Smasher:Cody Schwab

Cody Schwab, formerly known as iBDW, is a Melee smasher from Queens, New York who is currently considered the best player in the world and the best Melee player in the world since 2023. He originally began competing out of curiosity for how far he could progress in late Spring of 2015, but after having difficulty finding practice in person he began grinding on Anther's Ladder, where he quickly rose to the top of the rankings. His play style makes heavy usage of Fox's up-air for juggles, his tilts and mobility for zoning and approaching, and quick out of shield options to create openings or end stocks. He is also famed for his heavy use of fulljumping to find openings and beat out approaches.

He is currently ranked 2nd on the SSBMRank Summer 2023 (though he will automatically be ranked 1st on the SSBMRank 2023 due to the results of ), and was formerly ranked 1st on the New York City Melee Power Rankings and 3rd on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings.

In pools of, Cody Schwab went 0-3 losing to Zain 1-3, 2-3 and  1-3, earning himself the bottom seed in main bracket, but once in main bracket he would go on to beat  3-0 before losing to  2-3. In losers, Cody Schwab would beat 3-2, Mango 3-1,  3-0, and  3-1, before finally falling to  1-3, placing 4th.

In September 2021, after almost a year of exceptionally strong performances online, Cody Schwab would claim his first ever major tournament win at. He defeated Hungrybox 3-1, and then 3-2 and 3-1 in two back to back sets to win the tournament without dropping a set.

Cody Schwab would later win his first supermajor at in December 2021. He notably defeated Hungrybox 3-1, 3-2, aMSa 3-1, Zain 3-2, and Mango 3-0 to win the tournament without dropping a set, claiming his first set win over Zain in the process and finally defeating every player that was ranked above him on the 2019 MPGR.

After a series of victories rivalling that of Zain in 2023, Zain, Cody Schwab, and organized a first-to-10 match between him and Zain, the winner of which would be automatically given 1st on the SSBMRank 2023 rankings. He defeated Zain 10-7, firmly cementing his place as best in the world.

Cody Schwab has been sponsored by, an endeavor of YouTube video creator zamsire, for the duration of multiple tournaments, including , , , and. In a similar fashion, he was sponsored by Nestlé's Canadian chocolate bar Coffee Crisp for the duration of.

Trivia

 * When he was younger, his Xbox tag was "iBDoiNWorK" which he then shortened to iBDW upon coming into the competitive Smash scene. He confirmed that it stood for nothing, and he usually preferred for people to refer to him by his name, Cody. He officially changed his tag to his real name, Cody Schwab, following.
 * Cody Schwab is colorblind, being a protanope (absence of red retinal photoreceptors, making him unable to see red and several shades of other colors).
 * Cody Schwab has defeated all of the 2019 MPGR top 8 in offline sets, defeating, , and at ,  at ,  at ,  at ,  at , and  at.
 * Cody Schwab is the first solo player to be ranked number 1 in the entirety of Melee's history.

Gameplay videos

 * iBDW vs Dizzkidboogie
 * iBDW vs Professor Pro
 * iBDW vs aMSa
 * iBDW vs Mang0
 * iBDW vs Hungrybox