Sand Marble Rally 2018 - Race 3

Sand Marble Rally 2018Race A3
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Date	7 September 2018
Track	Klimduin Brechtdorp
Link	Jelle's Marble Runs: Sand Marble Rally 2018 - Race 3
Podium
1st	Marbly McMarbleface
2nd	Red Number 3
3rd	Big Pearl

The third race of the Sand Marble Rally 2018 was held at Klimduin Brechtdorp on the 7th September 2018. 20 marbles participated in the race.

Race

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At the beginning, Ghost Plasma and Red Number 3 went side-by-side for the lead, until Comet managed to get in between the pair. Marbly McMarbleface and Grasshopper then sped past to take the top two spots. While Ghost Plasma and Comet dropped back and were never a factor again, Red Number 3 quickly recovered as they and Ducktape accelerated towards Marbly McMarbleface and Grasshopper. The 2017 runner-up took second behind Marbly McMarbleface, but then lost the position to Superball, who had also passed fellow rookies Grasshopper and Ducktape in the split seconds before their move on Red Number 3. Big Pearl then replicated Superball’s action and took third in front of Red Number 3, while Rastafarian completed the top five after also getting past Grasshopper and Ducktape.

The tightly packed top four rapidly distanced themselves from Rastafarian. Superball lost momentum after a touch to the wall and fell back to fourth. Big Pearl tried to take the lead from Marbly McMarbleface but instead bounced off of them and went into a wall, which allowed Red Number 3 to reclaim second. Superball managed to overtake Big Pearl but was re-passed moments later. Off-screen, Rastafarian dropped two positions as Ducktape and Slimer were now contending for fifth. As the race started to come to a close, Red Number 3 launched attempts to take the lead, but was blocked by Marbly McMarbleface. The latter won the race 0.13 seconds ahead of the former with Big Pearl and Superball behind. Slimer took fifth from Ducktape in the last possible moment, with Rastafarian drafting them to the line in seventh. Grasshopper took eighth after running in second early on, ahead of Crazy Cat's Eye, Ghost Plasma, Nemo, Comet, Quicksilver, Lollipop, Deep Ocean, Blue Moon, Black Knight and Phoenix. Dragon's Egg in nineteenth was the last marble to finish, more than 2 seconds behind Phoenix. Championship leader Summer Sky was the only marble who failed to complete the course.

Classification

Pos.	Marble	Time	Delta	Starting Pos.	Points
1st	Marbly McMarbleface	1:26.10	-	P5	25p
2nd	Red Number 3	1:26.23	+00.13	P9	18p
3rd	Big Pearl	1:26.58	+00.48	P7	15p
4th	Superball	1:27.47	+01.37	P1	12p
5th	Slimer	1:27.92	+01.82	P14	11p
6th	Ducktape	1:28.02	+01.92	P3	10p
7th	Rastafarian	1:28.05	+01.95	P16	9p
8th	Grasshopper	1:28.40	+02.30	P2	8p
9th	Crazy Cat's Eye	1:29.16	+03.06	P17	7p
10th	Ghost Plasma	1:29.28	+03.18	P4	6p
11th	Nemo	1:29.69	+03.59	P8	5p
12th	Comet	1:29.93	+03.83	P6	4p
13th	Quicksilver	1:30.02	+03.92	P11	3p
14th	Lollipop	1:30.38	+04.28	P15	2p
15th	Deep Ocean	1:30.98	+04.88	P18	1p
16th	Blue Moon	1:31.06	+04.96	P10
17th	Black Knight	1:31.13	+05.03	P12
18th	Phoenix	1:32.25	+06.15	P13
19th	Dragon's Egg	1:34.58	+08.48	P19
20th	Summer Sky	DNF		P20	0p

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

Championship standings after the race

	Pos.	Marble	G	S	B	Total	DNFs	Points
01	1st	Quicksilver	0	1	0	1	0	30p
01	2nd	Summer Sky	1	0	0	1	1	29p
04	3rd	Slimer	0	0	0	0	0	29p
10	4th	Red Number 3	0	1	0	1	1	28p
02	5th	Dragon's Egg	1	0	0	1	0	27p
02	6th	Black Knight	0	1	0	1	0	27p
13	7th	Marbly McMarbleface	1	0	0	1	1	26p
01	8th	Rastafarian	0	0	1	1	0	25p
02	9th	Superball	0	0	0	0	0	25p
02	10th	Crazy Cat's Eye	0	0	0	0	0	24p
06	11th	Phoenix	0	0	0	0	0	20p
05	12th	Big Pearl	0	0	1	1	0	19p
06		Deep Ocean	0	0	1	1	0	19p
01	14th	Grasshopper	0	0	0	0	1	19p
00	15th	Ducktape	0	0	0	0	0	17p
05		Lollipop	0	0	0	0	0	17p
05	17th	Blue Moon	0	0	0	0	0	13p
01	18th	Ghost Plasma	0	0	0	0	0	10p
02		Nemo	0	0	0	0	0	10p
01	20th	Comet	0	0	0	0	0	6p