elites will share another. 

Below you will find the schedule for each of our Stages as well as our Skills competition.
​Course A: Adults/Elites
Course B: Mature Kids
​Course C: Preteens
​Course D: Teens
Course F: Young Adult/Masters
​Course E: Kids

Stage 1

All athletes will run Stage 1. Stage will courses will be up Friday and Saturday! All stage 1 waves for each course start at the same time. This helps to simplify the schedule for everyone!

Please note some courses will end earlier in the evening. Particularly, there is no Teen, Preteen, Mature Kids, or Kids Wave 3. This is intentional to help ensure our youth athletes are only competing when they are at their best!
ABC
1
Stage 1
2
Day
Start Time
Course Wave
3
Friday6:00 P.M.Wave 1
4
7:19 P.M.Wave 2
5
8:38 P.M.Wave 3
6
Day Change
7
Saturday8:00 A.M.Wave 4
8
9:19 A.M.Wave 5
9
10:38 A.M.Wave 6
10
11:42 A.M.Lunch Break
11
12:12 P.M.Wave 7
12
1:31 P.M.Wave 8
13
2:50 P.M.Wave 9
14
4:09 P.M.Wave 10
15
5:28 P.M.Wave 11
16
6:47 P.M.Wave 12
Start Time indicates when Stage 1 runs will begin. Please check into the warm up area 30 mins prior to the start of your wave!

Skills

All athletes are automatically registered to compete in a skills wave! We built the skills run order by doing our best to provide adequate recovery time for athletes. Recovery time may vary. However, all athletes should have sufficient rest between times they are expected to compete.

Skills run from Friday-Sunday. Athletes running skills on Sunday will not be assigned a skills wave until Saturday evening. We do this to allow flexibility for athletes moving onto Stage 2. 

The schedule below will list the wave start time. However, athletes are expected to check into skills holding area one hour prior to their skills start time. This helps maintain a very tight skills schedule. Athlete's who arrive late to their check in time will not be allowed to compete.
ABC
1
Skills Schedule
2
Please Arrive 1 hour prior to your schedule Wave time.
3
DayWaveWave Start Time
4
Friday6:00 P.M.Skills Wave 1
5
6:45 P.M.Skills Wave 2
6
7:31 P.M.Skills Wave 3
7
8:17 P.M.Skills Wave 4
8
Day Change
9
Saturday8:00 A.M.Skills Wave 5
10
8:45 A.M.Skills Wave 6
11
9:31 A.M.Skills Wave 7
12
10:17 A.M.Skills Wave 8
13
11:02 A.M.Skills Wave 9
14
11:41 A.M.Lunch Break
15
12:11 P.M.Skills Wave 10
16
12:57 P.M.Skills Wave 11
17
1:42 P.M.Skills Wave 12
18
2:28 P.M.Skills Wave 13
19
3:14 P.M.Skills Wave 14
20
3:59 P.M.Skills Wave 15
21
4:45 P.M.Skills Wave 16
22
5:31 P.M.Skills Wave 17
23
6:16 P.M.Skills Wave 18
24
7:02 P.M.Skills Wave 19
25
7:48 P.M.Skills Wave 20
26
8:33 P.M.Skills Wave 21
27
Day Change
28
Sunday8:00 A.M.22 Wave Start
29
8:45 A.M.23 Wave Start
30
9:31 A.M.24 Wave Start
31
10:17 A.M.25 Wave Start
32
11:02 A.M.26 Wave Start
33
11:48 A.M.27 Wave Start
34
12:34 P.M.28 Wave Start
35
1:19 P.M.29 Wave Start
36
2:09 P.M.30 Wave Start
37
2:51 P.M.31 Wave Start
38
3:36 P.M.32 Wave Start
39
4:30 P.M.33 Wave Start

Stage 2 & 3

This year we modified our rules to allow athletes more time on the course! This means more time on obstacles and hopefully more clears! In order to accommodate this change, only athletes who remain in the top 35% of Stage 1 and top 20% of Stage 2 will advance to the next stage. 

Don't worry! Our stages will still be extremely challenging and we still only anticipate the top athletes being able to clear! The change just allows more flexibility and better scheduling.

This change allows to release an accurate schedule for Sunday well in advance! Below you will find the rules times for all stage 2 and 3 waves. Similar to stage 1, we expect all athletes to be checked in and ready 30 mins prior to the wave time.
ABC
1
Stage 2 & 3
2
Please arrive 30 mins before your scheduled wave time.
3
DayStart TimeCourse Wave
4
Sunday8:00 A.M.Wave 1
5
9:56 A.M.Wave 2
6
11:52 A.M.Wave 3
7
1:48 P.M.Wave 4
8
3:15 PMLunch Break
9
5:00 PMWave 1
Start Time indicates when Stage rules will begin. Please check into the warm up area 30 mins prior to the start of your wave!