
Stake Ranked Episode 5 concluded yesterday. At the end of the tournament, the top players and teams were determined, and the maps once again demonstrated an uneven balance between the sides. The event’s key figures and metrics are detailed below.
Dmytro “jambo” Semera led the individual statistics for Stake Ranked Episode 5—the fnatic rifler played 11 maps with a rating of 1.39. Second place went to Vladimir “mazay” Iorgachev with a rating of 1.29 over 11 maps. Third place was shared by David “Dawy” Bibik and Felipe “insani” Yuji, who finished the tournament with an average rating of 1.24. Next were Viktor “Staehr” Shter (1.23), Daniil “headtr1ck” Valitov (1.22), Vladislav “Kvem” Korol (1.2), and Alemkhan “mag1k3Y” Moldakamalov (1.15).
The strongest team based on the championship results was fnatic, whose players had an average rating of 1.13. Eternal Fire took second place with a rating of 1.09. MIBR and Inner Circle followed, finishing the event with a combined rating of 1.03.
The most popular map in Stake Ranked Episode 5 was Ancient, where teams played 13 matches. Cache took second place with 7 matches, while Mirage and Dust2 tied for third, each played 5 times. Anubis and Nuke proved to be the least popular maps of the tournament, each selected only twice. It is known that the defense dominated on most maps—on Anubis, the gap between the sides exceeded 22%.
The championship’s grand final was the most-watched match of the LAN event. According to Esports Charts, 108,971 viewers tuned in at the peak of this match. The tournament’s average live viewership was 20,643 people, and the total viewing time for the matches was 844,636 hours.
Stake Ranked Episode 5 took place from October 26 to 30 in Barcelona. Eight teams competed in the tournament for a prize pool of $100,000. Eternal Fire emerged as the champion of the VRS event, defeating Fnatic 3–1 in the final.
Photo: PGL.