
Team Liquid Technical Director Ben “Noxville” Stenheisen commented on X about the third map of the match between Yakutou Brothers and Vici Gaming in the closed qualifiers for The International 2026 in China.
Yakutou Brothers vs. Vici Gaming, Game 3.
It’s also interesting to look at map control: -14.3—Vici had the third-lowest map control score among winners in patches 7.40 and 7.41.

Earlier, Ben “Noxville” Stenheisen shared the results of a Monte Carlo simulation of The International 2026. Team Yandex had the highest chance of winning—it emerged as the champion in 22.7% of the simulations.
Photo: Ben “Noxville” Stenheisen.