Utah Power Rankings

The Utah Power Rankings is a list compiled by a pre-selected panel which lists the top ranked players of the state of Utah. The Melee Utah Power Rankings was started by Gojira on May 16, 2007. Shortly before Brawl's release, Gojira stopped updating the list, since everyone was anticipating Brawl's release. But after the release of Brawl, Gojira lost interest in it and in continuing the list, and never got to making a Brawl Power Rankings list.

Months after Brawl's release, Utah has had multiple lists based solely on a mathematical formula that lengeta suggested. But none of these lists were really made known, since they were posted in the midst of the posts of the old Power Rankings thread but never got posted in the first post of the thread. On October 6, 2008, Perfect Chaos took over management of Utah's Power Rankings. The opening list was a working list made through Perfect Chaos's sole judgment, but everyone (that spoke up) in the community agreed that it was a good list before it was officially made public. All lists after which is, and will be, decided on by a full panel.

Panel Members

Current Brawl Panel

(Current as of 11/10/09)

The current members of Utah's Brawl panel: Dark Ryu, lanky_gunner, Perfect Chaos, Rade, & Sinz

Former members of Utah's Brawl panel: CorruptFate, Dai-A, FoxTheStampede, Ken Neth

Current Melee Panel

To be determined...

Old Melee Panel

Utah's Melee panel as it was when the last Melee list was updated under old management: CREA, FoxTheStampede, Gojira, Perfect Chaos, & Xsyven

Panel members that were previously taken off of the old management's panel: laozy

Current Utah Brawl Power Rankings

Rankings Last Changed on November 10, 2009

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	X	3	▲	Sonic
2	Sexy Yaz	5	▲	Meta Knight
3	Sinz	N/A	*	Marth
4	Dark Ryu	2	▼	Diddy Kong, Meta Knight, King Dedede
5	Rade	6	▲	Fox

NOTE: Ken Neth (1) was recently dropped from the top-10 due to going on a mission. Ken Neth was placed on the Hall of Fame at this time.

NOTE: Due to the change from top-10 to top-5, the following players were dropped from the list: Lada (4), lanky_gunner (7), Staz (8), marsulas (9), & spudzalot (10).

NOTE: Sinz was added to the panel at this time.

Current Utah Melee Power Rankings

Rankings Last Changed on June 5, 2009

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Perfect Chaos	▬	▬	Sheik, Fox, Marth, Jigglypuff, Pikachu
2	Sexy Yaz	▬	▬	Peach, Fox
3	X	▬	▬	Captain Falcon, Falco
4	FoxTheStampede	▬	▬	Fox
5	Lada	▬	▬	Samus

NOTE: There are no change-in-positions listed this time due to the long gap between updates.

Hall of Fame

Smasher	Last Rank	Achievement Rank	Main Character	Other Character(s)	Achievement Summary
Dai-A	1	Gold	Falco	Snake	Dai-A was regarded by the majority as Utah's undisputed #1 since the moment that Utah had its first Brawl tournament up to when he left the state of Utah in March of 2009.
Ken Neth	1	Bronze	Snake	Wario	Ken Neth has never been lower than fourth place on the Power Rankings and was ranked as first place on two Power Rankings lists, one of which was the one before he left in November of 2009.

Previous Lists

This area holds records of previous Utah Power Rankings.

08/16/09 Brawl Power Rankings List

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Ken Neth	1	▬	Snake, Wario
2	Dark Ryu	4	▲	Diddy Kong, Meta Knight, King Dedede
3	X	3	▬	Sonic
4	Lada	5	▲	R.O.B.
5	Sexy Yaz	2	▼	Meta Knight
6	Rade	6	▬	Fox
7	lanky_gunner	7	▬	Snake
8	Staz	8	▬	Donkey Kong
9	marsulas	N/A	*	Sheik, Zelda
10	spudzalot	N/A	*	Snake

NOTE: Waffle Can (9) was recently dropped from the top-10 due to going on a mission.

NOTE: CorruptFate (10) was recently dropped from the top-10.

06/15/09 Brawl Power Rankings List

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Ken Neth	2	▲	Snake, Wario
2	Sexy Yaz	3	▲	Meta Knight
3	X	1	▼	Sonic
4	Dark Ryu	4	▬	Diddy Kong, Meta Knight
5	Lada	5	▬	R.O.B.
6	Rade	6	▬	Fox, Yoshi, Toon Link
7	lanky_gunner	8	▲	Snake, Diddy Kong, Bowser
8	Staz	7	▼	Donkey Kong
9	Waffle Can	9	▬	Kirby
10	CorruptFate	10	▬	Pit

05/01/09 Brawl Power Rankings List

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	X	2	▲	Sonic
2	Ken Neth	N/A	*	Snake
3	Sexy Yaz	1	▼	Meta Knight
4	Dark Ryu	3	▼	Diddy Kong
5	Lada	4	▼	R.O.B.
6	Rade	5	▼	Fox, Yoshi, Toon Link
7	Staz	6	▼	Donkey Kong
8	lanky_gunner	9	▲	Snake, Diddy Kong, Bowser
9	Waffle Can	10	▲	Kirby
10	CorruptFate	8	▼	Pit

NOTE: wangston (7) was recently dropped from the top-10 due to moving away from Utah.

NOTE: Ken Neth was re-added due to not actually retiring.

04/01/09 Brawl Power Rankings List

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Sexy Yaz	2	▲	Meta Knight
2	X	4	▲	Sonic
3	Dark Ryu	7	▲	Diddy Kong
4	Lada	5	▲	R.O.B.
5	Rade	9	▲	Fox, Yoshi, Toon Link
6	Staz	8	▲	Donkey Kong
7	wangston	6	▼	Falco, Captain Falcon
8	CorruptFate	10	▲	Pit
9	lanky_gunner	N/A	*	Snake, Diddy Kong, Bowser
10	Waffle Can	N/A	*	Kirby

NOTE: Ken Neth (3) was recently dropped from the top-10 and the panel, due to retiring. Ken Neth was then re-added as a temporary panelist, since he will still be coming to some tournaments in the future (but not enter).

NOTE: Dai-A was placed as #0 of the rankings as an April Fool's joke. He was told ahead of time that something "special" will be done for him since moved away from Utah as Utah's undisputed #1. The rank 0 was just a joke, in order to fool him into think that was the real surprise. The real surprise was revealed the following day, which was: Dai-A was placed on the newly created "Hall of Fame" at this time.

02/25/09 Brawl Power Rankings List

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Dai-A	1	▬	Falco, Snake
2	Sexy Yaz	2	▬	Meta Knight
3	Ken Neth	4	▲	Snake
4	X	3	▼	Sonic
5	Lada	5	▬	R.O.B.
6	wangston	6	▬	Falco, Captain Falcon
7	Dark Ryu	8	▲	Diddy Kong
8	Staz	7	▼	Donkey Kong
9	Rade	9	▬	Fox, Yoshi, Toon Link
10	CorruptFate	N/A	*	Pit

NOTE: Waffle Can (10) was recently dropped from the top-10.

02/04/09 Brawl Power Rankings List

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Dai-A	1	▬	Falco, Snake
2	Sexy Yaz	2	▬	Meta Knight
3	X	3	▬	Sonic
4	Ken Neth	4	▬	Snake
5	Lada	5	▬	R.O.B.
6	wangston	6	▬	Falco, Captain Falcon
7	Staz	7	▬	Ice Climbers, Marth, Donkey Kong
8	Dark Ryu	10	▲	Diddy Kong
9	Rade	8	▼	Fox, Yoshi, Toon Link
10	Waffle Can	N/A	*	Kirby

NOTE: Zeth (9) was recently dropped from the top-10 due to an unofficial retirement that was agreed upon by the panel.

12/23/08 Brawl Power Rankings List

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Dai-A	1	▬	Falco, Snake
2	Sexy Yaz	4	▲	Meta Knight
3	X	2	▼	Sonic
4	Ken Neth	3	▼	Snake, Olimar
5	Lada	5	▬	R.O.B.
6	wangston	6	▬	Falco, Captain Falcon
7	Staz	7	▬	Ice Climbers, Marth, Donkey Kong
8	Rade	9	▲	Yoshi, Toon Link, Fox
9	Zeth	N/A	*	Meta Knight
10	Dark Ryu	8	▼	Diddy Kong

NOTE: Minato (10) was recently dropped from the top-10.

11/24/08 Brawl Power Rankings List

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Dai-A	1	▬	Falco, Snake
2	X	2	▬	Sonic
3	Ken Neth	3	▬	Snake, Olimar
4	Sexy Yaz (YazYaz)	4	▬	Meta Knight
5	Lada	5	▬	R.O.B.
6	wangston	8	▲	Falco, Captain Falcon
7	Staz	6	▼	Marth, Donkey Kong, Ike
8	Dark Ryu	7	▼	Diddy Kong
9	Rade	10	▲	Ness, Wario
10	Minato	N/A	*	Pikachu, Sonic

NOTE: Waffle Can (9) was recently dropped from the top-10.

10/21/08 Brawl Power Rankings List

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Dai-A	1	▬	Falco, Snake
2	X	3	▲	Sonic
3	Ken Neth	2	▼	Snake, Olimar
4	YazYaz	5	▲	Meta Knight
5	Lada	4	▼	R.O.B.
6	Staz	6	▬	Marth, Donkey Kong, Ike
7	Dark Ryu	7	▬	Diddy Kong
8	wangston	N/A	*	Falco
9	Waffle Can	10	▲	Kirby
10	Rade	9	▼	Ness, Wario

NOTE: Minato (8) was recently dropped from the top-10.

10/06/08 Brawl Power Rankings List

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Dai-A	1	▬	Falco, Snake
2	Ken Neth	6	▲	Snake, Olimar
3	X	2	▼	Sonic
4	Lada	3	▼	R.O.B.
5	YazYaz	N/A	*	Meta Knight
6	Staz	5	▼	Ike, Donkey Kong
7	Dark Ryu	N/A	*	Diddy Kong
8	Minato	N/A	*	Olimar, Ness
9	Rade	8	▼	Ness, Wario
10	Waffle Can	N/A	*	Kirby

NOTE: Previous rankings are based on the unofficial mathematical list made on July 28, 2008.

NOTE: Perfect Chaos (4), Gojira (7), S@G3 (9), & W!ld Child (10) were recently dropped from the top-10.

11/13/07 Power Rankings List

This was the final Melee Power Rankings list under the old management. With the anticipation of Brawl, the Melee rankings ceased from being updated under old management.

The panel members at the end of the old management were: CREA, FoxTheStampede, Gojira, Perfect Chaos, and Xsyven

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Perfect Chaos	1	▬	Sheik, Marth, Jigglypuff, Fox, Falco, Pikachu
2	CREA (RagingAsian)	3	▲	Falco, Marth, Fox, Sheik
3	FoxTheStampede	2	▼	Fox
4	Fallen Prophet	5	▲	Ice Climbers
5	AHotGreasedUpJigglyPuff 4 Luvin'	4	▼	Jigglypuff
6	C!Z	7	▲	Marth, Sheik
7	Gojira	6	▼	Bowser, Donkey Kong
7	Rafa-Son	8	▲	Captain Falcon
9	Dai-A	N/A	*	Falco
10	CdBobo	10	▬	Dr. Mario, Ganondorf

NOTE: Xsyven was taken off the Power Rankings.

NOTE: Movement in rank was compared to the 09/24/07 list, and NOT the 11/12/07 "joke" list.

Honorable Mentions

The following are the Utah players that are not on the current rankings list, but deserve special mentions, due to their achievement.

Mash (Samus): He retired as Utah's unofficial 3rd place (as of that time). He was playing at his peak during Utah Smash Tournament 1 (UST1).

Chao (Falco): He has placed in the top 3 in every tournament he has entered (he has entered in at least 5). Lack of recent attendance is the reason he was taken off the ranking (was first dropped from 4th to 7th due to attendance, then later removed altogether). He is unofficially retired, as he has not official said this himself, since he does not have a SWF account.

laozy (Samus): Before his removal from the rankings, he was placed 4th. His removal was due to him stating that he has retired from Melee competitive scene. He has attended an official Utah tournament after his retire declaration, however.

Khom (Sheik): He places high the majority of the time, but due to his lack of attendance, he cannot be placed on the rankings effectively. There is a good chance that he will be placed on the rankings during the next change of the list, though.

11/12/07 Joke List

This list was a fake list that was created as a joke. The creation of this fake list was due to the panel not having enough time to discuss a full list, so they decided to create a joke one to fool people. The idea came from Xsyven. On the following day, the panel pulled another joke, and uploaded the real list onto the same URL as the old list (making the image change on the power rankings thread without the "post last edited on" date changing), and then proceeded to deny that the joke list ever existed, and acted confused as to why people are complaining about some "imaginary" list. The first joke had everyone fooled, but the second joke was, obviously, seen right through.

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Perfect Chaos	1	▬	Sheik, Marth, Jigglypuff, Fox, Falco, Pikachu
2	CREA (RagingAsian)	3	▲	Falco, Marth, Fox, Sheik
3	FoxTheStampede	2	▼	Fox
4	AHotGreasedUpJigglyPuff 4 Luvin'	4	▬	Jigglypuff
5	Rafa-Son	8	▲	Captain Falcon
6	Gojira	6	▬	Bowser, Donkey Kong
7	Fallen Prophet	5	▼	Ice Climbers
8	Dai-A	N/A	*	Falco
9	C!Z	7	▼	Marth, Sheik
10	Erion	N/A	*	Falco, Marth

09/24/07 Power Rankings List

This is the list that was formed shortly after the previous list was formed. For further detail on why it was changed so quickly, read the text above the 09/17/07 Power Rankings table.

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Perfect Chaos	1	▬	Sheik, Marth, Jigglypuff, Fox, Falco, Pikachu
2	FoxTheStampede	2	▬	Fox
3	RagingAsian	5	▲	Falco, Marth, Fox, Sheik
4	AHotGreasedUpJigglyPuff 4 Luvin'	8	▲	Jigglypuff
5	Fallen Prophet	N/A	*	Ice Climbers
6	Gojira	6	▬	Bowser, Donkey Kong
7	C!Z	10	▲	Marth, Sheik
8	Rafa-Son	3	▼	Captain Falcon
9	Xsyven	9	▬	Ice Climbers
10	CdBobo	N/A	*	Dr. Mario, Ganondorf

NOTE: Movement in rank was compared to the 07/27/07 list, and NOT the 09/17/07 list.

09/17/07 Power Rankings List

The following list was short lived, due to major criticism (mainly caused by bias in the panel). Laozy was taken off the panel (due to declaring retirement) prior to the discussion of this list, and with only 4 panelists, there was no form of a tiebreaker. A new list was quickly posted the following week, using a new method of ranking.

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Perfect Chaos	1	▬	Sheik, Marth, Fox, Falco, Jigglypuff, Pikachu
2	FoxTheStampede	2	▬	Fox
3	RagingAsian	5	▲	Falco, Sheik, Marth
4	AHotGreasedUpJigglyPuff 4 Luvin'	8	▲	Jigglypuff
4	Gojira	6	▲	Bowser, Donkey Kong
6	Rafa-Son	3	▼	Captain Falcon
7	Fallen Prophet	N/A	*	Ice Climbers
8	C!Z	10	▲	Marth, Sheik
9	Xsyven	9	▬	Ice Climbers
10	CdBobo	N/A	*	Dr. Mario, Ganondorf

NOTE: Chao and laozy were taken off the Power Rankings at this time.

NOTE: Laozy was taken off the panel at this time.

07/27/07 Power Rankings List

Rank	Smasher	Previous Rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	Perfect Chaos	1	▬	Sheik, Marth, Fox, Falco, Jigglypuff, Pikachu
2	FoxTheStampede	2	▬	Fox
3	Rafa-Son	3	▬	Captain Falcon
4	laozy	5	▲	Samus
5	RagingAsian	7	▲	Falco, Sheik, Marth
6	Gojira	5	▼	Bowser, Donkey Kong
7	Chao	4	▼	Falco
8	AHotGreasedUpJigglyPuff 4 Luvin'	N/A	*	Jigglypuff
9	Xsyven	N/A	*	Ice Climbers
10	C!Z	N/A	*	Marth, Sheik

05/16/07 Power Rankings List

Rank	Smasher	Character(s)
1	Perfect Chaos	Sheik, Marth, Fox, Falco, Jigglypuff, Pikachu
2	FoxTheStampede	Fox
3	Rafa-Son	Captain Falcon
4	Chao	Falco
5	Gojira	Bowser, Donkey Kong
5	laozy	Samus
7	RagingAsian	Falco
8	Jeyt	Mario
9	DontStopLaughing	Link
10	lengeta	Falco
11	CdBobo	Dr. Mario, Ganondorf
12	Soto	Dr. Mario
13	Gideon Isaac	Marth
14	Clentes	Samus
15	Takalth	Samus, Zelda, Pikachu, Jigglypuff
16	KC.pwns.GMAN	Marth

NOTE: Due to some error on Gojira's part, C!Z wasn't put onto the list (he would be around 10th place at this time).

External Links

The old (and discontinued) official Utah Power Rankings thread at SWF The new official Utah Power Rankings thread at SWF