Marble League 2019 Event 2: Funnel Race

Marble League 2019 Event 2: Funnel Race
Heat 1 of the Funnel Race
Date	23 April 2019
Location	Seven Seas Stadium
Event	Funnel Spinning
Event Type	Indoors, Individual
Hidden Marble	Lucky Clover
Link	Marble Race: MarbleLympics 2019 E2 - Funnel Race
Medals
Winners	Speedy - Savage Speeders
Runners-up	Razzy - Raspberry Racers
Third Place	Foggy - Hazers
Chronology
Previous	Event 1: Underwater Race
Next	Event 3: Balancing

The second event of Marble League 2019, the Funnel Race, was held on the 23rd of April 2019.

Event

The race was similar to the one used in the qualifiers, but it featured 12 funnels instead of 8. The rules were the same as previous funnel spinning events (the last marble to finish wins). 8 marbles are in each heat, with the 4 best results from each heat advancing to the final.

Preliminary Stage

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

Heat 1

Right at the start of this heat, Clementin from the O'rangers got out of the starting block, but was unable to move to the first funnel, being stuck at the top for the entirety of this heat, placing last. This caused a huge amount of controversy on whether a re-do should've been done. The Savage Speeders held the lead for most of the race, before dropping 3 funnels in a row to finish in 3rd place. Foggy from the Hazers finished in 1st place and is also the only non-captain to advance to the final from this heat.

#	Marble	Team	Time	-
1st	Foggy	Hazers	2:10.48
2nd	Cosmo (C)	Team Galactic	1:56.30	-14.18
3rd	Speedy (C)	Savage Speeders	1:54.32	-16.16
4th	Anarchy (C)	Balls of Chaos	1:47.32	-23.16
5th	Pinky Panther	Pinkies	1:38.87	-31.61
6th	Indie (C)	Indigo Stars	1:36.42	-34.06
7th	Bonbon	Chocolatiers	1:34.51	-35.97
8th	Clementin	O'rangers	DNF

Heat 2

The highlight of this heat was Razzy from the Raspberry Racers winning by almost 20 seconds, despite being the first marble to drop into funnel 9. Aqua from the Oceanics came last, despite a decent start, holding a brief lead early in the race. Both captains that competed in this event finished 1st and 2nd respectively.

#	Marble	Team	Time	-
1st	Razzy (C)	Raspberry Racers	2:20.58
2nd	Mallard (C)	Green Ducks	2:03.22	-17.36
3rd	Shock	Thunderbolts	1:57.00	-23.58
4th	Leap	Jungle Jumpers	1:53.87	-26.71
5th	Yellah	Mellow Yellow	1:42.06	-38.52
6th	Wespy	Midnight Wisps	1:39.11	-41.47
7th	Yellow Eye	Crazy Cat's Eyes	1:33.89	-46.69
8th	Aqua	Oceanics	1:32.24	-48.34

Final

The moment Savage Speeders claimed their gold medal.

Speedy from the Savage Speeders was able to claim the team's second gold medal in 2 events. After a duel in the final funnel with Razzy (Raspberry Racers), who stayed in the final funnel for 34 seconds. Foggy from the Hazers claimed their first medal of Marble League 2019 and the Hazers' first ever bronze medal.

#	Marble	Team	Time
1st	Speedy (C)	Savage Speeders	2:11.07
2nd	Razzy (C)	Raspberry Racers	2:06.86
3rd	Foggy	Hazers	1:56.73
4th	Anarchy (C)	Balls of Chaos	1:51.24
5th	Shock	Thunderbolts	1:45.80
6th	Cosmo (C)	Team Galactic	1:44.90
7th	Mallard (C)	Green Ducks	1:41.40
8th	Leap	Jungle Jumpers	1:39.89

Medals

• Gold: Speedy - Savage Speeders
• Silver: Razzy - Raspberry Racers
• Bronze: Foggy - Hazers

Results

Rank	Marble	Team	Time	Points
1st	Speedy (C)	Savage Speeders	2:11.07	25	Final
2nd	Razzy (C)	Raspberry Racers	2:06.86	20
3rd	Foggy	Hazers	1:56.73	15
4th	Anarchy (C)	Balls of Chaos	1:51.24	12
5th	Shock	Thunderbolts	1:45.80	11
6th	Cosmo (C)	Team Galactic	1:44.90	10
7th	Mallard (C)	Green Ducks	1:41.40	9
8th	Leap	Jungle Jumpers	1:39.89	8
9th	Yellah	Mellow Yellow	1:42.06	7	Heats
10th	Wespy	Midnight Wisps	1:39.11	6
11th	Pinky Panther	Pinkies	1:38.87	5
12th	Indie (C)	Indigo Stars	1:36.42	4
13th	Bonbon	Chocolatiers	1:34.51	3
14th	Yellow Eye	Crazy Cat's Eyes	1:33.89	2
15th	Aqua	Oceanics	1:32.24	1
16th	Clementin	O'rangers	DNF	0

Standings After Event

	Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Points
0	1st	Savage Speeders	2	0	0	2	50
3	2nd	Raspberry Racers	0	1	0	1	31
1	3rd	Green Ducks	0	1	0	1	29
0	4th	Hazers	0	0	1	1	27
1	5th	Thunderbolts	0	0	0	0	21
1	6th	Team Galactic	0	0	0	0	19
4	7th	Chocolatiers	0	0	1	1	18
4	8th	Balls of Chaos	0	0	0	0	16
1	9th	Midnight Wisps	0	0	0	0	14
1	10th	Mellow Yellow	0	0	0	0	12
1	11th	Indigo Stars	0	0	0	0	10
3	12th	Jungle Jumpers	0	0	0	0	9
4	13th	Crazy Cat's Eyes	0	0	0	0	9
2	14th	Pinkies	0	0	0	0	5
2	15th	Oceanics	0	0	0	0	4
2	16th	O'rangers	0	0	0	0	2

Trivia

• Last event Rapidly became the most successful marble in terms of medals. After winning, Speedy is now tied for most successful marble with Rapidly on medals (both have 2 golds & 1 silver).
• This is the Savage Speeders' 8th gold medal, 4th consecutive medal and the first team that has won gold in the first 2 events of a Marble League.
• The last 4 events have seen just 2 different winners. (Midnight Wisps and Savage Speeders)
• 6 Captains competed in the event, 5 of them reached the final round and the gold and silver medals were won by captains.
• This is the Hazers' first bronze medal.
• Last event the O'rangers equalled their worst ML event result (14th), but in this event they placed in an even worse 16th.
• The gap between first and last (48pts) is the biggest it has ever been after 2 events.