the other was blocked by one of the Gladiators with a blocking pad The corridors were made much narrower for the second half of the season and one additional barrier was manner by a Gladiator, leaving only one of them clear For season two, the Eliminator saw an overhaul with new obstacles and the finish line was moved from the front of the arena to the back. These were the changes made: Two reverse treadmill belts were built into the ramp, and contenders were given three chances to reach the top before being allowed to walk upon the side To get across the first pit a hand bike was used The balance beam was used to cross the second pit, with a Gladiator at the end of each beam with a weighted blocking pad waiting A cargo net climb to a platform, where the contenders rode a zip line back to the floor Two track hurdles were placed in front of the corridors, which were otherwise unchanged 1991–93 Beginning with the first episode of the third season and continuing for the remainder of the series, the Eliminator was no longer scored. Instead the leading contender was given a head start of half a second for each point he/she led by entering the event and the opposing contender had to make up the deficit. Whoever finished the course first won the match. With the third season came some changes, many of which remained in place for season four. The layout of both courses, with corresponding changes, follows: Falling off the hand bike resulted in contenders being detained by Gladiators for several seconds. The women were held for ten seconds, the men seven. The balance beam was removed and replaced by spinning cylinders. Falling off the apparatus forced contenders to use an unsteady rope ladder to climb back up. The old corridors were done away with in favor of several new obstacles. In the early episodes of season three, the first obstacle after the zip line was a padded wall with a step at the bottom to aid the contenders in climbing over. Once over the wall, two Gladiators stood holding giant medicine balls to form a gauntlet that would impede their path temporarily. After that, a climb over a short hurdle led to a straightaway, which the contenders would run down while two more Gladiators stood on a platform above the