Balancing has always been a tricky event for our orbicular athletes. Some marbles pursue the same strategy they always do: speed. After all, the less time you spend on the beam, the fewer opportunities you have to fall off it. … Continue reading Last Marble Standing E2 Balancing

The 2020 edition of the Marble League is set to premiere this summer, sponsored by, weirdly enough, Last Week Tonight. But as an appetizer for the main competition, Arla Cravendale is sponsoring a 6-event contest called Last Marble Standing. Having … Continue reading Last Marble Standing E1 Funnel Spin

We’re back for a second week of globetrotting marble racing, and this time we’re off to Korea! The Seoul circuit is a lengthy but fairly simple track. There are lots of long straight sections where the marbles can pick up … Continue reading Marbula E Race 2 “Seoul”

You thought marble racing was over until the summer, did you? Hahahahaha. You fool. You absolute nincompoop. Marble racing stops for nothing. Not even an act of God can stop marble racing. Marble racing is eternal. Marbula E is a … Continue reading Marbula E Race 1 “Paris”

As a special Easter treat, Jelle’s Marble Runs has gifted us with a set of three bonus races from the archives. Race 1 In the first race, 9 colourful Easter eggs battle it out for sand rally supremacy. Let’s meet … Continue reading Easter Eggs Marble Race

It’s finally here. After eight weeks of high-octane races, gruelling tackles, and nail-biting finishes, we’re at the last race of the inaugural season of Marbula One. The Hazers, Savage Speeders, and O’rangers have the top 3 spots in the overall … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Midnight Bay GP Race 8 (FINALE)

This is it: the final week of the inaugural season of Marbula One. It all comes down to Midnight Bay, the Rainbow Road of marble racing.[footnote]Minus the blue shells, obviously.[/footnote] There are snaky curves, a dark tunnel, and even a … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Midnight Bay GP Qualifying

With much of the world currently under lockdown and human sports on hiatus, marble racing has exploded in popularity. Perhaps the larger audience has placed increased pressure on our orbicular athletes, because the first attempt at a race on the … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Razzway GP Race 7

This is the second-to-last qualifying event in the 2020 Marbula One Grand Prix. Team Raspberry is hosting the event on the Razzway, a figure-8 track full of chevrons and chicanes. More so than a test of raw speed, this is … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Razzway GP Qualifying

Yesterday, we witnessed hubris get the better of some of the marbles as they failed to make decent time on the track. Today, humbled, they return to Short Circuit to prove that they’re in it to win it. This is … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Short Circuit GP Race 6

Short Circuit is a simple track. There are a couple of curves, lots of straights, and just one chicane. This is a track designed to test speed and agility. However, sloppy rolling is punished: hitting an obstacle early on can … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Short Circuit GP Qualifying

As yesterday’s qualifying round proved, fortunes can change in an instant on Greenstone. Just one nudge from a competitor, and you can end up coming to a near standstill. Our competitors are used to playing a little rough, but what … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Greenstone GP Race 5

We’re now past the halfway mark in Marbula One, and it’s make it or break it[footnote]Or, since these are marbles, shatter it.[/footnote] for our colourful competitors. Let’s see how well they do on Greenstone, the Green Ducks’ home turf. This … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Greenstone GP Qualifying

It’s time for race #4 in the Marbula One Grand Prix. Our orbicular athletes are here to face down 11 laps of death-defying turns, obstacles, and straightaways. As we learned yesterday, the variance in lap times on Hivedrive is huge, … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Hivedrive GP Race 4

The Hivedrive is a not a course for the faint of heart. The relatively tame straightaways belie just how difficult this course is. Its centrepiece is a hive-like obstacle course built from hexagonal Gravitrax tiles. Any marble that hits the … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Hivedrive GP Qualifying

Team Primary’s performance yesterday has put them in pole position for today’s race. Will that pay dividends? Let’s find out. For most of the race, it looks like either Balls of Chaos or the Green Ducks is going to take … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Momotorway GP Race 3

Team Momo takes the spotlight by hosting this week’s Marbula One race. This is an interesting course. Where you think things would slow down, they’re actually pretty fast. The curves near the start of the course don’t seem to slow … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Momotorway GP Qualifying

Greg Woods introduces this week’s video with talk of a “host’s curse.” He might be on to something, considering the O’rangers’ dire 15th place finish in yesterday’s qualifying round. But that was just for determining the starting order for today’s … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 O’raceway GP Race

We’re off to the O’rangers’ home turf for the second round of Marbula One. If you believe the rumours that the O’rangers have been juicing, then this probably feels like a bit like watching Icarus and then deciding to award … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 O’raceway GP Qualifying

After yesterday’s qualifying round, we’re playing for keeps. This is the first Marbula One race that will count towards the overall standings. The pressure is on for our round rollers. Before we even start, we’re treated to a domino show. … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Savage Speedway GP1 Race

JMR has been hyping Marbula One for weeks, and it’s finally here. In today’s qualifying round, the marbles race individually and staggered to determine the starting order for tomorrow’s big race. The bounds of performance are set in the first … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Savage Speedway Grand Prix Qualifying