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Just Swing vs The QUBE: CS2 match prediction · ESL Challenger League Season 52 Asia-Pacific Cup 2
Just Swing
World #172 · 14-17
VS
2026-09-22 13:00 UTC
ESL Challenger League Season 52 Asia-Pacific Cup 2 · Best of 3
The QUBE
World #– · 11-12
ESL Challenger League Season 52 Asia-Pacific Cup 2 · Best of 3
59%41%
The call
Just Swing are favoured: our model gives them 59% against The QUBE. No odds yet. Form slightly favours The QUBE, firepower clearly favours Just Swing, head-to-head slightly favours The QUBE.
Likely mapsNuke · Ancient · Cache
How the model gets there
One number from the signals below. Each row shows which side it pulls toward and how hard; the weights are learned from every match in our history (team strength and roster rating do most of the work), and the blend is shrunk toward the betting market based on how much data backs it, so a thin sample can never read as a lock.
Just SwingpullThe QUBE
Team strength1508
149253/47 JUS
Track record14–17
11–1255/45 THE
Recent formLLLWW
LWLLW58/42 THE
Roster rating1.1
1.0785/15 JUS
Head-to-head1 maps
2 maps60/40 THE
No odds on this match yet, so the model stands on its own data here. This read is 93% our own signal (72 maps of Just Swing, 55 of The QUBE). Head-to-head they've met 1 time: The QUBE leads 1–0.
Bottom line: Just Swing to beat The QUBE, but it's closer than it looks. Everything below is the data behind that call.
Firepower
roster ratingsJust Swing · avg 1.1 · star gap +0.13iStar gap: the best player rates 0.13 above the team average. A big gap means the team leans on one star; a small one means the firepower is spread out.
The QUBE · avg 1.07 · star gap +0.12iStar gap: the best player rates 0.12 above the team average. A big gap means the team leans on one star; a small one means the firepower is spread out.
| Player | K-D | ADR | KAST | HS | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paranormal★ | 1.1 | 77.7 | 71% | 53% | 1.19 |
| Cozen | 0.95 | 76.7 | 70.4% | 55% | 1.06 |
| soloooS | 0.93 | 69.2 | 71.7% | 57% | 1.04 |
| Kamui | 0.88 | 76.4 | 68.6% | 58% | 1.02 |
| grizzly | 1.01 | 69.9 | 68.9% | 44% | 1.02 |
Recent form
Just Swing
Head-to-head
past meetings & common opponents
5star#332-10-2
Just Swing vs 5star
Mar 21WNuke8-13Ancient13-3Inferno13-6The QUBE vs 5star
Mar 20LInferno10-13Nuke3-13
Rare Atom#982-70-2
Just Swing vs Rare Atom
Aug 31LDust20-13Ancient14-16Aug 26LAncient7-13Dust28-13Apr 26WDust29-13Anubis16-14Inferno13-10+1 earlier meeting
The QUBE vs Rare Atom
Apr 29LAncient4-13Inferno8-13
NEXVOID#1161-21-2
Just Swing vs NEXVOID
Aug 31LCache13-4Inferno10-13Dust217-19The QUBE vs NEXVOID
Mar 19LInferno13-5Dust27-13Nuke4-13
Alter Ego#1322-41-4
Chinggis Warriors#1633-52-0
Just Swing vs Chinggis Warriors
Sep 1LInferno8-13Ancient8-13Aug 29WDust210-13Nuke13-6Ancient13-5Apr 27LNuke13-11Inferno12-16The QUBE vs Chinggis Warriors
Mar 21WMirage13-8Ancient13-5
Legion#1950-20-2
Just Swing vs Legion
Feb 19LDust211-13Inferno5-13The QUBE vs Legion
Feb 17LDust211-13Mirage7-13
BORING PLAYERS4-16-1
The QUBE vs BORING PLAYERS
Apr 4WInferno5-13Ancient13-11Dust216-14Mar 24WMirage13-8Dust213-10Feb 21WAncient13-10Dust213-7
BMZ0-25-4
Just Swing vs BMZ
Mar 23LDust211-13Ancient1-13The QUBE vs BMZ
Apr 28WMirage10-13Ancient13-6Dust213-8Apr 6LMirage13-8Dust25-13Ancient5-13Mar 17LAncient11-13+1 earlier meeting
Map lab
Just Swing51%to win the Bo3 · most likely Just Swing 2-1
If the veto goes
Just Swing 51%how the series ends49% The QUBE
23%2-021%
28%2-128%
Just Swing68%9-5vsThe QUBE32%1-3
64%Win25%
59%CT38%
54%T30%
50%Pistol38%
92%Conv100%
Just Swing33%5-11vsThe QUBE67%6-6
31%Win50%
49%CT51%
44%T52%
47%Pistol58%
80%Conv79%
Just Swing50%3-1thinThe QUBE50%0-0
75%Win–
65%CT–
68%T–
63%Pistol–
100%Conv–
Pistol, eco & sides
who wins pistols, what happens next, which side each team ownsCT side / T side rounds won on that side · Pistol opening pistol rounds won · After win won the round right after taking the pistol · After loss won the round right after losing it. Colour is the value against the league average on that map: above average below, and the tick marks the average.
Just SwingNukeThe QUBE
59%CT side38%
54%T side30%
50%Pistol38%
92%After win100%
7%After loss20%
Just SwingAncientThe QUBE
49%CT side51%
44%T side52%
47%Pistol58%
80%After win79%
6%After loss40%
Just SwingCacheThe QUBE
65%CT side–
68%T side–
63%Pistol–
100%After win–
33%After loss–
Pistol rounds50% · 53% · The QUBE win more of them, a small head start
After a won pistol88% · 82% · Just Swing keep the momentum more often
After a lost pistol9% · 33% · The QUBE fight back and win the next round more often
Projected veto
likely picks & bansihow this projection works
A hypothetical veto for this matchup, projected from how each team has picked and banned before (Bo3, Just Swing vetoes first). It's a guide to the likely map pool and each side's win% on those maps, not a guarantee: teams adapt to the opponent and the event.
Neither side's habitual bans cleanly remove the other's best maps, so the veto could realistically go several ways.
MapJUSTHE
MirageJUS ban25%1-357%8-6
AnubisTHE ban50%1-1n/a0g
The QUBE on Anubis
no recent maps
NukeJUS pick64%9-525%1-3
AncientTHE pick31%5-1150%6-6
Dust2JUS ban40%8-1254%7-6
InfernoTHE ban50%6-645%5-6
Cachedecider75%3-1n/a0g
The QUBE on Cache
no recent maps
Each team's usual first ban: Just Swing Overpass · The QUBE Anubis.
Mentality & map flow
comebacks, blown leadsHover any ⓘ for the matches behind it.
Just Swing
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i5/33 (15%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 33 maps they won, 5 (15%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 15% of their wins were comebacks, not 15% of all games.vs Alter EgoDust2from 5 downvs Chinggis WarriorsAncientfrom 4 downvs JiJieHaoInfernofrom 3 downvs UnitronicsDust2from 3 downvs Rare AtomInfernofrom 3 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i11/39 (28%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 39 maps they lost, 11 (28%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs LegionDust2led 6 · lost 11-13vs Rare AtomMirageled 6 · lost 9-13vs Chinggis WarriorsDust2led 6 · lost 10-13vs Rare AtomDust2led 5 · lost 9-13vs NSNAncientled 5 · lost 9-13
Biggest comebackifrom 5 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs Alter EgoDust2from 5 down · won 13-11
Biggest lead blowni6 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs LegionDust2led 6 · lost 11-13
Avg map margini5.5 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi31% · 6Close maps (≤3) · OT31% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 6 went to overtime.vs Rare AtomAnubis16-14vs Chinggis WarriorsInferno12-16vs Last BulletDust216-13vs Vitalem AeremDust216-13vs Rare AtomAncient14-16
The QUBE
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i11/28 (39%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 28 maps they won, 11 (39%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 39% of their wins were comebacks, not 39% of all games.vs AriseMiragefrom 6 downvs The HunsMiragefrom 6 downvs BMZDust2from 5 downvs The HunsInfernofrom 5 downvs MorningstarDust2from 4 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i7/27 (26%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 27 maps they lost, 7 (26%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs Change The GameInfernoled 6 · lost 13-16vs FengDaInfernoled 5 · lost 14-16vs Change The GameAncientled 4 · lost 10-13vs fullwDust2led 4 · lost 10-13vs MorningstarMirageled 3 · lost 9-13
Biggest comebackifrom 6 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs AriseMiragefrom 6 down · won 28-26
Biggest lead blowni6 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs Change The GameInfernoled 6 · lost 13-16
Avg map margini5 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi42% · 7Close maps (≤3) · OT42% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 7 went to overtime.vs AriseMirage28-26vs Change The GameInferno13-16vs FengDaInferno14-16vs MorningstarInferno16-13vs Alter EgoOverpass16-14