Savage Speeders

The Savage Speeders are a MarbleLympics team that has a blend of red, white, and yellow and has appeared in all four MarbleLympics. The team won the 2016 MarbleLympics, overcoming the other 15 teams and were represented by Speedy, Rapidly, Swifty and Velocity.

The Savage Speeders did not take part in the 2017 Qualifiers due to their pre-qualification. In the 2017 MarbleLympics, they almost defended their title, finishing in 2nd place behind the O'rangers.

The Savage Speeders did not take part in the Winter MarbleLympics 2018 Qualifiers as they were again pre-qualified for the main season. They participated in the "Practice Tournament" along with other pre-qualified teams. In the main season, the Savage Speeders yet again almost won the season, finishing in 2nd place behind the Midnight Wisps by 1 point.

The Savage Speeders are the most successful team in MarbleLympics history and hold a number of MarbleLympics records. They hold the record for most gold medals, with 8, the most total medals, with 17, and the most total points, with 478. They have earned at least 3 medals in every MarbleLympics season.

#SpeedIsKey

Team MembersEdit

Speedy, Rapidly, Swifty and Velocity (the team that won MarbleLympics 2016) were the original members of the Savage Speeders. In 2017 Velocity was replaced by Whizzy. However, Velocity returned in 2018 to join the current team. Speedy became team captain in 2019.

2016 Team	2017 Team	2018 Team	2019 Team
Speedy	Speedy	Speedy	Speedy
Rapidly	Rapidly	Rapidly	Rapidly
Swifty	Swifty	Swifty	Swifty
Velocity		Velocity	Velocity
	Whizzy	Whizzy	Whizzy

Color	Meaning
	Team Member
	Reserve Member
	Injured

Members TimelineEdit

CoachesEdit

Coach	From	To	Events	G	S	B	Tot.	Honors
Quickly	25 February 2019[1]	present	16	2	0	1	3

Note: Events include any kind of events (friendlies, other tournaments, ...).

MarbleLympics 2016 Edit

The Savage Speeders started the MarbleLympics 2016 season off fairly inauspiciously, grabbing a respectable but modest 5th place in the first event, Balancing, but this was only the beginning. The Savage Speeders 'sped' past all the competition in the Relay Race, picking up their first gold medal of the games. After only accumulating 2 total points throughout the next 3 events, the Savage Speeders were starting to be overlooked. At least that was the case until Velocity won the team another gold medal in the Aquatic Race. Then again in the 10 Meter Sprint with Rapidity. At this point, the Savage Speeders had really made a name for themselves, but they wouldn't be picking up any more points until the final event of the 2016 season, Hurdles. Every single team was on edge during the Hurdles event, but none were more nervous than the leading 4 teams, Mellow Yellow, Thunderbolts, Team Momo, and the Savage Speeders. When the gate lifted, all 4 marbles started rolling as fast as they possibly could, but it seemed as though Yellup from Mellow Yellow had won. However, the slow-motion cameras revealed that it was actually the Savage Speeders who had won, their own marble, Speedy, had won the final gold of the MarbleLympics, and in turn had won their team the entire MarbleLympics season.

2016 MARBLELYMPICS HURDLES GRAND FINAL STANDINGS

Marble	Team	Time
Speedy	Savage Speeders	5.33
Yellup	Mellow Yellow	5.34
Bolto	Thunderbolts	5.36
Momo	Team Momo	5.78

The final race of the hurdles event holds the record of the closest grand final race in MarbleLympics history (0.01 seconds).

Savage Speeders finished first in this season with 4 gold medals and 44 points.

Event	Participant	Final Result	Place	Points	Overall Standing
Balancing	All	297 cm	5th	3	5th
Relay Race	All	22.94 sec. (MR)	1st	10	1st
Collision	All	Heat Loss	10th	0	3rd
Sand Rally	Swifty	0:58.59	10th	0	5th
Long Jump	Speedy	90.4 cm	8th	1	6th
Water Race	Velocity	1:16.08	1st	10	2nd
High Jump	Swifty	X	11th	0	3rd
10 Meter Sprint	Rapidly	4.968 sec.	1st	10	1st
Team Pursuit	All	27.55 sec.	15th	0	2nd
Precision Slalom	All	8 pts	11th	0	2nd
Quartet Diving	All	28.88 pts	11th	0	2nd
Hurdles	Speedy	5.33 sec.	1st	10	1st

MarbleLympics 2017 Edit

Because the Savage Speeders had won the previous MarbleLympics season, they guaranteed themselves a spot in the 2017 season and did not have to participate in the grueling qualifier, but they still went to the qualifiers to cheer on their fellow marbles and greet the new coming teams. After their victory in the 2016 season, the Savage Speeders had been the center of many insults, angry fans accusing them of doping or using steroids, so coming into the 2017 season they tried to keep a low profile, and they succeeded, only accumulating 27 points throughout the course of the first 3 events, and sitting in 10th place in the standings.

Once they came back to the track, however, things changed. Savage Speeders picked up a silver medal in both the 5 Meter Sprint and Hurdles events, rocketing them up to a 9 point lead in the overall standings. Then again they began to feel the heat. The insults and accusations came once again, but they ignored it, grabbing a gold medal in the Relay Race event, stretching their lead by upwards of 20 points. Savage Speeders hovered around a 20 point lead for both the Block Pushing and High Jump events. The teams then went back outside for the Steeplechase, and the Savage Speeders crushed it. They watched their competitors both fail and succeed until it was their turn to go. Speedy and Whizzy took the lead, but, Swifty and Rapidly were having trouble keeping up, then they accomplished something incredible. Since only 3 of the 4 marbles count for the score, Rapidly bounced on top of Swifty, causing him to ricochet forward and catch up Speedy and Whizzy, earning the team a gold medal. Between both the Archery and Underwater Race the Savage Speeders would only gain 7 points, and O'rangers would nearly catch them, with only a 10 point difference, the Savage Speeders finally had some competition, right before the finale.

Savage Speeders went to the Sand Race with low expectations, they wanted to win, but they knew that they couldn't roll as well in the sand, they were out of their element. Unfortunately for them, they were right, they couldn't make it to the finals. O'rangers, on the other hand, gained a silver medal, giving them more than enough points to take the championship. For the first time since the fourth event, Savage Speeders were knocked out from first place. The Speeders ended the 2017 Season in second place with 150 points.

Event	Participant	Final Result	Place	Points	Overall Standing
Funnel Race	Whizzy	1:24.82	4th	12	4th
Long Jump	Rapidly	69.9 cm	6th	10	7th
Fidget Spinner Collision	All	Heat Loss	11th	5	11th
5-meter Sprint	Speedy	6.15 sec.	2nd	20	3rd
Hurdles	Swifty	9.19 sec.	2nd	20	1st
Relay Run	All	11.74 sec.	1st	25	1st
Block Pushing	All	74.5 cm	5th	11	1st
High Jump	Whizzy	37 cm	5th	11	1st
Steeplechase	All	41.57 sec.	1st	25	1st
Archery	All	32 pts	13th	3	1st
Underwater Race	Speedy	14.08 sec.	13th	4	1st
Sand Rally	Swifty	1:28.31	12th	4	2nd

MarbleLympics 2018 Edit

Savage Speeders have already guaranteed themselves a spot in MarbleLympics 2018 due to their 2nd place finish in MarbleLympics 2017 as the top 4 from the previous season qualify. They participated in the "Practice Tournament", a tournament for pre-qualified teams against hosts Snowballs, Mellow Yellow and 2017 Champions O'rangers.

Savage Speeders had waves of good and bad finishes. Savage Speeders started the season with a bronze medal in the 5 meter ice dash event, behind Oceanics and rookie team Hazers. Despite their appalling last-place finish in the Ski Jump, they claimed a silver medal in the following Halfpipe event. They finished 13th place in the Bobsled but claimed another silver medal in the following 20 meter speed skating event. After a 12th place finish in the Team Persuit, they yet again claimed their 3rd silver medal of the season in the Snow rally event. After this event, The Speeders were in 1st place.

However, after a 2nd last place finish in curling dropped them back to 3rd place in the standings. Despite finishing in the podium 2 more times in the last events, they fell 1 point short to the Champions, Midnight Wisps.

Event	Participant	Final Result	Place	Points	Overall Standings
5 Meter Ice Dash	Swifty	5.06 s	3	15	3rd
Ski Jump	Speedy	111.8 cm	16	0	9th
Halfpipe	All	28.68 s	2	20	4th
Bobsled	All	15.52 s	13	3	6th
20 Meter Speed Skating	Rapidly	30.57 s	2	20	3rd
Team Pursuit	All	31.59 s	12	4	6th
Snow Rally	Whizzy	27 sp 46.10 s	2	20	1st
Snowboard Cross	Swifty	52.50 s	4	12	1st
Curling	All	---	15	1	3rd
Gravitrax Biathlon	All	24.04 s	8	8	3rd
Ice Hockey	All	---	3	15	2nd
Sand Mogul Race	Whizzy	6.19 s	2	20	2nd

MarbleLympics 2019 Edit

Savage Speeders again automatically qualified for MarbleLympics in 2019 because of their second place finish in 2018.

Friendly RoundEdit

Event	Participant	Final Result	Place	Points	Overall Standing
Funnel Race	Whizzy	1:26.10	3rd	2	3rd
Block Pushing	All	78.9 cm	4th	1	4th
Relay Run	All	10.69 sec.	3rd	2	4th
Underwater Race	Speedy	30.34 sec.	2nd	4	4th

Main TournamentEdit

The team started the tournament with 2 gold medals. Afterwards the team slipped away, placing in the top 8 only 3 times in the next 7 events, sitting in 7th after the hurdles race. A bronze medal in the Hubelino Maze and a 4th place in the dirt race, saw the Savage Speeders climb back up to 4th, 20 points adrift of third-placed team, the Hazers. A string of mediocre finishes saw the Savage Speeders lose out on 4th to Mellow Yellow and the team would finish in 5th, which was the Savage Speeders' worst result ever in a MarbleLympics.

Event	Participant	Final Result	Place	Points	Overall Standing
Underwater Race	Rapidly	15.18 sec.	1st	25	1st
Funnel Race	Speedy (C)	2:11.07	1st	25	1st
Balancing	All	268 cm	7th	9	1st
Gravitrax Slalom	All	9.70 sec.	8th	8	1st
5 Meter Sprint	Whizzy	6.367 sec.	16th	0	2nd
Relay Run	All	9.686 sec.	12th	4	4th
Block Pushing	All	61.5 cm	7th	9	4th
Summer Biathlon	Rapidly	33.34 sec.	13th	3	7th
Hurdles Race	Velocity	9.194 sec.	10th	6	7th
Hubelino Maze	All	73	3rd	15	4th
Dirt Race	Swifty	1:21.05	4th	12	4th
Rafting	All	38.41 sec.	10th	6	4th
Elimination Race	Whizzy	25.95 sec.	12th	4	4th
Surfing	Speedy (C)	47.88 sec	7th	9	4th
Collision	All	Group Loss	16th	0	5th
Sand Rally	Rapidly	2:01.62	5th	11	5th

MarbleLympics ResultsEdit

Year	Events	Medals				Result	Points
		G	S	B	Tot.
2016	12	4	0	0	4	1st	44
2017	12	2	2	0	4	2nd	150
2018	12	0	4	2	6	2nd	138
2019	16	2	0	1	3	5th	146

Team Members' Individual Scores Edit

Marble	Competed in	Individual events participated in	Medals Won	Total Individual Points
Rapidly	MarbleLympics 2016 MarbleLympics 2017 MarbleLympics 2018 MarbleLympics 2019	10 Meter Sprint (2016) Long Jump (2017) Speed Skating (2018) Underwater Race (2019) Summer Biathlon (2019) Sand Rally (2019)	2 gold medals 1 silver medal 0 bronze medals	79 pts
Speedy	MarbleLympics 2016 MarbleLympics 2017 MarbleLympics 2018 MarbleLympics 2019	Long Jump (2016) Hurdles (2016) 5-Meter Sprint (2017) Underwater Race (2017) Ski Jump (2018) Funnel Race (2019) Surfing (2019)	2 gold medals 1 silver medal 0 bronze medals	69 pts
Swifty	MarbleLympics 2016 MarbleLympics 2017 MarbleLympics 2018 MarbleLympics 2019	Sand Rally (2016) High Jump (2016) Hurdles (2017) Sand Race (2017) 5 Meter Ice Dash (2018) Snowboard Cross (2018) Dirt Race (2019)	0 gold medals 1 silver medal 1 bronze medal	63 pts
Velocity	MarbleLympics 2016 MarbleLympics 2018 MarbleLympics 2019	Water Race (2016) Hurdles Race (2019)	1 gold medal 0 silver medals 0 bronze medals	16 pts
Whizzy	MarbleLympics 2017 MarbleLympics 2018 MarbleLympics 2019	Funnel Race (2017) High Jump (2017) Snow Rally (2018) Sand Mogul Race (2018) 5 Meter Sprint (2019) Elimination Race (2019)	0 gold medals 2 silver medals 0 bronze medals	67 pts

Italics - As reserve member

MarbleLympics Records Edit

Games	Event	Record Holder	Result
2016 MarbleLympics	10 Meter Sprint	Rapidly	4.968 s
2016 MarbleLympics	Relay Race	Savage Speeders	22.94 s
2017 MarbleLympics	Hurdles	Swifty	8.69 s*

Notes: * - Record was set in the semi-final round of the event

Medal History Edit

MarbleLympics 2016 Edit

Event	Participant	Result	Medal	Notes
Relay Race	All	22.94 s	Gold	MR
Water Race	Velocity	1:16.08 min	Gold
10 Meter Sprint	Rapidly	4.968 s	Gold	MR
Hurdles	Speedy	5.33 s	Gold

MarbleLympics 2017Edit

Event	Participant	Result	Medal	Notes
5 Meter Sprint	Speedy	6.15 s	Silver
Hurdles	Swifty	9.19 s	Silver
Relay Race	All	11.74 s	Gold
Steeplechase	All	41.57 s	Gold

MarbleLympics 2018 Edit

Event	Participant	Results	Medal	Notes
5 Meter Ice Dash	Swiftly	5.06 s	Bronze
Halfpipe	All	28.68 s	Silver
20 Meter Speed Skating	Rapidly	30.57 s	Silver
Snow Rally	Whizzy	27 sp 46.10 s	Silver
Ice Hockey	All	---	Bronze
Sand Mogul Race	Whizzy	6.19 s	Silver

MarbleLympics 2019 Edit

Event	Participant	Results	Medal	Notes
Underwater Race	Rapidly	15.18 s	Gold
Funnel Spinning	Speedy	2:11.07	Gold

Trivia Edit

• In both the 2016 and 2017 editions of the MarbleLympics, some viewers accused the Savage Speeders of doping due to strong performances in both editions. Jelle's Marble Runs did, however, confirm that testing discovered no illegal substances.^[2]
• Savage Speeders had been the only team to have automatically qualified for every MarbleLympics, until 2019 in which they placed 5th.
• Savage Speeders share rivalries with Mellow Yellow, O'rangers, and Midnight Wisps.
• Sand Marble Rally competitor El Capitan shares his colors with those of Savage Speeders.
• Savage Speeders started the MarbleLympics 2019 very well with 2 gold medals in a row. However, they didn't manage to keep up their form and ended in 5th.
• Savage Speeders were the third team to win two consecutive gold medals. These medals were in the 2019 Underwater Race and Funnel Spinning. The first team was Balls of Chaos, the second was Midnight Wisps.
• All of their members have finished on the podium at least once.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ LittleMighty_ (25th February 2019). Captains voting results!. Reddit.
2. ↑ MarbleMaster (10th August 2017). Please for the love of god stop this..... I know that most of you wanted your team to be on-top but the speeders won all their medal fair and square.. Reddit. “The IMC has tested the Savage Speeders for doping and steroids, but tests were negative (no doping found).”