Tournament:Smash Summit 3

Smash Summit 3 was the third edition of the Smash Summit tournament series. It was a national Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational tournament held in Los Angeles, California from November 3rd to 6th, 2016 by Beyond the Summit. Singles, doubles and side events were hosted. The tournament was held at the Summit gaming house, a private residence, and was not open to the general public.

Players invited
These 10 players were invited by Beyond The Summit:



Players voted in
6 more players were voted in by the community. They had to be Top 50 in the 2015 SSBMRank, or have placed top 16 at, , , or. The players voted in were, in that order:
 * & (October 19th)
 * & (October 20th)
 * & (October 21st)

Players eliminated
These players were eliminated in the nomination phase (October 14th):

These players were eliminated in the voting phase, in that order:
 * & (October 17th)
 * & (October 18th)
 * & (October 19th)
 * & (October 20th)
 * & (October 21st)

Crews
The same way it was done at, 4 captains previously chosen by vote (Westballz, Mew2King, Leffen and Mango) formed crews using the snake draft method. Each crew competed in the Summit's various games and side events such as Jeopardy! and the Iron Man Tournament.

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(16 entrants) Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(8 teams) Bracket

Draft crew battle
(4 crews, single elimination bracket) Bracket

Iron Man tournament
(4 entrants, double elimination bracket) Bracket

Around the World
Around the World is a 4-player game where each player starts with a character from a corner of the select screen and advances characters by winning a round. Each round consists of a 2 stock, 2 minute random stage free-for-all with items on--sudden deaths are played out. Player who advances the most characters in a set time or travels around the world wins. (4 entrants)

Blind Man Challenge
Each team consists of a blindfolded player receiving instructions from their teammate

(4 teams, double elimination bracket) Bracket

Trivia

 * This is the only major invitational tournament in 2016 to not have an Ice Climbers main in it.
 * This is the first tournament in the Smash Summit tournament series where a participating member of the Top Six did not make top eight, with Leffen's placing at 9th.