Matches / Upcoming / Ground Zero vs Time Waves
PredictionHigh confidence
Our model gives Ground Zero a 83% chance to beat Time Waves at DFRAG Open Series 6. Bookmakers price Ground Zero at 1.04 and Time Waves at 7.34 (implied 88% vs 12%).
FormatBO3Form30-27 · 3-14PistolsGRO 50%Likely mapsNuke · Inferno · Anubis
Model read: track record · HLTV rank · firepower · form, weighted by sample size. All figures respect the data-range filter.
Recent form
Ground Zero
Head-to-head
past meetings & common opponents◂ GRO fared bettervs 7 shared opponentsTIM fared better ▸
THUNDER dOWNUNDER#497-210-3
Ground Zero vs THUNDER dOWNUNDER
Jul 18WDust28-13Anubis13-10Nuke16-14Jul 18LDust210-13Anubis7-13May 3LDust27-13Anubis5-13+8 earlier meetings
Arcade#983-30-2
Ground Zero vs Arcade
Jul 17WMirage10-13Dust213-6Nuke13-7Jul 17WDust213-7Mar 17LAncient9-13Dust216-19Time Waves vs Arcade
Apr 5LNuke7-13Dust210-13
Rooster#11815-60-6
Ground Zero vs Rooster
Jun 18LNuke13-2Anubis11-13Mirage11-13Jun 16WMirage13-10Dust216-13Apr 9WDust213-7Inferno13-4+6 earlier meetings
Time Waves vs Rooster
Apr 12LAnubis5-13Dust22-13Mar 16LNuke3-13Dust23-13Mar 12LInferno5-13Overpass5-13DINDing Cuts#1863-00-2
Time Waves vs Ding Cuts
Apr 12LMirage8-13Inferno5-13
Mindfreak12-70-4
Ground Zero vs Mindfreak
Jul 18WInferno9-13Anubis13-9Nuke13-7Mar 23WAnubis13-11Nuke11-13Inferno13-7Mar 14WInferno13-11Anubis13-11+4 earlier meetings
Underground4-10-4
Skele2-00-2
Ground Zero vs Skele
Apr 27WMirage13-6Inferno13-7Time Waves vs Skele
Apr 26LMirage2-13Inferno8-13Ground Zero 46-38combined map recordTime Waves 0-23edge · Ground Zero
Firepower
roster ratingsGround Zero · avg 1.1 · top +0.23
| Player | Mp | K-D | ADR | KAST | HS | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sliimey | 47 | 1.27 | 84 | 76.8% | 58% | 1.33 |
| hazr | 30 | 1.06 | 71.6 | 69.9% | 65% | 1.14 |
| apocdud | 132 | 0.96 | 73.6 | 70.2% | 45% | 1.08 |
| Omichella | 132 | 0.93 | 70.2 | 71.1% | 56% | 1.03 |
| tucks | 48 | 0.75 | 63.5 | 65.9% | 58% | 0.92 |
Time Waves · avg 0.88 · top +0.11
| Player | Mp | K-D | ADR | KAST | HS | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lawlkay | 35 | 0.86 | 67.8 | 63.5% | 55% | 0.99 |
| ElephanT | 34 | 0.82 | 66.6 | 62.7% | 35% | 0.89 |
| camille | 35 | 0.75 | 64.3 | 62.6% | 56% | 0.88 |
| Harbor | 28 | 0.69 | 62.1 | 62% | 51% | 0.82 |
| Kezza | 35 | 0.66 | 59.6 | 59.9% | 53% | 0.8 |
Projected veto
likely picks & bansVeto read
Neither side's habitual bans cleanly remove the other's best maps. The veto is live.
Plays: Nuke · Inferno · Anubis · Removed: Ancient · Dust2 · Overpass · Mirage
every map shows both teams' win% (GRO / TIM)
1GROUND ZERO BAN
Ancientproj. removed
GRO
0%
0-1TIM
0%
0-3
GRO
0%
0-1
TIM
0%
0-3
Ground Zero on Ancient
L
Arcade
9–13
5mo agoTime Waves on Ancient
L
low cortisol
4–13
3mo ago
L
Underground
6–13
5mo ago
L
Underground
3–13
6mo ago
2TIME WAVES BAN
Dust2proj. removed
GRO
39%
11-17TIM
20%
1-4
GRO
39%
11-17
TIM
20%
1-4
3GROUND ZERO PICK
Nuke
GRO
63%
19-11TIM
20%
1-4
GRO
63%
19-11
TIM
20%
1-4
4TIME WAVES PICK
Inferno
GRO
57%
12-9TIM
8%
1-11
GRO
57%
12-9
TIM
8%
1-11
5GROUND ZERO BAN
Overpassproj. removed
GRO
33%
1-2TIM
0%
0-1
GRO
33%
1-2
TIM
0%
0-1
Time Waves on Overpass
L
Rooster
5–13
5mo ago
6TIME WAVES BAN
Mirageproj. removed
GRO
52%
11-10TIM
17%
1-5
GRO
52%
11-10
TIM
17%
1-5
7DECIDER
Anubisleft over
GRO
39%
11-17TIM
67%
2-1
GRO
39%
11-17
TIM
67%
2-1
Projected from each team's veto habits (BO3), assuming Ground Zero vetoes first.
Usual first ban: Ground Zero Ancient · Time Waves Dust2.
Map lab
pick the 3 maps · per-map H2H + predictionlayout
Pick 3 maps ✓
Best-case draws · each side’s strongest realistic Bo3 · tap to load
The veto swings it: Ground Zero 90% on their maps vs Time Waves 53% on theirs. Whoever shapes the pool is favoured. Overpass (51%) is the closest to a toss-up.
Ground Zero79%to win the seriesclear pickiMap edgesNuke: Ground Zero 76% clear · Inferno: Ground Zero 89% clear · Anubis: Time Waves 60%WhyGround Zero hold the edge across the maps (2 of 3 lean their way).OutcomesGround Zero 79%: 2-0 67%, 2-1 12% · Time Waves 21%: 2-1 18%, 2-0 3%
series odds add up every way a team can win, not just one scoreline
series odds add up every way a team can win, not just one scoreline
Ground Zero 79%21% Time Waves
Ground Zero are the clearer side here: the most likely result is Ground Zero 2-0.
NukeGRO v TIM
76%24%
19-11record1-4
63%win20%
61%CT win39%
47%T win34%
53%pistol30%
88%convert33%
InfernoGRO v TIM
89%11%
12-9record1-11
57%win8%
50%CT win33%
50%T win38%
50%pistol33%
81%convert63%
AnubisGRO v TIM
40%60%
11-17record2-1
39%win67%
43%CT win56%
49%T win44%
46%pistol50%
81%convert100%
Pistol, eco & sides
win% · convert if won · eco if lost · CT/T per mapct / t side win% (Nuke skews CT, Dust2 T)pistol won the opening pistolconv then won round 2eco lost pistol, won round 2
Map
GROct
GROt
TIMct
TIMt
GROpistol
GROconv
GROeco
TIMpistol
TIMconv
TIMeco
Nukepool
61%166/274
47%146/313
39%22/56
34%13/38
53%32/60
88%28/32
11%3/28
30%3/10
33%1/3
0%0/7
Infernopool
50%96/191
50%107/212
33%34/103
38%49/129
50%21/42
81%17/21
15%3/20
33%8/24
63%5/8
6%1/16
Anubispool
43%131/304
49%134/275
56%15/27
44%16/36
46%26/56
81%21/26
17%5/30
50%3/6
100%3/3
0%0/3
Ancientban
33%4/12
50%5/10
17%4/23
31%9/29
0%0/2
n/a
0%0/2
17%1/6
100%1/1
0%0/5
Dust2ban
47%136/287
46%137/298
35%21/60
29%10/35
43%24/56
83%20/24
16%5/32
20%2/10
100%2/2
0%0/8
Overpassban
50%18/36
27%7/26
33%4/12
17%1/6
50%3/6
67%2/3
0%0/3
100%2/2
50%1/2
n/a
Mirageban
52%118/228
49%99/204
23%14/62
45%22/49
40%17/42
76%13/17
16%4/25
25%3/12
67%2/3
11%1/9
colour = vs league averagebelowavgabove
Pistols
Ground Zero wins more pistol rounds: 50% vs 35%. Winning a pistol usually wins you the next few rounds too, so this is a small head start.
After pistol
Win the pistol → Ground Zero usually win the next round too (84% vs 64%). Lose the pistol → Ground Zero fight back to win the next round more often (14% vs 4%).
Mentality & map flow
comebacks, blown leadsMargins
Ground Zero average a 5.8-round margin (15 blown, biggest 8); Time Waves average 7.1 (5 blown, 3 OTs). Hover any ⓘ for the matches behind it.
Ground Zero
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i22/65 (34%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 65 maps they won, 22 (34%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 34% of their wins were comebacks, not 34% of all games.vs 11minsDust2from 9 downvs THUNDER dOWNUNDERNukefrom 8 downvs THUNDER dOWNUNDERAnubisfrom 6 downvs UndergroundMiragefrom 5 downvs RoosterDust2from 4 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i15/67 (22%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 67 maps they lost, 15 (22%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs AbyssalOverpassled 8 · lost 8-13vs THUNDER dOWNUNDERDust2led 7 · lost 10-13vs THUNDER dOWNUNDERNukeled 5 · lost 20-22vs MindfreakInfernoled 4 · lost 7-13vs THUNDER dOWNUNDERInfernoled 4 · lost 6-13
Biggest comebackifrom 9 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs 11minsDust2from 9 down · won 16-12
Biggest lead blowni8 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs AbyssalOverpassled 8 · lost 8-13
Avg map margini5.8 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi25% · 12Close maps (≤3) · OT25% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 12 went to overtime.vs UndergroundMirage16-13vs MindfreakMirage19-15vs RoosterNuke16-14vs THUNDER dOWNUNDERAnubis19-16vs THUNDER dOWNUNDERNuke20-22
Time Waves
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i3/6 (50%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 6 maps they won, 3 (50%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 50% of their wins were comebacks, not 50% of all games.vs The BardolphsDust2from 5 downvs ExstoMiragefrom 4 downvs The BardolphsNukefrom 4 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i5/29 (17%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 29 maps they lost, 5 (17%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs ArcadeDust2led 4 · lost 10-13vs The BardolphsInfernoled 4 · lost 12-16vs UndergroundAncientled 3 · lost 6-13vs THUNDER dOWNUNDERNukeled 3 · lost 6-13vs Ding CutsInfernoled 3 · lost 5-13
Biggest comebackifrom 5 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs The BardolphsDust2from 5 down · won 16-13
Biggest lead blowni4 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs ArcadeDust2led 4 · lost 10-13
Avg map margini7.1 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi14% · 3Close maps (≤3) · OT14% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 3 went to overtime.vs The BardolphsDust216-13vs The BardolphsInferno12-16vs low cortisolInferno15-19
Ground Zero vs Time Waves FAQ
Who is favored to win Ground Zero vs Time Waves?
Ground Zero are favored with a 83% model win probability, and are the bookmakers' favorite too.
What are the betting odds for Ground Zero vs Time Waves?
Bookmakers price Ground Zero at 1.04 and Time Waves at 7.34 (implied 88% vs 12%).
When do Ground Zero and Time Waves play?
Ground Zero vs Time Waves is scheduled for 2026-08-05 10:00 UTC at DFRAG Open Series 6.