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The Neurodivergent Genius Who Invented Formula 1 For Marbles
2023 · 8 min · English
★ 2025 Webby Award, Best Sports Video (Video & Film category)
Autistic YouTuber Jelle Bakker turned a childhood hobby into Marbula One, a marble racing league with team rivalries, hand-built tracks, and a fan base that treats it like a real sport. The film traces how a niche obsession scaled into one of YouTube's stranger competitive spectacles.
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Why it's free: Free on Great Big Story's own channel; GBS produced and posted it there itself.