ESL Challenger League Season 52 North America Cup 1 · August 28, 2026 · BO3

EMPIRE 2–1 New Legends

EMPIRE beat New Legends 2–1 at ESL Challenger League Season 52 North America Cup 1 on August 28, 2026.

C0C0- had the best rating of the series, 1.62, with 65 kills and 38 deaths.

Maps

Ancient 13–7

CT rounds / T rounds: EMPIRE; CT 7/12; T 6/10; New Legends; CT 4/10; T 5/12

2D replay

Nuke 9–6

CT rounds / T rounds: EMPIRE; CT 3/10; T 6/12; New Legends; CT 6/12; T 7/10

2D replay

Inferno 13–9

CT rounds / T rounds: EMPIRE; CT 9/12; T 4/9; New Legends; CT 5/9; T 3/12

2D replay

EMPIRE

Player	K	D	A	+/−	ADR	KAST	HS%	Swing	Rating
C0C0-	65	38	16	+27	104.2	80.0%	33.8%	+4.7%	1.62
BAGEL	57	41	18	+16	91.2	81.5%	47.4%	+4.2%	1.46
ayaneuu	48	44	16	+4	74.9	83.1%	33.3%	+0.8%	1.23
Walco	42	39	14	+3	74.6	81.6%	61.9%	+0.3%	1.14
twigs	27	47	21	-20	59.9	73.9%	55.6%	-1.2%	0.85
Coach\|Nexity	0	0	0	0	0.0	100.0%	–	0.0%	0.78

New Legends

Player	K	D	A	+/−	ADR	KAST	HS%	Swing	Rating
Electrician	47	48	9	-1	96.3	64.6%	59.6%	-0.8%	1.23
tmk	42	42	9	0	83.8	66.1%	31.0%	-1.0%	1.13
Jelly	41	54	10	-13	94.2	66.1%	53.7%	-4.7%	0.97
AGB	40	47	17	-7	84.0	64.6%	40.0%	-1.6%	1.05
FROGTRAPPA	38	49	20	-11	83.9	64.6%	52.6%	-1.1%	1.06

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.