Satanic broke a world record — results of Day 2 of The International 2026

Day two of the group stage of The International 2026 was marked by several key events: Team Spirit and PARIVISION pulled ahead, Satanic broke world records and is leading his team to the final, and not me delivered an outstanding debut at The International 2026, stealing Aegis of Immortal at the decisive moment with Sleight of Fist. Team Falcons and Team Yandex are performing worse than expected, but there is still a chance. HULIGANI are putting up a decent fight but share the bottom spot with OG, while the Chinese teams still have not redeemed themselves:

The matchup between Iron Wing and Team Falcons looked roughly even at first glance, and the fight on the first map turned out to be fierce. Iron Wing wiped their previous day's comeback record of 36 thousand net worth from the history books, because this time they managed to erase a 42 thousand gold deficit:

So, the first map went to Pure and company, after which Ivan bluntly said in his Telegram channel that he eats people like skiter for breakfast. However, the next map turned out to be a failure for his team: he started dying often in solo, which let his team down, and the Falcons seized on the mistakes. The series nonetheless ended in favor of Iron Wing; the carry Wisp, apparently, has become the new meta...

Team Spirit are in great form ahead of the main tournament of the year. Against Team Liquid, Yatoro pulled off a Rampage on Kez, and against Aurora, Larl killed five (this time he is definitely not to blame!). Team Spirit took both series and moved to the top of the standings, while Aurora are 2-1 with their only loss against the Dragons:

PARIVISION are in contention for the tournament final: Satanic is currently the best player at The International 2026 with a KDA of 12.38. He also broke the XPM record (1,337) in the entire history of The International. At the same time, his GPM is 1,000+ on every map. As for their opponent, BetBoom Team, the game did not go their way. On the second map, they got so caught up in a fight that Satanic and Dukalis tore down their Throne in a matter of seconds:

It is worth recalling that The International 2026 could bring some players a third Aegis in their careers, which would be an absolute record. In particular, 33, Yatoro, Collapse, Mira, skiter, and Sneyking may receive this honor. Based on the results of the second day of the tournament, it can be said that the players of Team Spirit are closest to this trophy.

The International 2026 takes place from August 13 to 23 in an online format in Shanghai with a prize pool of over two million dollars. Follow all the latest news on our Telegram channel.