On 'This Is Sparta', putting a money bag on the other side of the first block makes the first bandito turn in the opposite direction, messing up my solution.
Don't know if it's an issue with names or with recording, but I just finished my first battle of season 2. I've fought Alexander in the 1st battle both times now and beaten him both, last season he was shown to go undefeated and became the champion, this year again he's got 1 win and 0 losses. (I still get the 1 win too, though.)