March 2026 CS competitive digest

March’s CS race remained open as QEA|HAVEX led the championship and win-loss measures while AVNG DooM led nominal cash winnings.

The month

March produced a two-roster argument rather than a runaway verdict. QEA|HAVEX finished with 94 championships, 97 podiums and a 582-35 record, while AVNG DooM had 93 championships, the same 97 podiums and a 567-51 record. Cash and the largest events shifted the balance: AVNG DooM led the month with $2,793,900 in nominal winnings and took $300,000 from CS Masters 22 through an 8-0 run. QEA|HAVEX answered with $300,000 from CS Masters 23 at 7-1 and closed on $2,446,200.

That was not a clean breakaway. Underpass Sub - LMS earned $2,342,800, only $103,400 behind QEA|HAVEX, while recording 85 championships, 93 podiums and a 546-54 record. Its two unbeaten Americas qualifier runs kept a third case alive even as the first two rosters supplied the clearest contrast between championships, total wins, cash and performance in the month’s two largest worldwide competitions.

Competitions and leagues

The first major sequence belonged to AVNG DooM. It went 8-0 for $100,000 at CS Masters 22 EMEA Qualifier, then repeated that 8-0 record for $300,000 at CS Masters 22. QEA|HAVEX swept CS Masters 22 APAC Qualifier at 7-0 for $100,000 and later claimed the other $692,000 worldwide competition, CS Masters 23, with a 7-1 record. Meanwhile, Underpass Sub - LMS went 7-0 for $100,000 in each of CS Masters 22 AMER Qualifier and CS Masters 23 AMER Qualifier, making the Americas qualifiers its clearest answer to the two worldwide winners.

The regional schedule made consistency just as important as isolated peaks. Across the tier-one invitationals, AVNG DooM collected 30 championships from 31 EMEA competitions, QEA|HAVEX collected 28 from 29 Asia/Pacific competitions, and Underpass Sub - LMS collected 25 from 28 Americas competitions. These invitationals recorded region-specific point circuits, with residency eligibility documented separately for the corresponding macro-regions. The Masters qualifiers instead had regional residency requirements but no point-circuit region in the supplied evidence.

Best rosters

My narrow first choice is QEA|HAVEX. Its 94 championships were the month’s highest supplied total, and its 582-35 record was stronger than the other leading candidates. AVNG DooM is the strongest alternative because it led nominal winnings by $347,700, matched the leader’s 97 podiums and delivered the month’s only 8-0 run in a $692,000 worldwide competition. Underpass Sub - LMS belongs in the discussion after finishing close behind on cash and sweeping both Americas qualifiers, although its 85 championships trailed the leading pair.

Which deserves first place: QEA|HAVEX for 94 championships and a 582-35 record, or AVNG DooM for the cash lead and its 8-0 performance at CS Masters 22?

Notable transfers

The nominal $2,990,000 move recorded for Zilla|BOUNE ranked first in the supplied USD fee comparison, while the $2,300,000 move for GH|Zerilaa ranked second. Those deals set the market ceiling, but the month’s more unusual sequence came from two records involving the same player: Mikoly moved for $1,500,000 on March 18, followed by the $1,700,000 move represented by Mikoly on March 23. Together, the four transactions made both exceptional fees and rapid repeat movement part of March’s story. They document dated transfers only and do not establish present membership.

CS GOAT debate

My pick remains AVNG juster, but the margin is narrower than it was in February. Its case is still the longest line in the CS record: front-line evidence across every published month from February 2025 through February 2026, including landmark March and April campaigns, repeated high-volume championship months, and the record monthly prize total of $2,949,300 in December. March supplies no fresh result for it. That is missing evidence rather than a defeat, but it means the leader’s case rests on accumulated durability rather than current-month reinforcement.

The strongest alternative is now QEA|HAVEX. February delivered $2,704,400, 87 championships, a 580-8 record and an unbeaten worldwide title. March turned that peak into a two-month line: a supplied-high 94 championships, a 582-35 record, $2,446,200 and another $300,000 worldwide title earned at 7-1. A manager who values current dominance over historical accumulation can reasonably put it first, especially because the record supplies no March result with which the longer-standing leader can answer.

Underpass Sub - LMS has the strongest active case behind that pair. Its run now stretches from a worldwide win in December through another unbeaten worldwide title in January, 81 championships and $1,984,600 in February, then 85 championships, $2,342,800 and two unbeaten regional qualifying runs in March. AVNG DooM owns March’s sharpest one-month counterclaim with $2,793,900, 93 championships and an 8-0 worldwide title, but the supplied history does not yet give that peak the duration of the leading cases.

The order remains unsettled because the evidence does not force longevity and present form onto the same scale. Would a third straight month with at least 90 championships and another worldwide title be enough for you to move QEA|HAVEX above AVNG juster, or would you require the two to meet in the same worldwide field before changing the top spot?