Marble League 2023 Event 4: Block Pushing

Marble League 2023 Event 4: Block Pushing
Midnight Wisps break the record
Date	24 October 2023
Location	Superhive Stadium
Event	Block Pushing
Event Type	Indoors, Team (4)
Hidden Marble	Roldo
Link	Marble League 2023 Event 4: Block Pushing🐝
Medals
Winners	Bumblebees
Runners-up	Midnight Wisps
Third Place	Savage Speeders
Chronology
Previous	Event 3: 5 Meter Hurdles
Next	Event 5: 5 Meter Sprint

The fourth event of Marble League 2023 was held on the 24th October 2023, featuring the fourth event, Block Pushing.

Event

The official Block Pushing pictogram for Marble League 2023, designed by JMR.

In the Block Pushing event, teams of 4 marbles descend down a ramp before colliding with a block. The objective of the event is to shove the block as far as possible down the team's lane, without dislodging the block or a marble out of the lane.

4 teams run simultaneously, with each team receiving exactly 1 push in all lanes. After 4 pushes, every team's score is calculated by summing their 2 furthest pushes. The team with the highest score wins. All measures are rounded to the nearest 1/20 cm, or 5 mm.

Results

Rank	Team	Group	Push 1	Push 2	Push 3	Push 4	Score	Points
1st	Bumblebees	A	101.15 (MR*)	95.80	100.15	95.35	201.30	25
2nd	Midnight Wisps	D	95.35	98.95	89.00	101.30 (MR)	200.25	20
3rd	Savage Speeders	D	96.85	93.50	94.90	98.85	195.70	15
4th	Shining Swarm	B	100.15	87.60	93.90	93.45	194.05	12
5th	Pinkies	D	84.15	82.10	97.60	95.60	193.20	11
6th	Mellow Yellow	B	92.50	84.80	81.00	95.00	187.50	10
7th	Team Momo	A	91.65	87.35	93.65	89.05	185.30	9
8th	Team Galactic	C	92.25	83.80	91.85	86.80	184.10	8
9th	Gliding Glaciers	D	78.10	89.00	93.50	86.00	182.50	7
10th	Raspberry Racers	B	75.65	85.40	92.80	84.60	178.20	6
11th	Rojo Rollers	C	80.10	88.55	78.10	86.10	174.65	5
12th	O'rangers	A	86.10	83.85	86.95	87.35	174.30	4
13th	Thunderbolts	C	83.40	84.15	80.80	78.60	167.55	3
14th	Team Plasma	A	75.70	79.30	79.55	81.40	160.95	2
15th	Snowballs	C	69.00	78.00	81.20	73.80	159.20	1
16th	Crazy Cat's Eyes	B	74.70	72.00	68.10	69.60	146.70	0

*The Bumblebees initially broke the record. This was surpassed by the Midnight Wisps later in the same event.

Standings After Event

	Rank	Team	G	S	B	Total	Points
01	1st	Savage Speeders	0	2	1	3	64
01	2nd	Crazy Cat's Eyes	1	0	1	2	52
04	3rd	Midnight Wisps	0	1	1	2	46
07	4th	Bumblebees	1	0	0	1	44
02	5th	Raspberry Racers	1	0	0	1	43
01	6th	Rojo Rollers	0	1	0	1	38
03	7th	Team Plasma	1	0	0	1	36
00	8th	Team Galactic	0	0	0	0	33
01	9th	Pinkies	0	0	0	0	32
04	10th	O'rangers	0	0	1	1	31
02	11th	Gliding Glaciers	0	0	0	0	29
02	12th	Shining Swarm	0	0	0	0	27
01	13th	Mellow Yellow	0	0	0	0	27
01	14th	Team Momo	0	0	0	0	25
00	15th	Snowballs	0	0	0	0	15
00	16th	Thunderbolts	0	0	0	0	10

Trivia

• A production error was made at the halfway point of the event; the provisional standings unintentionally listed the final event placements for each of the teams in Groups A & B.
  • Less than an hour after the video was originally uploaded, the video was taken down, presumably due to the error spoiling the event victor. It was then reuploaded on the same day.
• The Bumblebees won their first ever gold medal, thus ensuring that every active Marble League team has won at least 1 gold medal in a main league or Showdown.
  • By extension, the Bumblebees have won a gold medal for the first time since the 2018 Hubelino Tournament. This amounts to a final drought length of 1,818 days.