Velocity

**Velocity** is a member of the Savage Speeders. They bought up the idea of forming a team after meeting fellow teammates. They were a regular member of the team in Marble League 2016, did not participate in the next season and came back as reserve for the next two following seasons. Because of Whizzy's terrible individual performances in Marble League 2019, Velocity swapped with Whizzy and became a regular member of the team since Marble League 2020.

As a regular member of the team, Velocity is very good in speed events, and had managed to clinch several medals in a few individual events. They have only particpated in 4 individual events but managed to get 2 medals. They are also known for replacing Speedy in Halfpipe in Marble League 2018, the bold move which enabled the team to get 2nd in this event.

## Appearances

### Pre-Marble League

Velocity is from Pace and met Speedy, Rapidly, Swifty and Whizzy in 2010 during Le Tour de Vellis, a marathon event held in Vellis and running throughout the country. Speedy and Rapidly had previously competed in local tournaments at Accellaise, so they had no hesitation forming a team with Velocity, Whizzy and Swifty when Velocity brought up the idea. The five trained vigorously over the next two years in order to qualify for the marathon. After successfully qualifying, they then made headlines by finishing in fifth, a feat unheard of for a rookie team.They continued to compete in the next three years, never finishing below the top five. In 2014, they won the Tour for the first time, and repeated that victory the next year. The public started to compare the team to the unstoppable force of early berserkers, describing them as "savage". The team liked it and decided to adopt that word for themselves, becoming the Savage Speeders.

### 2016

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Velocity took part in Marble League 2016 alongside three other teammates. Velocity competed in the first event, Balancing with their team where they scored 85 in this event, the second most among the team. The team eventually finished 5th this event. The following event, Relay Race saw them breaking the record in the final, getting a gold medal. The team started to lose momentum as they scored only 1 point in the next three events as they scored only 1 point and dropped to 6th. Velocity participated in the next event, Water Race. Velocity started off terribly and was in 6th. They made a move and elevated to 3rd before the first waterfall before dropping to 5th. Velocity started gaining speed and took the lead after the second waterfall, but got overtaken and dropped to 3rd, they were able to move to 2nd at the end of the race, advancing to the final. Velocity immediately took the lead and battled with Mandarin from O'rangers and Bolty from Thunderbolts for the lead. They dropped to 3rd before the first waterfall but was able to gain it back after the first waterfall. Velocity stretched the lead after the second waterfall and kept it until the finish line, winning the event. The team rose to 2nd in the standings.

 File:SS2016ML.jpg  The team was able to jump to the top with Rapidly's gold in 10 Meter Sprint. Swifty then participated in the next three consecutive team events and the team failed to score a single point, placing 2nd, two points behind the leader Thunderbolts. Speedy's gold in the final event abled the team to win the season.

### 2017

The Savage Speeders automatically qualified for Marble League 2017 because of getting 1st in Marble League 2016.Velocity was replaced by Whizzy in this season. The team went out off a good start but quickly went downhills in the Fidget Spinner Collision, as they failed to win one single match in group stage and finished only 11th in this event. As a result, they dropped to 11th in the standings. Speedy's silver in 5 Meter Sprint elevated them to 3rd in the standings and Swifty placed 2nd in Hurdles. The gold in Relay Run stretched their lead in the standings up to 22 points. The Savage Speeders continued to impress but slowed down after their gold in Steeplechase, getting only 7 points in Archery and Underwater Race, and O'rangers were just 10 points behind with only one event to go. Swifty placed only 12th and was able to let O'rangers pass by. They finished 2nd this season.

### 2018

The Savage Speeders disappeared from the public for much of the offseason, and made their next public appearance at the Marble League 2018 Friendly Round, having automatically qualified for Marble League 2018. Velocity rejoined the team as the reserve member. The Savage Speeders came third in all events and finished the Friendly Round in last place.

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Savage Speeders had waves of good and bad finishes throughout Marble League 2018. The team started the season with a bronze medal in the 5 Meter Ice Dash, putting them behind the Oceanics and the rookie Hazers in the standings. However, Speedy faltered in the Ski Jump and came in last, and the team plunged to 9th overall.Because of this, Velocity was called in to replace Speedy for the next team event, the Halfpipe. It worked, and the Savage Speeders won a silver medal, despite coming in last in the first round. The team then had a disappointing thirteenth place finish in Event 4, the Bobsled, but claimed another silver medal in Event 5, Speed Skating. After a twelfth place finish in Team Pursuit, they yet again claimed their third silver medal of the season in the Snow Rally. This finally put the team in first place in the standings.

    The Savage Speeders held onto the lead until Event 9, Curling. Their second-to-last finish in the event made the team drop to third in the standings, and they remained there after Event 10, the Biathlon. Despite managing to finish on the podium in the final two events, Ice Hockey and the Sand Mogul Race, the team fell one point short of the eventual overall winners, the Midnight Wisps, who passed them in the last minute of Marble League 2018. For the second year in a row the Speeders had just missed out on the Championship and had automatically qualified for Marble League 2019.

The Savage Speeders made tow public appearances during the off-season. Whizzy represented the team in the 100 Meter Water Race, where they finished sixth. The team also took part in the Amazing Maze Marble Race. In the group stage, the Savage Speeders missed out on first in their group, but qualified for the semifinals thanks to their high number of points. The team went on to advance to the final and finished third.

### 2019

The Savage Speeders automatically qualified for Marble League 2019 because of getting 2nd in Marble League 2018. They participated in the Friendly Round and Velocity participated in both team events. The Savage Speeders got last in the Friendly Round again.

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The team again got off to a good start by getting two consecutive gold medals. Then the team started to lose momentum and dropped all the way into 7th after Summer Biathlon. Velocity participated in Hurdles Race but only got 10th, a bronze in Hubelino Maze bounced them back into 4th.A couple of poor finishes dropped them to 5th and Rapidly's 5th place finish in Sand Rally wasn't able to save them and they settled the season in 5th.

### 2020

Sometime after Marbula One, the team had a change in their roster, where Whizzy and Velocity would swap places, with Velocity back to the main team roster and Whizzy becoming the reserve member. The Savage Speeders entered the Marble League 2020 Qualifiers, their first qualifiers ever. They managed to finish in the top three in all but one event and comfortably qualified for Marble League 2020 in first overall.

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The Savage Speeders did not keep the momentum in Marble League 2020 as they placed last after two events, Whizzy's bronze in Funnel Endurance jumped them into 11th. The team jumped to 9th after Long Jump.Followed by a bunch of top half finishes, the team rose to 8th in the standings. Velocity was sent to participate in 5 Meter Sprint, the first time Velocity participated in an individual event after they became a regular member of the team. Velocity performed strong in the heats as they managed to lead from the start to finish. Velocity started in 2nd in semi-final but almost got overtaken by Smoggy from Hazers. Velocity was able to beat Smoggy by a hair, with a margin of 0.001 second. Velocity again started strong in the final but bumped against the walls and lost the lead, placing 3rd in this event.

Followed by two golds in the Black Hole Funnel and the Relay Run, the team moved into 2nd overall, ten points behind the O'rangers with four events remaining. Whizzy shockingly placed last in High Jump and the O'rangers took advantage of this and won the event with a dominating performance, extending their lead at the top to 35 points, making it almost impossible for anyone to surpass them. Capitalizing on the Oceanics' upset victory over the O'rangers in the first round of the next event, the Team Aquathlon, the Savage Speeders fought their way to the final, earning themselves a silver medal after losing to the Midnight Wisps, shrinking the O'rangers lead to 20 points. Then, in a colossal improvement from the previous year, the team won a third gold medal in Collision. This performance, on top of the O'rangers' 16th place finish (another reverse of the 2019 event), brought the Savage Speeders to the top of the leaderboard, with a slender 5 point lead carried into the final event: the Marble Marathon. Speedy managed to hold on and the team won the season eventually.

### 2021

The Savage Speeders were invited to participate in the Marble League Winter Special and accepted. They got off to a decent start, with Swifty getting 5th in the Ice Dash, along with Whizzy getting 6th in Snowboard Cross. However, Velocity's 15th place in Speed Skating dropped them to 9th in the standings. Velocty was replaced by Whizzy in the next event, Bobsled. A 6th place finish in the event was not enough and they dropped to 10th in the standings, losing the chance to become champion in this tournament. Still, they ended the Winter Special on a high note by winning a silver medal in Ice Hockey, finishing the tournament in 7th overall.

## Career Points

### Marble League

\*Velocity served as reserve in Marble League 2018 & Marble League 2019.

## Gallery

Velocity.pngVelocity after winning gold in 10 Meter Sprint in ML 2016Velocity2020.jpgVelocity winning bronze in 5 Meter Sprint in ML 2020
## Trivia

* Velocity is the first marble to be a regular member of the team, leave the team and then come back as a reserve, then manage to return as a regular member again.
* In Marble League 2018, Speedy was taken out of the roster and replaced with Velocity for the Halfpipe.
* In both seasons which Savage Speeders won, Velocity served as a regular member of the team and got one medal in each of them.

## References

1. ↑ Stynth (24th January 2020). RetRollSpective – Savage Speeders. Marble Sports.