Hungrybox

Juan DeBiedma (born June 21, 1993), known as his tag Hungrybox, is an Argentine American professional Super Smash Bros. player from Orlando, Florida. One of the "Five Gods" of Melee along with Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney,[1] DeBiedma has won several major tournaments, including Apex 2010 and EVO 2016.[2][3][4] He is widely regarded to be the best Jigglypuff player of all time[5][6] and has been ranked in the top five in the world every year since formal rankings began in 2013.[7]

Hungrybox
Juan DeBiedma
Hungrybox in 2017
Personal information
Born (1993-06-21) June 21, 1993
HometownOrlando, Florida
NationalityArgentinian and American
Nickname(s)
  • Hungrybox
  • Hbox
  • Clutchbox
  • HGod
Career information
StatusActive
LeagueMajor League Gaming
Evolution Championship Series
Current teamTeam Liquid
OrganizerLuis "Liquid`Crunch" Rosias
GamesSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Project M
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Career prize money$324,861.61
Career history
2013–2014CLASH Tournaments
2014–2015Team Curse
2015–PresentTeam Liquid
Career highlights and awards
  • 6× CEO champion (2010, 2011, 2016–2019)
  • Apex champion (2010)
  • 5× DreamHack champion (2015, 2017, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  • MLG champion (2015)
  • EVO champion (2016)
  • 2× TBH champion (2017, 2018)
  • 3× Smash Summit champion (2017, 2018, 2020)
  • Genesis champion (2019)

DeBiedma holds the mark for most money won in a single Melee tournament, with $29,315.30 at Smash Summit 5 in November 2017, and has won more career prize money for Melee than any other player.[8] DeBiedma also played Project M and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, primarily playing Jigglypuff in the former and Mario in the latter. Following the release of the game, he began competing in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments with Jigglypuff.[9][10] He is a member of Team Liquid.

Career

Hungrybox says that he "got good using gimmicks" and that his hands are not fast enough for technical skill.[11] In 2009, DeBiedma placed 3rd at GENESIS 1, his first high placement at a major Melee tournament. He won his first tournament at Revival of Melee 2 later that year. Hungrybox continued to make deep runs in tournaments often finishing 2nd to 5th. In 2014, he placed top three in nine Melee tournaments, including a victory at Fight Pitt V[12] and runner up at EVO 2014.[3] In 2015, DeBiedma won his first national victory for the year at Paragon after handily defeating Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman in grand finals.[13]

On July 3, 2013, DeBiedma was picked up by CLASH Tournaments alongside Aziz "Hax" Al-Yami.[14] On April 17, 2014, DeBiedma left CLASH Tournaments and joined Team Curse.[15] On January 6, 2015 Team Curse announced that they would be merging with Team Liquid. Because of the merge, DeBiedma was picked up by Team Liquid along with his teammate Kashan "Chillin" Khan, joining Ken and KoreanDJ.[16]

In August 2015 DeBiedma announced that he would be becoming less active in competitive Smash as he began his career as an engineer.[17] Paragon Los Angeles was his next tournament after EVO. He finished 3rd in Melee after being eliminated by Mew2King by a score of 3–2.[18] In the largest Project M tournament in history, Hbox finished 4th, also after being defeated by Mew2King, losing 3–1. In October, HBox won the MLG World Finals Melee singles tournament after beating Mew2King in grand finals 3-1 to win the tournament. In November HBox won Dreamhack Winter 2015 Melee singles beating Armada 3–1 in the second set of grand finals after losing 3–0 in the first set of grand finals, and won doubles with Axe, beating Shroomed and MacD 3–1 in grand finals.

On July 17, 2016, DeBiedma became the Super Smash Bros. Melee EVO 2016 Champion, beating Armada in the grand finals. DeBiedma was sent to the losers bracket after losing Winner's Semifinals to Justin "Plup" McGrath, but was able to fight his way back to Grand Finals against Armada after eliminating S2J, Mango, and Plup. In Grand Finals Hungrybox played against the defending champion Armada's Fox. He won two consecutive best of five sets against Armada, both with a score of 3–2.

Personal life

DeBiedma was born in Argentina on June 21, 1993.[19] DeBiedma is a 2011 graduate of Freedom High School in Orlando and is a 2015 graduate at the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.[4][20] In 2015, he began working as a process engineer for WestRock. In 2016, after underperforming at The Big House 6, DeBiedma quit his job at WestRock to pursue a full-time eSports career.[21] In March 2018, however, he quietly returned to the workforce at an undisclosed location.[22] In June 2019, after winning CEO for the fourth time, he announced that he would be leaving the workforce again to pursue eSports full-time.[23]

On August 15, 2017, DeBiedma became a U.S. citizen.[24]

Notable tournament placings

Super Smash Bros Melee
Tournament[25]Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
Revival of MeleeMarch 7–8, 20097th4thColbol
GENESISJuly 10–12, 20093rd13thHax
Revival of Melee 2November 21–22, 20091st4thCactuar
Pound 4January 16–18, 20102nd17thUuaa
Apex 2010August 6–8, 20101st4thHax
Revival of Melee 3November 20–21, 20105th2ndHax
Pound VFebruary 19–21, 20113rd3rdHax
GENESIS 2July 15–17, 20114th2ndHax
Apex 2012January 6–8, 20122nd2ndPlup
Zenith 2012May 26–27, 20124th3rdHax
IMPULSEJune 30-July 1, 20123rd2ndKage
MELEE-FC10R LegacyAugust 12–14, 20122nd2ndChillin
The Big House 2October 6–7, 20122nd2ndChillin
Apex 2013January 11–13, 20135th2ndPlup
Zenith 2013June 1–2, 20132nd2ndDoH
EVO 2013July 12–14, 20133rd1stMew2King
The Big House 3October 12–13, 20132nd1stMew2King
Revival of Melee 6November 16–17, 20132nd1stMew2King
Apex 2014January 17–19, 20145th3rdPlup
Shuffle VFebruary 22–23, 20142nd1stMew2King
Revival of Melee 7March 8–9, 20143rd2ndDarc
CEO 2014 PrologueMarch 28–29, 20141st——
Get On My Level 2014May 10–11, 20142nd1stMew2King
Pat's House 2May 24–25, 20142nd1stMew2King
MLG Anaheim 2014June 20–22, 20147th5thPlup
CEO 2014June 27–29, 20143rd2ndPlup
EVO 2014July 11–13, 20142nd1stPlup
Smash the RecordAugust 22–25, 20141st1stPlup
Tipped Off 10September 20–21, 20141st1stPlup
The Big House 4October 4–5, 20149th2ndPlup
Fight Pitt VNovember 1–2, 20141st1stColbol
Forte 2December 20–21, 20141st2ndArc
Paragon 2015January 17–18, 20151st1stPlup
Apex 2015January 30-February 1, 20155th1stMew2King
Bad Moon RisingMarch 14–15, 20151st1stDoH
MVG SandstormApril 18–19, 20154th3rdSilly Kyle
Press StartMay 9–10, 20154th1stMew2King
Get On My Level 2015May 30–31, 20151st1stHax
CEO 2015June 26–28, 20155th2ndLeffen
EVO 2015July 17–19, 20152nd3rdPlup
Paragon Los AngelesSeptember 5–6, 20153rd——
MLG World Finals 2015October 16–18, 20151st——
Dreamhack Winter 2015November 26–28, 20151st1stAxe
GENESIS 3January 15–17, 20163rd4thAxe
PAX ArenaJanuary 29–31, 20161st2ndMew2King
Battle of the Five GodsMarch 17–19, 20161st——
Pound 6April 2–3, 20161st——
Smash Summit 2April 21–24, 20162nd2ndPlup
Enthusiast Gaming Live ExpoApril 29-May 1, 20161st2ndLeffen
DreamHack Austin 2016May 6–8, 20162nd——
Get On My Level 2016May 20–22, 20163rd3rdLeffen
Smash'N'Splash 2June 11–12, 20161st5thWobbles
Low Tier City 4June 18–19, 20161st2ndESAM
CEO 2016June 24–25, 20161st1stMew2King
WTFox 2July 1–3, 20165th4thIori
EVO 2016July 15–17, 20161st2ndMew2King
Super Smash Con 2016August 11–14, 20162nd——
Shine 2016August 26–28, 20164th——
The Big House 6October 7–9, 20165th5thMew2King
Canada Cup 2016October 28–30, 20162nd——
Smash Summit 3November 3–6, 20162nd5thPlup
UGC Open December 2–4, 2016[26] 3rd[26] 4th[27] Mew2King[27]
Don't Park On The Grass December 17–18, 2016 2nd 3rd Swedish Delight
GENESIS 4 January 20–22, 2017 4th 5th Mew2King
Smash Summit Spring 2017 March 2–5, 2017 2nd 5th Axe
Smash Rivalries April 8–9, 2017 1st 2nd Mew2King
Smash 'N' Splash 3 June 2–4, 2017 1st 7th Professor Pro
CEO 2017 June 16–18, 2017 1st
Game Tyrant Expo 2017 June 2–4, 2017 1st 4th Chudat
The Big House 7 October 6–8, 2017 1st 4th Chudat
Smash Summit 5 Nov 2–5, 2017 1st 5th Wizzrobe
Smash Summit 6 May 3–6, 2018 4th 4th 2Saint
Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1–3, 2018 2nd — —
Evo 2018 August 3–5, 2018 4th — —
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9-12, 2018 3rd 3rd Mew2King
Shine 2018 August 24–26, 2018 2nd 4th Chudat
DreamHack Montreal 2018 September 7–9, 2018 1st — —
The Big House 8 October 5–7, 2018 1st 2nd Chudat
Canada Cup 2018 October 26–28, 2018 1st — —
Game Tyrant Expo 2018 November 2–4, 2018 1st — —
Pound 2019 April 19 - 21, 2019 1st 3rd Chudat
Smash Summit 8 June 15, 2019 5th 3rd iBDW
The Big House 9 October 4–6, 2019 5th — —
EGLX 2019: Rising Stars October 20, 2019 1st 1st Mew2King
Mango's Birthday Bash December 8, 2019 2nd — —
GENESIS 7 January 26, 2020 2nd 5th Zain
Smash Summit 9 February 13-16, 2020 1st — —

Project M
Tournament[28]Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
Zenith 2012May 26–27, 20121st——
MELEE-FC10R LegacyAugust 12–14, 20121st2ndKage
Zenith 2013June 1–2, 20132nd——
The Big House 3October 12–13, 20137th1stMew2King
Apex 2014January 17–19, 201425th——
Shuffle VFebruary 22–23, 20142nd3rdNintendude
CEO 2014 PrologueMarch 28–29, 20145th——
CEO 2014June 27–29, 20149th4thArmada
Tipped Off 10September 20–21, 20149th3rdMew2King
The Big House 4October 4–5, 201413th——
Forte 2December 20–21, 20141st——
Paragon 2015January 17–18, 20153rd——
Paragon Los AngelesSeptember 5–6, 20154th1st-6thOracle
Smash'N'Splash 2June 11–12, 201633rd5thWestballz
Low Tier City 4June 18–19, 2016—5thMrLz
WTFox 2July 1–3, 20161st1stMew2King

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Tournament[29]Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
Super Smash Bros. InvitationalJune 10, 20142nd——
CEO 2015June 26–28, 201597th3rdZeRo
FC Smash 15XR: ReturnJuly 4–5, 201517th2ndZeRo
WTFox 2July 1–3, 201625th——

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Tournament[30]Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
Tipped Off 10September 20–21, 20143rd——
Fight Pitt VNovember 1–2, 20144th——

Media

On January 26, 2020, YouTuber EmpLemon made a documentary about Hungrybox on his "Never Ever" documentary series.[31]

gollark: No, He is correct in the grammatical context.
gollark: Time machines? Space machines? Spacetime machines?
gollark: Anomalies? Abstract concepts? Aardvarks?
gollark: Exciting! What do you have to sell? Smaller obelisks? Monoliths? Pocket universes? Hypercomputers?
gollark: There will be MORE auctioforms?

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