The Marble Rally is an event featured in the Marble League that has been held many times over the years. The event requires athletes to traverse down a long and winding path, usually made of sand, but occasionally made of other terrain.
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Similar to Sand Marble Rally races, the Marble Rally event consists of usually a set of 12 or 16 marbles racing down a terrain usually made of sand, but sometimes snow or even dirt. The first marble to cross the finish line wins.
In the inaugural Marble Rally events, the event was held as a two-heat elimination, where the competitors were broken into two heats, and the fastest half of each heat would move on to the final.
The Snow Rally event in Marble League 2018 was also two heats, however the rules became points-based. Marbles would earn "Snow Points" based on their final placement in each heat: 16 for the heat winner, 15 for the runner-up, 14 for the third place, and so on, until finally 1 for the last place. DNFs would grant no points. The marble with the most Snow Points after two races would be declared the winner.
The rules were changed once more in Marble League 2019, with the event becoming a single-race event instead of the previous two-heat events. Although the Dirt Race event that took place that year retained the original format of two-heat elimination
In the Marble League 2023 event, the rules were changed slightly so that two races were held with all participants in each, and the athlete's faster time across the two races would be the end result, giving everyone two opportunities to do well instead of the usual one. Later iterations would return to the older form of a single race.
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Most Podiums[]
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Crazy Cat's Eyes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Pinkies | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3rd | Team Galactic | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4th | Team Momo/Team Momary | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5th | Oceanics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6th | Snowballs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Thunderbolts | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 8th | Hazers | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9th | Mellow Yellow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th | Shining Swarm | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11th | Rojo Rollers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12th | Balls of Chaos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13th | Gliding Glaciers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 14th | Chocolatiers | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15th | Jungle Jumpers | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16th | Raspberry Racers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17th | Jawbreakers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18th | Minty Maniacs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19th | Indigo Stars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kobalts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 21st | O'rangers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22nd | Savage Speeders | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23rd | Team Plasma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24th | Green Ducks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hornets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Primary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27th | Black Jacks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midnight Wisps | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |