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Ultimate Local Winners: August 24th-30th, 2021

By Jack "Jackie Peanuts" Moore | 08/31/21

The Ultimate world didn't stop spinning for Summit. Our database captured 51 tournaments of at least 50 players around the world this past week. For further Summit coverage, check out yesterday's recap post, but for now, let's dive into the rest of the week in Ultimate:

Map 1: Europe

Europe featured the largest regional events of the weekend, with France and Germany each hosting 100-entrant brackets.
Wario
took the 126-entrant Bour'pif Arena #7 in France with Lucina, winning the ditto against the country's top Lucina main,
Lucina
, with
Snake
claiming third. In Germany,
Greninja
was able to hold off
Luigi
and
Diddy Kong
to win the largest European event of the week, the 128-entrant TGM Brawl #1.
At the 79-entrant Asobi Weekly #2 in Créteil, France,
Roy
took it over
Palutena
. In the other German event of the week,
Bayonetta
held off
Mr. Game and Watch
to win the 64-entrant VirtuaSmash #14.
Falco
won Wien, Austria's 50-entrant Smash @ Respawn. Finally, it was a strong week for European (Dark) Samus players, as
Samus
claimed The Lab in London, England and
Dark Samus
won MST 3 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.

Map 2: North America

With all eyes on Summit, there was little in the way of big regionals in the United States this week. Portland's Back In Blood was the biggest event in the world with 223 entrants, won by
Luigi
over
Kirby
and
Mario
. Just two other events cracked 100 entrants this week. Mega Smash Mondays was won by Summit holdover
Byleth
over
Wolf
and
Falco
. The other was Smash @ State 30 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the return to campus event for North Carolina State University, taken by
Robin
over
Sheik
and
Sephiroth
Cloud
.
Roy
Marth
won Utah's 97-entrant LAN King over
Sonic
.
Min Min
took Smash @ Xanadu and The Grind in Maryland over
Mario
and
Fox
Wolf
respectively.
Ryu
claimed Chicago's biggest weekly, the 95-entrant Ignition, over
Sephiroth
Pokémon Trainer
and
Roy
.
Joker
took Canada's biggest weekly, the 88-entrant The Cave Series #9, over
Min Min
and
Richter
Sephiroth
.
Jackie Peanuts is the Director of PGstats. A sportswriter and statistician, Jackie's work has appeared on ESPN, CBS, Vice, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and others.
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