Marble Rally 2019

Marble Rally 2019
Duration	20 September 2019 – 28 December 2019
Competitors	20
Races	8 races
Standings
Champion	Red Number 3 - 90pts
Runner-up	Ghost Plasma - 76pts
Third Place	Superball - 75pts
Chronology
Previous	2018
Next	Season 5

The 2019 Sand Marble Rally is the fourth edition of the Marble Rally. It was officially renamed to the Marble Rally 2019 as there were plans to have races on different terrains. It is set to be held in 2019. Like in the 2018 season, a B-League will be held again too, featuring marbles who failed to qualify for the A-League.

Red Number 3 was the defending champion.

Changes in 2019

Different Terrain

The 2019 season was set to have races on different terrains other than sand like dirt. It ended up not featuring any races on different terrain.

General Changes

• Some obstacles return, such as the drophole and the chevron sign.
• The scoring system has been reverted to the one used in 2017. This means that marbles who finish 16th or lower do not gain points.
• The Ghost Marble returned to their original role in 2017, where they came out of the starting gate a few seconds after the competitors, and tried to push marbles who get stuck on track.

Qualification

The qualification format from 2018 was going to be replaced with an elimination race format, but the planned format couldn't be implemented due to a lack of time. The format was then changed to having 8 marbles compete one race. Top five marbles of each qualification race would qualify for the A-league. The last three would be relegated to the B-league. There were 2 qualification races, 1 practice race for the prequalified marbles and one "wildcard race".

Prequalified for the A-league:

• Top 6 marbles of 2018 (Red Number 3, Phoenix, Superball, Black Knight, Summer Sky and Quicksilver) and Top 2 of that year's B-league (H2 Blue & Pollo Loco) were prequalified. They did a practice race instead.

All the other marbles participated in the qualification round.

Practice Race

Pos.	Marble	Time	Starting Pos.
1st	Summer Sky	1:04.31	P4
2nd	Pollo Loco	1:05.95	P8
3rd	Phoenix	1:07.90	P3
4th	H2 Blue	1:08.50	P2
5th	Superball	1:08.98	P6
6th	Red Number 3	1:09.12	P5
7th	Black Knight	1:11.26	P1
DNF	Quicksilver	Did not finish	P7

Qualification Race A

Pos.	Marble	Time	Starting Pos.	Result
1st	El Capitan	1:05.70	P6	Qualified
2nd	Blizzard Blaster	1:08.78	P7	Qualified
3rd	Dragon's Egg	1:08.92	P3	Qualified
4th	Marbly McMarbleface	1:09.07	P4	Qualified
5th	Cool Moody	1:09.83	P5	Qualified
6th	Green Turtle	1:09.87	P1	Not qualified
7th	Big Pearl	1:10.40	P8	Not qualified
8th	Grasshopper	1:10.70	P2	Not qualified

Qualification Race B

Pos.	Marble	Time	Starting Pos.	Result
1st	Crazy Cat's Eye	1:06.28	P7	Qualified
2nd	Slimer	1:07.66	P2	Qualified
3rd	Cobra	1:08.58	P1	Qualified
4th	Comet	1:08.59	P6	Qualified
5th	Silver Bolt	1:09.42	P4	Qualified
6th	Lollipop	1:09.94	P3	Not qualified
7th	Wisp of Darkness	1:10.02	P5	Not qualified
8th	White Widow	1:10.24	P8	Not qualified

Wildcard Race

Pos.	Marble	Time	Starting Pos.	Result
1st	Reflektor	1:08.06	P7	Qualified
2nd	Ghost Plasma	1:08.09	P5	Qualified
3rd	Ducktape	1:08.53	P6	Not qualified
4th	Deep Ocean	1:09.22	P2	Not qualified
5th	Blazing Fireball	1:10.08	P4	Not qualified
6th	Rastafarian	1:10.18	P1	Not qualified
7th	Nemo	1:11.01	P8	Not qualified
8th	Blue Moon	1:11.21	P3	Not qualified

Competitors

Qualified Marbles

1. Black Knight
2. Blizzard Blaster
3. Cobra
4. Comet
5. Cool Moody
6. Crazy Cat's Eye
7. Dragon's Egg
8. El Capitan
9. Ghost Plasma
10. H2 Blue
11. Marbly McMarbleface
12. Phoenix
13. Pollo Loco
14. Quicksilver
15. Red Number 3
16. Reflektor
17. Silver Bolt
18. Slimer
19. Summer Sky
20. Superball

Non Qualified Marbles

1. Green Turtle
2. Big Pearl
3. Grasshopper
4. Lollipop
5. Wisp of Darkness
6. White Widow
7. Ducktape
8. Deep Ocean
9. Blazing Fireball
10. Rastafarian
11. Nemo
12. Blue Moon

Retired Marbles

No marbles have retired between 2018 and 2019.

Newcomers

There is one newcomer: Cool Moody

Leagues

Just like the previous season, this year's Marble Rally is divided into two divisions: the main league and the Showdown. The Showdown had one more competing marble for a total of 12 compared to the previous season's 11.

Standings

Rank	Marble	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Points:
1st	Red Number 3	11	20	DNF	10	20	10	11	8	90
2nd	Ghost Plasma	8	12	7	12	12	14	9	2	76
3rd	Superball	12	11	14	6	8	7	6	11	75
4th	Crazy Cat's Eye	20	0	DNF	7	14	0	20	9	70
5th	El Capitan	9	8	6	20	3	0	14	5	65
6th	Blizzard Blaster	17	4	20	2	9	0	7	3	62
7th	Pollo Loco	7	10	DNF	DNF	10	17	10	7	61
8th	Cool Moody	DNF	1	9	5	17	9	12	6	59
9th	Dragon's Egg	DNF	0	12	11	11	20	0	0	54
10th	Comet	4	2	DNF	8	6	11	3	17	51
11th	Quicksilver	14	7	10	DNF	DNF	2	5	12	50
12th	Summer Sky	10	0	1	1	7	6	4	20	49
13th	Slimer	3	6	8	17	2	3	8	1	48
14th	Black Knight	DNF	17	DNF	DNF	0	8	17	0	42
15th	Silver Bolt	5	9	11	4	0	5	2	0	36
16th	Reflektor	DNF	3	17	14	0	0	0	0	34
17th	Cobra	DNF	14	2	0	4	12	0	0	32
17th	Marbly McMarbleface	6	DNF	3	3	5	0	1	14	32
19th	Phoenix	DNF	5	4	9	0	1	0	10	29
20th	H2 Blue	DNF	0	5	DNF	1	4	DNF	4	14

t: tied

DNF: Did Not Finish

Point System

• 1st: 20pts
• 2nd: 17pts
• 3rd: 14pts
• 4th: 12pts
• 5th: 11pts
• 6th: 10pts
• 7th: 9pts
• 8th: 8pts
• 9th: 7pts
• 10th: 6pts
• 11th: 5pts
• 12th: 4pts
• 13th: 3pts
• 14th: 2pts
• 15th: 1pt

Winners

Race	Winner	Time	Margin	Starting position
R1	Crazy Cat's Eye	2:42.59	+1.29	P4
R2	Red Number 3	2:41.20	+2.88	P4
R3	Blizzard Blaster	2:43.95	+2.07	P4
R4	El Capitan	2:45.12	+1.36	P14
R5	Red Number 3	1:39.78	+8.07	P7
R6	Dragon's Egg	1:50.16	+1.57	P10
R7	Crazy Cat's Eye	2:02.85	+2.70	P9
R8	Summer Sky	2:31.36	+0.30	P7

• Note:
  • P1–P10 is on the front row
  • P11–P20 is on the back row

See Also

• Sand Marble Rally 2016
• Sand Marble Rally 2017
• Sand Marble Rally 2018
• List of Sand Marble Rally Records