Around the Bend
Also played as: Brains And Brawn · Connecting With Loved Ones · Don't Call It A Comeback · Rope A Dope · Rope-A-Dope · Starfish · Tangled Up In Blue · The Bottom Line · The Key Of Sea
How it works
What this shows: Our own summary of the wiki page linked below.
Each player is tied to a long rope wound around fences and poles and must climb over and under the course to untangle it on the way to the finish; some versions add later stages or a table maze.
Worth knowing
- Tyson Apostol played it three times, winning two. Source
Sources: Around the Bend · survivoR dataset
All 12 playings
What this shows: Every season and episode it was played, under the name used that time, and who won. Tap a season to see that episode on the season timeline.
S11 · Ep 10ImmunityWinner hidden (spoiler-safe)
Rafe
as “Rope-A-Dope”Winner hidden (spoiler-safe)HeroesVillains
Most wins
What this shows: Players with the most individual wins of this competition. Tribe and team wins aren't counted.
Who wins it
What this shows: The typical winner's game, as the average of their game-style percentiles for that season (50 = a typical player), and the upsets: wins by someone with at most one earlier challenge win that season while a comp leader was still in the game.
The average winner
Dashed line: 50, a typical player. From 10 winner profiles. Percentiles cover the whole season, so “Challenges” includes this win.
Biggest upsets
- Abi-Maria Gomes won with 0 earlier wins; Carter Williams had 2.Survivor 25 · Ep 11 · played as “Brains And Brawn”
- Kat Edorsson won with 0 earlier wins; Kim Spradlin-Wolfe had 2.Survivor 24 · Ep 12 · played as “Connecting With Loved Ones”
Video and analysis
What this shows: Rob Has a Podcast coverage that names this competition, when we have it.