// Event · Tier C

ESL Challenger League Season 52: Asia - Cup 3

7 Oct – 14 Oct 2026 Online 16 teams $10,000 prize pool Finished
Winner
4–0 · Asia-Pacific #4
Race impact 7 · it moved 3

As our forecast of 6 October saw it, before the event started.

Why it matters

Facts beside our number
Valve's event weight
0.33
From its prize pool, $10,000, through Valve's curve. It scales what every result here is worth.
Teams in the race known to attend
3
Chinggis WarriorsLynn VisionAlter Ego
Between 1 and 99% for the Major, on the event's list or in bo3's fixtures. Our model expects 1 more.
Timing
19 days before the cut
TodayCut · 2 Nov
Starts in 1 day. Everything here still counts on the day.

Race impact is ours: how many points of Major chance this event is expected to move, summed over the teams in the race. For each team, how likely a top-half or a bottom-half finish is here in our runs, and how far apart its chance of the Major is after each. After the cut it is 0.

Who it matters to

3 teams in the race known to attend

Each team's chance of the Major today, and after each finish here, from our simulation's runs. The first figure is where they stand today.

TeamTodayWhen it pays off

In our runs where they go out in the semi-finals: 9%. From a final it pays: 22%, up to 45% with the title. Never past 50% here: 45% at best, with the title. 4% to 45% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
4%
-6 points
Quarter-final
5%
-5 points
Semi-final
9%
0 points
Final
22%
+13 points
Win it
45%
+36 points

In our runs Chinggis Warriors are above the 9% they hold today only with a final or better. In the runs where they go out before the quarter-finals, their chance is 6 points below today's.

In our runs where they lose the final: 8%. From the title it pays: 25%. Never past 50% here: 25% at best, with the title. 1% to 25% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
1%
-14 points
Quarter-final
3%
-12 points
Semi-final
2%
-12 points
Final
8%
-7 points
Win it
25%
+11 points

In our runs Lynn Vision are above the 15% they hold today only with the title. In the runs where they go out before the quarter-finals, their chance is 14 points below today's.

In our runs where they go out in the semi-finals: 5%. From a final it pays: 8%, up to 13% with the title. Never past 50% here: 13% at best, with the title. 2% to 13% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
2%
-3 points
Quarter-final
3%
-2 points
Semi-final
5%
-1 point
Final
8%
+3 points
Win it
13%
+7 points

In our runs Alter Ego are above the 5% they hold today only with a final or better. In the runs where they go out before the quarter-finals, their chance is 3 points below today's.

Under 1% for the Major in our runs, whatever their finish here. <1% to 3% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
<1%
0 points
Quarter-final
<1%
0 points
Semi-final
<1%
0 points
Final
<1%
0 points
Win it
3%
+2 points

Under 1% for the Major in our runs, whatever their finish here. <1% to <1% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
<1%
0 points
Quarter-final
<1%
0 points
Semi-final
<1%
0 points
Final
<1%
0 points
Win it
—
too few runs

Under 1% for the Major in our runs, whatever their finish here. <1% to <1% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
<1%
0 points
Quarter-final
<1%
0 points
Semi-final
<1%
0 points
Final
—
too few runs
Win it
—
too few runs

Under 1% for the Major in our runs, whatever their finish here. <1% to <1% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
<1%
0 points
Quarter-final
<1%
0 points
Semi-final
<1%
0 points
Final
—
too few runs
Win it
—
too few runs

Under 1% for the Major in our runs, whatever their finish here. <1% to <1% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
<1%
0 points
Quarter-final
<1%
0 points
Semi-final
<1%
0 points
Final
<1%
0 points
Win it
—
too few runs

Under 1% for the Major in our runs, whatever their finish here. <1% to <1% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
<1%
0 points
Quarter-final
<1%
0 points
Semi-final
<1%
0 points
Final
—
too few runs
Win it
—
too few runs

Under 1% for the Major in our runs, whatever their finish here. <1% to <1% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
<1%
0 points
Quarter-final
<1%
0 points
Semi-final
<1%
0 points
Final
—
too few runs
Win it
—
too few runs

Under 1% for the Major in our runs, whatever their finish here. <1% to <1% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
<1%
0 points
Quarter-final
<1%
0 points
Semi-final
—
too few runs
Final
—
too few runs
Win it
—
too few runs

Under 1% for the Major in our runs, whatever their finish here. <1% to <1% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
<1%
0 points
Quarter-final
<1%
0 points
Semi-final
<1%
0 points
Final
—
too few runs
Win it
—
too few runs

Under 1% for the Major in our runs, whatever their finish here. <1% to <1% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
<1%
0 points
Quarter-final
<1%
0 points
Semi-final
<1%
0 points
Final
—
too few runs
Win it
—
too few runs

Under 1% for the Major in our runs, whatever their finish here. <1% to <1% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
<1%
0 points
Quarter-final
<1%
0 points
Semi-final
<1%
0 points
Final
—
too few runs
Win it
—
too few runs

Under 1% for the Major in our runs, whatever their finish here. <1% to <1% here.

Out before the quarter-finals
<1%
0 points
Quarter-final
<1%
0 points
Semi-final
—
too few runs
Final
—
too few runs
Win it
—
too few runs

The field

15 known · in the race · 1 by our model · strongest first, by our Elo
In the race · 15%
Asia-Pacific #4
Elo 1,614 · 46th
In the race · 5%
Asia-Pacific #14
Elo 1,521 · 89th
Asia-Pacific #12
Elo 1,511 · 97th
In the race · 9%
Asia-Pacific #7
Elo 1,472 · 126th
Asia-Pacific #11
Elo 1,462 · 136th
Asia-Pacific #15
Elo 1,433 · 168th
Asia-Pacific #17
Elo 1,415 · 188th
Asia-Pacific #18
Elo 1,380 · 248th
Asia-Pacific #36
Elo 1,351 · 316th
Asia-Pacific #39
Elo 1,349 · 322nd
Asia-Pacific #22
Elo 1,349 · 326th
Asia-Pacific #29
Elo 1,347 · 331st
b
bLight blue
Asia-Pacific #44
Elo 1,334 · 407th
Asia-Pacific #23
Elo 1,305 · 488th
Asia-Pacific #40
No Elo yet

What it moved

Ours · from our forecast of 6 October
Race impact before it started
7
Points of Major chance it was expected to move, over everyone who might have come.
Expected of the teams that came
5
The same, for the teams in the race who did come.
What it moved
3
How far their chance of the Major moved, given the half of the field each finished in.
Chinggis WarriorsAsia-Pacific · top half 9% → 11% +2 points
Alter EgoAsia-Pacific · top half 5% → 6% +1 point
Lynn VisionAsia-Pacific · top half 15% → 15% +1 point

How it finished

Results from bo3
Winner
4–0Asia-Pacific #4
Final
6–2Asia-Pacific #14
Semi-final
3–2Asia-Pacific #17
Semi-final
4–2Asia-Pacific #7

Winners and losers

Our reckoning, until Valve's release

Valve's points come with its first release after the event. Until then, our reckoning of what this event alone did to each team's points.

Lynn Vision won the tournament, but Alter Ego gained more from it: 102 points against 34. What counts is whom you beat and what it replaced in your ten best.

Alter Ego 6–2Final +102 5% → 8%▲ 3
The KnockoutX 2–2Quarter-final +72 <1% → <1%unchanged
Just Swing 3–2Semi-final +58 <1% → <1%unchanged
Lynn Vision 4–0Winner +34 15% → 25%▲ 11
Kaleido 2–2Quarter-final +23 <1% → <1%unchanged
Vitalem Aerem 1–2Quarter-final +18 <1% → <1%unchanged
THE UNIT 2–2Quarter-final +12 <1% → <1%unchanged
BORING PLAYERS 1–2Out before the quarter-finals +6 <1% → <1%unchanged
Nas 1–2Out before the quarter-finals -12 <1% → <1%unchanged
bLight blue 0–2Out before the quarter-finals -13 <1% → <1%unchanged
Legion 0–2Out before the quarter-finals -13 <1% → <1%unchanged
XDM 0–2Out before the quarter-finals -15 <1% → <1%unchanged
Chinggis Warriors 4–2Semi-final -34 9% → 9%unchanged
Rare Atom 1–2Out before the quarter-finals -34 <1% → <1%unchanged
The Huns 1–2Out before the quarter-finals -35 <1% → <1%unchanged
How these numbers are made
  • Ours: race impact, the chances, the finishes and Elo, from our forecast of 6 October (how our Elo is scored). Valve's: the standings and the event weight.
  • Race impact is how many points of Major chance the event is expected to move, summed over the teams in the race.
  • Event weight is the prize pool through Valve's curve. A stage or qualifier also takes half the pool of each finished event it feeds.
  • What it moved is each team in the race's chance given the half of the field it finished in, against its chance before, summed. Race impact was what that sum was expected to be.
  • Chance of the Major beside each team: from our forecast of 6 October, given they came, against given the finish they had.
  • Points are our reckoning until Valve's next release: every team's points on 14 October, worked out with the event and without it. The difference is the event's alone. Every match counts as Ranked; Valve may not count them all.
  • The whole method: the model, its sources, how well it has done and what it cannot see.