Zephyr’s Open Internal Ranking Q1 2025/2026
Zephyr’s yearly internal ranking has finally kicked off with the open internal ranking of Q1 having been the first shot at getting some points. It was a very interesting yet hectic tournament to kick off the year with newcomers and old faces both joining the tournament, leading to a total of 12 participants. This included 2 newcomers, both coming from the introweek and open trainings, those being MrWheat and Weirdperson. As for how they fared during the tournament.. you’ll have to read on!
Before the tournament even started, Weirdperson was proving to be a very skillfull player. Despite coming from Cyprus and barely being able to train against good players, he mastered Little Mac and took multiple matches off of established players. Mattie however was also not out of the question to take the win, with very high level Rosalina and Zelda gameplay leaving others stumped. And of course, the wildcard of ex-Zephyr members playing along meant that anything could happen. Despite all that, most people were expecting Weirdperson to win. During the tourney itself, it turned out that not everyone was taking things as seriously. Unique, who tends to play Falco and similar characters only played Ridley, and Tanglad too didn’t seem quite as invested. This all came to ahead when the aforementioned 2 players had to face off, which ended up being in a different game alltogether! The most hype moment which will certainly end up in the montage was a 0-130% into kill combo from Muurverf’s Inkling against VincentG’s Byleth. Finally, for the results. In the end, Weirdperson’s Little Mac proved to victorious, allthough Mattie was not willing to end the grand finals without a fight, with it ending in 3-2.
The points gained during this first tournament are as followed:
1. Weirdperson (Little Mac, Game and Watch) – 17 points
2. Mattie (Rosalina & Luma, Zelda) – 14 points
3. Voerzitter (Bowser, King K. Rool) – 9 points
4. Tanglad (Donkey Kong) – 6 points
5. Unique (Ridley, Falco) – 3 points
5. Muurverf (Inkling) – 3 points
7. VincentG (Byleth) – 2 points
7. Akbob (Yoshi) – 2 points
9. MrWheat (Terry) – 1 point
9. I have a snail btw (Kirby) – 1 point
9. Irregular (Yoshi, Bowser) – 1 point
9. DVoid (King Dedede) – 1 point
Thus, the top 3 consists of newcomer Weirdperson coming in first place with what some may consider the game’s worst character, 2nd going to Mattie who has been knocked down from getting 1st last year and Zephyr boomer Voerzitter snatching 3rd place.
This tournament also offically starts off the rankings for this year, which means all the members of the Zephyr Smash scene this year can now start challenging one another. As for the tournament itself, the VOD will be uploaded to the Zephyr Youtube channel shortly.. We wish all players the best of luck with the rankings for 2025/2026!