Marble League 2020 Event 3: Funnel Endurance

Marble League 2020 Event 3: Funnel Endurance
Final of the Funnel Endurance
Date	3 July 2020
Location	Andromedome
Event	Funnel Endurance
Event Type	Indoors, Individual
Hidden Marble	Roldo
Link	Last Week Tonight presents: ML2020 E3 Funnel Endurance - Marble Race by Jelle's Marble Runs
Medals
Winners	Minty Drizzel - Minty Maniacs
Runners-up	Kinnowin - O'rangers
Third Place	Whizzy - Savage Speeders
Chronology
Previous	Event 2: Halfpipe
Next	Event 4: Newton's Cradle

The third event of Marble League 2020 was held on the 3rd July 2020, featuring the third event, Funnel Endurance.

Event

The official Funnel Endurance pictogram for Marble League 2020, designed by the JMRC.

The race was similar to previous Funnel Races. It featured ten funnels but the top five funnels were the previous style orange Hubelino funnels while the bottom five were larger green MaBoRun funnels (new for Marble League). The rules were the same as previous funnel spinning events (the last marble to finish wins). The event begins with 2 heats of 8 marbles each; the slowest half of the marbles in each heat advance to the final round.

Results

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

Heats

Heat A Rank Marble Team Time 1st Ducky Green Ducks 2:06.99 2nd Whizzy Savage Speeders 1:51.85 3rd Minty Drizzel Minty Maniacs 1:48.88 4th Honey Bumblebees 1:47.95 5th Aqua Oceanics 1:46.09 6th Astron Team Galactic 1:45.42 7th Yellup Mellow Yellow 1:44.05 8th Mo Team Momo 1:38.92

Heat B Rank Marble Team Time 1st Kinnowin (C) O'rangers 2:15.12 2nd Cyan Eye Crazy Cat's Eyes 2:06.66 3rd Clutter Balls of Chaos 2:06.22 4th Shock Thunderbolts 2:05.51 5th Rezzy Raspberry Racers 2:04.30 6th Smoggy Hazers 2:03.71 7th Wespy Midnight Wisps 2:01.69 8th Vespa Hornets 1:59.52

Finals

Rank Marble Team Time 1st Minty Drizzel Minty Maniacs 2:08.71 2nd Kinnowin (C) O'rangers 2:04.91 3rd Whizzy Savage Speeders 2:03.13 4th Ducky Green Ducks 2:02.17 5th Clutter Balls of Chaos 2:01.88 6th Cyan Eye Crazy Cat's Eyes 2:00.77 7th Honey Bumblebees 1:58.07 8th Shock Thunderbolts 1:57.27

Overall Results

Rank	Marble	Team	Time	Points
1st	Minty Drizzel	Minty Maniacs	2:08.71	25	Finals
2nd	Kinnowin (C)	O'rangers	2:04.91	20
3rd	Whizzy	Savage Speeders	2:03.13	15
4th	Ducky	Green Ducks	2:02.17	12
5th	Clutter	Balls of Chaos	2:01.88	11
6th	Cyan Eye	Crazy Cat's Eyes	2:00.77	10
7th	Honey	Bumblebees	1:58.07	9
8th	Shock	Thunderbolts	1:57.27	8
9th	Rezzy	Raspberry Racers	2:04.30	7	Heats
10th	Smoggy	Hazers	2:03.71	6
11th	Wespy	Midnight Wisps	2:01.69	5
12th	Vespa	Hornets	1:59.52	4
13th	Aqua	Oceanics	1:46.09	3
14th	Astron	Team Galactic	1:45.42	2
15th	Yellup	Mellow Yellow	1:44.05	1
16th	Mo	Team Momo	1:38.92	0

Standings After Event

	Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Points
0	1st	Minty Maniacs	2	0	1	3	65
0	2nd	O'rangers	1	1	0	2	51
0	3rd	Crazy Cat's Eyes	0	1	0	1	41
0	4th	Raspberry Racers	0	1	0	1	34
0	5th	Midnight Wisps	0	0	1	1	32
2	6th	Balls of Chaos	0	0	0	0	26
5	7th	Green Ducks	0	0	0	0	23
1	8th	Bumblebees	0	0	0	0	23
1		Hazers	0	0	0	0	23
4	10th	Team Momo	0	0	0	0	20
5	11th	Savage Speeders	0	0	1	1	18
2	12th	Hornets	0	0	0	0	17
2	13th	Team Galactic	0	0	0	0	14
1	14th	Thunderbolts	0	0	0	0	13
2	15th	Oceanics	0	0	0	0	9
2	16th	Mellow Yellow	0	0	0	0	6

Trivia

• The tie between the Hazers and the Bumblebees cannot be broken as both teams have obtained a 7th, 8th, and 10th place finish.
• After the event, $5,000 was donated to the East Texas Food Bank in the name of the Minty Maniacs, the gold medalists in the event.
• With 65 points, the Minty Maniacs set a record for most points through three events with 65, beating the 61 points by Balls of Chaos in 2018.
• With their performance in this event, the Oceanics move into second all time for most events without a medal with 22 events, just four shy of the 26 event stretch set by the Pinkies from 2017-19.