Tournament:Let's Make BIG Moves 2026
| Let's Make BIG Moves 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | January 23rd-25th, 2026 |
| Venue | The New Yorker Hotel |
| Address/City | 481 8th Avenue New York,New York  |
| Attendance | 965 |
| Results | |
 winners |  Hurt1v1 Lui$ & Kurama2v2 LingArcadian |
| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | Even Matchup Gaming |
Let's Make BIG Moves 2026 was aSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatesupermajor held in New York,New York from January 23rd-25th, 2026. It was the first Let's Make Moves event sinceLet's Make BIG Moves 2023, to not use the "Luminosity Makes Moves" title, asLuminosity Gaming's partnership ended in 2025, which was last used inLuminosity Makes Moves Miami 2025. The major invitationalVars Ultimate Summit 1 was held nearby on the Thursday before the tournament.
Tournament summary[edit]
The event was the first supermajor of theUltRank 2026 season, reaching P tier during registration, though disqualifications dropped it below the P tier cutoff. Upon the event's announcement, aSteve ban was indirectly mentioned during the advertisement, implemented by the decision of tournament organizers instead of a community vote like in previous iterations. However, tournament organizers later received a call fromNintendo regarding the ban, forcing them to lift it. Due to thesnow storm that took place the same weekend, numerous players were forced to drop out of the event on the final day, primarily players who resided or booked a hotel in New Jersey. The dropouts included nearly every Steve player who made it into the final day (including top 50 playersSyrup andToon), all of whom chose to room together. As a result,UltRank announced that these players will have their performances at this event adjusted for the rankings. #101 seedAntimony was the only Steve player present in the Top 32, finishing at 25th place.
The most notable upsets on the first day of singles took place on #92 seedDark Wizzy, who chose to sandbag the event with random characters due to his birthday and ended up going 0-2. There were also several other upsets with an upset factor of 5, including #239 seedSalvo defeating #47 seedMr. E 3-2, #224 seedTriscuit defeating #33 seedChag 3-0, #213 seedMr_Thugs defeating #44 seedTilde 3-1, and #218 seedArctice defeating #39 seedFree KayFlock 3-2.
Day 2 would kick off with game 5 upsets against two of the tournament’s top 4 seeds in Winners Top 64. #4 seedZomba would take an upset factor 6 loss toCandle and would immediately be defeated by Tilde in another game 5 to place 33rd, his lowest major placement sincePort Priority 8 more than 2 years prior. #2 seedSparg0 would take an upset factor 8 loss toelijmin, the largest upset of the tournament, but he would go on to have a much longer life in losers bracket. Other than his sets againstsmub andApolloKage which both went to game 5 last stock, his set wins in losers were very dominant with a 3-1 victory overTweek and 3-0 victories overSkinny the Pooh,Wrath,Lui$, andMuteAce before losing toPeabnut for 4th place.
Peabnut continued his strong momentum from 2025 by placing 2nd with wins onMkLeo 3-0, Sparg0 3-1, andSonix 3-1, as well as no games lost before Top 8. AfterHurt placed 2nd atLuminosity Makes BIG Moves 2025, he won his first major of the year and won his first Let's Make Moves tournament at this event, with wins onTweek 3-0, Sonix 3-0, and Peabnut twice (both sets 3-1).
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]
(926 entrants)
Top 128 Brackets
Top 16 Bracket
*DQ'd in Losers.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles[edit]
(133 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lui$ |  | Kurama |  | |
| 2nd |  Toon |  | Fhantum | | |
| 3rd | Pharaoh |  | Syrup | | |
| 4th |  Chag | | Sparg0 |  | |
| 5th | Hurt |  | Asimo |  | |
| 5th | Peabnut |  | lolyoshi |  | |
| 7th | FD |  | Lammers44 | | |
| 7th | Seesaw |  | Monte |  | |
| 9th | Beast |  | Tilde |  | |
| 9th | Dark Wizzy | |  Ouch!? |  | |
| 9th | Quidd | | Cody |  | |
| 9th | Beastly |  | MVD | | |
| 13th | Castle |  | elijmin |  | |
| 13th | Alo! |  | Slasher | | |
| 13th | ATATA |  | ApolloKage | | |
| 13th | Stratas |  | PkChris | |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate National Arcadian[edit]
(256 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ling | | |
| 2nd | Epic_Gabriel |  | |
| 3rd | Beast | | |
| 4th | Bubbs |  | |
| 5th | Deltaforce |  | |
| 5th | DJDon | | |
| 7th | Yeast |  | |
| 7th | Marvelous_Marco |  | |
| 9th | Yufine |  | |
| 9th | smub |  | |
| 9th | Obmcbob | | |
| 9th | Machu | | |
| 13th | Skew |  | |
| 13th | layla |  | |
| 13th | Meli |  | |
| 13th | Conor McGregor | | |
| 17th | LRA_START | | |
| 17th | Salvo |  | |
| 17th | Opsine |  | |
| 17th | Dolan | | |
| 17th | Alo! | | |
| 17th | Karflo | | |
| 17th | Cody | | |
| 17th | Nuggetz |  | |
| 25th | Towa |  | |
| 25th | MintyFlesh | | |
| 25th | SuperSanic21 |  | |
| 25th | Wheezer | | |
| 25th | Avery! | | |
| 25th | Saloum | | |
| 25th | blue dog |  | |
| 25th | xavier | |
External links[edit]
| Let's Make Moves/Luminosity Makes Moves | |
|---|---|
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| Miami | 2022 ·2023 ·2024 ·2025 |
