Spartan has announced the following changes to the rules effective 8/24/19.
To view the full rule book: Spartan Rules
● You are not required to complete 5 burpees at the Atlas Carry. You are only required to carry the Atlas Stone along the
required route and return to the starting point.● You are allowed to carry the bucket above the head or on the shoulder during the Bucket Carry. Also if the lid comes off you
do not need to restart the obstacle unless the material has also been displaced.● You are not allowed to use the vertical truss as a ladder in order to start hanging obstacles, EG Monkey Bars. You can
however, use the Horizontal Truss to start the obstacles.● You must complete the Dunk Wall, as it is now a mandatory obstacle.
● You are considered to have completed the balance beam once you have touched the descending beam with at least one
foot.● Spartan is not obligated to review 3rd party video footage for any reason.
● We have defined what standing on top of means at the Hercules Hoist. Competitors hips may not rise above the top of the
barrier.
Also, we wanted to clarify a few questions we often see:
● Competitors are not allowed to pre-run the course or engage with obstacles unless prior approval has been granted by
Spartan. Events like Spartan’s Open house is considered approval for the areas mentioned for each specific event.● During flip obstacles, you must fully disengage with the object. This means you cannot rest it on your foot, or keep your hands on the object.
● You are allowed the use the vertical support on the Z Wall. However, you cannot touch the top or bottom of the cutout to your advantage.
Bucket Carry and Atlas Carry changes…I wonder why/why now? The rest seem like clarifications, but those two seem like changes.
Good changes all the way around.
Vertical support on z wall. What’s this?
Can someone tell me why they change the rules all of a sudden? I don’t understand the Hercules host rule. I always did itv standing up becuz i needed myn body weight to help hoist it. Now they say we have to be on the ground? Wtf how am i gonna be able to do it now? Thats not fair for people that doesn’t weigh or have that much muscles.
Spartan specifically specifically made a how to flip the tire obstacle taught by elites how to not disengage but carefully placing it down resting on ur fingers then quickly flipping it a second time. Why change it now? Thats stupid.
Imjono
Vertical support is when u go around the corner post ur allowed to grab the corner verticalpost now but not the horizontal beam across that that supports the zwall rig.