21 Minute Marble Run Odyssey

[@MarbelHeroes]

One of the most incredible marble runs I have ever seen (and I have seen a few ones )🙂! I can't imagine how much work it must have been. 80 fails! I would have gotten crazy after already 10 or 15! And how did you manage to film all this? I have identified a couple of narrow alleys that you probably went through while filming, but I can't imagine how you managed to film and walk through them at the same time without stepping on any part of the track! Congratulations to your 1000+ subscribers! Now, we all know how you got so many :-)

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks so much! Yes, I had one narrow alley, plus one spot where I could step over into the middle. Once in the middle, I had enough space to film. Having a phone gimbal helps - I could look where to step while keeping the camera fairly steady on the action.

[@GravitraxRein]

@@MaskedMarble Thank you for your explanation! I was wondering exactly that: how on earth you had filmed this, let alone made it. The joke, of course, is that as an 'onlooker' you don't realise that. Great!

[@vietngongoc2418]

V

[@diemphuonglam4905]

iykyk

[@jessieradgowski120]

The Duck Duck Goose is probably my favorite track in the whole video. ❤

[@avacadoeinstein9753]

My Money’s On 5-4-1-2-3!

[@maathys]

It's a record of 21 not boring minutes 👏

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks! 🤠👍 I have thought about doing a longer, extremely boring video just for the record, but it would be a relaxing “ASMR”-type video to help insomniacs go to sleep.

[@maathys]

@@MaskedMarble If the sound record is good, it's a great idea ! I confess to being very fond of the relaxing sound of rooling marbles (especially with flextubes)

[@kylev7128]

Just started doing this with my son, we only have one set, but that is fine for a 5 year old. I was thinking, "I bet some people have crazy elaborate set ups with this on youtube.", You sir, did not fail me, this is insane! Thank you for putting in the time to do this, I'll have to show him.

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks for watching. Hope your son enjoys it. More large builds are being planned…

[@mesutcevik1928]

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[@mesutcevik1928]

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[@mesutcevik1928]

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[@logsnake6661]

Now the record is 125 minutes

[@MaskedMarble]

...and with GraviTrax POWER, there is a record of 145 minutes, although it is easy to build a small track that runs 9+ hrs in a small loop before the batteries run out.

[@masudashizue777]

This is the toy I wanted 60 years ago. But then, I suppose it's not too late to start.

[@MaskedMarble]

Never too late!

[@kristopherguilbault5428]

Better get to writing Santa!!!

[@Aydanbooster]

wooaa, j'en ai deja plein mais alors si j'en avait autand se serai top!

[@greninjazac4577]

It’s videos like these that express why making modular marble run systems are an incredible idea, like the ways it teaches the concept of momentum via gravity and how to manipulate it should be a perfect way of teaching physical science. Not only can it look cool, but it teaches you the base concepts of physics before going into the math portion.

[@MaskedMarble]

Yes, it is a good way to give kids an intuitive sense of mechanics. I developed a free “GraviTrax Kids Club” curriculum which includes some of that basic physics (like kinetic/potential energy, momentum, energy conversion), as well as Bible and computer science (building digital logic circuits and simple computers with marbles). It’s geared for homeschools, but is also being used in at least one elementary school I know of. I also run some free-play clubs and the kids always tend to make the same mistakes when starting out, but the physics are self-teaching as the kids adjust their courses to get them to work.

[@kristopherguilbault5428]

Yes!!! It's like figuring out the How before figuring out the Why. ;)

[@huskymcfluff]

9:50 - Damn. You had to preach at me. Now I have to leave early.

[@MaskedMarble]

If it were wrong to preach, then why are you preaching to me?

[@phantomham2749]

ITS MY CHILDHOOD DREAM

[@booshmcfadden7638]

45312? That's the same combination I have on my luggage!

[@Jason-eo7xo]

You were correct! 😅

[@АнтонСергиенко-ь2ц]

Amazing! I wish there was a game like this on the computer!

[@MaskedMarble]

There is! Download the Ravensburger GraviTrax app.

[@АнтонСергиенко-ь2ц]

​@@MaskedMarbleThank you very much!

[@jardahanus4682]

INSANE!

[@NoriTheBlackCat]

Ça ressemble aux circuits dans Track Mania 😂

[@steviewarwick7331]

Definitely translated

[@xavierguilbault1800]

Theres no syntax errors or anything, why do you think its translated?

[@NoriTheBlackCat]

J'ai écrit directement en français car maintenant il y a un bouton pour que vous puissiez traduire non ?

[@hwelvaar]

Damn, this must have cost a fortune in expansion sets ?!

[@MOVAGlobes]

We love seeing the MOVA Globe involved! Thanks for sharing :)

[@MaskedMarble]

I thought it added a very cool effect. 😎

[@Very_Rando_person]

Can’t believe you edited them in so cleanly! And also you look in the chat long after you posted the vid your so awesome I’ve never seen a KZbinr do this!

[@brankailicdavid8469]

CRAZY!!! THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRACKS I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!😱😱😱😱😱🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😉😉😉😉

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks, which part did you like best?

[@brankailicdavid8469]

@@MaskedMarble I don‘t know… maybe the marble luncher with 5 marbles…

[@keylerfonsecagameplay3934]

That gravitrax is good

[@Maximalgamedude]

Nice trac

[@BSboss365]

Super nice!

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks! 👍

[@arkasha6649]

The tracks with a lot of logical effort put into them are always the best, having marbles use same pieces of track multiple times, or having it slightly separated and taking turns between different tracks and using them all multiple times. Sorry if bad english, i dunno. Edit: the marble launch order is revealed at giant spiraling cone by AmaZANEone, 15:49 - 17:42 . Edit2: ok i take my words back, tower of power was way better, was literallg destruction going on around it, first of all 1 track piece getting flung away on the ground, as a warm up, right before the tower, then the loud gears connecting from top to bottom starting it, and finally the 2 other gears starting spinning by ropes that are also loudly flung on the ground, i love destruction!

[@MaskedMarble]

Yes, there were several other takes where things got torn apart even more. But that gives me some ideas for my future videos…

[@arkasha6649]

@@MaskedMarble nice!

[@igorbou3232]

Cool

[@jonathanporter5223]

Oh darn. I thought it was going to be just the one same marble the whole time from start to finish. Still, pretty cool, but would of been cooler and made more sense if it was just one marble.

[@MaskedMarble]

If it was a single marble, we would have to eliminate all the magnetic cannons (which are included with Gravitrax starter sets) and replace them with lift-type devices like Scoops, Flips, and Jumpers which each cost an additional $12. I only have so many of those. They are not as reliable as the cannons, though scoop is the best. So it's the marble-initiated action that continues to propagate through the track, not a single marble.

[@arcadologie]

Sacré taf !!!

[@kidstv-master]

Oh my god ❤❤❤ love it

[@gravitraxcreator3281]

Amazing! Thanks for the show 🙏🙏 BEST EVER👍👍🥇🥇🏆🏆

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks!

[@fef169]

On va faire simple : EXCEPTIONNEL !!!

[@MaskedMarble]

Merci Fred!

[@MezCook]

That's cool as sh*t! 😍

[@marblewizard4303]

Legendary. You never fail to impress! I hope your channel continues growing.

[@Sus836]

Blue, silver, red, green, and last green

[@jenshanssen5123]

The race of longest gravitrax tracks is started

[@MaskedMarble]

Although this is not the record because it wouldn’t run all the way from beginning to end in a single take. I have some ideas for the record, however.

[@BlueBlizzard]

It’s a tough one. I don’t think we will hold it for longer than 2022. we had to repeat our track very often because we had to manage the amount of Gravitrax we had.

[@MaskedMarble]

I can appreciate your accomplishment better than most; what you guys accomplished with a 20 minute track required laser focus and planning foresight. I had no idea that trying to aggregate smaller tracks together was ultimately not feasible. So that makes me wonder: at last year’s builder event, did the entire track successfully run from beginning to end by itself?

[@BlueBlizzard]

It didn’t. 6 hours were to short to built a perfect track. We had a lot of risky but beautiful trickshots but we we didn’t see how the track was filmed. We went to the hotel to prepare for dinner at this time. Maybe in this years builder event ☺️

[@MaskedMarble]

I realize that now. It’s one thing to build a track. It’s much more effort to fine-tune it so that it works every time. 💪

[@papacreatornightmarediablo7705]

4, 1, 3, 2 & 5 that's my predictions on marbles being launched

[@LordoftheBrick28]

Incroyable 👍😄

[@MaskedMarble]

Merci!

[@gussemke]

Thanks Marbles Steve Buscemi❤❤

[@Gravitrax_Fans_RV]

That's so amazing 👍👍👍

[@gravi_tommi]

I'm a huge fan of yours and this track is AMAZING!!!

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks! 🤠

[@EternalDawn]

Imagine this track but with hexbugs

[@MaskedMarble]

That would be awesome! 🤠

[@Goku_Gamer_on_YT]

4,2,1,5,3

[@ed98027]

Amazing job Chris, thanks for including my track.

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks. I was looking for long-running tracks, and yours was too good to pass up. 👍 It was more difficult to get it working on the floor than a flat tabletop, though, so I think I swapped out some of the action tiles for others.

[@BalltrackMarbleRunGravitrax]

Wow very very nice i Love it 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@MaskedMarble]

Thank you so much!

[@StayFawnTop]

This was really interesting to watch. I had looked into putting Gravitrax in my domino videos, but was put off by the product reviews I read. They have showed up in other videos in the domino community, but were always pretty small. So watching this really opened up my eyes to the possibilities for what they can do. It was truly amazing to see your work on this. What size of set (or how many sets) would you say would be big enough to make one of the track segments in this video?

[@MaskedMarble]

I think the app codes are in the video description are loaded into GraviSheet. If so, GraviSheet will help you know what tracks you can build with a hypothetical inventory of GraviTrax sets.

[@TheMarbleOdyssey]

Hey, do you have any advice on growing your channel, or getting that much gravitrax?

[@MaskedMarble]

Pray for guidance, do what you have a passion for, leverage your God-given creativity, and make vids that people want to see. I also study well-performing videos of other KZbinrs.

[@TheMarbleOdyssey]

@@MaskedMarble thank you 😊

Incredible work, congratulations to that one 👏😱

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks for watching!

[@svendkorsgaard9599]

My goodness. The equivalent of how many starter sets do you need to build something like this? :)

[@MaskedMarble]

Several dozen....

[@Zowiezo101]

4, 3, 2, 5, 1 is my guess!

[@coogelbahn]

Great work! Respect!

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks a lot!

[@amazaneone1810]

15:40 Thank you for including my track! I recently realized that my track's running time is shorter than the minimum required running time. When I was reading the rules explaining the requirements for included tracks, I misread the minimum time required as 1/2 minutes (30 seconds) instead of 1 1/2 minutes (1 minute 30 seconds). Thus, my track ended up lasting, I think, 3/4 minutes (45 seconds) when I ran it in the app (I did not have the required pieces to build my track.). So sorry about that!

[@MaskedMarble]

👍 Not a problem; I adjusted everyone’s track significantly anyway in attempts to increase reliability and lengthen running time. I simply ran multiple marbles through your track to get the time ip to 2:50, and it gave me time to perfect a new marble launching tower. I could have opted to use slow tracks in your layout, but since I already used several in the Colosseum, I decided to make your track fast for more action. Your track was the most reliable of the 10 tracks I included.

[@amazaneone1810]

@@MaskedMarble Thank you!

[@dinhtuan752]

:)

[@amazaneone1810]

@@dinhtuan752 ?

[@dinhtuan752]

sorry

[@Gravitraxbro]

OMG THANKS FOR INCLUDING MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks for submitting your track!

[@fedee3378]

45312 is the order :)

[@isaiaharagon6077]

dang there are long texts but I vote for 4

[@fishfantasyumiumi]

Couldn't agree more about the loose fitting of Gravitrax parts. Such a shame :(

[@rickygabrielleeobbink163]

4-1-3-2-5 is the order i am going to guess.

[@CLeung-qi5so]

4!

[@IamGrief887]

Making my guess at 1:46 4,2,3,1,5

[@TheTehnigga]

5, 4, 3, 2, 1

[@Nice_Guy890]

3,5,1,4,2

[@o11o1oo]

1,2,3,4,5

[@overpower3382]

I'm guessing 1-2-5-3-4!

[@hugocrespogarcia8279]

Wow i only have one pack and an expansión one so this is really cool and im gonna posibly get the wall pack for this christmas and also you deserve more subscribers keep up the good work

[@MaskedMarble]

The Pro Vertical starter set (walls) is a great addition to expand.

[@Chironseth1970]

Think I found my new go to video to help me sleep 👍

[@rhinosplushworld2448]

2, 3, 1, 4 , 5 is my geuss.

[@tisseurdereves6414]

Incredible track. I'm wondering: what are those transparent rails you use and which seem to slow-mo the marbles? Thanks!

[@MaskedMarble]

GraviTrax has slow and fast tracks that are tranparent and span 4 spaces. They come in some of the starter sets like the Obstacle & Speed. Check #gravisheet for all sets that include them.

[@zackspangler99]

35412 my guess for the order in which the marbles will fall

[@Superdolphin09]

Did you edit with iMovie if you did this is insane bro

[@MaskedMarble]

I think in that timeframe I was using iMovie. I tend to use Capcut now, but it's difficult to adjust speed ramp timings in Capcut.

[@beapelaez3465]

5

[@williambarnes5023]

I don't like it when marble runs have non-resetting pieces. I want a conveyor lift to be able to raise the marbles back to the top so they can keep going, and having them flip switches that reset mechanisms on their way down.

[@MaskedMarble]

The GraviTrax Power line does have some battery-powered lifts, and several Etsy shops carry powered screw lifts (battery or USB). A powered conveyor for GraviTrax has also recently been developed for sale by a web shop in Europe. You can find details in the GraviTrax Fans Facebook page. There was a recent post about it.

[@Sam_Hue]

4,3,5,1,2

[@maathys]

*1 2 3 4 5*

[@gravitraxbysparkita5360]

Thank you very much to including my track. Your project received a lot success and I hope you will propose something else. The idea to cooperate with many Gravitraxer around the world make unique your initiative. Every single track in your project is fantastic. Thanks for all your work.

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks for your track submission. I do like collaborative projects. 👍 🤠

[@piotrnowak3918]

👌👍

[@parkerpokemon1984]

imagen using the new power set on this

[@dinhtuan752]

YES BUT IS DISASSEMBLED

[@schorso]

22:12 🤔

[@legoguys8909]

Is that possible in the app Gravitrax

[@MaskedMarble]

Actually, most of the user tracks were submitted to me as app codes which were used as a starting point for each section. But there are some tricks in this track that would definitely not work in the app, like the marble launchers.

[@jonathanyou6801]

order : 12345

[@LachlanHamilton-f7w]

3 1 4 2 5 is it

[@GravitraxGirl]

Was für eine wunderschöne Bahn! Da hast du dir aber sehr viel Mühe beim Aufbau dieser Bahn gegeben und wie ich gesehen habe, auch sehr viel Zeit investiert. Das Ergebnis kann sich sehen lassen! Es gefällt mir richtig gut. 🤩🤩🤩 Was du in dem Gespräch mit Gravibahn angemerkt hast, kenne ich. Man baut eine Bahn, erst funktioniert sie einwandfrei und dann plötzlich funktionieren die einfachsten Kombinationen nicht mehr. Ich habe schon überlegt, ob es mit dem Gewicht der Geavitrax Teile und den Papp Bodenplatten zu tun hat, dass dadurch die Gewichtsverhältnisse verschoben werden.

[@MaskedMarble]

I think if the larger grey height tiles fit together as tightly as the shorter black height tiles, in general many things would work a lot better. It would be a step in the right direction.

[@sheepythebott]

I'm guessing 1-4-2-3-5

[@Devond085]

Cool video! Annoying music though.

[@MaskedMarble]

Yeah, this was back before I had a subscription to Epidemic Sound, which has way better music than the KZbin Music Library.

[@ericaahnstrom1326]

Im lav Grävi Tracy

[@DrewJacobson61]

I ❤ J316 reference

[@riccardopititto3990]

Nice! How many pieces did u use?

[@MaskedMarble]

I didn’t total the pieces, so I’m not sure, but I think this build used height tiles from over 100 Obstacle sets.

[@RIKO-zn7xz]

It is not a competition circuit track.

[@BlueBlizzard]

I think that’s one of my favorite tracks I have ever seen. Not because of the size at all but because of the size of your single parts. They look amazing. Thank you for mentioning that we have to longest onetake. I appreciate that! Amazing video!

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks Max!

[@BlueBlizzard]

The*

[@metho-hk6kz]

Maybe 52413?

[@gravitraxbauer5047]

I think it was 53412

[@mrtommcf08]

2

[@ReySamonte-bd4ip]

5

[@christiann3877]

great work, great contraption. very fun to watch. no need for those stupid religious proletizing messages....

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks for watching! It is interesting that you think that what God has initiated is not worthwhile. Of what moral or intellectual code are you aware, that has concluded that God's sending of his son to save you and I is a worthless attempt, and from where does such a code come from? Considering that all morals and the ability to think logically come from our creator, perhaps there is a hidden wisdom in his plan to redeem his creation after our totally failed attempts to try running the world without him. If we lived in a utopia as a result of our quest to be our own gods, you might have a point. But this human-run earth ain't no paradise.

[@christiann3877]

Thanks for your reply. Nice to see that some people are still involved in their productions. I'm not trying to deny your beliefs or any other possible. Actually, mines are probably the sames as yours... who knows... My opinion is : the point here is showing this very nice Gravitrax build. Why to you need to put forward your moral toughts in it? Imposing your way of thinking to other people is not what will make progress humanity... i call this brainwashing and totalitarism. Not the best things ever invented by humans. The real paradize (that is a real utopia) whould be everybody thinking as mankind, whitout all tose communities fighting against each other because they know the best and true way of thinking... Keep up your good work and apologies for my poor sentences, i'm not a native english speaker. @@MaskedMarble

[@MaskedMarble]

The reason I include what God did in sending his son (which has nothing to do with a moral code, but rather the fact that none of us can fully keep a moral code), is because the number one moral imperative is to love God with everything we are, and with all we have. We can't claim to love God if we ignore what he has done, or treat it as optional. Loving one another is the 2nd greatest moral imperative, so it's more important to love the creator of humans than it is to yield to the varying opinions of humans who don't like it when you honor God. Since God gave me the physical and mental faculties to build marble runs, then no marble run I build can ever be completed without the gifts he has given me. So as maestros of creativity, it is only appropriate to invite one's heavenly father to the concert which we play by living every moment of our lives.

[@hoobaguy]

​@christiann3877 you don't have to watch if you don't like it. No need for the stupid comment about you not having any morals.

[@Arrow-Pointer]

18:13 whats the song

[@MaskedMarble]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYmpYWurgsZro68si=Qc5BDMEIjfG4lZBC

[@Arrow-Pointer]

@@MaskedMarble thanks!

[@Sunshinepati]

Faudrait que l’accélération permise par la forme du parcours engendre l’énergie permettant de circuler infiniment... du coup on économise sur l’énergie délivrée pour générer l’impulsion et la circulation... la forme produit des effets sur le fonds et inversement...

[@malindazumer7848]

42351

[@aaronkarsenti6801]

I bet blue-white-red-green2-green4

[@melaniefischer7161]

1 2 3 4 5

[@davebank3218]

I know that multiple sets are purchased to create this marvel... but can you please give a rundown on what actual sets were used for this... interested in starting my son into this. obviously will not be close to this size but interested in the different sets used so that I can give him the best experience... also if you can break it down with the different sections of the run

[@MaskedMarble]

The tall sections are based on pillars/towers that are in the Gravitrax Pro Vertical Starter Set. Most of the rest of my sets are the Obstacle Starter Set, but any starter set will do. Then I have lots of the individual add-on elements like Scoop, Hammer, additional Magnetic Cannons, and Jumpers. Check out my playlists for unboxings and also "Set vs Set" comparisons of some of the GraviTrax starter sets. They all have the same core components (height tiles, marble tiles, rails, and baseplates), but they differ in what elements are bundled.

[@davebank3218]

@@MaskedMarble really appreciate it... I know my little guy will spend hours with this

[@imperialmarchinhumanbowels5726]

I like how one of the tracks just contains a religious message.

[@kihlbergcooltv]

5

[@elissathurber2639]

3521.

[@planet-jacob]

34512