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Cody Schwab "Cody"
Character info
Melee main
Fox
Other Melee character
Sheik
Project M mains
Wolf , Fox
Team info
Sponsor(s)
Nouns Esports
Former sponsor(s)
Mentality Esports, Polar Ace , Panda , Counter Logic Gaming , Eggdog Esports , Coffee Crisp, 69% Apparel
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking
SSBMRank Summer 2024 : 2nd
Best historical ranking
SSBMRank 2023 : 1st
Best tournament result
1st / 1,011 at The Big House 11
Winnings
~$90,152.84
Personal and other info
Real name
Cody Jerome Schwab
Former tags
iBDW
Birth date
January 15, 1995 (age 29)
Location
Michigan
Cody Schwab , formerly known as iBDW and often referred to as just Cody , is a Melee smasher from Queens, New York who is considered one of the greatest Fox players of all-time and the best in the post-Slippi era. He began competing in 2015 and was first ranked on the SSBMRank in 2017 before entering the top 10 for the MPGR 2019 season. He then improved greatly in the Slippi era thanks to exceptionally strong performances online before claiming his first ever major tournament win at Riptide and his first supermajor win a few months later at Smash Summit 12 . Since then, he has been considered one of the best players in the post-Slippi era, and was the definitive best in the world in 2023 after winning a first-to-10 match between him and Zain .
Despite his skill, Cody infamously had little luck securing a sponsor after Panda 's collapse, though he was temporarily sponsored by several organizations such as Eggdog Esports and Nestlé's Canadian chocolate bar Coffee Crisp. He was eventually signed by Nouns Esports on March 1st, 2024, alongside Aklo .
Rankings
Ranking
Time period
Rank
Character(s)
Notes
SSBMRank 2017
December 10th, 2016 - December 10th, 2017
84th
Summer 2018 MPGR
December 15th, 2017 - July 1st, 2018
32nd
MPGR 2018
December 15th, 2017 - December 16th, 2018
34th
Summer 2019 MPGR
December 17th, 2018 - June 30th, 2019
10th
MPGR 2019
December 17th, 2018 - December 8th, 2019
9th
MPGR Summer 2022
March 1st - July 11th, 2022
2nd
SSBMRank 2022
March 1st - December 18th, 2022
4th
SSBMRank Summer 2023
December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 2023
2nd
SSBMRank 2023
December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023
1st
SSBMRank Summer 2024
December 18th, 2023 - July 14th, 2024
2nd
Tournament placings
Tournament
Date
1v1 placement
2v2 placement
Partner
Earnings
Syracuse Smash Biweekly #5
September 6th, 2015
9th
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We Tech Those
November 14th-15th, 2015
9th
—
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Cusetown Beatdown 5
February 20th, 2016
9th
—
—
Shots Fired 2
March 5th-6th, 2016
9th
5th
Pig
Super Smash Con 2016
August 11th-14th, 2016
33rd
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Shine 2016
August 26th-28th, 2016
49th
17th
Pig
Smash Valley IV
September 10th, 2016
3rd
2nd
Swedish Delight
The Big House 6
October 7th-9th, 2016
65th
33rd
Hungry Pigeon
Cusetown Beatdown @ RetroGameCon 2016
November 5th, 2016
4th
1st
DJ Nintendo
No Friendlies 3
December 3rd, 2016
3rd
2nd
Ferris
Smash Corner 51
January 4th, 2017
1st
1st
2saint
Apollo
January 7th-8th, 2017
13th
9th
2saint
Smash Valley V
February 18th, 2017
9th
7th
Ferriswheel
Apollo III
March 11th, 2017
4th
5th
R2DLiu
Shuffle: Battle of the Midwest
April 1st-2nd, 2017
3rd
4th
Cal
BoroughCon
May 26th-27th, 2017
5th
3rd
2saint
Nebs After Dark 68
June 6th, 2017
1st
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CEO 2017
June 16th-18th, 2017
13th
—
—
Apollo VII
July 1st, 2017
9th
3rd
2saint
The Tunes Tuesday 36
July 25th, 2017
1st
—
—
Tri-State Invitational
August 5th-6th, 2017
9th
—
—
Super Smash Con 2017
August 10th-13th, 2017
33rd
9th
2saint
Super AON
September 24th, 2017
2nd
1st
Animal
The Big House 7
October 6th-8th, 2017
65th
25th
Tai
Tipped Off 12
November 11th-12th, 2017
7th
5th
Darktooth
Super AON
December 9th, 2017
1st
3rd
Hax
SCORPIUS
January 6th, 2018
17th (DQ)
2nd
2saint
Emerald City 6
January 13th, 2018
13th
2nd
2saint
Pre-Genesis 5 Melee & Marvel
January 17th, 2018
5th
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GENESIS 5
January 19th-21st, 2018
33rd
33rd
2saint
Nebulous Melee 113
February 10th, 2018
3rd
1st
mayb
Smash Valley: Lucky 7
February 17th, 2018
9th
5th
mayb
Nebulous Melee 115
February 24th, 2018
2nd
2nd
Kalvar
Apollo XII
March 10th, 2018
2nd
1st
2saint
$165
Maybulous!
April 10th, 2018
9th
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GEMINI
April 14th, 2018
2nd
4th
2saint
Apollo XIII
April 28th, 2018
3rd
5th
dizzkidboogie
$153
Pound Underground
May 12th-13th, 2018
7th
7th
Vortex
$54
Smash 'N' Splash 4
June 1st-3rd, 2018
25th
9th
Darktooth
OMEGA II
June 16th-17th, 2018
4th
4th
2saint
$267
CEO 2018
June 29th-July 1st, 2018
13th
7th
2saint
Apollo XIV
July 30th, 2018
2nd
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$172
Super Smash Con 2018
August 9th-12th, 2018
13th
5th
2saint
The Big House 8
October 5th-7th, 2018
49th
13th
2saint
Fireside Open 2018
December 1st, 2018
1st
1st
DJ Nintendo
$632
Don't Park on the Grass 2018
December 15th-16th, 2018
9th
3rd
Darkatma
$54
NYXL Pop-Up!
December 22nd, 2018
1st
—
—
$792
Super Smashed Out IV
December 30th, 2018
1st
1st
2saint
$240
AGDQ 2019
January 10th, 2019
1st
—
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Fight For Socal 2
January 26th, 2019
2nd
3rd
Captain Faceroll
GENESIS 6
February 1st-3rd, 2019
25th
7th
Swedish Delight
The Script 2
February 16th-17th, 2019
4th
2nd
G$
Phantom 2019
March 2nd-3rd, 2019
1st
1st
SFAT
Full Bloom 5
March 23rd-24th, 2019
9th
2nd
Rocky
The Scarlet Classic V
April 14th, 2019
1st
1st
Swedish Delight
Pound 2019
April 19th-21st, 2019
17th
9th
2saint
Papercut
May 11th, 2019
1st / 61
1st / 12
100 Grand
$244
Smash 'N' Splash 5
May 31st-June 2nd, 2019
9th
4th
Rocky
The Kid, the Goat, and the Mang0
June 8th-9th, 2019
33rd
3rd
Armada
Smash Summit 8
June 13th-16th, 2019
4th
3rd
Hungrybox
$2,209
CEO 2019
June 28th-30th, 2019
4th
2nd
Plup
$231
Friday Night Turnip #125
July 27th-28th, 2019
—
5th
Jisu
Super Smash Con 2019
August 8th-11th, 2019
7th
7th
dizzkidboogie
$127
Shine 2019
August 23rd-25th, 2019
3rd
2nd
Fiction
$661
Mainstage
September 20th-22nd, 2019
17th
3rd
Fiction
The Big House 9
October 4th-6th, 2019
7th
2nd
Fiction
$272
UCI Esports Conference
October 10th, 2019
1st
—
—
$296
Fight for SoCal 8
October 26th, 2019
2nd
—
—
The MMOM Memorial
November 9th-10th, 2019
1st
1st
2saint
SteelCraft GG
November 30th, 2019
—
7th
Jisu
Melee @ Verdugo West #94: Genabis
January 22nd, 2020
2nd
—
—
GENESIS 7
January 24th-26th, 2020
13th
5th
Fiction
$75.29
Saving Mr. Lombardi 2
February 1st, 2020
2nd
—
—
Smash Summit 9
February 13th-16th, 2020
5th
—
—
$4,161
Pound Online
April 24th-26th, 2020
9th
—
—
Get On My Line 2020
July 18th-19th, 2020
2nd
—
—
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 2
July 25th-26th, 2020
3rd
—
—
$2,750.11
Untitled EC #27
September 15th, 2020
1st
—
—
Frame Perfect Series 2: ONLINE
September 19th, 2020
1st
—
—
THE CLG MIXUP
September 26th, 2020
2nd
—
—
$500
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 1
October 11th, 2020
3rd
—
—
$400
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 2
October 18th, 2020
3rd
—
—
$400
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 3
October 25th, 2020
3rd
—
—
$400
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 4
October 31st, 2020
5th
—
—
$250
Frame Perfect Series 3: ONLINE
November 7th, 2020
1st
—
—
Smash Summit 10 Online
November 19th-22nd, 2020
3rd
—
—
$1,842.12
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3
December 19th-20th, 2020
2nd
—
—
Galint Melee Open: Spring Edition
March 19th-21st, 2021
2nd
—
—
$801
The Allston Melee Bender
April 3rd-4th, 2021
7th
—
—
Summit Champions League - Season 2 Week 1
April 11th, 2021
3rd
—
—
$160
Pound 2021 Online: Melee Edition
June 26th-27th, 2021
1st
—
—
Smash Summit 11
July 15th-18th, 2021
5th
—
—
$9,322.32
Riptide
September 10th-12th, 2021
1st
3rd
SFAT
SWT: NA East Melee Regional Finals
October 30th-31st, 2021
2nd
—
—
$800
Mainstage 2021
November 12th-14th, 2021
5th
—
—
Smash Summit 12
December 9th-12th, 2021
1st
—
—
$17,066.70
The Nightclub Online S1E2
January 12th, 2022
1st
—
—
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 4
January 29th-30th, 2022
5th
—
—
$1,800
The Nightclub VIP: iBDW
April 3rd, 2022
2nd
—
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$504
GENESIS 8
April 15th-17th, 2022
3rd
9th
Fiction
Pound 2022
April 22nd-24th, 2022
9th
4th
Fiction
The Function 2
May 7th, 2022
9th
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Smash Summit 13
May 12th-15th, 2022
1st
—
—
$8,898.90
Get On My Level 2022
July 1st-3rd, 2022
5th
1st
Jmook
$521.01
Double Down 2022
July 8th-10th, 2022
1st
—
—
Phantom 2022
July 16th-17th, 2022
1st
—
—
The Big House 10
October 7th-9th, 2022
3rd
1st
Jmook
$2,378
Ludwig Smash Invitational
October 21st-23rd, 2022
9th
—
—
$1,050
Smash Summit 14
November 3rd-6th, 2022
2nd
—
—
$7,965
Apex 2022
November 18th-20th, 2022
4th
1st
Jmook
Galint Melee Open 2022: Fall Edition
November 26th-28th, 2022
1st
—
—
Mainstage 2022
December 2nd-4th, 2022
2nd
—
—
Scuffed World Tour
December 18th, 2022
7th
—
—
Redemption Rumble
December 30th-31st, 2022
3rd
—
—
GENESIS 9
January 20th-22nd, 2023
2nd
2nd
Jmook
The Coinbox #48
February 8th, 2023
1st
—
—
$1200
Kill Roy: Volume 6
March 4th, 2023
1st
1st
Zamu
The Coinbox #52
March 7th, 2023
1st
—
—
$1,200
Collision 2023
March 10th-12th, 2023
3rd
1st
Jmook
$898
The Coinbox #54
March 21th, 2023
1st
—
—
$1,200
MAJOR UPSET
April 1st-2nd, 2023
1st
—
—
$1,700
The Coinbox #56
April 4th, 2023
1st
—
—
$1,200
The Coinbox #58
April 18th, 2023
1st
—
—
$1,200
Scarlet Classic VIII
April 22nd, 2023
1st
—
—
$1,638
Wisdom Melee
May 6th, 2023
1st
—
—
$523
The Coinbox #61
May 16th, 2023
1st
—
—
$2,400
Battle of BC 5
May 19th-21st, 2023
1st
1st
Jmook
$2,454
The Coinbox #63
May 31th, 2023
1st
—
—
$1,200
Tipped Off 14: Resurgence
June 3rd-4th, 2023
13th / 344
1st / 79
Jmook
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 5
July 7th-9th, 2023
3rd / 16
—
—
$5,000
Get On My Level 2023
July 21st-23rd, 2023
5th / 764
2nd / 121
Jmook
Super Smash Con 2023
August 10th-13th, 2023
3rd / 860
—
—
$946
Shine 2023
August 25th-27th, 2023
1st / 683
5th / 158
Jmook
$4,263.65
The Off-Season 2
September 23rd-24th, 2023
2nd / 263
1st / 59
Jmook
$5,500
The Big House 11
October 20th-22nd, 2023
1st / 1,011
—
—
$3,639.60
Arcamelee 4
November 18th-19th, 2023
1st / 279
1st / 89
Jmook
Santa Paws
December 8th-10th, 2023
1st / 127
1st / 23
Jmook
$2,877
The Match: The Fight For No. 1
December 15th, 2023
Win
—
—
Eggdog Scramble 2
January 13th, 2024
17th / 137
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GENESIS X
February 16th-18th, 2024
1st / 1,544
—
—
$9,264
Collision 2024
March 15th-17th, 2024
3rd / 494
1st / 85
Jmook
???
Battle of BC 6
March 29th-31st, 2024
1st / 398
1st / 78
Jmook
???
Pat's House 4
April 27th-28th, 2024
3rd / 307
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—
???
Get On My Level X
May 17th-19th, 2024
13th / 770
2nd / 128
Jmook
???
Tipped Off 15: Connected
June 15th-16th, 2024
2nd / 513
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—
The Works 2024
June 29th-30th, 2024
1st / 46
—
—
$190
Gridiron Gateway 2024
July 6th-7th, 2024
1st / 156
5th / 35
KJH
$1,016
Warehouse War 4
July 26th-27th, 2024
1st / 251
1st / 49
Jmook
Supernova 2024
August 8th-11th, 2024
2nd / 905
4th / 175
Jmook
$2,437.50
Eggdog Invitational
August 29th-September 1st, 2024
1st / 20
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—
$4,364.50
Riptide 2024
September 6th-8th, 2024
2nd / 601
1st / 117
Jmook
$2,271
Don't Park on the Grass 2024
November 16th-17th, 2024
7th / 888
1st / 195
Jmook
???
LACS Rivals
November 23rd-24th, 2024
2nd / 8
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—
Nounsvitational 2024
December 7th-8th, 2024
7th / 16
—
—
$661.93
Platfight Gaming Championships
December 13th-15th, 2024
1st / 77
1st /16
Jmook
???
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 GENESIS 9 .
Cody Schwab is colorblind, being a protanope (absence of red retinal photoreceptors, making him unable to see red and several shades of other colors).
Despite having trouble distinguishing between green and red Fox, Cody mains green Fox instead of white or blue (either color would guarantee he can distinguish himself from his opponent in Fox dittos)
Cody Schwab has defeated all of the 2019 MPGR top 8 in offline sets, defeating Mango , aMSa , and Hungrybox at Smash Summit 8 , Leffen at Shine 2019 , Wizzrobe at Smash Summit 9 , Axe at Smash Summit 11 , Plup at Riptide , and Zain at Smash Summit 12 .
Cody Schwab is the first solo Fox player to be ranked number 1 in the entirety of Melee' s history.
Gameplay videos
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