It's not often that one gets to see a rising star defeat all three of Super Smash Bros. Melee's top-ranked players in back-to-back sets. At last night's Genesis 5, Justin "Plup" McGrath made it look like business as usual.

The SSBMRank number five found himself in grand finals of the prestigious super-major thanks to a spectacular series of wins over Joseph "Mang0" Marquez, Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, and Adam "Armada" Lindgren. He sealed off his 3-0 victory over the latter by clocking him with an electrifying Zelda forward aerial, a high-tier move on a low-tier character rarely seen in tournament play.

Plup's historic victory was the highlight of an event chock-full of surprises. In top 64 bracket, fan-favorite Japanese Yoshi player Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto took out top ten players Zachary "SFAT" Cordoni and Justin "Wizzrobe" Hallett before falling to veteran Hugo “HugS” Gonzalez in his top 8 qualifying match. HugS and his newly-minted Team Dignitas comrade Joey “Lucky” Aldama both made career-high runs to qualify for the tournament’s final day, with Lucky pulling out a 3-1 victory over Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman in losers round 6.