ESL Challenger League Season 52 North America Cup 1 · August 26, 2026 · BO3

Shimmer 0–2 Iowa Stormboar

Iowa Stormboar beat Shimmer 2–0 at ESL Challenger League Season 52 North America Cup 1 on August 26, 2026.

aelor had the best rating of the series, 1.55, with 41 kills and 24 deaths.

Maps

Dust2 2–8

CT rounds / T rounds: Shimmer; CT 2/9; T 6/12; Iowa Stormboar; CT 6/12; T 7/9

2D replay

Nuke 7–5

CT rounds / T rounds: Shimmer; CT 7/9; T 8/12; Iowa Stormboar; CT 4/12; T 2/9

2D replay

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Shimmer

Player	K	D	A	+/−	ADR	KAST	HS%	Swing	Rating
juna	34	29	6	+5	101.8	66.7%	58.8%	+0.6%	1.36
empathy	32	34	10	-2	99.6	73.8%	37.5%	-2.4%	1.18
S1nisterAim	31	36	5	-5	104.9	64.3%	61.3%	-0.3%	1.27
Stx	24	32	9	-8	92.5	71.4%	62.5%	-0.6%	1.16
alicerawr	14	32	8	-18	65.3	69.1%	50.0%	-5.0%	0.75
Coach\|Serendipity	0	0	0	0	0.0	100.0%	–	0.0%	0.78

Iowa Stormboar

Player	K	D	A	+/−	ADR	KAST	HS%	Swing	Rating
aelor	41	24	7	+17	116.9	76.2%	56.1%	+2.3%	1.55
false	37	25	10	+12	117.3	76.2%	59.5%	+1.5%	1.45
1TyRa	37	33	11	+4	121.1	73.8%	56.8%	+2.2%	1.41
Scorchyy	28	25	7	+3	91.9	76.2%	32.1%	+1.3%	1.24
Valter0k	20	30	14	-10	70.2	71.5%	25.0%	-1.2%	0.91
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.