Essential Jiu-Jitsu dominated the team standings at New York Summer Kids 2024, capturing 7 gold medals across 52 divisions on August 3rd. Brazilian Top Team finished second with 6 golds, while The Hive Martial Arts Academy claimed third with 4 medals. Top individual performers included Isabele Gava Flores (Green belt, rating 5706) from Jiu-Jitsu For Life Team, Asher Zane Glover (Yellow belt, rating 5212) from Brazilian Top Team, and Hunter Paul Crowley (Yellow belt, rating 5031) from The Hive Martial Arts Academy.
The tournament operated across 42 academies without recorded match data, making traditional submission-rate analysis impossible. The deepest division was PEE-WEE 1 GREY male FEATHER (53.00LB) gi with 4 placements, indicating a youth-focused bracket structure. All 52 divisions awarded exactly one gold medal each, suggesting single-elimination or round-robin formats without head-to-head tiebreaker matches.
Alliance earned 8 total medals (3 golds, 5 silvers) despite placing fourth, demonstrating consistent podium finishes across multiple divisions. Brazilian Top Team showed concentrated strength with 6 golds from fewer total medals (6), while GF Team and Essential Jiu-Jitsu both posted 8 total medals but Essential's 7-1 gold-to-bronze ratio outpaced GF Team's 2-2 split. Brazilian Top Team placed three fighters in the top-10 ratings: Glover, Aleksandr Karbanovich (Grey belt, 4693), and Matvei Karbanovich (Orange belt, 4174).
| # | Academy | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essential Jiu-Jitsu | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Brazilian Top Team | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | The Hive Martial Arts Academy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Alliance | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | Carlos Henrique Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Team | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |