39 Facts About Hungrybox

Hungrybox has won 38 major Melee Singles tournaments between 2009 and 2025, including editions of Apex, The Big House, CEO, DreamHack, EVO, GENESIS, the MLG National Championship, and Smash Summit.

Hungrybox has been ranked one of the top ten Melee players in the world every year since formal rankings began in 2013, achieving the top rank a record three consecutive times from 2017 to 2019; retroactive rankings establish him as a top ten player in the world every year since 2009, and rank him number one for 2010.

Hungrybox has two older brothers, Gaston, the oldest, and Fermin.

Hungrybox discovered video games at a young age, particularly enjoying the Super Mario Advance series, and started playing Melee when he was little after the stepson of one of his father's co-workers introduced him to the game.

Hungrybox originally used Ness as his main character, but switched to Jigglypuff after realizing the effectiveness of the "Rest" move.

Hungrybox kept on recreating the drawing when bored in class, eventually resulting in a "hungry box" character resembling a box with eyes and a jagged mouth.

Hungrybox himself took part of the tournament, finishing in 25th place.

Hungrybox won his first-ever tournament at Revival of Melee 2 on November 21,2009.

Hungrybox then went on to place in high positions repeatedly on tournaments, with Apex 2010 on August 8 marking his first win in a major tournament.

Hungrybox won both the Singles and Doubles tournaments at CEO 2010, and then again at CEO 2011.

At Evo 2013, Hungrybox finished in 3rd place, losing to Wobblez in the losers finals after a controversial finish; in parallel, he took part in a Melee Doubles Evo side-event, teaming up with Mew2King to win the tournament.

On July 3,2013, Hungrybox was picked up by team CLASH Tournaments alongside fellow Super Smash Bros.

On January 6,2015, Team Curse merged with Team Liquid, leading Hungrybox to be picked up by Team Liquid along with his teammate Kashan "Chillin" Khan, joining other Smash Bros.

In 2014, Hungrybox placed top three in nine Melee tournaments, including a victory at Fight Pitt V At Evo 2014, he reached the Grand Finals for the first time, losing to Mango and finishing in 2nd place; he won the Doubles side-event, this time teaming up with Justin "Plup" McGrath.

In 2015, Hungrybox won the Melee Singles tournament at Paragon, defeating Mew2King in the Grand Finals.

In early 2016, Hungrybox won two additional singles Super Major tournaments, Pound and CEO 2016.

On July 17,2016, Hungrybox participated in the Evo 2016 Melee tournament and reached the Grand Finals for the third consecutive year, against Armada for a second consecutive time.

In 2017, Hungrybox won multiple tournaments, including the Supermajor tournament The Big House 7, and four Super Major tournaments: Shine 2017, DreamHack Austin 2017, DreamHack Denver 2017, and Smash Summit 5; for the latter, he set a new record for most money won in a single Melee tournament, receiving $29,315.30 as prize money.

In 2018, Hungrybox continued to consistently rank high on tournaments, winning a total of 18, including three Supermajors: Shine 2017, CEO 2018, and The Big House 8.

At Evo 2018, Hungrybox lost to Armada in the losers semifinals and ranked 4th.

In February 2019, Hungrybox won GENESIS 6, his first GENESIS win after participating in all five previous editions of the Singles Melee tournament.

Hungrybox went on to win more Majors, including Pound 2019, Low Tier City 7, CEO 2019, Shine 2019, and Mainstage.

Ultimate in December 2018, Hungrybox started entering Ultimate tournaments as part of events in which he was competing as a Melee player; his Ultimate endeavors were less successful.

At GENESIS 6, the biggest Ultimate tournament at that point with 2105 entrants, Hungrybox placed 193rd in Singles, and 257th in Doubles with Kashan "Chillindude" Khan.

Hungrybox won GatorLAN Spring 2020, before finishing 2nd at GENESIS 7 after losing to Zain in the Singles Grand Finals, while teaming up with him to rank 5th in Doubles.

Hungrybox won his first Ultimate tournament by finishing 1st in The Salad Online 13's Ultimate Singles bracket.

Hungrybox failed to win any for the rest of the year.

From July 15 to July 18,2021, Hungrybox took part in the Melee Major tournament Smash Summit 11, the first offline Super Smash Bros.

Mang0's first-place prize in the singles tournament of $46,700 surpassed the all-time record of $29,315 Hungrybox had earned for winning Smash Summit 5 in 2017.

On July 3,2022, Hungrybox won Get On My Level 2022 in Canada, marking his first Singles major won in two and a half years since his last major win at Smash Summit 9 in February 2020; he would later score his second major win of that year at Riptide in September in the United States.

Hungrybox claimed in 2013 that he "got good using gimmicks" and that his hands were not fast enough for technical skill.

Hungrybox has earned the nickname "Clutchbox" due to his frequent clutch performances, pulling off comebacks when in difficult positions, particularly when in the middle of losing sets or after being sent to a losers bracket.

Hungrybox is unanimously seen as one of the best players in Melee history, as well as the best Jigglypuff player in the game's history.

Hungrybox attracted criticism for his tendency to loudly and flashily celebrate his wins, which some considered disrespectful to his defeated opponents.

Hungrybox has admitted to suffering from the way part of the community treats him, stating that the community's perception of him was a factor in him starting to drink excessively in 2017 and resuming having a day job despite being the No 1 Melee player in the world.

Hungrybox eventually lost the following round, the losers finals, against Mango, finishing 3rd in the tournament while SFAT placed 4th as the result of his loss.

One of the most infamous moments in Melee history took place in April 2019 at Pound 2019, when, after Hungrybox won the Melee Singles tournament by defeating Mango in the Grand Finals, a member in the crowd, presumably upset by his win, threw a dead crab at Hungrybox, barely missing him.

Hungrybox is present in another documentary about the competitive Smash scene called Metagame.

Hungrybox has been a vocal advocate for the competitive Super Smash Bros.