Outside the profile on five of seven. Below it on bounty offered, bounty collected, opponent network, LAN wins and activity.Band is the other 9 Americas sides holding a Major slot · dashed is their median
Up on five of seven since the 7 September release.Dashed is QUINTESSÊNCIA's own profile on 7 Sep · same scale
Profile · against the clubs holding a Major slot
Bounty offered22Bounty collected18Opponent network24LAN wins9Activity17Win rate44Head to head69
Valve's factorsOurs: activity, win rate, head to headPercentile among each region's top 40
Oct 7 · BO3 · ESL Challenger League Season 52: North America - Cup 3
// Act one
The verdict
Americas has 9 slots: the top 2 go straight to Stage 3; 3rd place enters at Stage 2; 4th to 9th start in Stage 1. QUINTESSÊNCIA are 40th, 31 places outside.
<1%QUINTESSÊNCIA are 40th, 31 places outside the 9, 574 points behind ImperialChance of the Major: our simulation to the 2 Nov cut · standing and points: Valve's, 5 Oct 2026
16QUINTESSÊNCIA40 · 29–5140▲24, 24 places up at the cut<1
In the order of their chance of the Major, our simulation's, as Race to the Major orders them; beside each, its median place at the cut and the range the middle 80% of runs put it in. Today is Valve's standing, and the arrow how far the order by chance moves them.
QUINTESSÊNCIAComes up across the cutFalls outThe cut
How these numbers are made
Today is Valve's Regional Standings. At the cut is our simulation: the clubs in the order of their chance of the Major, as Race to the Major orders them, with each one's median place at the cut and the range the middle 80% of runs fall in. A club further down Valve's standings is listed when its median place reaches the figure.
The whole method: the model, its sources, how well it has done and what it cannot see.
Valve counts only the ten best wins in each of these three factors. All thirty slots are full, so a new result counts only by pushing an older one out. A loss takes no slot: it moves only head to head.
Among their most valuable. It holds 9 of the thirty slots that count, level with 1 other event.
Valve counts only the ten best wins in each of these three factors. All thirty slots are full, so a new result counts only by pushing an older one out. A loss takes no slot: it moves only head to head.
20 Sep
Not linked to an event
Valve counted these matches, but we have not linked them to an event: bo3, where our calendar comes from, holds none for them, or holds it under another name.
Record1–0
Head to head+7.57
Still counts100%
1 match
A lit factor means the win holds one of its ten counting slots there; #1 is their most valuable result in that factor.
Valve counts only the ten best wins in each of these three factors. All thirty slots are full, so a new result counts only by pushing an older one out. A loss takes no slot: it moves only head to head.
4 Sep
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026: South American Open Qualifier 1
Nothing here counts toward the factors. No result from this event is among the ten best in bounty collected, opponent network or LAN wins. It moved head to head by -2.89.
Valve counts only the ten best wins in each of these three factors. All thirty slots are full, so a new result counts only by pushing an older one out. A loss takes no slot: it moves only head to head.
Among their most valuable. It holds 9 of the thirty slots that count, level with 1 other event.
Valve counts only the ten best wins in each of these three factors. All thirty slots are full, so a new result counts only by pushing an older one out. A loss takes no slot: it moves only head to head.
24 Apr – 2 May
Odyssey Cup Brazil 2026
Record1–3
Head to head-2.26
Still counts16%
These results are down to 16% of their original weight: almost out of the window.
4 matches
A lit factor means the win holds one of its ten counting slots there; #1 is their most valuable result in that factor.
Valve counts only the ten best wins in each of these three factors. All thirty slots are full, so a new result counts only by pushing an older one out. A loss takes no slot: it moves only head to head.
How these numbers are made
Matches, head-to-head changes, age weights and counting slots are Valve's, from its Regional Standings of 5 October 2026. Which event a match belongs to is our join to bo3's calendar.
The whole method: the model, its sources, how well it has done and what it cannot see.
// Act three
What the rating is made of
Valve's model averages four factors into a starting value, then adjusts it for head-to-head results. For QUINTESSÊNCIA that is 696.8 plus 26.0.
The two parts
Valve's · release 5 Oct 2026
Starting value696.8
+
Head to head+26.0
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Points723
The head-to-head correction is 3.6% of the total. Almost everything about where they sit comes from the four factors, not from whom they have beaten.
The four factors
Valve's · each runs from 0 to 1
Bounty offeredTheir own prize money, their ten best events, aged. Divided by the fifth-highest in the field, capped at 1, then curved.0.294median 0.517
Bounty collectedThe bounty of the sides they beat, their ten best wins. Divided by ten, then curved.0.248median 0.486
Opponent networkHow many sides their opponents had beaten, their ten best wins. Divided by ten.0.052median 0.204
LAN winsWins at LAN events, their ten best, aged. Divided by ten, then by the fifth-highest in the field.0.000median 0.674
QUINTESSÊNCIAMedian of the 16 chasing the slots in Americas
0.800 is the highest average of any roster Valve loaded and 0.000 the lowest, both printed in Valve's file. If the top pulls away, everyone below falls without playing worse.
Valve ranked 380 rosters in this release: every lineup with a win and at least five matches in the six-month window.
Head to head is added last: a Glicko adjustment, match by match in date order.
Valve's file prints 696.8; the factors here are rounded to three decimals.
QUINTESSÊNCIA: Below the median of the 16 chasing the slots on all four factors.
Our Elo answers who wins a match not yet played; Valve's standing measures results weighted by prize money. How our Elo is scored →
The last 18 matches Valve counted · oldest first
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Every match by opponent strength
Grêmio #242 −19.5MIBR fe #198 +15.3+20+100−10−20#1#5#10#20#50#100#200QUINTESSÊNCIA #203Stronger opponentWeaker opponent
None of the 18 matches was against a side in the world's top 30.
How these numbers are made
Valve prints the points rounded to a whole number.
In the scatter both axes are Valve's: across, the opponent's world standing (unranked at the far right); up, Valve's head-to-head change for the match.
The whole method: the model, its sources, how well it has done and what it cannot see.