The MongolZ close out IEM Cologne 2026 Quarterfinal 3 with a 2-0 sweep over paiN on June 18 evening. bLitz finished the series with a 1.51 series rating — the highest single-series rating in any CS2 Major QF on record, beating donk's 1.49 at PGL Copenhagen 2024.
Map 1: Anubis 13-3 The MongolZ
paiN first-picked Anubis hoping to neutralize the MongolZ T-side execute pool, but The MongolZ T-side opened the half with a flawless A-site hookah-default execute on round one, followed by six more T-side rounds with no buy from paiN. The half closed 9-3 on a bLitz tab-grab quad-kill in the apartments corner. The CT-side closed 13-3 in four rounds after Senzu's CT-side default-defence rotation read on round 13.
Map 2: Inferno 13-5 The MongolZ
The MongolZ second-pick Inferno opened 7-1 on the T-side with three consecutive Senzu opening picks on banana. paiN's first round of the half (round 8) won on a kauez force-buy Famas 1v3 clutch on B-site. paiN's CT-side closed the half 7-5 but The MongolZ T-side eight rounds straight to close 13-5.
bLitz's MVP-tier carry
bLitz's 1.51 series rating is built on a 1.71 first-half Anubis CT-side rating, 1.46 second-half Anubis, 1.48 first-half Inferno, and 1.41 second-half Inferno. The series KAST sat at 84% (industry MVP threshold is 75%+). Headshot percentage 71%. Multi-kill rounds 14.
What this means
The MongolZ advance to SF2 on June 20 against the QF4 MOUZ-Falcons winner (live tonight at 21:00 CEST). paiN exit at the QF stage with kauez posting a respectable 1.18 individual rating but the team's CT-side default-defence read failed to translate into round wins.
The MongolZ player-gold pyramid shifted overnight: bLitz player-gold jumped from $82 to $118 mean — the first Mongolian three-digit player-gold in CS2 history (covered in the June 13 player-gold leaders piece).
