Speed Bump

A Speed Bump is an additional task assigned as a penalty for the team that checks in last during a Non-Elimination Leg.

Beginning in The Amazing Race 12, teams who are saved from elimination during a non-elimination leg will have to perform an extra task sometime during the next leg.

Teams would be alerted to the upcoming Speed Bump by a Route Marker clue prior to it; the Speed Bump itself is displayed in a manner similar to the Yield showing the affected team's picture at a stand near to the regular Route Marker. Once the team completes the Speed Bump task, the next clue they receive is the clue that they would have received at the Route Marker. If a team does not complete a Speed Bump, the team will receive a four-hour penalty at the Pit Stop (as shown in the Latin American version).

Uniquely, in The Amazing Race 33, The Amazing Race Canada 8, and The Amazing Race Australia 6, the Speed Bump was used to penalize teams who re-entered the race due to the Discharged or medically exempt teams. However, season 33's Speed Bump wasn't aired.

All seasons of The Amazing Race (Latin America) and The Amazing Race Canada have used the Speed Bump while The Amazing Race Australia and The Amazing Race Asia introduced it on their 3rd and 5th season respectively.

Speed Bump History[]

The Amazing Race (US)[]

Season	Episode	Leg	Last Place	Survived?	Notes
The Amazing Race 12	"Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something!"	8	Kynt & Vyxsin	No 5 of 5
The Amazing Race 12	"Sorry, Guys, I'm Not Happy to See You"	10	TK & Rachel	Yes 2 of 4	First time a team performed a Speed Bump and survived. First time a team performed a Speed Bump and later won the race.
The Amazing Race 13	"My Nose Is on Fire"	7	Ken & Tina	Yes 4 of 6
The Amazing Race 13	"You're Gonna Get Me Killed"	10	Andrew & Dan	Yes 2 of 4
The Amazing Race 14	"Alright Guys We're at War!"	6	Christie & Jodi	No 7 of 7
The Amazing Race 14	"Our Parents Will Cry Themselves to Death"	9	Mark & Michael	No 5 of 5
The Amazing Race 15	"They Thought Godzilla Was Walking Down the Street"	2	Maria & Tiffany	Yes 7 of 11
	"We're Not Meant for the Swamp"	9	Gary & Matt	No 5 of 5
	"It Starts with an "F", That's All I'm Saying"	11	Brian & Ericka	Yes 3 of 4
The Amazing Race 16	"We Are No Longer in the Bible Belt"	4	Jordan & Jeff	Yes 7 of 8
	"You're Like Jason Bourne, Right?"	8	Jet & Cord	Yes 1 of 6	First time a team was assigned a Speed Bump and won the leg.
	"They Don't Even Understand Their Own Language"	11	Louie & Michael	No 4 of 4
The Amazing Race 17	"We Should Have Brought Gloves and Butt Pads"	4	Michael & Kevin	Yes 4 of 9
The Amazing Race 17	"I'm Surrounded by Ninjas"	11	Nick & Vicki	No 4 of 4
The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business	"We're Good American People"	9	Gary & Mallory	Yes 4 of 6
The Amazing Race 19	"The Sprint of Our Life"	2	Bill & Cathi	Yes 7 of 11
	"I Feel Like I'm in the Circus"	5	Liz & Marie	No 8 of 8
	"Move Goat"	7	Amani & Marcus	Yes 4 of 6
The Amazing Race 20	"Uglier Than a Mud Rail Fence"	5	Bopper & Mark	Yes 6 of 8
	"Let Them Drink Their Haterade"	8	Nary & Jamie	No 6 of 6
	"I Need Hair to Be Pretty"	10	Bopper & Mark	No 5 of 5	First time a team performed a Speed Bump and won the Fast Forward.
The Amazing Race 21	"Get Your Sexy On"	6	Josh & Brent	Yes 6 of 7
	"We Was Robbed"	8	James & Abba	No 6 of 6
	"Take Down That Million"	11	Natalie & Nadiya	No 4 of 4
The Amazing Race 22	"Be Safe and Don't Hit a Cow"	7	Max & Katie	Yes 6 of 7
The Amazing Race 22	"Working Our Barrels Off"	10	Mona & Beth	Yes 4 of 5
The Amazing Race 23	"One Hot Camel"	8	Nicky & Kim	No 6 of 6
The Amazing Race 23	"Amazing Crazy Race"	11	Leo & Jamal	No 4 of 4
The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2014)	"Can't Make Fish Bite"	5	Brendon & Rachel	Yes 7 of 8
	"The Gladiators Are Here!"	7	Caroline & Jennifer	Yes 2 of 7
	"Bull Down"	10	Caroline & Jennifer	Yes 4 of 5	First time a team performed a Speed Bump twice and survive both times.
The Amazing Race 25	"Morocc' and Roll"	5	Misti & Jim	Yes 6 of 8
	"Hot Sexy Knights"	8	Tim & Te Jay	No 6 of 6
	"Hooping It Up"	11	Brooke & Robbie	Yes 1 of 4
The Amazing Race 26	"The Great Amazing Nasty Race"	4	Harley & Jonathan	No 9 of 9
	"Moment of Truth"	8	Aly & Steve	No 6 of 6
	"Fruits of Our Labor"	10	Matt & Ashley	No 5 of 5
The Amazing Race 27	"It's Always the Quiet Ones"	9	Tanner & Josh	No 6 of 6
The Amazing Race 28	"You Look Like Gollum"	2	Scott & Blair	Yes 9 of 11
The Amazing Race 28	"Salt That Sand!"	9	Sheri & Cole	Yes 3 of 6
The Amazing Race 29	"Good Job, Donkey"	8	Liz & Michael	No 6 of 6
The Amazing Race 29	"Riding a Bike Is Like Riding a Bike"	10	Tara & Joey	Yes 3 of 5
The Amazing Race 30	"Gotta Put Your Sole into It"	4	Cedric & Shawn	No 9 of 9
The Amazing Race 30	"It's Just a Million Dollars, No Pressure"	11	Henry & Evan	Yes 1 of 4
The Amazing Race 31	"I Took Out a Polar Bear"	4	Chris & Bret	Yes 3 of 9
	"Who Wants a Rolex?"	6	Rachel & Elissa	Yes 7 of 8
	"You're the Apple in My Eye"	8	Nicole & Victor	Yes 5 of 7
The Amazing Race 32	"You Don't Strike Me as a Renaissance Man"	5	Kaylynn & Haley	Yes 7 of 8
The Amazing Race 32	"Give Me a Beard Bump"	7	Kaylynn & Haley	Yes 5 of 7
The Amazing Race 33	"Ready to Restart the Race"	4	Arun & Natalia	Yes 6 of 7	For re-entering the race, Arun & Natalia and Michael & Moe were each penalized with a Speed Bump. First time a team who did not finish last on a Non-Elimination Leg were penalized with a Speed Bump. First time two teams were penalized with a Speed Bump. This Speed Bump went unaired.^[1]
The Amazing Race 33	"Ready to Restart the Race"	4	Michael & Moe	No 7 of 7

The Amazing Race Asia[]

Season	Episode	Leg	Last Place	Survived?	Notes
The Amazing Race Asia 5	"The Pain Does Not Exist"	4	Rach & Vicky	No 8 of 8
The Amazing Race Asia 5	"Should Have Turned Left"	8	Eric & Rona	Yes 2 of 4

The Amazing Race Australia[]

Season	Episode	Leg	Last Place	Survived?	Notes
The Amazing Race: Australia v New Zealand	"I Can't Feel My Nadz!"	8	Ashleigh & Jarrod	Yes 2 of 5
The Amazing Race Australia 4	Episode 4	4	Rowah & Amani	No 9 of 9
	Episode 8	8	Sid & Ash	No 6 of 6
	Episode 10	10	Viv & Joey	Yes 3 of 5
The Amazing Race Australia 6	Episode 10	9	Stuart & Glennon	Yes 6 of 7	For re-entering the race, Stuart & Glennon and Kathy & Chace were each penalized with a Speed Bump.
	Episode 10	9	Kathy & Chace	No 7 of 7
	Episode 14	13	Kelly & Georgia	Yes 5 of 8	For re-entering the race, Kelly & Georgia, Tiffany & Cynthia, Jodie & Claire and Fliss & Tottie were each penalized with a Speed Bump. Unlike the previous season, Jodie & Claire arrived last at the Pit Stop and were not eliminated due to Fliss & Tottie medically removed from the Race, the elimination for this leg was cancelled.
			Tiffany & Cynthia	Yes 6 of 8
			Jodie & Claire	Yes 7 of 8
			Fliss & Tottie	No 8 of 8
	Episode 15	14	Lauren & Steph	Yes 7 of 8	For re-entering the race, Lauren & Steph was penalized with a Speed Bump.
The Amazing Race Australia Celebrity Edition (2023)		4	George & Pam	Yes 8 of 9

The Amazing Race Canada[]

Season	Episode	Leg	Last Place	Survived?	Notes
The Amazing Race Canada 1	"Grab a 'Nug"	4	Tim & Tim	Yes 5 of 7
The Amazing Race Canada 1	"We Don't Have Time for the Bathroom"	7	Tim & Tim	Yes 2 of 5
The Amazing Race Canada 2	"Who Designs These Torture Tests?"	5	Sukhi & Jinder	Yes 4 of 8
	"I Said Yes!"	8	Ryan & Rob	Yes 5 of 6
	"Hot Poop"	10	Ryan & Rob	Yes 4 of 5
The Amazing Race Canada 3	"Man I've Got a Big Butt"	10	Brent & Sean	Yes 2 of 5
The Amazing Race Canada 4	"Toads! Are You Kidding Me?"	3	Kelly & Kate	Yes 3 of 9
The Amazing Race Canada 4	"I Just Wanna Win"	9	Rita & Yvette	No 5 of 5
The Amazing Race Canada 5	"Break Time for Korey"	7	Andrea & Ebonie	No 6 of 6
The Amazing Race Canada 5	"It's Like Finding Waldo in a Bunch of Waldos"	9	Karen & Bert	Yes 3 of 5
The Amazing Race Canada: Heroes Edition	"Sounds Like a Wild Boar"	3	Zainab & Monica	Yes 7 of 9
The Amazing Race Canada: Heroes Edition	"Poodle Time"	7	Nancy & Mellisa	Yes 1 of 6
The Amazing Race Canada 7	"You Gotta Whip That Cream"	5	Trish & Amy	Yes 4 of 7
The Amazing Race Canada 7	"Balls, Balls, Balls"	7	Trish & Amy	No 6 of 6
The Amazing Race Canada 8	"Feel the Fear and Do It Anyways"	4	Cassie & Jahmeek	Yes (Non-Elimination) 7 of 7	For re-entering the race, Cassie & Jahmeek and Jully & Kathy were each penalized with a Speed Bump.
	"Feel the Fear and Do It Anyways"	4	Jully & Kathy	Yes 5 of 7
	"I'm a Human Kite"	5	Cassie & Jahmeek	Yes 5 of 7	First time a team was penalized with a Speed Bump on back-to-back legs.
The Amazing Race Canada 9	"This Ugly Duckling Is Now a Swan"	4	Jermaine & Justin	Yes 5 of 8

The Amazing Race China[]

Season	Leg	Last Place	Survived?
The Amazing Race 1 (China)	2	Bai Jugang & Guan Xiaotong	No 8 of 8
	5	Chen Xiaochun & Zheng Yijian	Yes 4 of 6
	6	Zhang Tielin & Yueliang	No 6 of 6
	8	Chen Yiru & Zhou Weitong	No 5 of 5
The Amazing Race 2 (China)	2	Deng Ziqi & Zhang Yunjing	Yes 3 of 6
The Amazing Race 2 (China)	6	Deng Ziqi & Zhang Yunjing	No 4 of 4
The Amazing Race China 3	2	Zhang Meixi & Zang Yafei	No 8 of 8
The Amazing Race China 3	5	Jin Xing & Heinz	Yes 4 of 7

The Amazing Race: China Rush[]

Season	Episode	Leg	Last Place	Survived?
The Amazing Race: China Rush 1	China Rush 1 Episode 2	2	Paul & Francis	No 10 of 10
	China Rush 2 Episode 8	8	Lisa & Karen	Yes 4 of 5
	China Rush 1 Episode 9	9	Deepak & Naresh	Yes 4 of 5
	China Rush 1 Episode 10	10	Deepak & Naresh	Yes 4 of 5
The Amazing Race: China Rush 2	China Rush 2 Episode 5	5	Rhett & Howie	No 7 of 7
The Amazing Race: China Rush 2	China Rush 2 Episode 7	7	Elena & Tameka	No 6 of 6
The Amazing Race: China Rush 3	China Rush 3 Episode 2	2	Henry & Jennifer	Yes 7 of 10
	China Rush 3 Episode 5	5	Henry & Jennifer	Yes 5 of 8
	China Rush 3 Episode 6	6	Zhang Yelin & Li Yang	Yes 5 of 7
	Episode 10	10	Karin & Janelle	No 5 of 5

HaMerotz LaMillion[]

Season	Episode	Leg	Last Place	Survived?
HaMerotz LaMillion 2	"The Chinese Language is Difficult"	6	Tom & Adele	Yes 4 of 6
	"Sweet Pain?"	6	Tom & Adele	Yes 4 of 6
	"Last Step in a Million!"	12	Tom & Adele	No 4 of 4

The Amazing Race (Latin America)[]

Season	Episode	Leg	Last Place	Survived?	Notes
The Amazing Race en Discovery Channel 1	2	2	Ariel & Nora	No 11 of 11	Ariel & Nora quit their Speed Bump, receiving a 4-hour penalty at the Pit Stop.
	7	7	Casilda & Casilda	Yes 6 of 7
	11	11	Tamara & Matías	Yes 3 of 4
The Amazing Race en Discovery Channel 2	2	2	Mauricio & Mariana	Yes 10 of 11
	6	6	Jelkin & Javier	No 8 of 8
	8	8	Aleandra & Marlene	Yes 5 of 7
The Amazing Race 3 (Latin America)	2	2	Vero & Gaba	Yes 10 of 11
	6	6	Rosario & Pablo	No 8 of 8
	10	10	Toya & Juan del Mar	No 5 of 5
The Amazing Race 4 (Latin America)	2	2	Billy & Gean	No (Double Elimination) 10 of 11
	4	4	Daniel & César	Yes 7 of 9
	7	7	Fuzetti & Nando	No 7 of 7
	10	10	Renata & Ana Paula	No 5 of 5
The Amazing Race 5 (Latin America)	4	4	Ezequiel & Tobías	Yes 5 of 9
	5	5	Débora & Renata	No 9 of 9
	7	7	Evelyn & Jorge	No 6 of 6
	11	11	Darío & Esther	Yes 3 of 4
The Amazing Race: Ecuador	4	4	Juan & Cecilia	Yes 1 of 8
	6	6	Sonia & Gabriel	No 7 of 7
	7	7	Martín & Jenny	No 5 of 5
	8	8	Juan & Cecilia	Yes 5 of 6