Tournament:Smash Ultimate Summit 6

Smash Ultimate Summit 6
Dates	March 23rd-26th, 2023
Venue	Summit Gaming House
Address/City	unknown Los Angeles, California
Attendance	16
Entry fees	N/A
Pot size(s)	TBD
Results
winners	acola
Staff
Organizer(s)	Beyond the Summit

Smash Ultimate Summit 6 was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational tournament. It was the sixth and final installment of the Smash Summit series for Ultimate, and was held from March 23rd-26th, 2023 at the Summit Gaming House, a private residence house in Los Angeles, California, which is closed to the general public. It was the final Smash Summit and Beyond the Summit's final event, following Beyond the Summit's decision to shut down after the event.

The voting process was similar to Smash Summit 14, with 2 votes earned per $1 spent in the shop, as well as a $5 voting pass for 100 votes and an additional 100 votes after spending $30 or more, limited to one per person.

Players invited/qualified

The top 6 players at Mainstage 2022 qualified:

•  Sparg0
•  Tweek
•  Big D
•  Light*
•  ApolloKage
•  Kurama

The following players were invited by Beyond the Summit:

•  MkLeo
•  Glutonny
•  acola
•  ProtoBanham

The highest-placing non-qualified player at GENESIS 9 qualified:

•  MuteAce (who finished 2nd)

The highest-placing non-qualified player at Collision 2023 qualified:

•  Riddles (who finished 1st)

*Light was unable to attend due to complications with COVID-19 and was replaced with Skyjay (Collision 2023 runner-up), who defeated Lui$ (Top 8 at Mainstage) in a special best of 5 play-in.

•  Skyjay

Players voted in

•  Hungrybox (February 18th)
•  Aaron (February 20th)
•  NaetorU (February 22nd)
•  VoiD (February 24th)

Players eliminated

These players were eliminated in voting:

•  Asimo,  Luugi,  Chase,  Chronos (February 18th)
•  Regalo,  Peckham,  Jakal,  Justice (February 20th)
•  Geist,  Squidplumber,  Sonix,  Onin (February 22nd)
•  omega,  SHADIC,  Umeki,  Marss (February 24th)

These players were eliminated in the nomination phase:

boku	Cee	ChunkyKong	comet	Demon	Emdy
frawg	GANDIX	Jake	jaredisking1	JAVI ON EARTH	JeJaJeJa
Marvelous_Marco	Nitox	Nuggetz	pango	RaymondNoodles	RiskTKR
Samuel	ShinyMark	Soar	Vendetta	WaDi	Wildz
X'avier	YoseFu

Eligible players

Players were eligible if they met any of the following requirements:

• Ranked in the top 100 on the UltRank 2022
• Placed top 64 at Super Smash Con 2022, Riptide 2022, The Big House 10, Apex 2022, Mainstage 2022, and GENESIS 9
• Placed top 32 at Shine 2022, Glitch - Regen, Lost Tech City 2022, Maesuma TOP 10, Let's Make Moves Miami, Port Priority 7, Ultimate Fighting Arena 2022, Tech Republic VI, Let's Make Big Moves 2023, and Umebura SP 9

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(16 entrants)
Final Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	acola		$31,274.10
2nd	Tweek		$15,637.05
3rd	Big D		$12,509.64
4th	Kurama		$10,424.70
5th	Skyjay		$6,254.82
5th	ProtoBanham		$6,254.82
7th	ApolloKage		$3,127.41
7th	Glutonny		$3,127.41
9th	VoiD		$2,084.94
9th	Riddles		$2,084.94
9th	MuteAce		$2,084.94
9th	MkLeo		$2,084.94
13th	NaetorU		$1,459.46
13th	Aaron		$1,459.46
13th	Hungrybox		$1,459.46
13th	Sparg0		$1,459.46

Side events

Squad Strike

(16 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Sparg0
2nd	MkLeo
3rd	Aaron
3rd	VoiD
5th	Big D
5th	Riddles
5th	ProtoBanham
5th	MuteAce
9th	Lui$
9th	acola
9th	ApolloKage
9th	NaetorU
9th	Kurama
9th	Tweek
9th	Glutonny
9th	Hungrybox

Final Spot Qualifier Match

The replacement player for Light was determined by a Best of 5 set between Lui$ and Skyjay, two VIP players who were one rank away from qualifying at Mainstage 2022 and Collision 2023 respectively.

Winner	Character(s)	Loser	Character(s)	Score	Prize
Skyjay		Lui$		3-1	Qualified for singles

Damage Ratio Wheel

Before each game, a wheel was spun to determine the damage ratio/launch rate.
(8 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	ApolloKage
2nd	Big D
3rd	Riddles
3rd	Kurama