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05/10/2026

The top seed. The fastest finisher on Stage 1. The fastest finisher on Stage 2. The furthest on Stage 3.

Western Australia’s Jai Whitby is your Last Ninja Standing for 2026.

He came the closest anyone has ever come to achieving Total Victory at the NCL Finals, progressing further into the seventh obstacle of Stage 3 than anyone before him – at the tender age of 16, to boot!

Proving he is the total package, he couldn’t be topped at any point this year – whether it was in the national standings or on any individual stage.

We used a chain motif on our 2026 NCL Finals logo to represent our hope that someone would break through and claim Total Victory. While Jai came (just) short of that goal, he did make history as the first top seed to claim the coveted title of Last Ninja Standing with one of the most dominant three-stage performances we’ve ever seen.

Congratulations, Jai! There’s just one mountain left for you to climb and I’m sure it won’t be long before you conquer it, too.

See the full list of results on our website and relive the entire event on our YouTube channel.

Thanks to our host facility West Coast Warriors and prize suppliers Goodman Grips and SStuff Australia, the athletes, parents and spectators, course testers, course setters, course resetters, livestream crew, commentators, photographers, reception staff, obstacle builders and everyone else who contributed to this season and this incredible week of competition.

We'll make an announcement about 2027 soon, but for now, let's all bask in Jai's great performance one more time.

0:00 Stage 1
1:07 Stage 2
3:25 Stage 3

Our field of competitors for Stage 1 at Aaron Pietzsch yesterday - tune in today to see those who remain take on Stage 2...
03/10/2026

Our field of competitors for Stage 1 at Aaron Pietzsch yesterday - tune in today to see those who remain take on Stage 2 (and 3 🤞)

📸: Cody Howe

Sixty-three young ninjas. Three divisions. Three stages. Two days. One Total Victory.That's a wrap on the NCL Youth Fina...
01/10/2026

Sixty-three young ninjas. Three divisions. Three stages. Two days. One Total Victory.

That's a wrap on the NCL Youth Finals 2026 hosted by West Coast Warriors in Scarborough on Wednesday 30 September and Thursday 1 October.

Congratulations to Ronan Pietzsch in the Pre-Teens Division for finally securing that Total Victory and to the other podium winners, buzzer beaters and athletes who took on this challenging gauntlet.

See the full results on our website.

Prize support from Goodman Grips and SStuff 🙌🙌🙌

Tune in to our YouTube on Saturday and Sunday for the 2026 NCL Finals & Australian Ninja Open where we'll be doing it all over again on a bigger, better and harder course with $10,000 on the line 👀

Introducing your official team captains for the 2026 Australian Ninja Open!These 10 athletes will be drafting three team...
16/09/2026

Introducing your official team captains for the 2026 Australian Ninja Open!

These 10 athletes will be drafting three team members to fill out their team from the top 30 Stage One competitors (excluding captains) across all divisions.

Based on these graphics, who do you hope is your captain and why?

More information on the Australian Ninja Open on our website 👀

09/09/2026

We put our best man on the job to test our new buzzer for the NCL Finals at Aaron Pietzsch 🔊

Don't worry, in our competition you can keep your hand on it as long as you want 😉

Revealing your official 2026 NCL Finals logo featuring the top overall seed, Western Australia’s own Jai Whitby 🙌🙌🙌Jai h...
04/09/2026

Revealing your official 2026 NCL Finals logo featuring the top overall seed, Western Australia’s own Jai Whitby 🙌🙌🙌

Jai has been building momentum on the ninja scene for years, from his record-setting Total Victory in the Teens Division in 2023 to a strong debut season in Adults last year 🥷

This year represents a real breakthrough for Jai as he burst onto the national scene as our top points scorer (narrowly edging out runner-up Riley Hume) on the back of multiple wins at our Finals venue West Coast Warriors

The broken chain in the photo symbolises that breakthrough, as well as what we hope to see someone achieve at this year’s Finals – the first Total Victory in the Adults Division 👀🤞

This logo will feature on the limited edition NCL Finals t-shirts for 2026, as well as the medals awarded to our top competitors across all divisions

What do you think of the design?

Silhouette drawn by Soojin Mitton
Logo design and photography by Mark Ravi

🚨🚨🚨 New sponsor alert 🚨🚨🚨We’re pleased to announce an amazing new sponsor coming on board for the NCL Finals: SStuff Aus...
21/08/2026

🚨🚨🚨 New sponsor alert 🚨🚨🚨

We’re pleased to announce an amazing new sponsor coming on board for the NCL Finals: SStuff Australia

SStuff is a Perth-based natural skincare brand that is passionate about helping calluses and muscle aches with their natural recovery using 100% natural ingredients 🌿

We all know how hard ninja can be on your hands, joints and muscles, so partnering with a brand specifically designed to address these issues is a great fit for the Ninja Challenge League 🤝

In addition to providing prize packs for all divisions of the NCL Finals, the SStuff team will also be providing a 20 per cent discount on their products for all 2026 NCL members for the remainder of the year (we’ll email current members the code shortly)

To learn more about their product range and the awesome prizes you could win at the 2026 NCL Finals, head to https://www.sstuff.au/

17/08/2026

The fastest runs in NCL Finals history - don't blink or you'll miss them ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Who had the hardest Stage One and who do you think pulled off the best beta break?

0:00 Ashlin Herbert - 2018
1:37 Matthew Bowles - 2019
2:45 Matthew Bowles (again!) - 20-21
3:55 Zak Stolz - 2022
5:43 Michael Mischefski - 2023
7:47 Riley Hume - 2024
9:12 Fraser Smith - 2025

See some of these speed demons in action at the NCL Finals at West Coast Warriors on October 3 & 4

09/08/2026

As we continue our search for Total Victory at the NCL Finals, we're taking a look back at how close we've gotten over the years by sharing the winning runs from every Last Ninja Standing since 2018 🥷

We've jacked up the prize money to $10,000 to provide some extra motivation. Is this the year someone finally crosses that threshold?

Find out at the NCL Finals 2026 hosted by West Coast Warriors on Saturday 3 October and Sunday 4 October 👀

0:00 2018 - Mat Redho
5:17 2019 - Bryson Klein
10:25 20-21 - Cameron Reading
14:50 2022 - Zak Stolz
15:23 2023 - Tye Beadel
17:19 2024 - Luke Davis
20:31 2025 - Isaac Mudie

Who is your favourite Last Ninja Standing?

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