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

Zomblers 1–2 EMPIRE

EMPIRE beat Zomblers 2–1 at ESL Challenger League Season 52 North America Cup 1 on August 26, 2026.

C0C0- had the best rating of the series, 1.53, with 53 kills and 34 deaths.

Maps

Dust2 2–10

CT rounds / T rounds: Zomblers; CT 5/12; T 5/12; EMPIRE; CT 7/12; T 7/12

2D replay

Inferno 13–8

CT rounds / T rounds: Zomblers; CT 5/7; T 8/12; EMPIRE; CT 4/12; T 2/7

2D replay

Nuke 7–5

CT rounds / T rounds: Zomblers; CT 5/12; T 2/8; EMPIRE; CT 6/8; T 7/12

2D replay

Zomblers

Player	K	D	A	+/−	ADR	KAST	HS%	Swing	Rating
trashpig	45	46	16	-1	87.1	66.7%	62.2%	-1.1%	1.15
man327	41	38	11	+3	68.6	73.0%	46.3%	+1.2%	1.21
CAJUN--	38	47	16	-9	73.9	65.1%	60.5%	-0.1%	1.05
x1	36	41	9	-5	67.3	66.7%	36.1%	-1.2%	1.01
Sev	32	41	7	-9	59.7	66.6%	43.8%	-0.6%	0.99

EMPIRE

Player	K	D	A	+/−	ADR	KAST	HS%	Swing	Rating
C0C0-	53	34	12	+19	98.0	81.0%	28.3%	+3.1%	1.53
BAGEL	43	44	20	-1	77.5	69.8%	44.2%	-0.6%	1.07
twigs	42	39	9	+3	63.0	69.8%	45.2%	-0.8%	1.02
Walco	39	42	14	-3	68.7	76.2%	53.8%	-0.5%	1.03
ayaneuu	38	38	18	0	67.5	76.2%	57.9%	-0.8%	1.04

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.