Speed Me Up

Speed Me Up (スピードミーアップ) is an obstacle, firstly introduced as the second obstacle of the First Stage on Ninja Warrior Worldwide 11, as part of the course renewal. The obstacle shares the name with the main theme from the Sonic the Hedgehog film.

Considered a mashup between the Dreadmills from Ultimate Beastmaster and the Diving Boards from American Ninja Warrior 11, it consisted of four conveyor boards, each supported with a pole that allows them to see-saw. Competitors must run across the conveyor boards to reach the landing platform. Unlike past balance obstacles, such as the Fish Bone from SASUKE, a total of one board can be skipped; anymore would result in a disqualification.

During NWW11, this obstacle took out only 9 competitors, but despite the small number, it has the second-most amount of fails of the tournament, behind the Wing Dips, which had 20 fail it. However, it was kept in NWW12, as well as all of the obstacles.

Random SASUKE
The obstacle later returned in the fifth qualifier of Random SASUKE 18, where it was not a huge force, taking out only 7 competitors. The obstacle was much easier in the semifinals, eliminating only one contestant, Jakub Zawistowski. The obstacle returned in the Grand Finals, and took out a total of 9 competitors (later 6, due to Joe Moravsky, Mady Howard, and Sean Bryan making it farther on their Safety Pass runs). This number included the aformentioned three, along with Asa Kazuma, Sato Jun, Abby Clark, Ali Hay, Matthew Bowles, and Yuuji Urushihara.

This version was different from the NWW11 version, being only three longer boards, instead of four boards.