Tournament:Super Smash Con 2023

Super Smash Con 2023 was the seventh edition in the series held in Chantilly, Virginia, from August 10th-13th, 2023. The top 2 non-qualified players of Ultimate singles qualified for.

Smash 64
At 255 entrants, this was the fifth largest Smash 64 tournament of all time, and 's first supermajor tournament victory since. This was the first tournament since where  missed top 8 since, placing 9th at the event. After, Isai defeated #1 seed in Winners' Semis 3-0, but then lost to reigning Super Smash Con champion  in Winners' Finals 1-3. After his loss, Isai did not drop a game after that, with dominant 3-0's over both in Losers' Finals and Kurabba in both sets of Grand Finals.

Melee
This tournament marked the third major tournament victory in a row for, following his victories at and. The tournament notably featured one of 's best performances of the year; after losing to in top 64, he made an impressive loser's run defeating, , , moky and  to place 2nd after taking Zain to game 5 in grand finals. This tournament was the first since the SSBMRank Summer 2023 was released, with the top 8 of the tournament accurately reflecting the top 8 ranked players among those who attended, with the exception of Zuppy (rank 15) making top 8 instead of (rank 10). This tournament was 's lowest placement in his Melee singles career, placing 97th.

Brawl
At 223 entrants, this is the largest Brawl singles event since in 2014, and the first Brawl singles event to surpass 200 entrants since the end of its main competitive lifespan. upset in Winners' Top 24 with an upset factor 7, becoming the first player to get a major upset on 686M in the post-Smash 4 era. However, 686M tore up the Losers bracket, defeating 8 players, including twice in Grand Finals, to take the tournament. As 686M used for most of his run, this was the first Brawl major/supermajor won by a player who did not use  since. Also, since and  won doubles using  and, this was the first time since , the first Brawl major, that a team won a major doubles bracket without using Meta Knight.

Smash 4
Prior to the tournament's start, attention was drawn to all four of the tournament's Top 4 seeds being mains (and five out of the Top 6 in the final seeding). Seed #5 in particular noticed the Bayonetta-dominant seeding, remarking "If any TOs can't find me during my pool that is ok do not attempt to look for or contact me". With solo Bayonetta mains filling all of the Top 3 for the second year in a row and a solo Bayonetta main winning the past three years in a row, there was continued fatigue from spectators in the era post-Ultimate's release. Even in Brawl singles was not nearly as dominant at the tournament, a character regarded to be more overpowered than Bayonetta in Smash 4. High level players such as, , and dropped out from the bracket in interest of playing Ultimate, with some players such as Dabuz and  opting to not play in the bracket entirely, continuing the trend of apathy towards the game from some high level players post-Ultimate's release.

placed 1st, winning the past three Smash 4 majors and Super Smash Cons in a row. (formerly reflection), the #3 seed, was eliminated at 9th place, an underperformance after placing 3rd the previous year at and winning. Interestingly, had an impressive three representatives in Top 32:, , and. placed 9th with, the best placement for a solo Roy at a major tournament.

Ultimate
At 2,607 entrants, this is currently the third-largest Ultimate singles event and the largest Ultimate singles event since 2019.

and won doubles, becoming the first full Japanese team to win Ultimate doubles at an international major since  and  won at  in October 2019, almost four years prior.

The third day of the tournament saw a slew of upsets to the point where a Twitter upset bot was overloaded and died. The most notable upsets were on the #1 seed, who was upset by #64 seed 3-2 (upset factor 11) and #32 seed  3-2 (upset factor 9) to place 49th, tying , , and  as his worst offline placement ever. Other notable players who were eliminated early include #23 seed, who was upset by #279 seed 1-2 (upset factor 8) and #87 seed  0-2 (upset factor 4) to place 129th; #14 seed , who was upset by #115 seed  1-2 and #110 seed  2-3 (both upset factor 6) to place 97th; and #10 seed , who was upset by #119 seed  2-0 (upset factor 7) and #58 seed 1-3  (upset factor 5) to place 65th. In addition, #62 seed upset #3 seed  3-1 (upset factor 9) on Winner's side, although Sonix ultimately made it into top 32, while #8 seed  was knocked into Loser's by #25 seed  3-2 (upset factor 4), marking only the third time a European player has defeated Shuton.

The final day of the tournament saw several more notable upsets as all the remaining top 8 seeds in Winner's side, aside from, were knocked into Loser's before top 8: #4 seed was upset by #13 seed  3-2 (upset factor 4); #5 seed  was upset by his New England rival and #21 seed  3-0 (upset factor 4); #6 seed  was upset by #19 seed  3-1 (upset factor 4); and  lost 3-0 to acola. Ultimately, Miya was the only other top 8 seed to make top 8, eliminating Shuton 3-2, Light 3-1, and Tweek 3-2 along the way. The other two remaining top 8 seeds were eliminated by #29 seed, who defeated Sonix in an infamous set where DDee used to time the latter out, with Sonix ultimately quitting before finishing the final game (upset factor 7); as well as #7 seed Riddles 3-1 with  (upset factor 4). Outside of the top 8 seeds, this marked the first time defeated, having lost to him four other times in the past.

The top 32 notably had the three best players in the world at that time --, , and  -- start out on the Winner's side of bracket. In addition, had the most representation in the top 32, at 4 --, , , and.

The top 8 saw acola's only game 5 set of the tournament as Neo brought him to game 5 last stocks, with both players at a high percent. Neo ultimately lost the set as he whiffed a crucial forward smash. Dabuz defeated KEN 3-2 to become the first qualifier for. acola then defeated Dabuz 3-1 to make it into Grand Finals. In the Loser's bracket, Miya saw a strong Loser's run defeating DDee 3-0 in the runback, KEN 3-1, and Zomba 3-0 (qualifying for Watch The Throne) before losing to Dabuz 2-3 in the runback to place 3rd. However, Dabuz was swiftly 3-0d by acola in Grand Finals, giving acola his first Premier victory of the season, as well as adding to Dabuz's list of second-place finishes at majors/supermajors.

Super Smash Bros. singles
(255 entrants) Top 32 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. doubles
(65 teams) Top 32 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(860 entrants) Top 64 Bracket Top 8 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(161 teams) Top 32 Bracket Top 8 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Brawl singles
(223 entrants) Top 16 Bracket Results Thread
 * DQ'd in Losers.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl doubles
(37 teams) Top 4 Bracket

singles
(344 entrants) Top 32 Bracket Top 4 Bracket
 * DQ'd in Losers

doubles
(55 teams) Top 6 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles
(2,607 entrants) Top 32 Bracket Top 8 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles
(567 teams) Top 32 Bracket

Melee vs  crew battle
Team Donkey Kong won $5000.

vs money match
The money match was a result of trash talk from Jordan on NaetorU's participation in the and subsequent trash talk between supporters of both sides.

Smash Remix singles*
(81 entrants) Bracket
 * Smash Remix singles is organized by the community and not officially affiliated with the Super Smash Con directors.

Smash 64 combo contest

 * Did not complete the combo.

Smashies Awards
The 5th annual Smashies Awards were hosted by on August 11th, where awards were given to players nominated for different categories.

Trivia

 * During the second round of the Smash 64 Combo Contest, the camera cut away from the winning combo, performed by with two controllers, who walked up to the judges' table prior to the final hit. This initially led everyone to believe the combo had failed, with the Charge Shot missing . However, the combo actually succeeded with Fox falling back into the Charge Shot's range for the KO, earning it the nickname "The Invisible Combo".
 * Huntsman later agreed to redo the combo on stream after he won.
 * Before Ultimate doubles on August 11th, felt his knee lock, making him visit an emergency room. He was able to recover in time to play his singles pools the following morning, though he had to use crutches.
 * The tournament was Cosmos's last chance to make Top 8 at a major to win a $500 bet with . EE gave him an extension of one major tournament due to the circumstances.
 * Grand Finals of Smash 64, Melee, Brawl, and Ultimate singles all featured a player over 30 (,, , and , respectively).