Smasher:Space

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For the term, see Spacing.
For the American smasher, see Smasher:Space (New England).
Space
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Character info
Smash 4 main Corrin
Other Smash 4 characters Bayonetta, Rosalina & Luma, Captain Falcon
Ultimate mains Pyra, Mythra, Inkling
Retired Ultimate character Joker
Team info
Sponsor(s) mCon
Former sponsor(s) GRIP
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. 4 European Smash 4 Power Rankings: 14th
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate LumiRank 2023: 110th
Best historical ranking Super Smash Bros. Ultimate OrionRank 2019: 40th
Personal and other info
Real name Alain Balemba
Birth date (age 24)
Location Hulst, Zeeland Netherlands

Space is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Pyra, Mythra, and Inkling player from the Netherlands. He is considered one of the best active Inkling players in the world alongside Shirayuki and is also the best Pyra and Mythra player in Europe. He rose to prominence with his notable performance at Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019, where he sent both Glutonny and kameme to the Losers Bracket before losing to MkLeo in Winners Finals and Glutonny in Losers Finals, finishing at 3rd place. He also took additional sets of players such as Jake, Mr.R, quiK, Fatality, Supahsemmie, and Oryon. He is currently ranked 2nd on the Dutch Ultimate Power Rankings, 7th on the OrionRank 2022 Europe, 11th on the European Ultimate Power Rankings, and 110th on the LumiRank 2023.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Space was a Corrin main, considered one of the best Corrin mains in Europe alongside Ramses, a player who he frequently teams with. Space is ranked 7th on the Dutch Power Rankings and 14th on the European Smash 4 Power Rankings. He has taken sets off of players such as Glutonny, Meru, S1, wusi, Tatuman, and Supahsemmie.

Rankings

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

European Smash 4 Power Rankings

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
June 3rd, 2017 - June 3rd, 2018 14th Corrin (SSB4)Bayonetta (SSB4)Rosalina (SSB4)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Panda Global Rankings Ultimate

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
PGRUContenders EU 2021 A (Top 15) PyraMythra (SSBU)Inkling (SSBU)
PGRU v3 EU March 1st - June 13th, 2022 11th Inkling (SSBU)

LumiRank

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
UltRank 2022 June 18th - December 18th, 2022 81st PyraMythra (SSBU)Inkling (SSBU)
LumiRank Mid-Year 2023 December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 2023 111th-120th PyraMythra (SSBU)
LumiRank 2023 December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023 110th PyraMythra (SSBU)Inkling (SSBU)

OrionRank Ultimate

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
OrionRank 2019 January 5th - December 15th, 2019 40th Inkling (SSBU)Joker (SSBU)
OrionRank Pre-Quarantine December 27th, 2019 - March 15th, 2020 67th Inkling (SSBU)
OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse April 2020 - December 19th, 2021 80th Inkling (SSBU)PyraMythra (SSBU)
OrionRank Mid-Year 2022 December 22nd, 2021 - June 26th, 2022 87th Inkling (SSBU)
OrionRank 2022 December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 2022 70th Inkling (SSBU)PyraMythra (SSBU)

OrionRank Europe

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
OrionRank Europe Top 75 January 2019 - March 2020 7th Inkling (SSBU)Joker (SSBU)
OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse Europe June 2020 - December 19th, 2021 11th Inkling (SSBU)PyraMythra (SSBU)
OrionRank 2022 Europe December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 2022 7th Inkling (SSBU)PyraMythra (SSBU)

LumiRank Europe

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
LumiRank 2023 Europe December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023 12th PyraMythra (SSBU)Inkling (SSBU)

European Ultimate Power Rankings

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
European Smash Rankings January 3rd, 2019 - January 13th, 2020 3rd Inkling (SSBU)Joker (SSBU)
2023.01 January 1st - June 25th, 2023 6th PyraMythra (SSBU)Inkling (SSBU)
2023 January 1st - December 17th, 2023 11th PyraMythra (SSBU)Inkling (SSBU)
2024.1 January 6th - June 29th, 2024 25th PyraMythra (SSBU)Inkling (SSBU)

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Key to The PG HouseOnline September 8th-18th, 2016 5th
Naifu Wars: World War 2Online June 23rd, 2017 49th
Elysium July 15th, 2017 7th 7th Ramses
Final Stage 2017Online August 15th-17th, 2017 5th
Naifu Wars: Civil War 1Online September 15th, 2017 5th
Syndicate 2017 September 23rd-24th, 2017 17th 2nd Ramses
Fortuna November 25th, 2017 2nd 1st Ramses
Ys April 28th, 2018 5th 1st Ramses
Elysium II June 28th, 2018 3rd 4th Ramses
Fight Night Elysium Edition July 27th, 2018 1st
Smash Session: Final Encore November 17th, 2018 3rd 2nd Ramses

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
GGWP: Ultimate January 12th, 2019 1st 1st Ramses
Tech Republic IV March 1st-3rd, 2019 3rd 9th Azrael
Elysium: Yggdrasil March 9th, 2019 4th
Heroes of Dutch Comic Con Spring 2019 March 23rd-24th, 2019 1st 5th Jesse
Brussels Challenge Major Edition 2019 April 5th-7th, 2019 7th 2nd Patrino
DoKomi 2019 June 8th-9th, 2019 5th
The Ultimate Performance June 29th, 2019 1st
Albion 4 July 6th-7th, 2019 13th 13th Jesse
Pixelpokal Summer 2019 August 10th, 2019 1st
Lightning: Strikes Twice September 7th, 2019 9th 2nd Jesse
Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019 October 4th-6th, 2019 3rd
Smashwick 4 October 19th-20th, 2019 1st
Syndicate 2019 October 25th-27th, 2019 3rd
The Ultimate Performance 2 November 16th, 2019 2nd
Heroes of Dutch Comic Con Winter Edition November 23rd-24th, 2019 2nd
DreamHack Winter 2019 November 29th-December 2nd, 2019 3rd
Lightning: Volume 3 December 7th, 2019 7th
Valhalla III January 9th-13th, 2020 4th 4th Jesse
The Ultimate Performance 3 February 22nd, 2020 9th
FCW : Special Edition - European ScaleOnline July 18th-19th, 2020 13th
Bearded Beatdown September 6th, 2020 1st
Smash Contest: DoKomi 2020 September 26th-27th, 2020 3rd
EnvySnakes Crew Collab EditionOnline March 14th, 2021 25th
FCW x GlobalClan: Special Edition 2Online March 20th, 2021 33rd
Temple: Hermès Edition September 1st-5th, 2021 17th
AOMA Esports Unleashed October 31st, 2021 3rd
VCA 2021 November 20th-21st, 2021 5th
Glory 2.0 March 12th-13th, 2022 17th
Esports Game Arena: Fight Night-XL April 2nd, 2022 3rd
BOSS BATTLES: For Glory April 30th, 2022 7th
The Ultimate Performance 3.5 May 8th, 2022 1st
Esports Game Arena: Fight Night-XL 2 June 18th, 2022 2nd
E-Caribana June 19th, 2022 9th
COLOSSEL 2022 July 2nd-3rd, 2022 13th
Brussels Challenge Major Edition 2022 July 23rd-24th, 2022 7th
The Ultimate Performance 5 July 31st, 2022 3rd
Ultimate WANTED 4 August 25th-28th, 2022 9th
Only The Best IV September 10th-11th, 2022 2nd 3rd Weijie01
Luxembourg Gaming Xperience 2022 September 24th-25th, 2022 1st
VCA 2022 October 1st-2nd, 2022 7th 4th Shaneak
DreamHack Rotterdam 2022 October 14th-16th, 2022 9th 9th Ramses
Ultimate Fighting Arena 2022 November 11th-13th, 2022 7th
The Smashing Future January 7th, 2023 2nd
Shonen WAR 2 April 8th, 2023 9th
ICARUS 2023 June 3rd-4th, 2023 7th / 390
King Of Fields 95 3 June 24th-25th, 2023 5th / 512
Smash Contest: DoKomi 2023 June 30th-July 2nd, 2023 1st / 333
Brussels Challenge Major Edition 2023 July 14th-16th, 2023 4th / 60
Regen 2023 August 18th-20th, 2023 5th / 453 2nd / 84 Longo
Tera September 1st-3rd, 2023 17th / 1,348
The Smashing Future 2 October 14th, 2023 3rd / 136
Tech Republic VII November 3rd-5th, 2023 7th / 266
Samsung Super Smash November 18th, 2023 4th / 96
Ultimate Fighting Arena 2023 November 24th-26th, 2023 17th / 1,013
King Con February 24th-25th, 2024 25th / 840 4th / 128 Longo
Grand Conquest 2024 March 2nd-3rd, 2024 5th / 178
Olympus March 9th, 2024 4th / 174
NRW Cup - Rise of Germany April 20th-21st, 2024 7th / 396

Trivia

  • Space was notorious for retweeting a lot of anime girl drawings on his Twitter, including in between top eights sets of major tournaments.
  • Space was one of the few pros playing Super Smash Bros. for Wii U with a Wii Remote and Nunchuk. He has since switched for a Pro Controller.
  • Space is also considered as a top European GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- player. He constantly places in top 8 of major online tournaments, and he notably got a reverse 3-0 over SonicFox in an Europe VS East Coast crew battle.

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