Marble League 2016

Marble League 2016
MarbleLympics logo for the 2016 edition.
Duration	5 August 2016 – 9 September 2016
Teams	16
Events	12
Standings
Champions	Savage Speeders - 44pts
Runners-up	Mellow Yellow - 41pts
Third Place	Thunderbolts - 41pts
Chronology
Previous	None
Next	MarbleLympics 2017

MarbleLympics 2016 was the first edition of the MarbleLympics and consisted of 16 teams and 12 events. This season had no qualifiers, and thus no teams were cut. This season was also met with an overwhelmingly positive response from fans and saw many fans rooting for their favorite teams in the comments. It was this series, along with the Sand Marble Rally that really popularized Jelle's channel. At the end of the season, it was the Savage Speeders who were victorious, but Mellow Yellow, Thunderbolts, and Team Momo were very close behind. You will find the results of each individual event below. The Winner gets an Gold Medal and 10 points, The Runner-up gets an Silver Medal and 7 points, The 3rd place finisher gets an Bronze Medal and 5 points, etc.

Main Tournament

No.	Event	Air Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
OC	Opening Ceremony	5 August 2016
1	Balancing		Rojo Rollers	Mellow Yellow	Team Momo
2	Relay Race	9 August 2016	Savage Speeders	Jawbreakers	Thunderbolts
3	Collision	11 August 2016	Thunderbolts	Jawbreakers	Team Primary
4	Sand Rally	13 August 2016	Mellow Yellow (Yelley)	Rojo Rollers (Rojo Uno)	Team Galactic (Starry)
5	Long Jump	15 August 2016	O'rangers (Kinnowin)	Thunderbolts (Bolta)	Team Momo (Mo)
6	Water Race	17 August 2016	Savage Speeders (Velocity)	Kobalts (Azure)	Mellow Yellow (Yellow)
7	High Jump	21 August 2016	Rojo Rollers (Rojo Dos)	Team Primary (Imar)	Team Momo (Momomomo)
8	10 Meter Sprint	23 August 2016	Savage Speeders (Rapidly)	Chocolatiers (Choc)	Balls of Chaos (Clutter)
9	Team Pursuit	27 August 2016	Oceanics	Balls of Chaos	Thunderbolts
10	Precision Slalom	31 August 2016	Team Momo	Kobalts	Pinkies
11	Quartet Diving	6 September 2016	Mellow Yellow	Oceanics	Limers
12	Hurdles	9 September 2016	Savage Speeders (Speedy)	Mellow Yellow (Yellup)	Thunderbolts (Bolto)
CC	Closing Ceremony		Savage Speeders	Mellow Yellow	Thunderbolts

Event 1: Balancing

Marble Race Marblelympics 2016 Event 1 Balancing

The first event of the MarbleLympics 2016, Balancing, is composed of a long, straight ramp made of clear plastic blocks. Additionally, there is a tape measure stretched out alongside the blocks to help the judges determine the distance each marble traveled before falling off of the ramp and hitting the ground. The cumulative scores of the 4 marbles is then awarded to the team.

Placement	Team	M1	M2	M3	M4	Score	Points
1st	Rojo Rollers	34	68	95	150	347	10
2nd	Mellow Yellow	45	54	101	112	312	7
3rd	Team Momo	29	38	104	136	307	5
4th	Pinkies	25	50	104	119	298	4
5th	Savage Speeders	57	66	85	90	297	3
6th	Kobalts	28	38	52	150	268	2
7th	Oceanics	51	65	72	73	261	1
8th	Snowballs	30	59	70	95	254	1
9th	O'rangers	28	37	77	102	244	0
10th	Team Galactic	25	48	73	87	233	0
11th	Jawbreakers	34	35	73	84	226	0
11th	Thunderbolts	50	53	58	65	226	0
13th	Limers	31	41	70	75	217	0
14th	Chocolatiers	29	30	71	80	210	0
15th	Team Primary	37	41	55	75	208	0
16th	Balls of Chaos	27	30	67	82	206	0

Event 2: Relay Race

Marble Race Marblelympics 2016 Event 2 Relay Race

The Relay Race is a set of 4 identical tracks made of Skyrail^TM plastic tracks. The Relay Race is also special because it is the only race style event (besides team pursuit) to feature all 4 marbles on each team.

Placement	Team	Heats	Consolation	Final	Time	Points
1st	Savage Speeders	23.33		22.94	22.94	10
2nd	Jawbreakers	23.85		23.40	23.40	7
3rd	Thunderbolts	24.21		23.79	23.79	5
3rd	Snowballs**	23.22		DNF	DNF	5**
5th	Chocolatiers	23.89	23.30		23.30	3
6th	Limers	24.26	23.83		23.83	2
7th	Pinkies*	24.12	23.96		23.96	2*
8th	Team Galactic*	23.51	24.34		24.34	2*
9th	Oceanics	23.99			23.99	0
10th	Mellow Yellow	24.13			24.13	0
11th	Team Momo	24.17			24.17	0
12th	Rojo Rollers*	24.30			24.30	1*
13th	Team Primary*	24.60			24.60	1*
14th	Kobalts*	24.62			24.62	1*
15th	O'rangers*	25.09			25.09	1*
16th	Balls of Chaos***	DSQ			DSQ	-3

*All teams who ran on the upper lane received 1 extra point because of a defect on the upper lane.Pinkies, Team Galactic, Rojo Rollers, Team Primary, Kobalts and O'rangers were awarded an extra point each since they were all placed on that top track.

**Snowballs DNF'ed in the final while running in the upper lane. They received an extra point like the other teams that had to run on the upper lane and were later received a bronze medal after the podium ceremony.

***Balls of Chaos have been disqualified because they pushed a white relay block off the track.

Event 3: Collision

Marble Race Marblelympics 2016 Event 3 Collision

Collision is an event that features a course made of glass blocks and dominoes. 2 teams crash into each other after rolling down 2 ramps onto a flat square with dominoes on the side. The team with the most marbles still on the square wins.

Placement	Team	Points
1st	Thunderbolts	10
2nd	Jawbreakers	7
3rd	Team Primary	5
4th	Team Momo	4
5th	O'rangers	3
6th	Balls of Chaos	2
7th	Team Galactic	1
8th	Mellow Yellow	1
9th	Chocolatiers	0
10th	Savage Speeders	0
11th	Snowballs	0
12th	Kobalts	0
13th	Pinkies	0
14th	Oceanics	0
15th	Limers	0
16th	Rojo Rollers	0

Event 4: Sand Rally

Marble Race Marblelympics 2016 Event 4 - Sand Rally

The Sand Rally is one of the most iconic events of the MarbleLympics, and features the marbles rolling down a long, smooth, and difficult course carved into a sloped, sandy hill.

Placement	Team	Marble	Time	Points	Notes
1st	Mellow Yellow	Yelley	0:55.94	10	Final
2nd	Rojo Rollers	Rojo Uno	0:56.42	7
3rd	Team Galactic	Starry	0:57.86	5
4th	Jawbreakers	Candy	0:57.88	4
5th	Team Momo	Momomomo	0:58.25	3
6th	Thunderbolts	Bolto	0:59.02	2
7th	Balls of Chaos	Snarl	0:59.80	1
8th	Snowballs	Snowflake	1:00.14	1
9th	Team Primary	Mary	0:58.58	0	Semifinals
10th	Savage Speeders	Swifty	0:58.59	0
11th	Chocolatiers	Mocha	0:58.69	0
12th	Pinkies	Pinky Winky	0:58.94	0
13th	O'rangers	Tangerin	0:58.99	0
14th	Oceanics	Shore	0:59.14	0
15th	Kobalts	Cerulean	0:59.75	0
16th	Limers	Sublime	1:00.34	0

Event 5: Long Jump

Marble Race Marblelympics 2016 Event 5 - Long Jump

The Long Jump is another staple of the MarbleLympics, and has a single marble from each team try their hand(?) at jumping into a pit of mini-marbles with a tape measure on the side.

Placement	Team	Marble	Distance	Points
1st	O'rangers	Kinnowin	103.8	10
2nd	Thunderbolts	Bolta	97.6	7
3rd	Team Momo	Mo	97.3	5
4th	Rojo Rollers	Rojo Dos	93.8	4
5th	Kobalts	Royal	92.3	3
6th	Team Galactic	Astron	92.0	2
7th	Balls of Chaos	Clutter	91.8	1
8th	Savage Speeders	Speedy	90.4	1
9th	Limers	Jellime	89.6	0
10th	Pinkies	Pinky Toe	85.7	0
11th	Team Primary	Prim	85.2	0
12th	Jawbreakers	Candy	80.5	0
13th	Oceanics	Aqua	78.2	0
14th	Snowballs	Snow	77.9	0
15th	Chocolatiers	Choc	74.8	0
16th	Mellow Yellow	Yellah	71.8	0

Event 6: Water Race

Marble Race Marblelympics 2016 Event 6 - Water Race

The Water race is one of the most unique events of the MarbleLympics because it takes place in a stream with 2 waterfalls that prove hazardous to the marbles rolling downstream. This is a grueling course with many hazards in the form of debris, the stone walls, and of course the aforementioned waterfalls.

Place	Team	Marble	Time	Points	Notes
1st	Savage Speeders	Velocity	1:16.08	10	Final
2nd	Kobalts	Azure	1:18.60	7
3rd	Mellow Yellow	Yellow	1:18.84	5
4th	Team Primary	Rima	1:19.08	4
5th	Thunderbolts	Bolty	1:20.50	3
6th	Team Galactic	Pulsar	DNF	2
7th	Balls of Chaos	Anarchy	DNF	1
8th	O'rangers	Mandarin	DNF	1
9th	Jawbreakers	Tidbit	1:19.33	0	Semifinals
10th	Team Momo	Momomo	1:21.39	0
11th	Chocolatiers	Cocoa	1:24.62	0
12th	Pinkies	Pinkydink	DNF	0
13th	Limers	Lemonlime	DNF	0
14th	Oceanics	Ocean	DNF	0
15th	Snowballs	Snowy	DNF	0
16th	Rojo Rollers*	Rojo Cuatro	DSQ	-3

*Rojo Rollers were disqualified from the event for purposefully blocking other marbles after one of the waterfalls.

Event 7: High Jump

Marble Race Marblelympics 2016 Event 7 - High Jump

The High Jump is another jumping event that has one marble from each team attempt to launch off a ramp and go over a bar. Once all the marbles have made their attempt, the bar is raised, and the marbles who cleared the last bar now attempt to clear the bar at its new height. This pattern continues until only one marble makes it.

Placement	Team	Marble	Height	Points
1	Rojo Rollers	Rojo Dos	56	10
2	Team Primary	Imar	54	7
3	Team Momo	Momomomo	52	5
4	Team Galactic	Starry	51	4
5	Balls of Chaos	Tumult	51	3
6	Pinkies	Pinky Toe	51	2
7th	Limers*	Sublime	51	1
7th	Jawbreakers*	Mouthful	50	1
7th	Thunderbolts*	Bolta	50	1
10th	O'rangers	Tangerin	50	0
11th	Savage Speeders	Swifty	50	0
12th	Snowballs	Snowstorm	50	0
13th	Kobalts	Cerulean	50	0
14th	Mellow Yellow	Yelley	50	0
15th	Chocolatiers	Bonbon	50	0
16th	Oceanics	Sea	50	0

*Standings based on video analysis - highest jump.

Event 8: 10 Meter Sprint

Marble Race Marblelympics 2016 Event 8 - 10 Meter Sprint

The 10 Meter Sprint is a plain and simple event, just 4 long tracks, may the fastest marble win.

Placement	Team	Marble	Time	Points	Notes
1st	Savage Speeders	Rapidly	4.968	10	Final
2nd	Chocolatiers	Choc	5.072	7
3rd	Balls of Chaos	Clutter	5.093	5
4th	O'rangers	Clementin	5.157	4
5th	Snowballs	Snow	5.022	3	Consolation
6th	Thunderbolts	Bolta	5.138	2
7th	Limers	Lemonlime	5.146	1
8th	Pinkies	Pinky Rosa	5.227	1
9th	Oceanics	Ocean	5.396	0	Individual Heats
10th	Team Momo	Momo	5.525	0
11th	Jawbreakers	Tongue Twister	5.199	0
12th	Rojo Rollers	Rojo Tres	5.340	0
13th	Team Galactic	Astron	5.298	0
14th	Team Primary	Rima	5.359	0
15th	Kobalts	Dodger	5.182	0
16th	Mellow Yellow	Yellup	5.191	0

Event 9: Team Pursuit

Marble Race Marblelympics 2016 Event 9 - Team Pursuit

Team Pursuit, similarly to Relay Race, is a racing event that features all 4 marbles of each team. This event is a ovular shaped track that features 2 teams racing at one time. Each team must stick together, or they may be disqualified. The first marble to cross the line (on the Blue Block) Advances

Placement	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1st	Oceanics	26.119	10	Final
2nd	Balls of Chaos	26.222	7
3rd	Thunderbolts	25.561	5	Consolation
4th	O'rangers	26.676	4
5th	Chocolatiers	25.863	3	Semi-Finals
6th	Jawbreakers	26.721	2
7th	Team Galactic	26.898	1
8th	Pinkies	26.903	1
9th	Snowballs	25.551	0	Individual Races
10th	Mellow Yellow	25.904	0
11th	Rojo Rollers	26.166	0
12th	Team Primary	26.170	0
13th	Limers	26.228	0
14th	Kobalts	26.636	0
15th	Savage Speeders	27.552	0
16th	Team Momo	27.633	0

Event 10: Precision Slalom

Marble Race Marblelympics 2016 Event 10 - Precision Slalom

Precision Slalom is a very unique event that sees all 4 marbles on each team roll down a ramp onto a target. The target awards different point values depending on which ring the marble stalls on. You want to go as close to the middle as possible, The closer to the center the more points you get, But if a marble falls in the center pit, then they get 0 points.

Placement	Team	Points
1st	Team Momo	10
2nd	Kobalts	7
3rd	Pinkies	5
4th	Balls of Chaos	4
5th	O'rangers	3
6th	Snowballs	2
7th	Mellow Yellow	1
8th	Thunderbolts	1
9th	Chocolatiers	0
10th	Team Primary	0
11th	Team Galactic	0
12th	Oceanics	0
13th	Savage Speeders	0
14th	Rojo Rollers	0
15th	Jawbreakers	0
16th	Limers	0

Event 11: Quartet Diving

Marble Race Marblelympics 2016 Event 11- Quartet Diving

Quartet Diving sees all 4 marbles on each team roll off 4 tracks and onto popsicle sticks which launch them into a tub of water which has a colored grid inside of it. The marbles get points for where they land and where they stall.

Placement	Team	Results	Points
1st	Mellow Yellow	40.72	10
2nd	Oceanics	37.56	7
3rd	Limers	36.81	5
4th	O'rangers	36.68	4
5th	Chocolatiers	35.61	3
6th	Team Momo	34.70	2
7th	Team Galactic	34.64	1
8th	Rojo Rollers	32.63	1
9th	Pinkies	32.59	0
10th	Snowballs	31.77	0
11th	Savage Speeders	28.88	0
12th	Team Primary	28.69	0
13th	Thunderbolts	26.64	0
14th	Kobalts	25.68	0
15th	Jawbreakers	24.52	0
16th	Balls of Chaos	21.74	0

Event 12: Hurdles

Marble Race Marblelympics 2016 FINAL Event 12 - Hurdles

Hurdles is the final event of the 2016 MarbleLympics season, and features a short downhill with Lego bricks every few inches that the marbles must hop, or roll over in order to progress down the course.

Placement	Team	Marble	Time	Points	Notes
1st	Savage Speeders	Speedy	5.33	10	Final
2nd	Mellow Yellow	Yellup	5.34	7
3rd	Thunderbolts	Bolto	5.36	5
4th	Team Momo	Momo	5.78	4
5th	Limers	Sublime	5.44	3	Consolation
6th	Snowballs	Snowy	5.51	2
7th	O'rangers	Kinnowin	5.56	1
8th	Oceanics	Aqua	5.71	1
9th	Team Primary	Imar	5.67	0	Individual Heats
10th	Team Galactic	Cosmo	5.83	0
11th	Jawbreakers	Mouthful	5.68	0
12th	Chocolatiers	Choc	5.95	0
13th	Rojo Rollers	Rojo Dos	5.69	0
14th	Balls of Chaos	Clutter	5.19	0
15th	Kobalts	Dodger	5.76	0
16th	Pinkies*	Pinky Toe	DSQ	-3

*Pinkies jumped over their hurdle and into Rojo Roller's lane, causing themselves (the Pinkies) to be disqualified.

Standings

Standings After Each Event

Team	Balancing	Relay Race	Collision	Sand Rally	Long Jump	Water Race	High Jump	10 Meter Sprint	Team Pursuit	Precision Slalom	Quartet Diving	Hurdles
Savage Speeders	5th	1st	3rd	5th	6th	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st
Mellow Yellow	2nd	3rd	6th	1st	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	4th	6th	3rd	2nd
Thunderbolts	11th	7th	1st	4th	1st	1st	2nd	4th	1st	1st	1st	3rd
Team Momo	3rd	7th	5th	6th	5th	6th	5th	5th	6th	3rd	4th	4th
O'rangers	9th	13th	10th	11th	6th	7th	9th	6th	5th	5th	6th	5th
Rojo Rollers	1st	2nd	4th	1st	2nd	4th	1st	3rd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Jawbreakers	11th	3rd	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th
Balls of Chaos	16th	16th	16th	16th	15th	15th	13th	12th	9th	8th	8th	8th
Kobalts	6th	9th	12th	11th	11th	8th	10th	10th	11th	9th	9th	9th
Oceanics	7th	13th	15th	15th	15th	16th	16th	16th	13th	15th	10th	10th
Team Galactic	10th	11th	11th	7th	8th	9th	8th	9th	10th	11th	11th	11th
Team Primary	8th	13th	7th	9th	10th	10th	7th	8th	8th	10th	12th	12th
Chocolatiers	14th	9th	11th	12th	13th	13th	14th	11th	11th	13th	13th	13th
Snowballs	8th	5th	7th	8th	9th	11th	12th	12th	14th	14th	15th	14th
Limers	13th	11th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	15th	16th	16th	16th	15th
Pinkies	4th	6th	9th	10th	11th	12th	11th	14th	15th	12th	14th	16th

Overall Standings

Team	Balancing	Relay Race	Collision	Sand Rally	Long Jump	Water Race	High Jump	10 Meter Sprint	Team Pursuit	Precision Slalom	Quartet Diving	Hurdles	Total
Savage Speeders	3	10	0	0	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	44
Mellow Yellow	7	0	1	10	0	5	0	0	0	1	10	7	41
Thunderbolts	0	5	10	2	7	3	1	2	5	1	0	5	41
Team Momo	5	0	4	3	5	0	5	0	0	10	2	4	38
O'rangers	0	1	3	0	10	1	0	4	4	3	4	1	31
Rojo Rollers	10	1	0	7	4	-3	10	0	0	0	1	0	30
Jawbreakers	0	7	7	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	21
Balls of Chaos	0	-3	2	1	1	1	3	5	7	4	0	0	21
Kobalts	2	1	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	20
Oceanics	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	7	1	19
Team Galactic	0	2	1	5	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	18
Team Primary	0	1	5	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	17
Chocolatiers	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	3	0	16
Snowballs	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	14
Limers	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	3	12
Pinkies	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	0	-3	12

Final Standings

Placement	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Points
1st	Savage Speeders	4	0	0	4	44
2nd	Mellow Yellow	2	2	1	5	41
3rd	Thunderbolts	1	1	3	5	41
4th	Team Momo	1	0	3	4	38
5th	O'rangers	1	0	0	1	31
6th	Rojo Rollers	2	1	0	3	30
7th	Jawbreakers	0	2	0	2	21
8th	Balls of Chaos	0	1	1	2	21
9th	Kobalts	0	2	0	2	20
10th	Oceanics	1	1	0	2	19
11th	Team Galactic	0	0	1	1	18
12th	Team Primary	0	1	1	2	17
13th	Chocolatiers	0	1	0	1	16
14th	Snowballs	0	0	1	1	14
15th	Limers	0	0	1	1	12
16th	Pinkies	0	0	1	1	12

• Ties are broken by whichever team has more medals of higher value, if they are still tied then the team who was disqualified less breaks the tie.

Facts/Trivia

• This would be the first MarbleLympics in the series with 2017, 2018 and 2019.
• Even though the original didn’t have fan cheering, when the 2016 MarbleLympics was reuploaded, fan cheering was added.