Day 1 at BLAST Open London did not bring major upsets, but it delivered plenty of storylines. Here is a clean roundup of the key results and the day’s top performers.
Wildcard will replace Sonic with OG’s benched rifler F1KU, a near like for like swap given their 2025 ratings of 1.08 and 1.07, hinting at a chemistry tweak rather than an overhaul.
Vitality have not lifted a trophy since the summer player break. In the Blast Open London, they survived a scare, defeating M80 2–1 after dropping the opener in horrific fashion.
Kl1m was the star of G2’s academy side, posting a 1.25 rating over the last 3 months.
FaZe Clan will debut with their new signing, jcobbb, against ECSTATIC at 17.00 CEST.
A light CS2 update delivers a handful of quality tweaks across maps, animations, and networking.
ESL confirms 16 invited teams for IEM Chengdu 2025, the final IEM of the year in China this November, with 1,000,000 dollars and Grand Slam points at stake.
By Jacob Olesen
MIBR has benched Rafael “saffee” Costa after a difficult 2025, he averaged a 0.96 rating. No replacement is announced yet, but the team is expected to secure a new primary AWPer soon to build chemistry and settle roles before the StarLadder Budapest Major later this year.
The MongolZ surprised everyone by beating Vitality in the semi finals and then Aurora in the finals to take their first S-tier trophy. Today we’ll take a look at the standout performers from the event sorted by rating.
