Block Pushing is an event featured in the Marble League, with singular appearances in the Hubelino Tournament and Last Marble Standing. As the name suggests, each team aims to push their block as far as possible.
The Midnight Wisps currently hold the most medals, while the record belongs to the Savage Speeders.
Rules[]
2017, 2025[]
Four teams of four marbles compete in a single heat, attempting to push their block as far as possible in their lane. The top two teams, in each heat, after each team pushing twice, advance to the semifinals. After four heats, there are only eight teams remaining, and the same elimination process applies, with the top two teams of each heat moving to the final. During the final, there are four teams. The furthest push gets gold, the second furthest gets silver, and so on.
2019-2023[]
There were several changes made to the Block Pushing event in 2019. This iteration of the event has no heats, semifinals, or finals. Instead, two teams (four from 2021-2023) face off at a time, attempting to push their block the furthest in their lane. After one push, teams switch lanes and try again. The teams furthest push is counted as their score.
At the end of the event, each teams furthest push is counted as their score for the event. The scores are ranked, and the teams place on how their push compared to all other teams. Each team is not required to beat the team they are facing off against. The furthest push gets gold, the second furthest silver, and so on, just like the 2017 version.
Additionally, the blocks were made lighter and easier to push, making the previous Marble League Record obsolete (including the 2019 qualifying round, as the event rule set was slightly changed).
Appearances[]
Overview[]
Most Podiums[]
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Midnight Wisps | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2nd | Team Momo | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3rd | Savage Speeders | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4th | Team Galactic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5th | O'rangers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6th | Black Jacks | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Green Ducks | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Raspberry Racers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9th | Kobalts | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th | Mellow Yellow | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11th | Bumblebees | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jungle Jumpers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13th | Team Primary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14th | Golden Wisps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Graze of Glory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Snowballs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Plasma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18th | Chocolatiers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Limers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Semi-Skimmers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Phoenix | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22nd | Crazy Cat's Eyes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gliding Glaciers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Green Gang | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Oceanics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pinkies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rojo Rollers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Team Purity | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Turtle Sliders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Marble League Appearances[]
2017[]
Marble League 2017 Qualifiers[]
- Main article: Marble League 2017 Qualifiers
Block Pushing was one of the four qualifying events at the Marble League 2017 Qualifiers. A shortened version of the events was used which included no finals but simply 4 heats. The winner of this qualifier was the Jungle Jumpers with a push of 73.3 cm. The Kobalts placed second with Team Primary in third.
Marble League 2017[]
- Main article: Marble League 2017
Block Pushing was featured as the seventh event of Marble League 2017. The eventual champions, the O'rangers, won gold with a record push of 82.6 cm. Team Momo won silver and the Pinkies picked up third.
2019[]
Marble League 2019 Qualifiers[]
- Main article: Marble League 2019 Qualifiers
Block Pushing in the Marble League 2019 Qualifiers differs slightly from the main event version. There are five heats, however there are no finals. The Green Ducks took gold, with the Limers taking silver, and the Jungle Jumpers bronze.
Marble League 2019 Friendly Round[]
- Main article: Marble League 2019 Friendly Round
Block Pushing had the four Marble League 2019 Friendly Round teams take part in two pushes, with their best push being used as the score. This event was won by the O'rangers, ahead of the Midnight Wisps in second and Oceanics who earned third.
Marble League 2019[]
- Main article: Marble League 2019
Block Pushing was part of Marble League 2019, once again featured as the seventh event. The Midnight Wisps earned gold, Team Galactic earned silver, and Mellow Yellow earned bronze.
2020[]
Marble League 2020 Qualifiers[]
- Main article: Marble League 2020 Qualifiers
Just like 2019, this event was used in the year's friendly round, qualifers, and main league. Starting off with the Marble League 2020 Qualifiers, Block Pushing was used as the third event and was won by the Midnight Wisps, whose result vaulted them 11 positions up to 4th and in qualification range. Finishing off the top 3 was the Savage Speeders in second, which caused the team to qualify before the final event, and finally Team Primary in third spot.
Marble League 2020 Friendly Round[]
- Main article: Marble League 2020 Friendly Round
Within the Marble League 2020 Friendly Round, Block Pushing was instead the first event, giving all four teams just one push like the Qualifiers. Team Galactic came in first, whilst the Raspberry Racers and Green Ducks settled behind them in second and third respectively.
Marble League 2020[]
- Main article: Marble League 2020
Block Pushing covered the seventh event of Marble League 2020, just like the 2017 and 2019 editions before it. The Gold medalists were once again the Midnight Wisps who reset the record with a push of 85.80 cm, with silver going to Team Momo, their first medal of the year. The final step on the podium was the O'rangers for the bronze, and with that retook the overall lead in the standings and becoming the first team to crack 100 points.
Team Overview[]
| Team | ML17Q /16 |
ML17 /16 |
HT16 /8 |
ML19Q /20 |
ML19F /4 |
ML19 /16 |
LMS /6 |
ML20Q /20 |
ML20F /4 |
ML20 /16 |
ML21 /16 |
MLS21 /12 |
ML22 /16 |
MLS22 /16 |
ML23 /16 |
ML25F /4 |
ML25Q /28 |
ML25 /16 |
MLS25 /16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balls of Chaos | 14 | - | - | 14 | - | 11 | - | 18 | - | 13 | - | 12 | 16 | - | - | - | 24 | 11 | - |
| Black Jacks | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| Bluefastics | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bumblebees | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 15 | - | 5 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | - |
| Chocolatiers | 9 | 7 | - | 15 | - | 10 | - | 14 | - | - | 11 | - | 7 | - | - | - | 26 | - | 2 |
| Crazy Cat's Eyes | - | - | - | 20 | - | 6 | - | 16 | - | 7 | 15 | - | 15 | - | 16 | - | 18 | - | 3 |
| Dairy Dash | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gliding Glaciers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 11 | - | 9 | - | 12 | - | 7 |
| Golden Orbs | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Graze of Glory | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Green Ducks | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 2 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 4 | 13 | - |
| Green Gang | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hazers | - | - | - | 19 | - | 16 | - | - | 4 | 16 | 16 | - | - | 16 | - | - | 28 | - | 16 |
| Hornets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Indigo Stars | - | - | - | 5 | - | 9 | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | 7 | - | - | 13 | - | 9 |
| Jawbreakers | 11 | 9 | - | 12 | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jungle Jumpers | 1 | 16 | - | 3 | - | 14 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 7 | - | 14 | - | - | 20 | - | 13 |
| Kobalts | 2 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | 11 | 2 | - |
| Limers | 5 | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | 9 | - | - | 22 | 8 | - |
| Mellow Yellow | - | 10 | - | 11 | - | 3 | - | 7 | - | 10 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 6 | - | 2 | 9 | - |
| Midnight Wisps | 8 | 11 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 10 | - | 2 | - | 9 | 15 | - |
| Milky Madness | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Minty Maniacs | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | 14 | 13 | - | 14 | - | - | - | 23 | - | 14 |
| O'rangers | 6 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | 4 | - | 3 | 7 | - | 13 | - | 12 | 4 | - | 10 | - |
| Oceanics | 10 | 12 | - | - | 3 | 13 | - | 12 | - | 12 | - | 10 | - | 12 | - | - | 15 | 7 | - |
| Pinkies | 15 | 3 | - | 8 | - | 15 | - | 13 | - | - | - | 11 | 9 | - | 5 | - | 25 | 12 | - |
| Purple Rockets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | 19 | - | 15 |
| Quicksilvers | 12 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raspberry Racers | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | 12 | - | 10 | - | 3 | 6 | - |
| Rojo Rollers | 13 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | 12 | - | - | 3 | 11 | - | 16 | - | 8 |
| Ruby Rollers | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Savage Speeders | - | 5 | - | - | 4 | 7 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 8 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | - |
| Semi-Skimmers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shining Swarm | 4 | 8 | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | 7 | - | 6 |
| Snowballs | 16 | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 9 | - | 15 | 15 | 1 | - | 16 | - |
| Solar Flares | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 11 | - | - | 27 | - | 10 |
| Team Galactic | 7 | 4 | - | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 8 | - | 6 | 4 | - |
| Team Momo | - | 2 | - | 13 | - | - | - | 20 | - | 2 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | 14 | - |
| Team Phoenix | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team Plasma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 14 | - | 14 | - | 1 |
| Team Primary | 3 | 14 | - | 16 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 5 |
| Team Purity | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| The Freshers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thunderbolts | - | 13 | - | 7 | - | 12 | - | 6 | - | 11 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 13 | - | 21 | - | 11 |
| Turtle Sliders | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | - | 10 | - | 4 |
| Valiant Violets | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wolfpack | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 17 | - | 12 |
Trivia[]
- In the 2017 event, the Marble League record was broken 3 times.
- However, due to the rules being changed in 2019, the previous record, held by the O'rangers at 82.6 cm, was obsolete for that year.
- Despite winning the 2017 qualifying event, the Jungle Jumpers placed last in the main competition.
- The Hazers are infamous for being one of the worst performing teams in this event, having finished in last place in all but one appearance in which they finished second-to-last.
- The Marble League record for this event had been broken at least once in every Marble League since Marble League 2020.