Padilla became as a senior national team member in 2018 and competed at his first world championships in St. Petersburg, Russia at the 2018 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships where he won a silver medal in the men's double-mini event.

[1] In 2019, he won a bronze medal in the men's individual event at the 2019 Pan American Games.

[3] In 2021, he competed in the 2021 Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Brazil and won gold medals in the 17- to 21-year-old age group and the senior-level synchronized (with partner Cody Gesuelli) trampoline competitions and was a member of the first-place U.S. gymnastics team.

[4] He competed in the men's double-mini trampoline event at the 2022 World Games, and finished fourth.

[6] He was named the 2020 Double -Mini Athlete of the Year by USA Gymnastics and was again honored with that award in 2024.