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2017 season
- With three events left, the Savage Speeders had a massive lead out in front, but the O'Rangers made a strong push in the end with two silver medals in the Underwater Race and Sand Rally to beat the Savage Speeders by six points and win gold overall.
- Team Galactic stood dead last after the first two events, but after a strong finish in the final events, finished fifth overall. Their last second victory in the Sand Rally also counts.
2018 season
- The Curling event finals had the Oceanics absolutely demolishing Team Momary by a score of 10-1, using the last launch of the entire event to score the only button strike in the competition. Team Momary by itself was also awesome by arriving in the finals with a mixed line-up, but Oceanics threw them for a spin.
- The Midnight Wisps were in 10th place before the final 2 events, but got gold in both the last two events and became the overall winners by one point.
2019 season
- The Balancing event has the Crazy Cat's Eyes setting a new MarbleLeague record. Then two other teams each break the record putting the Crazy Cat's Eyes only in third.
- One of the most memorable scenes of the 2019 Marble League happened in the Dirt Race. Already a complicated event with more than half of the teams sporting DNF's, the last few meters of the finals had the Savage Speeders in front, dead set for a victory. Cue epic last-second lunge by the Pinkies, of all teams, overtaking the Speeders to grab the first gold in the history of the team.
- The Rafting event saw the Green Ducks absolutely obliterate the rest of the field, finishing over two seconds clear of everybody else and with a new course record to boot.
- In the MarbleLeague Showdown Sand Rally 2019, Momomomo of Team Momo got temporarily stuck on the track near the finish falling to 8th, but then proceeded to recover and overtake both Bramble of the Bumblebees and Azure of the Kobalts in the last second to finish 4th. The margin of the 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams was only five hundredths of a second.
2020 season
Marbula One Season 1
- At the O'Raceway Grand Prix, Rapidly was this all day long. Racing near the top of the pack for almost the whole race, showing off by riding the divider at the split path as often as possible (At one point rolling down its entire length!), and even getting Wospy rolling again after a bad crash. And despite all of the showmanship, they still placed 2nd.
- And that's because the winner Billy ran an absolutely dominant race, taking the lead from Smoggy in the 3rd lap and never losing it for the remaining six. He even picked up the fastest lap, the only winner all season to do so.
Marbula E
- The sole fact that the event existed. This may be the highest profiled event of all of JMR's history.
- Mercedes was struggling during the Jakarta race qualifier, coming in second-to-last, but managed to claw their way to a very respectable second place, with several commenters noting that a particular curb-overtake at the 10:14
mark seeing them overtake two marbles in a single turn. Only BMW-i proved too much for them, and one suspects that was only because of the time.
Marble League 2020
- Many were wondering how the Savage Speeders would do in the qualifiers for the 2020 Marble League, due to it being the first time they would be participating in a qualifying event. Cue the Speeders absolutely blowing everyone else out of the water, with three podium finishes out of four events (one gold, silver, and bronze each) and a lowest placing of sixth.
- The Halfpipe has the Minty Maniacs break the world record by over four seconds, only for the O'Rangers to break that same record by about three-fourths of a second. In fact the old record set by the Balls Of Chaos was beaten twelve times overall.
- Event No. 3, the Funnel Endurance, saw the Minty Maniacs gain their second gold medal of the year - two in three events, after having missed out on the 2019 season. Quite the comeback already.
- The seventh event, Hurdles, had the Raspberry Racers pulling one of the best single-event performances ever seen in the Marble League. Razzy wins the first heat while breaking the event record, then breaks it again with another win the semifinals. However, they are subbed out by Ruzzy due to a minor injury. Does this change anything? No. Ruzzy wins the finals too, and the only reason why they didn't set the record again is because Yellow Eye smashed the record on the other semifinal, because Ruzzy's final time was even faster than Razzy in the semifinals.
- Team Momo in the Triathlon. Having reached the semifinal, they were in third as they entered the water leg, with quite some margin to Team Galactic in second. Then out of nowhere they suddenly accelerated into Team Galactic's slipstream and slid past them basically on the finish line to finish 1/100th of a second in front. They followed that up in the final, as while the Hazers shot past everybody else to claim the gold (another awesome moment in and of itself) they managed to slip past the O'Rangers for the silver.
- After a record-setting 27 consecutive ML events without a single medal and an embarassing performance in the previous event with another choke in the water section of the Triathlon (and what's more, only in the water section, as they were leading their heat before), the Oceanics finally break the Noceanics curse with a gold medal in the Sand Mogul Race - the very same event where they lost the 2018 ML title.
- And then, as if to prove that that wasn't a fluke, the very next event they stormed their way to silver in the 5m Sprint (losing to the Minty Maniacs by only 2 thousandths of a second) and set a new course record on the way. The record had only just been set in the round before by the Hazers, but before that the fastest time was set in 2015.
- In Heat 3 of the Relay Race, not only do the O'rangers set the new League record with a sub 8 second run, every team in the heat broke the old record that was set by the Oceanics in the same event.
- Not only do eleven teams tie the High Jump record of 38 centimeters, but nine beat the record and the O'rangers beat it by two and half centimeters.
- As of this event the O'rangers have a thirty-five point lead in the overall standings, meaning that it will take some serious mis-plays on their part for even the second place Speeders to surpass them. But speaking of which...
- The Aquathlon has perhaps the biggest upset of the season, with the Oceanics not doing too badly in a water event for a change, by coming in sixth... and beating out the O'Rangers in the heat rounds, kicking the season's leading team completely out of an event they themselves usually suck at.
- In the Collision event, with the O'Rangers resting so much on their laurels that they come last, the Savage Speeders win the gold to overtake them in the standings by five points. This leaves just the Savage Speeders, O'Rangers, and Midnight Wisps (16 points back) in title contention. All three of them are former Marble League championsnote , and their performances throughout have reinforced their statuses as the best teams in the league. Even better is that the final event is a Marbula One-style race, and guess who just happened to win the inaugural Marbula One season earlier in 2020? Yup, the Savage Speeders.
- Speaking of the Collision event, the Thunderbolts proved that their 2019 win in the event wasn't a fluke; despite an overall poor showing in the rest of the 2020 marble league, they knock off some strong teams on their way to the silver medal, including both the O'rangers and the Oceanics, and they manage to do it while having a marble stay dead center, spinning merrily around in the quarter-, semi-, and finals.
- The Savage Speeders' overall victory in the Marble League can be considered this since they fell to last after the first two events.
- The Minty Maniacs coming out of retirement to earn bronze overall certainly counts as well, especially considering they took home a whopping four gold medals. Had the O'Rangers finished just one position lower in the marathon, the Maniacs would have taken silver overall on the strength of their golds.
Marbula One Season 2
- In the first race, Yellow Eye overtook Smoggy in 1st right out of the gate, and then kept that position for the entire race.note
- Mellow Yellow being the first team to win back-to-back poles in the Momotorway and the Palette Park.
- Momo started the race in 11th place but quickly rose through the ranks, finishing the first lap just 0.45 seconds out of the lead in 4th; after spending most of the race in the top 3, Momo ultimately took home 20 points with a 2nd-place finish.
2021 season
Winter Marble League 2020
- The Oceanics finally found a form of water they were comfortable with — ice. After a rough start, finishing 13th in the Ice Dash, the team netted a gold in Snowboard Cross, a silver in Speed Skating, and a bronze in the Bobsled. Even a 10th-place result in Ice Hockey didn't stop them, as they finished eight points ahead of the O'Rangers to take gold overall.
Marbula One Season 2
- Despite qualifying 16th for the Palette Park Grand Prix, Wospy made some incredible moves throughout and took home the gold, with the fastest lap of the race to boot. He also managed to beat Speedy of the Savage Speeders in an intense battle for the pole position.
- The Savage Speedway saw Red Eye start on pole and then lead for the entirety of the face, not once overtaken and only once being threatened by Prim. After 15 laps, picking up the fastest lap time in the process, they finished a whole eight seconds ahead of 2nd place Starry. This impressive performance meant that Crazy Cat's Eyes picked up all 27 available points, guaranteeing them the Marbula One championship.
Marble League 2021 Qualifiers
- The Rojo Rollers finally broke their four year streak of failing to qualify for the main league. Likewise, The Shining Swarm broke their three year streak while The Gliding Glaciers, after failing to qualify in 2018, make it after coming out of retirement. But the biggest one has to be The Limers, who after placing last and next-to-last in the Marble League Showdown, reach qualification after the previous showdown results were rendered obsolete and they were allowed to participate in the qualifiers.
- Despite having a relatively poor showing in the 2020 Marble League, the Thunderbolts proved they weren't satisfied with their performance by coming out of the qualifiers in first place of their group. The sand rally in particular showed team captain Thunder seizing some incredible opportunities for overtakes, leading to a solid first place finish in the event.
Marble League 2021
- The 5m Sprint has the old record by the Oceanics broken not one, or even two, but four times. First, Billy of the Green Ducks broke the record in the preliminaries. Then Green Eye of the Crazy Cat's Eyes breaks it again in the semifinals only for Choc of the Chocolatiers to break it once more. Then in the final race, Green Eye breaks the record one final time to win gold and jump seven places from dead last.
- As of the Block Pushing there are two teams with no medals. One of them, the Thunderbolts, are still fourth overall purely off the back of consistently good performances. The Raspberry Racers' dominance and new record also counts.
- In the Showdown, Sea of the Oceanics managed to break the record in the 5m Sprint set by Green Eye. And all but two teams beat the old record.
- The final of the Sand Rally saw a four-way photo finish for second place, and that was immediately after another photo finish in the second heat which saw the Thunderbolts squeak 0.01 seconds ahead of the Minty Maniacs at the line.
- The fact that after the second-to-last event, Football, eleven teams are still able to win the Marble League. The Gliding Glaciers' first gold medal counts as well.
- Mellow Yellow had an absolutely disastrous 2020 Marble League, as detailed in the Woobie section of the YMMV tab, finishing 14th despite having three medals to their name. But after qualifying for this year's League they showed their worth with six podium appearances, including two consecutive gold medals midseason (in Steeplechase and the Sand Mogul), followed by a silver in the very next event (Diving). After the end of the penultimate event, they were sitting in third place, behind the Raspberry Racers and the Hazers.
- The final event - Marblocross - saw the teams start in reverse championship order, which meant that the Raspberry Racers started in 16th, Hazers 15th, and Mellow Yellow 14th. Rizzy of the Racers and Hazy of the Hazers were never able to move up the order, but Yellup of Mellow Yellow gradually moved up the order to lead in first place for most of the race. In the final two laps, they were overtaken by Minty Fresh and Kinnowin, but they still managed to hold out for a bronze to eke out a win in possibly the single tightest Marble League in the event's history and earn their first ever championship!
- There's also the Gliding Glaciers winning the bronze overall after being in thirteenth in Event 13, as well as Minty Fresh winning the gold in Marblocross getting the Minty Maniacs their only medal. At that point, the Minty Maniacs were the only team to not have a medal, which means that every team has made the podium at least once in the 2021 Marble League.
- How close was this year's Marble League? The point difference between 1st overall and 10th overall after the final event was 18 points! The teams that didn't finish top 3 didn't do so because they were bad, but because the competition was very clearly stacked this year.
2022 season
Marbula One Season 3
- Smoggy's dominance of the Sleet Street Grand Prix. After rising out of eleventh place and beating Red Eye in an intense battle for first, they end up lapping six other marbles and winning with a lead of ten seconds.
- Mirage Meowtain was the last stop of Marbula 3, and both the Crazy Cats Eyes (the home team) as well as the O'Rangers came as the 1-2 of the season, with every other team eliminated. Plus, Orangin was atop of the individual marbles' positions, with previous season champion Red Eye looming on the horizon. In the Qualifiers, Red Eye got the pole position, with Clementin having snatched #2. The expectations for the final race were very high. And it didn't disappoint: in a fierce battle where neither Clementin nor Red Eye fell below fourth position, while both of them lost the race to the Kobalts' Royal, Red Eye secured the individual championship with his #2... while Clementin's #3 secured the overall team championship for the O'Rangers. Truly a battle for the ages.
Marble League 2022
- Team Galactic making a storming start by achieving back-to-back golds in both of the first events, Climbing and Balancing. Then, after a middling performance through the next six events, earning their third gold by completely smashing through the Marble League record for Block Pushing. Though they'd ultimately end the League in third place overall, they still ended as the team with the most gold medals (four).
- Yellow, the captain of Mellow Yellow, winning their third gold medal in the 5 Metre Sprint, the most of any team in this event.
- After going the whole Marble League without a Gold Medal, the Green Ducks finally get one by winning the Elimination Race.
- The Pinkies winning the overall championship after failing to qualify for the main league two years in a row.
2023 season
Marble Rally Season 6
- Amethyst, a first-time racer, managing to win the first race of the season and their first race, period.
- Slimer managing to be the only marble this season to finish every single race and managing to win the season.
Marbula One Season 4
- Of all marbles in the league, Momo of Team Momo managed to beat out Speedy and Red Eye, two of the top-performing marbles in M1, as well as Cloudy of the Hazers and Royal from the Kobalts, to claim the individual championship.
- After a silver in M1S2 and missing the podium in M1S3, the Savage Speeders are now the first two-time team champions of Marbula One.
Marble League 2023
- The Bumblebees make a strong starting statement of their intention to avoid the host curse by coming joint first in the friendly round.
- Even though they don't fare too well through the first three events of the main league, they make another statement by smashing through the previous Block Pushing record on their first run, and even though their newly-set record is ultimately beaten by the Midnight Wisps in the last run, it's still enough to secure them first place; then they score a silver and another gold in quick succession, catapulting them to the top of the leaderboard.
- After 10 events, every team had at least one medal.
- The final round of the Elimination Race sees Rojo Uno of the Rojo Rollers overtake Gloomo of Team Plasma at the last possible second. Made even more impressive by the fact that Rojo Uno was trailing significantly, only to pick up a clear run and a sudden burst of speed whilst Gloomo was slowed down following contact with the wall of the track. This in turn scores the Rojo Rollers their first gold since 2016.
- In the final event, a Marbula One race around the Honeydome GP circuit, the last moments came down to aforementioned hosts The Bumblebees, who were in second place and were pretty dominant throughout the season, and the Crazy Cat's Eyes, who had barely clawed their way back into contention - fourth in the standings - with a few strong performances. On the final lap, the Red Eye of the Crazy Cat's Eyes managed to overtake Bumble, and gain just enough points to win the League by a single point.
- While they ultimately finished second, the Bumblebees still defeated the host curse by putting on a strong enough showing that they were almost always in top contention, battling back and forth with the Savage Speeders.
