Marble League 2020 Event 14: Team Aquathlon

Marble League 2020 Event 14: Team Aquathlon
The Bumblebees defeat the Crazy Cat's Eyes in the round of 16
Date	11 August 2020
Location	Andromedome
Event	Team Aquathlon
Event Type	Indoors, Team
Hidden Marble	Roldo
Link	Team Aquathlon | Marble League 2020 E14
Medals
Winners	Midnight Wisps
Runners-up	Savage Speeders
Third Place	Hazers
Chronology
Previous	Event 13: High Jump
Next	Event 15: Collision

The fourteenth event of Marble League 2020 was held on the 11th August 2020, featuring the fourteenth event, Team Aquathlon.

Event 

The official Team Aquathlon pictogram for Marble League 2020, designed by the JMRC.

In Team Aquathlon, teams are paired head-to-head in a race to the finish, where the finish time is based on the third marble to finish, similar to 2018's Team Pursuit. They first race over 2.5m of track, followed by a dive underwater in a second swimming portion. As in Team Pursuit, the event progresses in a 16-team bracket.

Results

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Finals
	Balls of Chaos	20.00
	Green Ducks	19.82
					Green Ducks	19.48
					Savage Speeders	19.30
	Savage Speeders	18.46
	Hornets	19.03
									Savage Speeders	18.54
									Team Momo	18.99
	Bumblebees	19.45
	Crazy Cat's Eyes	19.51
					Bumblebees	19.60
												Savage Speeders	18.05
					Team Momo	18.95
	Team Galactic	19.52						Midnight Wisps	18.04
	Team Momo	19.46
	Mellow Yellow	20.15
	Raspberry Racers	18.51											3rd Place Match
					Raspberry Racers	18.19
													Team Momo	19.05
					Hazers	18.10
	Hazers	18.02						Hazers	17.44
	Minty Maniacs	18.57
									Hazers	18.30
									Midnight Wisps	18.22
	O'rangers	19.15
	Oceanics	19.11
					Oceanics	19.04
					Midnight Wisps	18.89
	Thunderbolts	19.40
	Midnight Wisps	18.87

Overall Results

Rank	Team	Time	Points
1st	Midnight Wisps	18.04	25	Final
2nd	Savage Speeders	18.05	20
3rd	Hazers	17.44	15	3rd Place Match
4th	Team Momo	19.05	12
5th	Raspberry Racers	18.19	11	Quarter-finals
6th	Oceanics	19.04	10
7th	Green Ducks	19.48	9
8th	Bumblebees	19.60	8
9th	Minty Maniacs	18.57	7	Round of 16
10th	Hornets	19.03	6
11th	O'rangers	19.15	5
12th	Thunderbolts	19.40	4
13th	Crazy Cat's Eyes	19.51	3
14th	Team Galactic	19.52	2
15th	Balls of Chaos	20.00	1
16th	Mellow Yellow	20.15	0

Standings After Event

	Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Points
0	1st	O'rangers	3	2	2	7	190
0	2nd	Savage Speeders	2	1	3	6	170
1	3rd	Midnight Wisps	2	2	1	5	168
1	4th	Minty Maniacs	3	0	2	5	154
0	5th	Crazy Cat's Eyes	1	1	1	3	139
1	6th	Raspberry Racers	1	1	1	3	132
1	7th	Hazers	1	1	1	3	131
2	8th	Team Galactic	0	1	0	1	128
0	9th	Team Momo	0	2	0	2	127
0	10th	Oceanics	1	1	1	3	115
0	11th	Bumblebees	0	1	0	1	92
0	12th	Green Ducks	0	0	0	0	88
2	13th	Hornets	0	0	0	0	79
1	14th	Balls of Chaos	0	1	0	1	78
1	15th	Thunderbolts	0	0	0	0	78
0	16th	Mellow Yellow	0	0	2	2	66

Orange: Not able to win Marble League 2020, but top 3 still possible.
Red: Not able to finish in the top 3.

Trivia

• After the event, $5,000 was donated to the St. Mary's Food Bank in the name of the Midnight Wisps, the gold medalists in the event.
• With this event, all teams who are mathematically eliminated from winning Marble League 2020 in the last event are now unable to finish in the top 3.
  • This event also brought down the title contenders to just 4: the O'rangers (190), the Savage Speeders (170), the Midnight Wisps (168) and the Minty Maniacs (154).
• With their failure to podium in this event, the Thunderbolts have equalized the record for the longest medal drought, tying the Oceanics' record of 27 which was set following the Triathlon.
• This is the Oceanics‘ first top half finish in a water event after getting a silver medal in Quartet Diving back in 2016.
• This event shares similarities in placements to Event 12 of the 2018 Marble League. The Midnight Wisps won and the Savage Speeders came second, the Raspberry Racers came fifth, the Oceanics came sixth and the O'rangers failed to make it past the first round, all happening both times.