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Another one from our 'Pink Book'
🎸 'Rocky my Boxy' 🎸
Another Simple design and obstacle to give a fresh feel to the race.
A large box to climb up and over!
But beware! When you add weight to the front it rotates forward. When you pass the centre of gravity it rotates back!
The obstacle is weighted at the back to return it to the upright position for the next racer!
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GYL x
One straight out 'The Pink Book' 😍 this Sunday!
Hook 'n' Loop
A variant of The Classic Kong's with a gauntlet feel. Everyone wants to feel like a ninja! 🥷🥷
Simple design, Simple Build.
Grab 2 Loops for each hand and progress through the obstacle, hooking them on hooks. Some of them are on chains or moving!
Plenty more ideas hiding in this book, you know, if anyone wants to approach us 😉🤣
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The obstacle innovation lab is your ticket to seeing your obstacle creations come to life 🤩🙌Here are just a few of the many incredible submissions we’ve received so far 🔥Will you design our next greatest obstacle? 👀
Click the link in our bio to learn more🔗
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This is “Ring-Ring-Ring”. Swing from the ring to the cargo net, then to the next ring, just out of reach, and repeat. All suspended 8’-10’ over a pool of water.
Easy for some, challenging for others.
If you would like to see this at the next toughmudder like this post!
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While we take a chiller approach this week like Tough Mudder with Obstacle Innovation this year..
Some of you might have heard us talk about the 'Pink Book'😈
and
Even the lucky few have survived the 'Gnome Shenanigans' where we test some of our ideas and generally have a laugh.
The Gnomes eat,sleep,obstacle repeat all year round. We have many ideas, not just for obstacles. Give us a corner and watch us grow! 😉
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So Tough Mudder has a wedding package now 🤷♂️🤷♀️, so why not a wedding themed obstacle to go with it?
💖 To Have and To Hold 💖
Normal version is Texas Hold'em reinvented with ropes for tying the knot together💦💦
WTM version has electrics involved to bring a bit of spice into the relationship ⚡⚡
The no water version will have you connected and could have a shocking outcome 😤 (2 player version of WTM's operation obstacle)
GYLx
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Giles we can keep this up all year but we're going to need some feedback 😉 or things are going to start getting weird 🙈🙉🙊
Sunday, Suuuunday. 🔥
🦆 Duck Hunt 🦆
You drag your family and friends to spectate every time... Force them to stand in a field full of mud and make them hold your stuff..
It's time for some spectator revenge!!
With a sprinkle of twinkle toes over water.
You'll Dodge, Duck , Dip, Dive and Dodge;
wet sponges,
foam balls and
maybe even supper soakers.
As spectators take their 5am wake up call anger out on you from trying to get to the event on time.
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So as we head into the first Sunday of February, Tough Mudder have been quiet... too quite!! (January is now a distant memory for a Gnome 🥴)
As we push deeper into 2023 we want your feedback. Each time you tell us what you like and dislike, This helps us refine our ideas into bigger, better and more likely to be seen obstacles! That goes for you as well Tough Mudder!!! Don't be shy we can take it... I think.... 😭
Tomorrows obstacle isn't for the runners btw 🤷🤷♀️🤷♂️ Yeah go figure 🙊
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Another stab at the #tminnovationlab because this idea was in my head and I had to bust out some MSPaint level skills to realise it 😂
"The Wushu Wall Run"
I've always loved those scenes in Kung Fu movies where the action hero runs across the wall like someone switched the gravity off and looking pretty graceful whilst doing it. This would be your opportunity to do the same.
It's basically a set of ropes attached to a zip line style pulley. Grab the rope, take a running jump to launch across the water before running along a vertical wall. Survive the wall run with enough speed to clear the remaining gap and land on terrafirma.
Mission achieved. Slow motion optional.
Additionally to make this tougher -
Maybe make this a few walls with gaps in between.
Or better still, multiple walls, multiple ropes.
You'll have to leap for your next rope making this even more epic.
Someone much cleverer than I can figure out how to make the ropes return to the start once the weight is released (I'm sure there's a way to do this, but it might as well be magic or me!)
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My entry to the toughmudder obstacle design competition. Using the pinnacle of graphic design media.... Windows Paint! 🤣 I would also add on water cannons for other Tough Mudders to shoot water at their fellow runners! #toughmudder #toughmuddereurope #obstaclecourse #bouldering #tminnovationlab
So this is my second obstacle design entry after the other years wrecking ball submission.
Welcome to haze maze!! A giant hay bale cube that has a maze inside of different options. Dug into the ground to get down and ditty but to also climb up inside the hay bale maze itself and go up in a dark confined space. Mudders take their route and it can either go down or up more so its a lucky dip!
Can also be scaled down for even the Lidl mudders too!
Simple but fun! Who doesn't like launching over and up hale bales?!
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This weeks Sunday Obstacle Innovation is a simple creation using material we know Tough Mudder have a few of!
Over-Under-Through but Tough Mudder Style 😎
Utilizing their love of tubes we bring an idea from 2 races together to make you feel aquaphobic, claustrophobic and feeling UNBREAKABLE after your done 💪💪
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A new take on Funky Monkey! Wooden boards with holds on them that are hanging from chains so they move as you do. You slowly get higher above the water as you make your way sideways across them. Ending with a rope climb down to solid ground.
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Not the best drawing, but here's another idea for the #tminnovationlab obstacle challenge.
Slanted walls with climbing holds on them for your hands and small wooden slats for your feet. Gotta traverse across the wall, then lean behind you to get to the next wall. Repeat until the end.
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My #tminnovationlab submission for a new obstacle at Tough Mudder! It's a pretty basic picture but I'm pretty proud of myself 😂 I'm no artist, that's for sure.
Nothing But Net - a rope swing over water into a cargo net climb and then a nice little slide as a reward 😁
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So Tough Mudder posted about their #tminnovationlab for a chance at designing a future obstacle... Well I was just bored enough that I thought I'd take a stab at it.
I can only apologise about the readability of the design. It's been a good ol'time since I last did anything like this... And it shows!
To explain it in case it's not clear:
I'd call this "Leaps and Bounds".
You start by climbing a cargo net to reach the highest section. You would need to jump onto one of the declining sloped platforms and then side hop between the two slopped platforms until you reach the end. It's then one final leap onto a suspended cargo net before you can work yourself down to safety and back to the ground.
You would need to keep moving as soon as you commit to the first jump. If you fail to make the jump between platforms and/or the net, you'll end up in the drink. I'm thinking the water needs to be either nice and cold, or nice and mucky to ensure you do your best to complete.
What do you think?
I know I haven't really innovated, but thought it could be fun to test the agility.
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For the first Obstacle Innovation Sunday we present Rock Ness!
(Block Ness Obstacle Evolution)
Yes we dare to evolve a fan favourite!
Cylinders with rock climbing grips.
This is an obstacle where team work is paramount, as they turn easily in the water!
Can this obstacle even be soloed? We don't think so!!
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Another reason for my friends to think I'm strange lol. I'm reusing super bad attempts I drew a few years back because I'm pretty sure they never got selected but I think they deserve a shot lol. Entry number 2 to #TMInnovationLab for toughmudder obstacle design. As per othernentries, all details explained in my rubbish diagram, if you can read my writing lol toughmuddereurope. #muddledmaze #tmambassador
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Yayyy it's bad drawing time again! I'm reusing super bad attempts from a few years back because I'm pretty sure they never got selected but I think they deserve a shot lol. Entry number 1 to #TMInnovationLab for toughmudder obstacle design. All details explained in my rubbish diagram, if you can read my writing lol toughmuddereurope. #dorodango #tmambassador
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OCR News: Tough Mudder announced today the debut of the Tough Mudder Innovation Lab, a year-round program for members of the Tough Mudder community to submit their obstacle ideas, win prizes, and potentially get their obstacle ideas onto a Tough Mudder course.
How to submit your idea.
After you have designed your obstacle idea, The Innovation Lab is a five-step process. Here is how to get your obstacle idea onto a Tough Mudder course, direct from toughmudder.com
1. Post an image and description of your idea on Instagram, including the hashtag #tminnovationlab
2. Generate support for your concept by getting as many ‘likes’ as possible.
3. TMHQ will review the most liked concepts monthly, looking for ideas that can be feasibly constructed while delivering an incredible experience.
4. Selected concepts will be passed to beta testing, where we’ll build and test them with live participants.
5. Exemplary concepts that succeed in beta testing will have the chance to be added to the permanent Tough Mudder obstacle menu.
Prizes.
The most liked obstacle concept each month will win a free Tough Mudder entry. Concepts that move to the Beta testing stage will receive entry to World's Toughest Mudder.
If your design is selected for permanent inclusion on Tough Mudder courses you will win a Season Pass+, with access to all Tough Mudder events including 5k, 15k, Infinity, Toughest, and WTM.
Tough Mudder has run obstacle design competitions in the past, producing obstacles such as Kong Infinity. This is the first time the program has been rolled out on an open-ended basis, and the first time the greater Tough Mudder community will have a chance to weigh in on their favorite obstacle designs.
Chris Maltbie, the Senior Director of Global Brand and Product joined World's Toughest Podcast to discuss the new program. You can find the new episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
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HOW IT WORKS
The Innovation Lab is your opportunity to make the best obstacle course in the world even better – one incredible obstacle idea at a time. Here’s how to jump on in:
- Post an image and description of your idea on Instagram, including the hashtag #tminnovationlab
- Generate support for your concept by getting as many ‘likes’ as possible.
- TMHQ will review the most liked concepts monthly, looking for ideas that can be feasibly constructed while delivering an incredible experience.
- Selected concepts will be passed to beta testing, where we’ll build and test them with live participants.
- Exemplary concepts that succeed in beta testing will have the chance to be added to the permanent Tough Mudder obstacle menu.
INNOVATION LAB FAQ
One awesome program, many awesome answers.
What Can I Win?
If it were us, we’d be more than content with excessive pride and kudos but we’ll toss in a few sweet prizes for top concepts:
· Top Voted – The concept with the most new likes within a month will receive a free Tough Mudder entry.
· Beta Tested Concepts – Concepts that are selected for beta testing will earn a free entry to World’s Toughest Mudder
· Roll-Out Concepts – Designs selected for permanent inclusion on the Tough Mudder menu will win a Season Pass Plus.
· Top Voted – The concept with the most new likes within a month will receive a free Tough Mudder entry.
· Beta Tested Concepts – Concepts that are selected for beta testing will earn a free entry to World’s Toughest Mudder
· Roll-Out Concepts – Designs selected for permanent inclusion on the Tough Mudder menu will win a Season Pass Plus.
How Often Are Ideas Selected?
We will showcase and review a handful of the most liked new submissions every month. After that, it will depend on the strength and feasibility of the submitted ideas.
Some months may see multiple ideas approved for testing; others may see none.
Some months may see multiple ideas approved for testing; others may see none.
How Do I Submit My Idea(s)?
Submitting ideas is easy – and you can submit as many as you’d like! Here’s how:
1. Post an image – or multiple images – of your idea on Instagram, using the hashtag #tminnovationlab
2. Use any imagery you’d like – digital mock-up, hand-drawn pictures, scale models; whatever you’d like to sell the idea
3. Include a detailed description of how the obstacle is intended to work
4. Keep in mind the pillars of the Tough Mudder brand when crafting your concept: grit, camaraderie, and accomplishment
5. Promote your idea to get as many likes as possible
1. Post an image – or multiple images – of your idea on Instagram, using the hashtag #tminnovationlab
2. Use any imagery you’d like – digital mock-up, hand-drawn pictures, scale models; whatever you’d like to sell the idea
3. Include a detailed description of how the obstacle is intended to work
4. Keep in mind the pillars of the Tough Mudder brand when crafting your concept: grit, camaraderie, and accomplishment
5. Promote your idea to get as many likes as possible
A HISTORY OF INNOVATION
Creativity and change have been an integral part of Tough Mudder’s DNA since our inception in 2010. Check out where we’ve been, then help us find where we’re going next.
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