ESL Challenger League Season 52 North America Cup 1 · August 29, 2026 · BO3

EMPIRE 2–1 Iowa Stormboar

EMPIRE beat Iowa Stormboar 2–1 at ESL Challenger League Season 52 North America Cup 1 on August 29, 2026.

Scorchyy had the best rating of the series, 1.47, with 55 kills and 37 deaths.

Maps

Cache 4–3

CT rounds / T rounds: EMPIRE; CT 1/5; T 3/12; Iowa Stormboar; CT 9/12; T 4/5

2D replay

Nuke 13–8

CT rounds / T rounds: EMPIRE; CT 8/12; T 5/9; Iowa Stormboar; CT 4/9; T 4/12

2D replay

Inferno 13–8

CT rounds / T rounds: EMPIRE; CT 5/11; T 8/12; Iowa Stormboar; CT 4/12; T 6/11

2D replay

EMPIRE

Player	K	D	A	+/−	ADR	KAST	HS%	Swing	Rating
Walco	50	39	21	+11	110.7	78.7%	76.0%	+0.1%	1.39
C0C0-	45	39	13	+6	125.9	72.1%	35.6%	+0.9%	1.43
ayaneuu	44	40	10	+4	96.2	72.1%	54.5%	-0.6%	1.24
BAGEL	41	42	11	-1	85.6	70.5%	56.1%	-2.7%	1.09
twigs	26	44	15	-18	63.4	64.0%	73.1%	-3.9%	0.77

Iowa Stormboar

Player	K	D	A	+/−	ADR	KAST	HS%	Swing	Rating
Scorchyy	55	37	9	+18	88.8	70.5%	41.8%	+3.5%	1.47
aelor	48	40	5	+8	76.7	70.5%	56.3%	+3.0%	1.29
Valter0k	36	42	19	-6	66.7	72.1%	61.1%	-1.0%	0.99
1TyRa	34	45	11	-11	70.4	55.7%	67.6%	+1.8%	1.03
false	30	43	12	-13	60.1	67.2%	76.7%	-1.8%	0.87
Coach\|carbs	0	0	0	0	0.0	100.0%	–	0.0%	0.78

Rating weighs kills, deaths, damage, KAST and round swing per round, each adjusted for the round's economy; about 1.00 is average. Swing is how much a player moved their team's chance of winning the round, per round. Numbers from Subtick's own parse of the match demos.