SSAS Trials 3

SSAS Trials 3 was the third season of SSAS's Trials series. This season was introduced as part of ĐHN SASUKE 2021: 10th Anniversary project, which serves as one of two qualifying competitions for ĐHN SASUKE 2021: 10th Anniversary and also for SSAS 13. For this season, several changes have been made into the format due to the ongoing lockdown as a reaction for the COVID-19 pandemic.
 * Unlike on SSAS Trials 2, there will be NO qualifying rounds held in several regions. Instead, it will be held in one region and was divided into several heats.
 * A special event called Dragon Glider Challenge was introduced due to the fact that 12 out of 50 competitors made the furthest in SSAS 12 and failed the same obstacle.
 * This event will air as the special pilot episode for this season.
 * During qualifying:
 * For each heat, 50 competitors will compete in a 6-obstacle course, only top 25 competitors will be qualified to the semi-finals.
 * During semi-finals:
 * There were 2 heats held, with 50 competitors each. The first heat consists of top 25 competitors in the first and second heat in qualifying, while the second heat consists of top 25 competitors in the third and fourth heat in qualifying.
 * For each heat, only top 30 competitors would advance to the finals.
 * During finals:
 * All 60 remaining competitors will compete in one same heat in the finals, including competitors who have earned the "Speed Pass" during qualifying.
 * Top 30 competitors would advance to SSAS 13. Competitors who've got 31st-50th place would advance to ĐHN SASUKE 2021: 10th Anniversary. Competitors who failed to made it to the top 50 would be relegated to XUTU SASUKE.

Development
SSAS Trials 3 was firstly introduced on January 24, 2021 right after ĐHN SASUKE announcing its tenth season, along with its third trials season. It was also exactly a day after the taping of SSAS 12. On January 26, 2021, it was announced that the Dragon Glider Challenge will be held before the actual trials competition begin, this was due to the fact that 12 competitors went the furthest than anyone competing in SSAS 12. It is known that the event was taped the day that SSAS Trials 3 has been announced and will be premiered as the special event of the show.

On February 3, 2021, the host started to fill the competitors. By the midnight of February 4, 2021 (UTC+8), a total of 28 invited competitors were filled, however it is still unknown which heat they will compete. On February 4, 2021, more competitors got the call to compete in the trials competition, expanding to more than 100 competitors. 2 days later, competitors were start to being assigned to which heat they are competing by a lottery, which will be drawn randomly.

On February 7, 2021, some invited competitors were removed from the field, to make room for the upcoming third ĐHN SASUKE trials season, though it is still unknown when it will be held. Few days later, it was announced that the competitors pool for this season was 200 competitors, which were divided into 4 qualifying heats. On February 22, 2021, obstacles for the qualifying heats were revealed, with the first obstacle in the first heat has been confirmed to be Rolling Hill. 3 days later, all obstacles except the fifth obstacle in the first heat were revealed, featuring one new obstacle, Climbing Cords.

After almost a month of pre-development, it has been confirmed by some of the competitors that the actual trials competition will start taping on February 27, 2021, though the lottery and the course are still unfinished.

The show was premiered on March 7, 2021 and was originally scheduled to be aired weekly. However, due to the tapings of the Qualifying Heat 2 encounter consecutive delays, the fixed scheduled was cancelled and the show was switched into special occasions.

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Dragon Glider Challenge
Taping date(s): January 24, 2021 Aired date(s): March 7, 2021

The Dragon Glider Challenge is a special event held to pre-select competitors to compete on either SSAS 13 or ĐHN SASUKE 2021: 10th Anniversary. The event consists of 1 obstacle, the Dragon Glider, with 12 competitors who failed the Dragon Drop in SSAS 12 competing. The first 10 competitors who cleared the obstacle will be pre-selected to compete on either SSAS 13 or ĐHN SASUKE 2021: 10th Anniversary. In case of more than 10 competitors cleared, competitors who cleared the obstacle at the fastest time will be applied instead. The results of who will advance to SSAS 13 or ĐHN SASUKE 2021: 10th Anniversary will be discussed by the hosts of these two competitions.

Advanced to SSAS 13:
 * 1) Joe Moravsky
 * 2) Darth Vader
 * 3) HalfyOkay
 * 4) Ben Solo
 * 5) Arthur Curry

Advanced to ĐHN SASUKE 2021: 10th Anniversary:
 * 1) Amber Nguyễn
 * 2) Cedric the Sorcerer
 * 3) Bruce Wayne
 * 4) Diana Prince
 * 5) Morimoto Yusuke

Qualifying
The qualifying round for this season will not be held in several locations. Instead, it will be held in one location and was separated into different heats. For each heat, 50 competitors will compete in a 6-obstacle course, only top 25 competitors will be qualified to the semi-finals.

In addition to that, special competitors that are consisted of grand champions except Matachi Ryo, who already competed in Heat 1 will run at the end of each heat, they will compete in one heat of their own choice. Their result will not be included in the leaderboard, also when any special competitor reached the Warped Wall, they are guaranteed three chances to attempt the Mega Wall. If the special competitor failed the Mega Wall 3 times, he/she will be ruled as failed the Warped Wall.

If he/she cleared the Mega Wall, the contestant will be rewarded a cash prize of:
 * 10,000 CWH (regular competitors or special competitors who have cleared on his/her first attempt)
 * 5,000 CWH (special competitors who have cleared on his/her second attempt)
 * 2,500 CWH (special competitors who have cleared on his/her third attempt)

Unlike in SSAS Trials 2, where the cash prize was awarded to an individual, the cash prize for this season will be shared to all contestants who cleared the course (including the competitor who cleared the Mega Wall).

After each qualifying heat, the top 2 competitors (not including special competitors) will race in the Timber Challenge, the winner will straight advance to the Finals.

Heat 1
Taping date(s): February 27, 2021 - March 8, 2021 Aired date(s): March 14, 2021

Obstacles: ① *Rolling Hill ② *TIE Fighter ③ Woodpost Stairs ④ +Climbing Cords ⑤ *Area 51 Kai ⑥ *Warped Wall / Mega Wall

* - Denotes Modified Obstacle + - Denotes new obstacle in SSAS course

Heat 2
Taping date(s): March 14, 2021; March 17, 2021 - March 18, 2021; March 20, 2021 - March 22, 2021; March 24, 2021 - March 26, 2021 Aired date(s): March 28, 2021

Obstacles: ① Rolling Hill ② +Downhill Dipper ③ Woodpost Stairs ④ *Pipe Dream ⑤ +Handlebar Summit ⑥ Warped Wall / Mega Wall

* - Denotes Modified Obstacle + - Denotes new obstacle in SSAS course

Heat 3
Taping date(s): March 27, 2021; March 29, 2021 - April 1, 2021; April 5, 2021 Aired date(s): April 7, 2021

Obstacles: ① *Quad Steps Junction ② Downhill Dipper ③ +Cylinder Run ④ *Spider Walk's Dungeon ⑤ Handlebar Summit ⑥ Warped Wall / Mega Wall

* - Denotes Modified Obstacle + - Denotes new obstacle in SSAS course

Semi-finals
The semi-finals for this season had 2 heats. Top 25 competitors from qualifying heats 1 and 2 will compete in semi-final heat 1, while the top 25 competitors from qualifying heats 3 and 4 will compete in semi-final heat 2 (except for competitors who have earned the Speed Pass during Timber Challenge). For each heat, 48 competitors (if excluding 2 competitors each heat who have earned the Speed Pass) will compete in a 10-obstacle course.

The Mega Wall will not be used in the course, although it was structurally presented to the course. Unlike in SSAS Trials 2, the Timber Challenge will not be return for semi-finals, due to a controversy held when the Timber Challenge is used during qualifying, where it become less competitive than before.

Unlike the previous 2 seasons, competitors who will advance to the finals would not be determined by who runs the furthest to the fastest. Similar to the Ninja vs. Ninja franchise, competitors will compete head-to-head depending on their seeds during qualifying. However, yet still only 1 run can be conducted at the same time. After the matchup, the winning competitor would guaranteed his/her spot to the finals, while the losing competitor will have to wait until the end of the heat in order to decide who would advance, this means that losing competitor would not always got eliminated from the competition.

At the end of each heat, since 24 competitors have won their respective matchups and guaranteed their spot to the finals, the top 6 losing competitors who went the furthest to the fastest would advance to the finals.

Heat 1
Taping date(s): April 14, 2021 ~ Aired date(s): TBA

Obstacles: ① +High Speed Slider ② *Double Pendulum ③ *Cylinder Run ④ *Flying Bar ⑤ Cones to the Ground ⑥ Warped Wall ⑦ Salmon Ladder ⑧ >Roulette Ball ⑨ Leaps of Faith ⑩ Invisible Ladder

* - Denotes Modified Obstacle > - Denotes new obstacle in SSAS Trials course + - Denotes new obstacle in SSAS course

Heat 2
Taping date(s): TBA Aired date(s): TBA

Obstacles: ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩

* - Denotes Modified Obstacle + - Denotes new obstacle in SSAS course