Jelle's Marble Runs
YouTube channel based on racing marbles on race tracks
Jelle's Marble Runs is a YouTube channel based in the Netherlands centered on marbles, marble runs and marble races. It is run by brothers Jelle and Dion Bakker. The channel spoofs the Olympic Games, Formula One, and other sporting events with marbles and treats the cast of marbles as though they were athletes.
The Marble League (formerly MarbleLympics and previously Marble Olympics) has a choreographed opening and closing ceremony, often created using stop motion and domino runs. Many of the sports are designed to resemble Olympic sports. Each year, the channel uploads a new series of the Marble League featuring different events and teams, which are introduced in the qualifying round. If a team does not qualify, they are sent to the Showdown, essentially a shorter Marble League; any team finishing in the bottom four in the Showdown will be barred from competing in next year's Marble League qualification.
The channel also uploads Marbula One, a marble version of Formula One where many of the same teams from the Marble League send duos to faceoff, if certain marbles or teams do too badly in the season they don't appear in the next season and they get replaced by different marbles or teams. Another series is the Sand Marble Rally, which instead of teams features individual marbles exclusive to the series. As of August 26, 2026, the channel has over 1.51 million subscribers with more than 213 million views.
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