U-Turn

The U-Turn is an element introduced in Season 3 that immediately follows a Detour. If one team U-Turns another, then the U-Turned team will have to go back and complete the other side of the detour.

Every season, since Season 3 onwards, there have been 2 U-Turns. 3 teams have been U-Turned twice. 1 team has used the U-Turn twice. Three times, a team has been eliminated from being U-Turned (in Season 5 Leg 7, Andrew & Greg finished last but were not eliminated). Only one U-Turn opportunity has went unused. Season 6 Leg 1 introduced the Triple U-Turn.