Ilya m0NESY Osipov, the G2 Esports CS:GO squad sniper, became the best Challengers Stage player of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 championship. He finished it with an average rating of 1.49.
M0NESY showed the best performance of all the Challengers Stage participants. G2 played a total of four maps during this stage. Osipov's teammate Justin jks Savage is in second place with a rating of 1.38. Aleksandr zorte Zagodyrenko is third with a 1.33 rating. M0NESY took the top spot on the list with a 1.49 rating for four maps.
Fredrik REZ Sterner of Ninjas in Pyjamas (1.29) and Nemanja huNter- Kovač of G2 (1.29) are in the top-5. FaZe Clan member Robin ropz Kool is ranked seventh (1.24), while OG sniper Abdul degster Gasanov is eighth.
It should be noted that zorte and degster left the Major after Challengers Stage. Grayhound, paiN Gaming, Complexity, The MongolZ, MOUZ and Fluxo also left the championship.
The Legends stage began on May 12 at 12:30 GMT+3. Natus Vincere and GamerLegion will play in the first matches, as well as 9INE and Team Liquid. Read more about the game day schedule here.
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 takes place May 8-21 in Paris, France. Twenty-four teams are competing for $1.25 million in prize money.