OrionRank 2022

The OrionRank 2022 was a power ranking that listed the world's top Super Smash Bros. Ultimate smashers for 2022. The season began on December 22nd, 2021, and ended on December 18th, 2022. A mid-year ranking was also released, covering tournaments from the start of the season up to June 2022.
==Methodology==
Methodology
The largest change to the methodology was the decrease in importance for regional tournaments, which was a point of criticism for the OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse. The point threshold for Category 4 and 5 tournaments have also been increased.
===Categories===
Category 	Tournament 	Point Threshold
Category 6 	Supermajor+ 	9,600
Category 5+	Supermajor 	6,400
Category 5 	Supermajor 	4,800
Category 4+	Major 	3,600
Category 4 	Major 	2,400
Category 3+	National 	1,500
Category 3 	Super Regional	1,000
Category 2 	Regional 	500
Category 1 	Local 	50
===Tournaments evaluated===
Data for the first half of 2022 is listed here.
Only tournaments that are regional and above (Category 2 and above) are listed.
List with full stats
Tournament	Region 	Date 	Category
 	Kanto (Tokyo Metropolis) 	July 1st 	Category 3+
 	Victoria 	July 2nd 	Category 2
 	Ontario 	July 1st-3rd 	Category 4+
 	France 	July 2nd-3rd 	Category 5
 	Shikoku (Kagawa prefecture) 	July 9th 	Category 2
 	Heartland (Missouri) 	July 9th 	Category 2
 	Southwest (Nevada) 	July 8th-10th 	Category 5+
 	Costa Rica 	July 10th 	Category 2
 	Chile 	July 15th-17th 	Category 2
 	Great Lakes (Wisconsin) 	July 16th 	Category 2
 	Upstate New York 	July 16th 	Category 2
 	Northeast Mexico (Nuevo León) 	July 16th 	Category 2
 	New South Wales 	July 16th-17th 	Category 3+
 	Carolinas (North Carolina) 	July 17th 	Category 3
 	Pacific Northwest (British Columbia)	July 17th 	Category 2
 	France 	July 17th 	Category 2
 	Central California 	July 23rd 	Category 2
 	Puerto Rico 	July 23rd 	Category 2
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	July 23rd 	Category 2
 	Great Lakes (Michigan) 	July 23rd 	Category 2
 	Tristate (New York) 	July 23rd 	Category 2
 	Belgium 	July 23rd-24th 	Category 3
 	United Kingdom 	July 23rd-24th 	Category 3
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	July 24th 	Category 3+
 	Québec 	July 30th 	Category 2
 	Tristate (Pennsylvania) 	July 30th 	Category 3
 	Great Lakes (Kentucky) 	July 30th 	Category 2
 	East Mexico (Puebla) 	July 29th-31st 	Category 5+
 	Germany 	July 29th-31st 	Category 3
 	Kanto (Tokyo Metropolis) 	July 30th-31st 	Category 4
 	Florida 	August 5th-6th 	Category 2
 	Pacific Northwest (British Columbia)	August 6th 	Category 2
 	Victoria 	August 6th 	Category 2
 	Tristate (New Jersey) 	August 6th 	Category 2
 	Puerto Rico 	August 6th 	Category 2
 	Southern California 	August 6th-7th 	Category 3+
 	Nicaragua 	August 7th 	Category 2
 	MD/VA (Virginia) 	August 11th-14th 	Category 6
 	New Brunswick 	August 12th-14th 	Category 2
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	August 14th 	Category 3
 	Germany 	August 14th 	Category 2
 	Kanto (Chiba Prefecture) 	August 15th 	Category 3
 	Kyshu 	August 20th 	Category 3
 	France 	August 20th 	Category 2
 	Venezuela 	August 20th 	Category 2
 	Philippines 	August 20th 	Category 2
 	Texas 	August 19th-21st 	Category 4+
 	Southeast Brazil (São Paulo) 	August 20th-21st 	Category 2
 	Saudi Arabia 	August 25th-26th 	Category 3
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	August 27th 	Category 4
 	Dominican Republic 	August 27th 	Category 2
 	Pacific Northwest (Washington) 	August 27th 	Category 2
 	Pacific Northwest (British Columbia)	August 27th 	Category 2
 	Heartland (Iowa) 	August 27th 	Category 2
 	Inland/Gulf Southeast (Alabama) 	August 27th 	Category 2
 	France 	August 25th-28th 	Category 4+
 	New England (Massachusetts) 	August 26th-28th 	Category 4
 	West Mexico (Jalisco) 	August 28th 	Category 2
 	United Kingdom 	September 3rd 	Category 3+
 	Hiroshima 	September 3rd 	Category 2
 	Great Lakes (Michigan) 	September 3rd 	Category 2
 	Belgium 	September 3rd 	Category 2
 	Pacific Northwest (Washington) 	September 2nd-4th 	Category 2
 	Pacific Northwest (Oregon) 	September 3rd-4th 	Category 2
 	South Korea 	September 3rd-4th 	Category 2
 	Kanto (Tokyo Metropolis) 	September 4th 	Category 4
 	Qatar 	September 9th-10th 	Category 2
 	United Kingdom 	September 10th 	Category 2
 	Great Lakes (Ohio) 	September 9th-11th 	Category 4
 	South Brazil (São José dos Pinhais) 	September 10th-11th 	Category 2
 	Italy 	September 10th-11th 	Category 2
 	Spain 	September 10th-11th 	Category 2
 	France 	September 11th 	Category 3
 	El Salvador 	September 11th 	Category 2
 	Pacific Northwest (British Columbia)	September 11th 	Category 2
 	France 	September 17th 	Category 2
 	Pacific Northwest (Washington) 	September 17th 	Category 2
 	Carolinas (South Carolina) 	September 17th 	Category 2
 	Southern California 	September 15th-18th 	Category 4+
 	Sweden 	September 16th-18th 	Category 2
 	Philippines 	September 17th-18th 	Category 2
 	France 	September 18th 	Category 3
 	Kanto (Tokyo Metropolis) 	September 19th 	Category 3
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	September 23rd 	Category 3+
 	MD/VA (Maryland) 	September 23rd-25th 	Category 4
 	Luxembourg 	September 24th-25th 	Category 2
 	Chile 	September 24-25th 	Category 3
 	Chubu (Obu) 	September 24th 	Category 2
 	Tristate (Pennsylvania) 	October 1st 	Category 2
 	Texas 	September 30th-October 2nd	Category 4
 	Austria 	October 1st-2nd 	Category 4+
 	Ecuador 	October 1st-2nd 	Category 2
 	Northeast Mexico 	October 8th 	Category 3
 	Germany 	October 8th 	Category 2
 	Great Lakes (Michigan) 	October 7th-9th 	Category 4+
 	Puerto Rico 	October 7th-9th 	Category 3+
 	Pacific Northwest (Oregon) 	October 15th 	Category 3+
 	France 	October 15th 	Category 2
 	Netherlands 	October 14th-16th 	Category 3
 	Switzerland 	October 14th-16th 	Category 2
 	Kansai 	October 15th-16th 	Category 5
 	France 	October 15th-16th 	Category 4
 	Quebec 	October 15th-16th 	Category 3
 	El Salvador 	October 16th 	Category 3+
 	Southwest (Nevada) 	October 21st-23rd 	Category 5+
 	Tristate (New York) 	October 21st-23rd 	Category 2
 	Heartland (Iowa) 	October 22nd 	Category 2
 	Chubu (Aichi) 	October 22nd 	Category 2
 	CDMX (Mexico City) 	October 22nd-23rd 	Category 3+
 	Kanto (Saitama) 	October 23rd 	Category 2
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	October 23rd 	Category 3+
 	France 	October 23rd 	Category 3
 	France 	October 29th 	Category 2
 	Florida 	October 28th-30th 	Category 5
 	South Australia 	October 28th-30th 	Category 3
 	Southwest (Nevada) 	October 39th-30th 	Category 2
 	Northeast Mexico 	October 30th 	Category 2
 	Kuwait 	November 3rd-5th 	Category 2
 	Kyushu 	November 5th 	Category 4
 	France 	November 5th 	Category 3
 	Tristate (New York) 	November 5th 	Category 2
 	United Kingdom 	November 5th 	Category 2
 	Georgia 	November 5th 	Category 2
 	Hokkaido 	November 5th 	Category 2
 	Dominican Republic 	November 4th-6th 	Category 3+
 	Costa Rica 	November 4th-6th 	Category 2
 	British Columbia 	November 6th 	Category 2
 	Kansai 	November 12th 	Category 2
 	France 	November 11th-13th 	Category 4+
 	Pacific Northwest (Washington) 	November 12th-13th 	Category 4+
 	Central Mexico 	November 12th-13th 	Category 3
 	Southeast Brazil (São Paulo) 	November 12th-14th 	Category 2
 	Saskatchewan 	November 18th-19th 	Category 3
 	Tristate (New Jersey) 	November 18th-20th 	Category 4
 	Spain 	November 18th-20th 	Category 4
 	Georgia 	November 18th-20th 	Category 3+
 	Central Mexico 	November 19th-20th 	Category 2
 	Victoria 	November 19th-20th 	Category 2
 	Northeast Mexico 	November 26th 	Category 2
 	Kyushu (Fukuoka) 	November 26th 	Category 2
 	Spain 	November 26th 	Category 2
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	November 26th 	Category 3+
 	Colombia 	November 26th-27th 	Category 2
 	Kanto (Tokyo) 	November 27th 	Category 4
 	Saudi Arabia 	December 1st-3rd 	Category 2
 	Kanto (Tokyo) 	December 3rd 	Category 4
 	Spain 	December 3rd 	Category 2
 	MD/VA (Virginia) 	December 3rd 	Category 2
 	Northwest Mexico 	December 3rd 	Category 2
 	SoCal 	December 2nd-4th 	Category 5
 	Queensland 	December 3rd-4th 	Category 2
 	Germany 	December 3rd-4th 	Category 2
 	Dominican Republic 	December 4th 	Category 2
 	Carolinas (Raleigh) 	December 10th 	Category 2
 	Southeast (Alabama) 	December 10th 	Category 3
 	Hokkaido 	December 10th 	Category 2
 	Italy 	December 10th-11th 	Category 2
 	Great Lakes (Ohio) 	December 11th 	Category 2
 	Dominican Republic 	December 11th 	Category 2
 	Pacific Northwest (British Columbia)	December 11th 	Category 3
 	Kanto (Tokyo Prefecture) 	December 11th 	Category 3+
 	France 	December 18th 	Category 2
 	Philippines 	December 17th 	Category 2
 	Florida 	December 16th-18th 	Category 2
 	Southern California 	December 18th 	Category 4+
 	Kanto 	December 18th 	Category 2
 	Dominican Republic 	December 18th 	Category 2
 	El Salvador 	December 18th 	Category 2
==Rankings==
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===Honorable mentions===
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==Regional rankings==
Regional rankings were based off of a player's position on the OrionRank algorithm. 
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===Southeast Asia===
Southeast Asia did not receive an official ranking. Instead, 3 players who qualified for the OrionRank requirements were listed:
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==External links==
*Images: HMs 150-101 100-1 Middle East, Oceania, South America regional rankings
*OrionRank 2022 on YouTube: 100-76 75-51 50-26 25-1
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