Marble League 2023 Friendly Round

The **Marble League 2023 Friendly Round** was held on 13 October 2023. It was a competition between the hosts of Marble League 2023 and the top three teams of Marble League 2022. The Pinkies, Shining Swarm and Team Galactic already pre-qualified for Marble League 2023 as they came first, second and third respectively, and the Bumblebees pre-qualified by host announcement. The competition was held in order to give the auto-qualfied teams some practice before the main tournament.

## Marble League 2023 Friendly Round Event 1: Honeycomb Team Pursuit

### Link

Marble Race: Marble League 2023 Qualifiers 🐝 Jelle's Marble Runs

## Medals

### Third Place

Team Galactic

The first event of the Marble League 2023 Friendly Round was held on the 13th October 2023, featuring the first event, **Honeycomb Team Pursuit**.

### Event

   In Honeycomb Team Pursuit, 4 teams of 4 marbles each race down identical tracks made out of Gravitrax pieces. A team's timer stops when 3 of their marbles finish the course. The team with the fastest time wins.

## Marble League 2023 Friendly Round Event 2: 5 Meter Sprint

### Link

Marble Race: Marble League 2023 Qualifiers 🐝 Jelle's Marble Runs

## Medals

### Third Place

Starry - Team Galactic

The second event of the Marble League 2023 Friendly Round was held on the 13th October 2023, featuring the second event, the **5 Meter Sprint**.

### Event

   In the 5 Meter Sprint, one marble from each of four teams rolls down a sloped 5 meter long track as quickly as they can. The winner is the marble to cross the line in the shortest time.

## Marble League 2023 Friendly Round Event 3: Legion March Wave

### Link

Marble Race: Marble League 2023 Qualifiers 🐝 Jelle's Marble Runs

## Medals

### Third Place

Bumblebees

The third event of the Marble League 2023 Friendly Round was held on the 13th October 2023, featuring the third event, the **Legion March Wave**.

### Event

    In the Swing Wave, two teams of five marbles each roll down a wave-shaped track. There are 10 waves numbered from 1 to 10, with a red catch tray at the very end. Unlike the Hubelino Tournament variation, there is no 12-point strip, and there is a single lane in the track.

A marble scores points equivalent to the numbering of the wave it stops in, with the following exceptions:

1. Falling into the red catch tray scores 0 points.
2. Leaving the waves results in the individual marble being disqualified. This results in the marble scoring 0 points for the heat, but does *not* automatically drop the team's event points to 0.
3. If a marble is stuck at the peak between 2 waves, they will score the amount equal to the greater amount. For instance, a marble stuck between troughs 4 & 5 will score 5 points.

A teams' score in the event is the sum of their total score across both of their runs. The team with the most points wins. Ties are broken by best single-run scores.

## Marble League 2023 Friendly Round Event 4: Funnel Endurance

### Link

Marble Race: Marble League 2023 Qualifiers 🐝 Jelle's Marble Runs

## Medals

### Third Place

Sterling - Shining Swarm

The fourth and final event of the Marble League 2023 Friendly Round was held on the 13th October 2023, featuring the fourth event, **Funnel Endurance**.

### Event

    Funnel Endurance is a solo event where the objective is to stay in the funnels for as long as possible. The track consists of 5 green MaBoRun funnels.

## Standings

### Standings After Each Event

 Shining Swarm | 2nd
 Pinkies | 4th
 Team Galactic | 3rd