Another year of pinball has come and gone, and 2025 had some incredible highlights in the pinball community. Let’s take a look at the proverbial highlight reel of pinball in Utah: open tournaments, women’s tournaments, and more!
Notable Records:
- Highest attendance ever at a Utah Women’s tournament – 30 (Wasatch Women’s April)
- Most tournaments in one week – 7 (December 7 to December 13)
- Most events in one day at multiple venues – 3 (December 13)
- The first ever 24-hour Utah tournament was held at the L.A.B. in early November.
Open Tournaments by the Numbers:
Overall, the scene in Utah continues to grow. More events, more players, new attendance records, new winners, and more. We are delighted to have achieved Super State status for the second year in a row, increasing our Open State Finals competition from 16 players to 24 players.
- Total Sanctioned Events: 149 (three more than 2024!)
- Total Unique Players: 522 (almost 100 more players than 2024!)
- Unique Winners: 42
- First Time Winners: 11
- Event with Highest Attendance: SBSC November 2025 – Sugar House (44)
- Top Open Player: Nate Smith with 295.95 WPPRs
- Top Woman Player: Paige Peck with 70.22 WPPRs (19th)
Women’s Tournaments by the Numbers:
The women’s scene also continues to grow. While not reflected in the numbers below, average attendance at women’s tournaments has increased to 23, which is a huge increase from previous years.
- Total Events: 17
- Total Unique Players: 80
- Unique Winners: 10
- First Time Winners: 2
- Event with Highest Attendance: Wasatch Women’s April (30)
- Top Player: Crystal Cory with 55.73 WPPRs
- Top Junior Player: Beylyn Edge (16th)
Out of State Successes:
Obviously, Utah is not the only place to play pinball. There are large tournaments all over the country that attract the best players in the States and across the entire world. It’s even more impressive then when our players attend these out of state tournaments and kick butt!
- Spencer Imboden and Marc Jackson qualified 1st and 2nd for the B division finals at The Open at INDISC (January 2024)
- Spencer Imboden took 2nd place in the B division at the Dory Hill tournament in Colorado (September 2024)
2025 State Finals:
The entire calendar year of 2025 is used to determine who qualifies to participate in the Utah Pinball State Finals. There are two finals – one for open and one for women’s. The 2025 Utah Pinball State Finals will take place on January 17th at Kiitos Brewing in Salt Lake CIty. The 2025 Utah Women’s Pinball State Finals will take place on January 18th at the Holiday Inn in South Jordan.
If you didn’t qualify this year but want to watch the amazing pinball action, check out TheKingPinball on Twitch who will be streaming both events.
And if you’re ready to take the plunge and join this ever-growing community, check out our tournament page and our blog on attending your first pinball tournament!
Thanks for a great 2025 season. We’ll see you at a tournament in 2026!
Thank you to Mark Laird for compiling the data and writing a summary of 2025, as you have for the past few years. We appreciate you!