Mat Fraser hates not winning so much he made up for his 6th place finish in Event 5 with yet another Event Record in Event 6.

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For pretty much everyone else, Event 6 shook up the leaderboard something fierce. Athletes who were on the bubble got their dreams popped and athletes making moves got themselves in positions to strike in Event 7.

With just one event left, only Mat Fraser is safe. With just 24 points separating Chase Smith in 5th from Paul Tremblay in 8th, the qualifying spots will again come down to just how well these athletes can do thrusters and legless rope climbs.

Patrick Vellner is in second and only one point behind him is Albert-Dominic Larouche, but watch for those legless rope climbs to give Vellner some issues as those are incredibly dependent on having two functioning biceps.

In order for Vellner to keep a qualifying position, he’ll have to place 14th or better on Event 7, which means he’ll have to finish the event in around 3:10-3:15. The question really isn’t if he can finish it in that time but if he can get any rope climbs at all.

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Games veteran Austin Malleolo, Spencer Hendel, and Paul Tremblay are each fighting for that fifth qualifying spot, and assuming Vellner can perform and Chase Smith doesn’t have a meltdown, only one of these men will make a trip to Carson.