Tournament:Smash Ultimate Summit 3

Smash Ultimate Summit 3 was a major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational tournament that was held from August 26th-29th, 2021. This was the third tournament in the Smash Summit series to be focused on Ultimate. The tournament was originally scheduled for June 11th-14th, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed, later canceled, then later reopened for August 26th-29th, 2021. Like previous Smash Summits, it was held at the Summit Gaming House, a private residence house in Los Angeles, California, and was closed to the general public.

Players invited/qualified
The winner of qualified:

The winner of qualified:

The following players were invited by Beyond The Summit:

The winner of qualified:

Players voted in

 * & (August 12th)
 * & (August 14th)
 * & (August 16th)

Players eliminated
These players were eliminated in voting:
 * ,, (August 9th)
 * ,, (August 10th)
 * ,, (August 12th)
 * ,, (August 14th)
 * & (August 16th)
 * Both Peanut and WaDi were flown in as alternates in case any qualified players had travel issues.

These players were eliminated in the nomination phase:

Eligible players
Players were eligible if they met the following requirements:
 * Resided in the United States, Canada, or Mexico, due to restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic
 * Ranked on either the Fall 2019 PGRU or the OrionRank Pre-Quarantine
 * Placed top 64 at or
 * Placed top 32 at, , , or
 * During the pandemic period, placed top 3 at any offline event with at least 64 entrants or any online event with at least 400 entrants
 * Participated in

Declined players
was originally invited to the Summit, but due to travel issues that stemmed from the COVID-19 pandemic as well as problems that and  faced for, he was unable to attend.

Although they were in the nomination phase,, , and dropped out.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles
(16 entrants) Final Bracket

Random vs Random Squad Strike
(16 entrants) Bracket

Wi-Fi Warrior Championship
In Wi-Fi Warrior Championship, input delay is increased every 30 seconds, up to 400 ms. (8 entrants) Bracket

Puppet Master
In Puppet Master, the player is blindfolded while their partner directs them. (8 teams) Bracket
 * Blindfolded Player
 * Partner Director

VIP Bracket
(16 entrants) Bracket

Alpharad's Portal Smash
In Alpharad's Portal Smash, players play on custom stages by with portals. (8 entrants)

Trivia

 * Dark Wizzy qualified one year and five months prior to the tournament due to it being postponed. After it was postponed, there were jokes congratulating Dark Wizzy on winning Smash Ultimate Summit 3 due to him being the only confirmed player.
 * At $159,131, this tournament has the largest singles pot for an Ultimate tournament, more than tripling 's record of $51,917, and is the first to exceed $100,000. It is also the largest pot for any Smash game, beating out 's record.
 * As a result, won the largest cash prize in Smash history, at $47,739.30.
 * Similarly to Smash Summit 11, the vote-in process for Smash Ultimate Summit 3 achieved a number of firsts in comparison to prior Summits:
 * During the final day of nomination, an anonymous user botted the nomination phase, causing a surge of votes for, , , and.
 * During the second round of elimination, edged out  by a single vote, making this the closest someone was from being eliminated for a Smash Summit tournament.
 * received the most votes for any first round Summit vote-in player in Summit history up to that point (around 120,900 votes), narrowly surpassing 's record at Smash Summit 11.
 * received the most votes for any player that would ultimately be eliminated from the voting phase (around 144,000 votes), surpassing 's record at Smash Summit 11.
 * received the most votes out of anyone ever voted into a Summit event (around 184,000 votes), surpassing 's record at Smash Summit 11.
 * This was the first Smash Summit:
 * with no top Melee players competing (discounting in the VIP bracket).
 * where a player that qualified by winning a qualifying tournament,, did not win a single set while competing.
 * where a player that placed last at a previous Summit would go on to win the entire event.
 * This was the first Smash Ultimate Summit where every player that was voted in won at least one set while competing.
 * This is the first time since where Tweek defeated  offline, ending Tweek's losing streak against MkLeo.
 * Likewise, this was the first time since (in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U) where  defeated.