Marble League 2017 Event 7: Block Pushing

Marble League 2017 Event 7: Block Pushing
The O'rangers breaking the ML record in the last heat in the final
Date	27 July 2017
Location	Bakker Bowl
Event	Block Pushing
Event Type	Indoors, Teams
Link	Marble Race: Marblelympics 2017 E7 - Block Pushing
Medals
Winners	O'rangers
Runners-up	Team Momo
Third Place	Pinkies
Chronology
Previous	Event 6: Relay Run
Next	Event 8: High Jump

The seventh event of Marble League 2017 was held on the 27th of July 2017. The event was Block Pushing.

Event

Block Pushing returns after debuting in the Marble League 2017 Qualifiers. Four teams roll down a track to push a block as far as they can. Each team have four pushes, one in each lane. The top two best results are added together to give the total score. The top two teams from each heat move onto the next round. If a marble leaves their lane then their push is invalid. If they jump into another lane and help push another team, their push is still valid.

Groups

	The team advanced to the semifinals.
	The team was eliminated.

Group A

#	Team	Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Heat 4	Total
1st	Savage Speeders	69.1	57.7	61.9	61.2	131.0
2nd	Team Galactic	53.9	64.7	56.8	63.5	128.2
3rd	Oceanics	52.8	53.9	57.3	69.6	126.9
4th	Jungle Jumpers	50.7	55.8	50.3	51.6	107.4

Group B

#	Team	Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Heat 4	Total
1st	Shining Swarm	64.0	69.6	80.1 MR	76.7	156.8
2nd	Pinkies	48.6	INVD*	74.5	71.5	146.0
3rd	Jawbreakers	69.7	46.0	INVD**	70.5	140.2
4th	Mellow Yellow	50.8	66.6	71.0	57.7	137.6

*The Pinkies' push in Heat 2 was invalid as one member of the team jumped into another lane.

**The Jawbreakers' push in Heat 3 was invalid as one member of the team jumped into another lane. They jumped into the Pinkies' lane and helped them.

Group C

#	Team	Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Heat 4	Total
1st	Limers	61.9	60.5	66.1	49.8	128.0
2nd	O'rangers	58.9	65.1	60.0	62.6	127.7
3rd	Thunderbolts	62.5	60.7	63.6	51.0	126.1
4th	Quicksilvers	51.4	57.3	47.6	60.2	117.5

Group D

#	Team	Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Heat 4	Total
1st	Chocolatiers	68.6	68.1	56.9	67.2	136.7
2nd	Team Momo	62.0	53.2	60.5	68.6	130.6
3rd	Midnight Wisps	61.7	57.0	66.7	60.2	128.4
4th	Team Primary	56.7	63.6	60.4	54.4	124.0

Semifinals

	The team advanced to the final.
	The team was eliminated.

Semifinal A

#	Team	Heat 1	Heat 2	Best Score
1st	Pinkies	58.1	80.5 MR	80.5
2nd	Team Momo	53.0	77.0	77.0
3rd	Savage Speeders	74.5	55.0	74.5
4th	Limers	73.6	73.9	73.9

Semifinal B

#	Team	Heat 1	Heat 2	Best Score
1st	Team Galactic	80.0	53.1	80.0
2nd	O'rangers	75.1	67.7	75.1
3rd	Chocolatiers	57.7	73.6	73.6
4th	Shining Swarm	64.9	65.6	65.6

Final

#	Team	Heat 1	Heat 2	Best Score
1st	O'rangers	63.5	82.6 MR	82.6
2nd	Team Momo	69.9	69.1	69.9
3rd	Pinkies	46.8	66.8	66.8
4th	Team Galactic	65.6	40.6	65.6

Medals

• Gold: O'rangers
• Silver: Team Momo
• Bronze: Pinkies

Results

Rank	Team	Distance	Points
1st	O'rangers	82.6	25	Final
2nd	Team Momo	69.9	20
3rd	Pinkies	69.1	15
4th	Team Galactic	65.6	12
5th	Savage Speeders	74.5	11	Semifinals
6th	Limers	73.9	10
7th	Chocolatiers	73.6	9
8th	Shining Swarm	65.6	8
9th	Jawbreakers	140.2	7	Heats
10th	Mellow Yellow	137.6	6
11th	Midnight Wisps	128.4	5
12th	Oceanics	126.9	4
13th	Thunderbolts	126.1	3
14th	Team Primary	124.0	2
15th	Quicksilvers	117.5	1
16th	Jungle Jumpers	107.4	0

*Teams eliminated in the Group Stage were ranked by their combined total of their best two distances of four heats. Teams in the final or eliminated in the Semifinal were ranked by their best distance of two heats.

Standings After Event

	Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Points
0	1st	Savage Speeders	1	2	0	3	103
1	2nd	Pinkies	0	0	2	2	81
1	3rd	Limers	0	1	1	2	80
5	4th	O'rangers	1	0	1	2	76
0	5th	Chocolatiers	1	0	0	1	73
4	6th	Team Momo	0	2	0	2	70
3	7th	Oceanics	0	1	1	2	69
2	8th	Mellow Yellow	1	0	0	1	67
2	9th	Shining Swarm	1	0	0	1	64
2	10th	Midnight Wisps	0	1	0	1	58
1	11th	Team Galactic	1	0	0	1	53
1	12th	Team Primary	1	0	1	2	44
0	13th	Thunderbolts	0	0	1	1	43
0	14th	Jawbreakers	0	0	0	0	40
0	15th	Quicksilvers	0	0	0	0	26
0	16th	Jungle Jumpers	0	0	0	0	18

Trivia

A fan's attempt, which the security took care of.

• The Jungle Jumpers ironically finished last in this event, after finishing first in a very similar event in the Qualification rounds.
• After Group A finished, a fan decided to try an attempt. The fan only managed to push the block 17 cm. They were then escorted away by security.
• This event featured 3 Marble League records. Shining Swarm first beat the record with a score of 80.1, beating the old record of 73.3. Then, the Pinkies beat the newly set score with a total of 80.5. Finally the O'rangers set the final top score of 82.6. This led to the O'rangers fans trying to storm the track in celebration.