Caregiver Jesse "Flex" LaBreck earned the "Pom Wonderful Run of the Night", becoming only the 3rd woman in season 8 to advance to the Las Vegas finals and the 5th woman ever to scale the Warped Wall in "ANW" regular competition. Obstacles used during the Philadelphia finals are listed below. Competitors who advanced to the Vegas Finals are listed below. The National Finals were held along the Las Vegas strip, as has been the case since the series set up its own finals course instead of sending competitors to Japan. During the first episode of Stage 1, Jessie Graff became the first woman ever to successfully complete Stage 1 and advance to Stage 2. She placed 5th overall with a time of 2:07.61. She is the first woman in "ANW" history to make it to Stage 2. During the second episode of Stage 1, Jake Murray placed 1st overall with the fastest time of 1:45.25. Dan Polizzi and Nick Hanson cleared all the obstacles, but both ran out of time before they could hit the buzzer at the end of stage 1. Ian Dory, Brent Steffensen, Kevin Bull, Ryan Stratis, James McGrath and Geoff Britten surprisingly went out early on stage 1 this season. Stage 1 featured four new obstacles, Snake Run, the Giant Log Grip (which made its return to Stage 1 but in its 50 ft version), the Broken Bridge and the Flying Squirrel. Competitors who completed Stage One are listed below. Stage 2 featured five new obstacles, the Giant Ring Swing, the Down Up Salmon Ladder, the Wave Runner, the Double Wedge and the Wall Flip. Stage 3 featured two new obstacles, the Keylock Hang and the Curved Body Prop