Final Stage

The final stage is the last hurdle standing between a competitor and complete victory. The final stage usually goes through very minimalistic changes with the obstacles changing only after someone defeats it. The Final Stage has ended on failure in 7 tournaments including T2, T3, T7, T19, T20, T21, and T22; And has ended on Total Victory in 4 tournaments including T4, T8, T13, and T25. These Total Victories has resulted in the course undergoing a massive overhaul each time known as a renewal. Other semi-renewals that wasn't the effect of a Total Victory occurred in T8 after 2 people reached the Final Stage the tournament prior, in T16 as a result of everyone failing Stage 1 in tournament 15, in T20 as a result of Chumpyyyyy reaching the Final Stage in T19 and the extension of tournaments on Halo 5, and in T23 when the course moved from Halo 5 to Halo Infinite.
==Version 1==
This first version of the final stage was unique in that it was the only instance where the spartan ability clamber was utilized. This tower had only one obstacle the Clamber Climb which required competitors to clamber back and forth up 15 blocks before reaching the top within a time limit of 30 seconds.
The tower was first attempted by Buddy Jumps in tournament 2 where he made it up 14 blocks before running out of time.
The tower would be attempted again in T3 by ump double ump, he would get higher up on the tower but ran out of time as he was reaching out for the fusion coil.
ump would put in a lot of practice for tournament 4 and his practice would pay off as he would reach the tower again for a 2nd tournament in a row. This time however ump's attempt would be successful as he hit the fusion coil with 0.3 seconds remaining to become Spartan Sasuke's first grand champion!
==Version 2==
After ump double ump achieved complete victory in T4, the Final Stage would be completely overhauled with both tower design and obstacles. The tower now has 2 obstacles as opposed to just one. The first obstacle is the Spider Climb which had competitors jump back and forth up 15 pegs (14 in T8). Once they made it up that they would then transfer onto the Final Rope. Similar to the Rope Climb on the 1st Stage from T3 and T4, the Final Rope had competitors climb very quickly up 13 blocks (14 in T8) with however much time they had leftover from the Spider Climb. Once again the time limit is 30 seconds and this final stage would prove to be harder than the first one.
This tower was first attempted in T7 by Strafe Helix and ump double ump marking this the first time there has been multiple final stage attempts in a single tournament. Unfortunately both competitors came up short of reaching the top within the time limit.
Going into T8 the tower received minor adjustments with the Spider Climb being made shorter and the Final Rope made longer. Once again 2 competitors reached the final stage this tournament both attempting it for their first time. SMOKEY MASSACRE annihilated the tower clearing it with 0.96 seconds remaining to become the 2nd grand champion of Spartan Sasuke! DHG Fireball also attempted the tower but unfortunately could not join SMOKEY MASSACRE on the throne.
==Version 3==
After SMOKEY MASSACRE's Total Victory in tournament 8 the Final Stage wouldn't be attempted until T13, a whole year after the previous attempts. On this Final Stage competitors had to focus more on the obstacles themselves rather than just full on speed from prior towers. The obstacles included the Heavenly Ladder, a large ladder consisting of 21 bars competitors had to climb; once through that is was onto the Final Plank, a modified version of the Vertical Plank three times in size of the Stage 1 version where competitors have to climb up 13 blocks that revolve around a plank. With a higher emphasis on the obstacles the time limit was raised to 40 seconds.
As stated earlier it would take until tournament 13 for someone to reach this tower, in fact 3 competitors reached it (a record which still holds today). First to attempt the tower was Swantron97 and unfortunately his pace was too slow as he ran out of time while jumping to the 10th block on the Final Plank. ump double ump was up next keeping his record of having attempted every version of Spartan Sasuke's Final Stage to this point. His pace was much faster then Swan's, but sadly it still wasn't enough as he came up painfully short timing out by just a half of a second. It all came down to SMOKEY MASSACRE and it's here that Smokey made history clearing the tower with a whole 3.25 seconds left on the clock to become the first ever 2 time grand champion on a major Halo Jumping course!
==Version 4 (Halo 5)==
The next version after SMOKEY MASSACRE's 2nd total victory. This version of the tower would not be attempted until tournament 19, a whole 6 tournaments after SMOKEY's success marking the longest gap between Final Stage attempts. The tower itself is the most difficult in the history of Halo Jumping! It consists of 3 obstacles. First is the Cubical Climb which requires competitors to jump back and forth up 6 cubes. Second is the Salmon Ladder, similar to the 2nd Stage obstacle however there are 13 bars and each jump is smaller in height compared to the Stage 2 version putting an emphasis on speed while precisely landing on each of the bars. Lastly is the Giant Tunnel which is an enclosed rectangular prism consisting of 16 cliffhanger esque ledges competitors must climb in a counter-clockwise motion. Despite having 3 obstacles the time limit is very strict giving Spartans only 35 seconds to reach the top and achieve total victory.
Chumpyyyyy was the first person to attempt this version of the tower in tournament 19. His attempt was a failure as he lacked jump awareness when mounting into the Salmon Ladder causing him to overshoot the 1st bar and fall back down to the bottom marking the 1st time someone has failed the Final Stage by not timing up.
The Final Stage was slightly modified in T20 with the removal of the back wall of the Salmon Ladder. 2 attempts were made in T20 by Petrillofam4 and Flameosaurus. Petrillo made it further up than Chumpyyyyy in T19. But when attempting the jump to the 6th bar of the Salmon Ladder, he fell down to the 4th bar and then when trying to go back to the 5th bar he fell to the bottom of the tower ending his run. Flameosaurus would fail even earlier when he failed getting into the 6th cube of the Cubical Climb.
The Final Stage was attempted next by Vozzae in T21. Vozzae became the first person to clear the Salmon Ladder and attempt the Giant Tunnel. Unfortunately he was too slow and ran out of time by 0.78 seconds.
Two more attempts were made in T22 by SunnysideSplash and Fireball zxz. SunnysideSplash would fail just the 3rd jump of the tower ending his otherwise remarkable run in anticlimactic fashion. Fireball zxz was too slow and ran out of time on the 12th of 16 ledges of the Giant Tunnel. With nobody defeating this version of the Final Stage on Halo 5, the 3 obstacles of this Final Stage carried over to Halo Infinite.
==Version 4 (Halo Infinite)==
With no total victory from tournaments 14 - 22, the obstacles of the Final Stage remained the same going from Halo 5 to Halo Infinite. Some changes have been made to the tower. The Cubical Climb now features 8 cubes instead of 6, and the Giant Tunnel now has 12 ledges instead of 16. The tower was not attempted in T23 and T24.
In T25, the Final Stage was attempted for the first time on Halo Infinite by 2 competitors. TrickyCyrus failed just the 2nd cube of the Cubical Climb doing worse than SunnysideSplash in T22. Then SMOKEY MASSACRE defeated the Final Stage with 2.62 seconds remaining to become the first ever 3 time grand champion on any Halo Jumping course!
==Obstacles==
Tournaments	Obstacles 	Obstacles 	Obstacles 	Obstacles 	Obstacles 	Obstacles 	Time Limit
1 - 4 	Clamber Climb 	Clamber Climb 	Clamber Climb 	Clamber Climb	Clamber Climb	Clamber Climb	30 Seconds
5 - 8 	Spider Climb 	Spider Climb 	Spider Climb 	Final Rope 	Final Rope 	Final Rope 	30 Seconds
9 - 13 	Heavenly Ladder	Heavenly Ladder	Heavenly Ladder	Final Plank 	Final Plank 	Final Plank 	40 Seconds
14 - 25 	Cubical Climb 	Cubical Climb 	Salmon Ladder 	Salmon Ladder	Giant Tunnel 	Giant Tunnel 	35 Seconds
==Results==
Tournament	Attempts	Clears	Total Attempts	Total Clears
2 	1 	0 	1 	0
3 	1 	0 	2 	0
4 	1 	1 	3 	1
7 	2 	0 	5 	1
8 	2 	1 	7 	2
13 	3 	1 	10 	3
19 	1 	0 	11 	3
20 	2 	0 	13 	3
21 	1 	0 	14 	3
22 	2 	0 	16 	3
25 	2 	1 	18 	4
List of competitors that achieved Total Victory
ump double ump (T4)
SMOKEY MASSACRE (T8, T13, T25)