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CHRIS & ALEX
Lifelong Friends
Chris: 25, Night Club Bouncer, Boston, Massachusetts
Alex: 24, Night Club Bouncer, Boston, Massachusetts
Chris & Alex - Amazing RaceChris & Alex - Amazing Race		 Bio:
Chris & Alex are lifelong friends from Boston. Chris is married. Alex is doing a project called Around The World For Free where he travels around the world with NO money. He has to manage to beg, find shelter, and make his trip.

Read their full bio on CBS.com


Chris & Alex Photos		 Records:
-The closest finish to the finish line EVER! They outran Tara & Wil to the finish line by seconds.
- First team to be non-eliminated twice and win the Amazing Race.
-The youngest all-male team to win the Race.
Quotes:
-"It's Hammer Time!" - Chris
-"I'm gonna take his girl!!" - Alex
-"When you bargain, you go down! You don't go up when you bargain!"- Alex
-"You don't think I'm funny at all, do you?"-Alex
-"Dude, white sheep is listening!"-Chris
-"Can't tackle 'em!"-Chris		 Lucky Situations:
-Beat Tara & Wil in a close footrace for the million dollars.
-Were last on 2 non-elimination legs including the Leg before the finale but they still won The Amazing Race eventually.
-Went from last to first on Leg 5 and the final leg.
-Won the Fast Foward on leg 9 and came in 1st!		 Unlucky Situations:
-Being last on a non elimination leg twice.
-Went from second to seventh on leg 3 due to being on a much later flight
-Went from first to last on leg 6. Luckily, it was a non-elimination leg
- Tara and Will, who were their alliances, stepped infront of them and stood on the mat first, causing Chris and Alex to come last.
Team Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
  • Very competitive
  • Strong physically and mentally
  • Great friendship with each other
  • Good sense of humour/enjoyment of the race
  • Honourable racers
  • Know when to help other teams and when to keep information to themselves
  • Good Detour and Roadblock decisions
Weaknesses
  • Bad at navigating
  • Too impetuous at times
 Chris & Alex - Amazing Race Chris & Alex - Amazing Race All-Stars
Leg
Pit Stop
Location
Ending Position
1
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
6th Place
2
Iguacu Falls,
Brazil
2nd Place
3
Cape Town,
South Africa
7th Place
4
Windhoek, Namibia
7th Place
5
Bangkok, Thailand
1st Place
6
Chiang Mai,
Thailand
6th Place
7
Hong Kong, China
2nd Place
8
Sydney, Australia
2nd Place
9
Coober Pedy, Australia
1st Place
10
Canterbury Plains, New Zealand
3rd Place
11
Auckland,
New Zealand
3rd Place
12
Maui, Hawaii, USA
3rd Place
13
San Francisco, California,
USA
WINNERS!
Average Placing: 3.38
 Roadblocks:
  • Leg 1: No Roadblock
  • Leg 2: Take a speedboat into Iguacu Falls and spot a flag - Alex
  • Leg 3: Buy a Smiley (sheep's head) & a box of Epsom salts then drink a bitter potion - Chris
  • Leg 4: Buy 5 animal carvings then trade them for a giraffe one - Alex
  • Leg 5: Retrieve a clue inside a cave full of bats - Chris
  • Leg 6: Wash chalk markings off an elephant - Alex
  • Leg 7: Use a crane to move a container off a truck - Chris
  • Leg 8: Follow a series of clues written in Australian slang - Alex
  • Leg 9: Won the Fast Forward (eat meat pies)
  • Leg 10: Separate black sheep from white sheep - Chris
  • Leg 11: Navigate an ATV on an off-road course - Alex
  • Leg 12: Snorkel to find and unlock one of three underwater cases - Alex
  • Leg 13: Retrieve a clue from inside a large globe of ice using any or all tools from the hardware store - Chris
Total:
Chris: 5
Alex: 6		 Detours Done:
  • Leg 1: Mountain - rappel 590 feet down Sugarloaf Mountain
  • Leg 2: Freak Out - hang glide from a mountain to the beach
  • Leg 3: Deliver - deliver 250 pounds of fish
  • Leg 4: Slide - slide down the steep side of the sand dune
  • Leg 5: Confusion Now - find a specific water taxi dock then take it to a bird market, buy a cage and release the birds
  • Leg 6: Boat - use long poles to navigate a bamboo raft down a river
  • Leg 7: Herbal Tea - find a tea shop then drink a cup of foul tasting tea
  • Leg 8: Dragon Boat - row a dragon boat through a marked course
  • Leg 9: Won the Fast Forward (eat meat pies)
  • Leg 10: Quick Jump - bungee jump 450 feet to the bottom of the gorge
  • Leg 11: Drop - rappel 350 feet into The Lost World
  • Leg 12: Walk - walk through a large pineapple field to find 1 of 4 yellow painted pineapples
  • Leg 13: No Detour shown

Preceded By:
Rob & Brennan
 Winners
Season 2		 Succeeded By:
Flo & Zach



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I mean, that's like the worst. They are so boring, and they won!
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