// Pick'em · PGL Major Singapore 2026

Singapore Major Pick'em

The Stage 1 field is set when Valve's invitations go out after the 2 November cut. Until then, this is how the Pick'em works and when it opens.

How it scores

Each Swiss stage asks for ten picks: two teams to finish 3–0, six to advance at 3–1 or 3–2, and two to finish 0–3. A pick only scores if the team ends on exactly that record. A team you picked to advance that goes 3–0 scores nothing, and so does a 3–0 pick that goes 3–1.

Five correct picks completes the stage. Teams that finish 2–3 or 1–3 have no slot, so leaving a team out is a choice as well: a team that ends there takes no pick with it.

When things happen

2 November
The cut. Valve's standings on this date decide who is invited to the Major.
After the cut
Invitations go out. Once they are accepted, the field and the seeding for all three stages are known.
Before Stage 1
This page shows where each team is likely to finish and the set we would pick, and you can check your own.
Between stages
The Stage 2 and Stage 3 fields follow from the results, and the page moves on to the next stage.

Earlier Majors

Our forecast for each stage of the last Majors, worked out afterwards on the Elo of the day before it, beside where each team finished.

How these numbers are made
  • Pairings follow Valve's Major rulebook: round 1 is seed 1 against 9 and so on, later rounds pair within the same record by Difficulty Score and seed without rematches, and matches that can advance or eliminate a team are best of three.
  • The model's opinion: on the nine Swiss stages of Austin 2025, Budapest 2025 and Cologne 2026 the model was ahead of picking by seed, but not by more than chance can explain, so these numbers are not shown to beat seeding.
  • The whole method: the model, its sources, how well it has done and what it cannot see.