s1mple returns to the Top 16 of a Counter-Strike Major
The final team of the BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Stage 3 has been confirmed and it is none other than s1mple's FaZe as they took down MIBR in the final Stage 2 game in the 2-2 bracket. The win for FaZe sees them make Stage 3 and it is a return to the top 16 of a Counter-Strike Major for s1mple.
MIBR's pick of Anubis started with a back and forth affair before s1mple and frozen turned around a 2v5 with the Ukrainian legend showing some vintage AWP highlights which helped FaZe take an 8-4 lead on their T side. A flawless defensive hold kicking off with a A site retake on the pistol meant that FaZe locked in a comfortable 13-4 win to start the series.
A back and forth including early impact from EliGE saw FaZe take a 7-5 lead on their pick of Ancient before MIBR winning out a crucial T side pistol saw them go on a six round streak to take the lead of the map at 11-7 before s1mple's AWP finally got FaZe's CT side going. A Tec-9 A hit saw MIBR over run FaZe's defence on the A site which saw the Brazilians hit map point. A crucial karrigan lurk saw FaZe answer back immediately as they held on to push it to overtime with EliGE coming with a last second 1v1 defuse against Lucaozy.
And unlike Falcons, FaZe weren't giving MIBR any overtime freebies as FaZe kept it clean to take a 16-12 win to book the series 2-0 and make their way to Stage 3.
FaZeMIBR| FaZe |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 David 'frozen' Čerňanský |
41 - 23 | +18 | 96.7 | 82.2% | 1.49 |
 Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski |
35 - 27 | +8 | 81.4 | 77.8% | 1.29 |
 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev |
35 - 27 | +8 | 74.4 | 75.6% | 1.28 |
 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard |
31 - 30 | +1 | 86.1 | 75.6% | 1.16 |
 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen |
22 - 32 | -10 | 52.0 | 71.1% | 0.85 |
| MIBR |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lucas 'Lucaozy' Neves |
38 - 33 | +5 | 88.1 | 73.3% | 1.19 |
| Felipe 'insani' Yuji |
32 - 33 | -1 | 77.8 | 68.9% | 0.98 |
| Rafael 'saffee' Costa |
27 - 35 | -8 | 69.9 | 60.0% | 0.79 |
| Raphael 'exit' Lacerda |
24 - 30 | -6 | 54.3 | 62.2% | 0.70 |
| Breno 'brnz4n' Poletto |
17 - 35 | -18 | 44.6 | 71.1% | 0.62 |
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