Marble League 2022 Event 2: Balancing

Marble League 2022 Event 2: Balancing
The Savage Speeders in Heat 11
Date	4 November 2022
Location	The Pond
Event	Balancing
Event Type	Indoors, Team (4)
Hidden Marble	Roldo
Link	Marble Race: ML22 E2: Balancing | Jelle's Marble Runs
Medals
Winners	Team Galactic
Runners-up	Pinkies
Third Place	Crazy Cat's Eyes
Chronology
Previous	Event 1: Climbing
Next	Event 3: 5 Meter Hurdles

The second event of Marble League 2022 was held on the 4th November 2022, featuring the second event, Balancing.

Event

The official Balancing pictogram for Marble League 2022, designed by JMR.

In Balancing, teams of four marbles must roll down a track with no walls on it, referred to as a balance beam. The single-row starting gate was replaced with a gate where the 4 marbles are in a row perpendicular to the beam, rather than parallel. To guide the marbles onto the beam, there is a triangle piece with a divider in the center.

If a marble falls off the track, its distance from the start (in centimeters) will be tallied and counted towards the team's final score. Any marble who reaches the green zone at the end of the track earns the maximum individual score of 130, which is also added toward the team's final score. A marble must land in the green zone to score 130; any marble that reaches the end of the beam but does not land in the green zone will only score 120. The team with the highest collective score wins. Ties are broken by furthest individual distances.

Results

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	Total	Points
1st	Team Galactic	66	67	130	130	393	25
2nd	Pinkies	59	61	119	130	369	20
3rd	Crazy Cat's Eyes	58	77	91	130	356	15
4th	Gliding Glaciers	33	75	111	130	349	12
5th	Savage Speeders	43	70	104	130	347	11
6th	Bumblebees	25	27	130	130	312	10
7th	Green Ducks	33	45	94	130	302	9
8th	Midnight Wisps	39	58	63	130	290	8
9th	Shining Swarm	32	72	80	97	281	7
10th	Minty Maniacs	24	28	97	130	279	6
11th	O'rangers	41	63	87	88	279	5
12th	Team Primary	45	53	74	92	264	4
13th	Raspberry Racers	39	44	59	105	247	3
14th	Mellow Yellow	32	37	39	120	228	2
15th	Balls of Chaos	15	22	48	130	215	1
16th	Chocolatiers	23	37	48	82	190	0

Standings After Event

	Rank	Team	G	S	B	Total	Points
00	1st	Team Galactic	2	0	0	2	50
02	2nd	Crazy Cat's Eyes	0	0	1	1	27
07	3rd	Pinkies	0	1	0	1	26
01	4th	Bumblebees	0	0	1	1	25
03	5th	Balls of Chaos	0	1	0	1	21
03	6th	Gliding Glaciers	0	0	0	0	19
01	7th	Midnight Wisps	0	0	0	0	18
03	8th	O'rangers	0	0	0	0	16
03	9th	Savage Speeders	0	0	0	0	15
03	10th	Team Primary	0	0	0	0	13
03	11th	Mellow Yellow	0	0	0	0	10
01	12th	Shining Swarm	0	0	0	0	10
03	13th	Green Ducks	0	0	0	0	9
01	14th	Minty Maniacs	0	0	0	0	7
04	15th	Chocolatiers	0	0	0	0	5
02	16th	Raspberry Racers	0	0	0	0	5

Trivia

• With their back-to-back event victories, Team Galactic became the second team to win a gold medal in the first two events of a Marble League. The Savage Speeders also achieved this feat in 2019.
  • By extension, they also hold the record for the largest lead over 2nd place after two events at 23 points over the Crazy Cat's Eyes.
  • They also became the 5th team to earn back-to-back Gold medals along with the Balls of Chaos, Midnight Wisps, Savage Speeders, and Mellow Yellow.
• With their score of 190 in this event, the Chocolatiers achieved their first ever last-place finish in a Marble League event.