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| bestresultssb4 = 4th / 119 at {{Trn|Super Smash Con: Fall Fest|g=SSB4}} | | bestresultssb4 = 4th / 119 at {{Trn|Super Smash Con: Fall Fest|g=SSB4}} | ||
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'''Sparg0''' is an ''[[Ultimate]]'' {{SSBU|Cloud}} player born in San Diego, California who is currently residing in Tijuana, Mexico. He is considered one of the best ''Ultimate'' players of all | '''Sparg0''' is an ''[[Ultimate]]'' {{SSBU|Cloud}} player born in San Diego, California who is currently residing in Tijuana, Mexico. He is considered one of the three best ''Ultimate'' players of all time alongside {{Sm|MkLeo}} and {{Sm|acola}}, as well as the current best player in the world since the second half of 2024; the best Cloud player of all-time and one of the best [[Aegis]] players of all-time, being one of the first top-level representatives for both characters; and the best player in North America's online metagame, ranking 1st on two iterations of the [[Wi-Fi Warrior Rank]]. He was also the best player in North America throughout 2023, ranking 1st on the [[LumiRank 2023/North America Top 200|LumiRank 2023 North America]]. In addition, he is also considered one of the best doubles players in the world, often teaming up with either {{Sm|Chag}} or {{Sm|Skyjay}}, and having won several large doubles events with them. | ||
Sparg0 is one of the most well-known prodigies in Smash, competing with and even taking sets off of top professionals as early as the age of 13. This, along with his heavy usage of sword characters, has given him comparisons to MkLeo's ''Smash 4'' career. He is one of the youngest ''Ultimate'' players to win their first major alongside {{Sm|Doramigi}} and {{Sm|acola}}, winning {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 4}} at the age of 16. | Sparg0 is one of the most well-known prodigies in Smash, competing with and even taking sets off of top professionals as early as the age of 13. This, along with his heavy usage of sword characters, has given him comparisons to MkLeo's ''Smash 4'' career. He is one of the youngest ''Ultimate'' players to win their first major alongside {{Sm|Doramigi}} and {{Sm|acola}}, winning {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 4}} at the age of 16. | ||
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Unfortunately, all these strong performances were offset by the rest of his season, which was arguably Sparg0's worst string of performances since the pandemic. The superregional {{Trn|PSKSHOWDOWN 7}} was his first underperformance, as Sparg0 was upset by {{Sm|Mr. E}} and {{Sm|AlanDiss}} for 5th. However, this was soon overshadowed by his performances during the Golden Week. Despite high hopes for him due to his previous win in Japan, as well as his reputation for being great against Japan's best players, Sparg0 underperformed at both of his Japanese events, placing 13th at {{Trn|DELTA 8}} after losing to {{Sm|Rarikkusu}} and {{Sm|Lv.1}} before then placing 33rd at {{Trn|Kagaribi 12}} after losing to {{Sm|Toriguri}} and {{Sm|Noi}}. Finally, he failed to replicate his Smash Factor X victory, falling to 5th at {{Trn|S Factor 11}} after losing two game 5 sets to {{Sm|Cosmos}} and SHADIC, an unfortunate reverse 3-stock in the fourth game effectively sealing the deal in the latter set. Although he was able to even up his record against MkLeo at S Factor 11, this unceremonious conclusion to Sparg0's season, coupled with underwhelming records for a top 10 player (4-5 against the top 10 and 22-12 against the top 50) was reflected in his final ranking, where he fell to 9th on the [[LumiRank 2024.1]], his worst placement since the early metagame and a placement that surprised many. | Unfortunately, all these strong performances were offset by the rest of his season, which was arguably Sparg0's worst string of performances since the pandemic. The superregional {{Trn|PSKSHOWDOWN 7}} was his first underperformance, as Sparg0 was upset by {{Sm|Mr. E}} and {{Sm|AlanDiss}} for 5th. However, this was soon overshadowed by his performances during the Golden Week. Despite high hopes for him due to his previous win in Japan, as well as his reputation for being great against Japan's best players, Sparg0 underperformed at both of his Japanese events, placing 13th at {{Trn|DELTA 8}} after losing to {{Sm|Rarikkusu}} and {{Sm|Lv.1}} before then placing 33rd at {{Trn|Kagaribi 12}} after losing to {{Sm|Toriguri}} and {{Sm|Noi}}. Finally, he failed to replicate his Smash Factor X victory, falling to 5th at {{Trn|S Factor 11}} after losing two game 5 sets to {{Sm|Cosmos}} and SHADIC, an unfortunate reverse 3-stock in the fourth game effectively sealing the deal in the latter set. Although he was able to even up his record against MkLeo at S Factor 11, this unceremonious conclusion to Sparg0's season, coupled with underwhelming records for a top 10 player (4-5 against the top 10 and 22-12 against the top 50) was reflected in his final ranking, where he fell to 9th on the [[LumiRank 2024.1]], his worst placement since the early metagame and a placement that surprised many. | ||
Despite this unfortunate finish and his string of underperformances, Sparg0 was able to get out of this slump immediately as the new season started. His third trip to Japan for {{Trn|Kagaribi | ===Claiming the throne=== | ||
Despite this unfortunate finish and his string of underperformances, Sparg0 was able to get out of this slump immediately as the new season started. His third trip to Japan for {{Trn|Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi}} saw what many considered a return to form: although knocked into losers by {{Sm|Doramigi}}, Sparg0 was able to make a strong losers run to 3rd, knocking out {{Sm|Asimo}} and getting his revenge against Doramigi and Lv.1, ultimately losing to acola for the first time since Ludwig Smash Invitational. His performance at this event, especially his wins over players who had previously defeated him that year, was a foreshadow to what was coming at {{Trn|Supernova 2024}}. In what many considered his revenge tour, Sparg0 was able to win his runbacks against Hurt and SHADIC, while a surprise character choice of {{SSBU|Roy}} in game 2 onwards allowed him to defeat Sonix and claim his first P-tier win of the season. | |||
Sparg0 followed this performance with yet another P-tier victory at {{Trn|Riptide 2024}}, winning every game up to winner's semifinals and taking the event by double-eliminating {{Sm|Shuton}}. At the {{Trn|Luminosity Invitational 2: Back to School}}, though he lost early to MkLeo and Zomba in round robin pools, which sent him to the losers bracket for the main bracket, Sparg0 managed to claw his way out to a 2nd place finish through an incredible losers run, defeating Sonix 3-2 (once again using Roy), Maister | Sparg0 followed this performance with yet another P-tier victory at {{Trn|Riptide 2024}}, winning every game up to winner's semifinals and taking the event by double-eliminating {{Sm|Shuton}}. At the {{Trn|Luminosity Invitational 2: Back to School}}, though he lost early to MkLeo and Zomba in round robin pools, which sent him to the losers bracket for the main bracket, Sparg0 managed to claw his way out to a 2nd place finish through an incredible losers run, defeating Sonix 3-2 (once again using Roy), as well as beating Maister, Light, Asimo, Zomba, and Shuton before defeating {{Sm|Kola}} 3-1 in the first set of Grand Finals. At {{Trn|The Throne 2024}}, Sparg0 lost to {{Sm|Zackray}} in round robin pools but beat Marss, Tweek, {{Sm|Candle}}, Hurt, MkLeo and Light twice to win the entire event. These five performances led many to believe Sparg0 had not only redeemed his LumiRank 2024.1 placement, but also made him the undisputed #1 for the [[LumiRank 2024.2]] season. | ||
However, there was incredibly strong competition for the throne from Japan's other best player, {{Sm|Miya|p=Honshu}}, whose season was similar to Sparg0. Miya had won every major event he attended in Japan, including the premier-tier events Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi and {{Trn|Umebura SP 11}}, and as such tied Sparg0 in the number of premier-tier wins. In addition, unlike previous seasons where Sparg0 had a dominant record over Miya, Miya and Sparg0 had an even record for the LumiRank 2024.2 season, with Miya winning their encounter at {{Trn|Litvitational 3}} and the first set of Grand Finals at {{Trn|Don't Park on the Grass 2024}}, while Sparg0 won their encounters at both Winners Final and the reset at Don't Park on the Grass. Finally, although Miya had underperformed at several North American events, the losses he took at those events were from players who were ranked in the top 50 that season, and as such Miya and Sparg0 had virtually the same number of losses against top 50 players (Sparg0 having just one less than Miya). These statistics led some to question whether another Japanese player would "steal" the #1 rank away from Sparg0, a fear exacerbated the day before the rankings were revealed, where it was revealed that the gap between #2 and #1 was the closest in ''Ultimate'' history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/Stuart98SSB/status/1875292479072956644|title=The top 3 being close on LumiRank 2024.2}}</ref> | |||
This fear would not last, as the rankings revealed that Sparg0 was just able to edge Miya out of the top spot by .9 points, finally allowing Sparg0 to claim the throne for the first time in his career. | |||
==Rankings== | ==Rankings== | ||
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|[[LumiRank 2024.1]]||December 18th, 2023 - July 15th, 2024||9th||{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Corrin|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||Pyra/Mythra were only listed on the full top 50 graphic. | |[[LumiRank 2024.1]]||December 18th, 2023 - July 15th, 2024||9th||{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Corrin|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||Pyra/Mythra were only listed on the full top 50 graphic. | ||
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|[[LumiRank 2024.2]]||July 16th - December 16th, 2024||1st||{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Roy|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||Roy was only listed on the full top 50 graphic. | |||
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|January-June 2024||1st||{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=20px}}|| | |January-June 2024||1st||{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=20px}}|| | ||
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|July-December 2024||1st||{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=20px}}|| | |||
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|{{Trn|Warlock's Secret Village|g=SSBU}}||November 30th, 2024||2nd / 88||—||—||— | |{{Trn|Warlock's Secret Village|g=SSBU}}||November 30th, 2024||2nd / 88||—||—||— | ||
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|{{Trn|Posada Gamer 2024|g= | |{{Trn|Posada Gamer 2024|g=SSBU}}||December 13th-15th, 2024||1st / 136||—||—||— | ||
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|{{Trn|Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2025|g=SSBU}}||January 3rd-5th, 2025||1st / 832||9th / 124||{{Sm|Dark Wizzy}}||— | |||
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|{{Trn|Worst of the West 1|g=SSBU}}||January 26th, 2025||1st / 117||—||—||— | |||
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**{{iw|wikipedia|Twice}} is his favorite K-Pop music group, as evident by his "4jeongyeon" tag during 2022 and first half of 2023. | **{{iw|wikipedia|Twice}} is his favorite K-Pop music group, as evident by his "4jeongyeon" tag during 2022 and first half of 2023. | ||
*Sparg0 placed in Top 8 of every offline ''Ultimate'' tournament he entered after {{Trn|GENESIS 7}} in January 2020 until {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 6}} in March 2023. | *Sparg0 placed in Top 8 of every offline ''Ultimate'' tournament he entered after {{Trn|GENESIS 7}} in January 2020 until {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 6}} in March 2023. | ||
*Sparg0 is well known for being one of the players with the best records against Japan's top level, having winning records on acola (7-2), {{Sm|Miya|p=Honshu}} (5-2), {{Sm|Shuton}} (5-2), {{Sm| | *Sparg0 is well known for being one of the players with the best records against Japan's top level, having winning records on acola (7-2), {{Sm|Asimo}} (6-0), {{Sm|Miya|p=Honshu}} (5-2), {{Sm|Shuton}} (5-2), {{Sm|Hurt}} (4-2) and {{Sm|zackray}} (2-1). | ||
**He is also the only North American player to win an ''Ultimate'' Japanese supermajor, winning {{Trn|Kagaribi 10}}, and is one of the few non-Japanese players to place top 8 at multiple Japanese supermajors, alongside {{Sm|Riddles}}. | **He is also the only North American player to win an ''Ultimate'' Japanese supermajor, winning {{Trn|Kagaribi 10}}, and is one of the few non-Japanese players to place top 8 at multiple Japanese supermajors, alongside {{Sm|Riddles}}. | ||