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The Box
Info
Founded 2020
Region Online
Format Double Elimination
Most successful player(s) Dominican Republic Sonix (9 Juice Boxes, 1 Lunch Box, 35 Ultimate Coinboxes, The Coinbox IRL, and 1 Smash 4 Coinbox)
Mexico Sparg0 (7 Juice Boxes, 5 Lunch Boxes, 16 Ultimate Coinboxes, and El Jugo Box)
USA Cody Schwab (11 Melee Coinboxes)
Staff
Organizer(s) Hungrybox, Team Liquid

The Box is an online tournament series held by Team Liquid on Hungrybox's Twitch channel. The series originally started with The Box and consisted of a weekly (Juice Box) held on Wednesdays as well as a monthly at the end of each month (Lunch Box) limited to Hungrybox's Twitch subscribers. The series was sponsored by Coinbase in February 2022, which shifted focus to the weeklies, now renamed to The Coinbox, with $2,000–$3,000 prize pools. Currently, Ultimate Coinboxes are held biweekly on Wednesdays with a $2,000 prize pool, with different games rotating each month. Most tournaments in the series are region-locked to North America as well as The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.

Unaffiliated with Team Liquid or Coinbase, Hungrybox began running smaller, single-elimation events branded as "The To-Go Box" in late May 2024, with the first event being for Melee. These tournaments are intended to be used for more frequent practice and have more experimental rulesets than the Coinbox series.

Notable Events

Melee Coinbox

While The Coinbox started as an Ultimate series, Melee began being run in February 2023, switching games every week, with Ultimate on Wednesdays and Melee on Tuesdays. However, on November 8th, 2023, following the announcement of the Nintendo Community Tournament Guidelines, Hungrybox announced that Team Liquid would not be seeking a license for Melee Coinboxes due to the usage of Slippi, and that the final Melee Coinbox would be Coinbox #84.[1] There were ultimately 18 Melee Coinboxes held throughout 2023, of which Cody Schwab won an impressive 11 of the 14 that he entered. At times, there were bounties put on Cody Schwab for anyone to claim if they could take a set off him in bracket.

Character Bans

Steve has had mixed legality throughout the history of The Coinbox series. Following Coinbox #51, Steve was indefinitely banned from The Coinbox on March 2nd, 2023, with Hungrybox stating that the discovery of the Phantom MLG tech and the difficulties of banning it on its own, especially online, was the "straw that broke the camel's back."[2] This lasted until January 2024, when Hungrybox announced that Steve would be unbanned on the first Coinbox of each month of 2024, beginning with Coinbox #87, stating that he didn't want to have a complete ban on a character which is legal in the majority of regions around the world.[3] Steve was later fully unbanned on April 1st, 2024, when the series shifted from weekly to biweekly.[4] Steve has ultimately been banned from a total of 24 Coinboxes, those being #53-86, #88, #89, #93, #95, #96, and #97.

Hungrybox has also floated the idea of banning Sonic from The Coinbox, citing the effect that the character has on stream viewership.[5]

After the results of a Twitter poll, Bayonetta was banned from The Coinbox 98 - SM4SH SENDOFF held just days before the Wii U online servers shut down on April 8th.[6] Additionally, custom sizes for the Mii Fighters were banned for the tournament, though default-sized Miis were legal with any custom special moves.

Champions

  Ultimate Winners  

The Box: Juice Box

 
Logo for The Box: Juice Box.
Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
June 3rd, 2020 Juice Box #1 512 Cameron Garrett   Vendetta      SKITTLES!!  
June 10th, 2020 Juice Box #2 512 Gabriel Romero   Epic_Gabriel     The6Master  
June 17th, 2020 Juice Box #3 512 Gabriel Romero   Epic_Gabriel      Fatality  
July 1st, 2020 Juice Box #4 512 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Maister   
July 8th, 2020 Juice Box #5 512 Tanner Jordan   SKITTLES!!     Ravenking   
July 15th, 2020 Juice Box #6 512 Spencer Garner   BestNess         SKITTLES!!  
July 22nd, 2020 Juice Box #7 512 Tanner Jordan   SKITTLES!!     BestNess   
August 5th, 2020 Juice Box #8 512 Brian Kalu   Cosmos     Aaron   
August 12th, 2020 Juice Box #9 512 Gavin Dempsey   Tweek      Sonix  
August 19th, 2020 Juice Box #10 512 Leonardo Lopez Perez   MkLeo        Tweek     
September 2nd, 2020 Juice Box #11 512 Gabriel Romero   Epic_Gabriel     Sharp         
September 9th, 2020 Juice Box #12 512 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     SKITTLES!!  
September 16th, 2020 Juice Box #13 512 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Lights    
September 23rd, 2020 Juice Box #14 512 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Epic_Gabriel   
October 7th, 2020 Juice Box #15 512 Spencer Garner   BestNess       Axel~  
October 14th, 2020 Juice Box #16 512 Enrique Hernández Solís   Maister      Sonix  
October 21st, 2020 Juice Box #17 512 Aaron Wilhite   Aaron     BestNess     
November 4th, 2020 Juice Box #18 512 Gabriel Romero   Epic Gabriel     Sharp       
November 11th, 2020 Juice Box #19 512 Carlos Pérez   Sonix      Ned   
November 18th, 2020 Juice Box #20 512 Samuel Robert Buzby   Dabuz     Ravenking  
December 2nd, 2020 Juice Box #21 514 Enrique Hernández Solís   Maister     Ned    
December 9th, 2020 Juice Box #22 512 Markus Florido   ShinyMark     Sonix  
December 16th, 2020 Juice Box #23 512 Gabriel Romero   Epic_Gabriel     ChunkyKong  
January 6th, 2021 Juice Box #24 512 Gabriel Romero   Epic_Gabriel       Sharp          
January 13th, 2021 Juice Box #25 512 Santiago Perez   Chag     Sharp          
January 20th, 2021 Juice Box #26 512 Enrique Hernández Solís   Maister     Sharp         
February 3rd, 2021 Juice Box #27 514 Leonardo Lopez   MkLeo      Sonix  
February 10th, 2021 Juice Box #28 514 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0     Aaron   
February 17th, 2021 Juice Box #29 512 Aaron Wilhite   Aaron     Sparg0  
March 3rd, 2021 Juice Box #30 512 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0     SKITTLES!!  
March 10th, 2021 Juice Box #31 512 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0     WaDi    
March 17th, 2021 Juice Box #32 512 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Maister  
March 24th, 2021 Juice Box #33 512 Jestise Negron   MVD     Ned    
April 7th, 2021 Juice Box #34 512 Enrique Hernández Solís   Maister      Skyjay  
April 14th, 2021 Juice Box #35 512 Nicholas Dovel   Ned      Maister  
April 21st, 2021 The Box: Juicebox+ 516 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0      Riddles  
May 5th, 2021 Juice Box #36 513 Jake Silberman   Jake      Sonix  
May 12th, 2021 Juice Box #37 512 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0      ShinyMark  
May 19th, 2021 Juice Box #38 514 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0      ATATA  
June 2nd, 2021 Juice Box #39 515 Michael Tedesco   Tilde     Capitancito  
June 9th, 2021 Juice Box #40 513 Spencer Garner   Scend          Tilde  
June 12th, 2021 Juice Box #41 456 Markus Florido   ShinyMark      Mr. E   
June 23rd, 2021 Juice Box #42 512 Jake Silberman   Jake     ShinyMark  
July 7th, 2021 Juice Box #43 512 Beckett Rogers   Demon     LMan  
July 14th, 2021 Juice Box #44 500 Markus Florido   ShinyMark     Gamer  
July 21st, 2021 Juice Box #45 512 Brett Esposito   8BitMan      Desmona  
August 4th, 2021 Juice Box #46 512 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0      Jake   
August 11th, 2021 Juice Box #47 512 Markus Florido   ShinyMark     AlanDiss  
August 18th, 2021 Juice Box #48 502 Kiyarash Younessi   Kiyarash     OG-Mustaine   
September 1st, 2021 Juice Box #49 356 Daniel Mustaine   OG-Mustaine     Mabel   
September 8th, 2021 Juice Box #50 380 Brandon M.   Key      ven  
September 15th, 2021 Juice Box #51 374 Spencer Garner   Scend          RockMan  
September 22nd, 2021 Juice Box #52 415 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Jake  
October 20th, 2021 Juice Box #55 483 Jake Silberman   Jake     BeastModePaul   
November 3rd, 2021 Juice Box #56 347 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     RockMan  
November 10th, 2021 Juice Box #57 362 Carlos Pérez   Sonix      Jahzz0    
November 17th, 2021 Juice Box #58 343 Jake Silberman   Jake     OG-Mustaine  

The Coinbox

 
Logo for The Coinbox.
Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
February 2nd, 2022 Coinbox #1 1,024 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0       Sonix  
February 9th, 2022 Coinbox #2 1,024 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0       Sonix  
February 16th, 2022 Coinbox #3 1,024 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     AlanDiss  
March 2nd, 2022 Coinbox #4 922 Jake Silberman   Jake     Riddles  
March 9th, 2022 Coinbox #5 728 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     enhancedpv  
March 16th, 2022 Coinbox #6 667 Jake Silberman   Jake     SKITTLES!!  
March 23rd, 2022 Coinbox #7 869 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0     ShinyMark  
March 30th, 2022 Coinbox #8 730 Kyle Traufmann   thirty4     Jake  
April 6th, 2022 Coinbox #9 698 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Syrup  
April 13th, 2022 Coinbox #10 803 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Onin    
April 20th, 2022 Coinbox #11 750 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Jake  
April 27th, 2022 Coinbox #12 825 Markus Florido   ShinyMark     Desmona  
May 4th, 2022 Coinbox #13 721 Michael Kim   Riddles       thirty4  
May 11th, 2022 Coinbox #14 682 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Epic_Gabriel   
May 18th, 2022 Coinbox #15 753 Gabriel Romero   Epic_Gabriel     Kiyarash  
May 25th, 2022 Coinbox #16 785 Enrique Hernández Solís   Maister     Scend       
June 1st, 2022 Coinbox #17 663 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Scend   
June 8th, 2022 Coinbox #18 702 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     thirty4  
June 15th, 2022 Coinbox #19 769 Gabriel Romero   Epic_Gabriel     Maister   
June 22nd, 2022 Coinbox #20 693 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Desmona   
June 29th, 2022 Coinbox #21 863 Markus Florido   ShinyMark     AlanDiss  
July 6th, 2022 Coinbox #22 730 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     ShinyMark  
July 13th, 2022 Coinbox #23 741 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Onin      
July 20th, 2022 Coinbox #24 827 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Midnight   
July 27th, 2022 Coinbox #25 604 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Syrup  
August 31st, 2022 Coinbox #30 776 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     ShinyMark  
September 7th, 2022 Coinbox #31 548 Mario Cervantes   WaKa     JeJaJeJa       
September 14th, 2022 Coinbox #32 633 Mario Cervantes   WaKa      LeoN   
September 21st, 2022 Coinbox #33 517 Juan Pablo   Skyjay     AlanDiss  
September 28th, 2022 Coinbox #34 548 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Maister   
October 5th, 2022 Coinbox #35 540 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Sparg0   
October 12th, 2022 Coinbox #36 529 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Maister  
October 19th, 2022 Coinbox #37 526 Spencer Garner   Scend      Desmona   
October 26th, 2022 Coinbox #38 548 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     OG-Mustaine   
November 2nd, 2022 Coinbox #39 468 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Jake  
November 9th, 2022 Coinbox #40 469 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Maister  
November 16th, 2022 Coinbox #41 460 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Maister  
November 23rd, 2022 Coinbox #42 471 Jake Silberman   Jake     ShinyMark  
November 30th, 2022 Coinbox #43 342 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Epic_Gabriel  
December 7th, 2022 Coinbox #44 447 Mario Cervantes   WaKa     Jake  
December 14th, 2022 Coinbox #45 440 Jake Silberman   Jake     Sonix  
December 21st, 2022 Coinbox #46 509 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Desmona  
December 28th, 2022 Coinbox #47 492 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Wrath  
February 15th, 2023 Coinbox #49 783 Michael Kim   Riddles      ShinyMark   
March 1st, 2023 Coinbox #51 903 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Sparg0    
March 15th, 2023 Coinbox #53 801 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0       Sonix  
March 29th, 2023 Coinbox #55 855 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     ShinyMark  
April 12th, 2023 Coinbox #57 954 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0       Sonix  
April 26th, 2023 Coinbox #59 793 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Maister  
May 10th, 2023 Coinbox #60 815 Markus Florido   ShinyMark     Peru   
May 24th, 2023 Coinbox #62 772 Michael Kim & Carlos Pérez[7]   Riddles &   Sonix    &     Dabuz    
June 7th, 2023 Coinbox #64 922 Markus Florido   ShinyMark     Sonix  
July 5th, 2023 Coinbox #67 876 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0      Sonix  
July 19th, 2023 Coinbox #69 1,546 Pau Caire Albors   Sisqui      MoDzai   
August 2nd, 2023 Coinbox #71 931 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0        Sonix  
August 16th, 2023 Coinbox #73 944 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Sparg0     
September 13th, 2023 Coinbox #75 975 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0        Sonix  
September 27th, 2023 Coinbox #77 715 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0         Wrath   
October 11th, 2023 Coinbox #79 719 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     JaZaR  
October 25th, 2023 Coinbox #81 682 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0      Sonix  
November 8th, 2023 Coinbox #83 712 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0       Sonix  
November 22nd, 2023 Coinbox #85 552 Markus Florido   ShinyMark     Sonix  
December 13th, 2023 Coinbox #86 666 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0     Sonix  
January 17th, 2024 Coinbox #87 1,024 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Wrath  
January 25th, 2024 Coinbox #88 615 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0       Sonix  
January 31st, 2024 Coinbox #89 662 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Sparg0   
February 7th, 2024 Coinbox #90 637 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Wrath  
February 14th, 2024 Coinbox #91 552 Angel Mireles & unknown   Onin &   lolyoshi   &     Scend &   Luis   &  
February 28th, 2024 Coinbox #93 702 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0       Sonix  
March 6th, 2024 Coinbox #94 612 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0        Chase    
March 13th, 2024 Coinbox #95 813 Carrington Osborne   Wrath     TM7_ZAP  
March 20th, 2024 Coinbox #96 799 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Chase    
March 27th, 2024 Coinbox #97 756 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Lima  
April 10th, 2024 Coinbox #99 684 Angel Mireles   Onin      AlanDiss  
April 24th, 2024 Coinbox #100 844 Markus Florido   ShinyMark     elijmin  
May 8th, 2024 Coinbox #101 743 Markus Florido   ShinyMark     Sonix  
May 22nd, 2024 Coinbox #102 827 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Riddles   
June 12nd, 2024 Coinbox #105 756 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0       ShinyMark  
June 26th, 2024 #106 593 Ricky Gorritz   Ling     Sonix  

The Box: Lunch Box

 
Logo for The Box: Lunch Box.
Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
June 24th, 2020 The Box: Lunch Box 1 512 Gabriel Romero   Epic_Gabriel     Maister  
July 29th, 2020 The Box: Lunch Box 2 512 Ryan McDonough   Ravenking      Maister    
August 26th, 2020 The Box: Lunch Box 3 512 Enrique Hernández Solís   Maister     MkLeo     
September 30th, 2020 The Box: Lunch Box 4 446 Spencer Garner   BestNess      KirbyKid  
October 28th, 2020 The Box: L4st's Box 512 Enrique Hernández Solís   Maister      LeoN   
November 25th, 2020 The Box: Lunch Box 6 393 Yezre'el Askew   Yez     ShinyMark  
December 23rd, 2020 The Box: Lunch Box 7 434 Gabriel Romero   Epic_Gabriel       Chag   
January 27th, 2021 The Box: Lunch Box 8 416 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0     Chag  
February 24th, 2021 The Box: Lunch Box 9 413 Tanner Jordan   SKITTLES!!     Sparg0    
March 31st, 2021 The Box: Lunch Box 10 339 Enrique Hernández Solís   Maister     Sonix   
April 28th, 2021 The Box: Lunchbox+ 430 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0      Maister  
May 26th, 2021 The Box: Lunch Box 11 322 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0       Sonix  
June 30th, 2021 The Box: Lunch Box 12 203 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0      AlanDiss  
July 28th, 2021 The Box: Lunch Box 13 193 Tanner Jordan   SKITTLES!!     AlanDiss  
August 25th, 2021 The Box: Lunch Box 14 209 Kiyarash Younessi   Kiyarash     Jake   
September 29th, 2021 The Box: Lunch Box 15 196 Jake Silberman   Jake     WaKa     
October 27th, 2021 The Box: Lunch Box 16 167 Mario Cervantes   WaKa       Sparg0  
November 24th, 2021 The Box: Lunch Box 17 155 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     WaKa  
January 26th, 2022 The Box: Lunch Box 18 1,024 Markus Florido   ShinyMark     Sparg0   
February 23rd, 2022 The Box: Lunch Box 19 739 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0      Maister    

The To-Go Box

Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s) Special rules
June 7th, 2024 To-Go Box #2 256 David Krol   TM7_ZAP     MkLeo    Sonic, Steve, and Pikachu banned
June 20th, 2024 To-Go Box #3 231 Kevin B.   RockMan     elijmin   Final Smash Meter enabled

Other

Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
May 8th-10th, 2020 The Box 8,158 Spencer Garner   BestNess     Tweek    
July 24th, 2020 The Box: The Cube Charity Doubles Invitational 16 Spencer Garner & Luis Oceguera   BestNess &   Lui$   &     Kola &   Wrath    &  
August 14th, 2020 The Box: SmolBox 256 Luis Oceguera   Lui$        Cosmos  
October 10th, 2020 The Box: El Jugo Box 512 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0     Sonix  
December 17th, 2023 The Coinbox IRL 174 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Sparg0   
April 24th, 2024 PIZZABOX: A GOML X QUALIFIER 169 Jayson Medeiros   Soar      BlueJay  

  Melee Winners  

The Coinbox

Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
February 8th, 2023 Coinbox #48 1,024 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     Zion   
February 22nd, 2023 Coinbox #50 465 Sasha Sullivan   Magi     SFOP  
March 7th, 2023 Coinbox #52 377 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     Wevans  
March 21st, 2023 Coinbox #54 404 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     Hungrybox  
April 4th, 2023 Coinbox #56 387 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     Zion   
April 18th, 2023 Coinbox #58 330 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     Zion   
May 16th, 2023 Coinbox #61 496 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     Spark  
May 30th, 2023 Coinbox #63 272 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     Hungrybox  
June 27th, 2023 Coinbox #66 344 Avery Wilson   Ginger     Hax$  
July 11th, 2023 Coinbox #68 296 Aziz Al-Yami   Hax$     Zuppy  
July 25th, 2023 Coinbox #70 312 Justin McGrath   Plup      Hungrybox  
August 8th, 2023 Coinbox #72 286 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     Salt  
August 22nd, 2023 Coinbox #74 324 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     Hungrybox  
September 19th, 2023 Coinbox #76 280 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     Salt    
October 3rd, 2023 Coinbox #78 252 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     Hungrybox  
October 17th, 2023 Coinbox #80 222 Juan Debiedma   Hungrybox     Magi  
October 31st, 2023 Coinbox #82 230 Sasha Sullivan   Magi     Aklo   
November 14th, 2023 Coinbox #84 846 Jake DiRado   Jmook     SFOP  

The To-Go Box

Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
May 30th, 2024 To-Go Box #1 98 Dylan Dougherty   Dawson     Hungrybox  
May 30th, 2024 To-Go Box #4 76 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     Ossify  

  Smash 4 Winners  

The Coinbox

Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
April 3rd, 2024 The Coinbox 98 - SM4SH SENDOFF 358 Carlos Pérez   Sonix     Wrath  

Trivia

  • Several of the weekly tournaments have been played on games outside of Smash.
  • VoiD, Plup, and Sonix are the only players to have won a Box series tournament in multiple games.
    • VoiD's victories were in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Juice Box #53) and MultiVersus (Coinbox #26).
    • Plup's victories were in Smash Melee (Coinbox #70) and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (The SLIME Box #2).
    • Sonix's victories were in Smash Ultimate (first win being Juice Box #4) and Smash 4 (The Coinbox #98).
  • Sonix is the only player to have won a Box series event without dropping a single game, doing so in both The Coinbox #89 and #96.
  • Counter Logic Gaming won every Melee Coinbox while the team was active; with Cody Schwab winning #48, #52, #54, and #56, and Magi winning #50.
  • Cody Schwab won every Melee Coinbox he entered except for #50, where he placed 9th, #66, where he placed 25th using Sheik, and #82, where he again placed 9th after DQ'ing.
  • The Coinbox #62 was decided to have two winners after Nintendo online server maintenance started at the beginning of the Grand Finals reset, preventing it from completing.[7]
  • The Coinbox #69 was region-locked to most of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, rather than North America.
  • The Coinbox #91 was a doubles tournament for Valentine's Day.
  • The Coinbox #98 was held in Smash 4 in the final week before the Wii U online servers were shut down.
  • The Coinbox #106 had Final Smash Meter enabled.

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