3DMAX vs paiN Gaming – 2026 ESL Pro League Season 23 CS2 Match

3DMAX vs paiN Gaming Counter-Strike 2 match ended 1 - 2 in favour of paiN Gaming and was played on Mar 1, 2026 at 6:55 PM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the 2026 ESL Pro League Season 23 Stage 1 - Stage 1.

Breakdown of the match

• paiN Gaming won Game 1 with 13 -  8 on Nuke
• 3DMAX won Game 2 with 13 -  7 on Dust II
• paiN Gaming won Game 3 with 16 -  14 on Inferno

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was Misutaaa with 57 kills.
• Most assists for the match were made by nqz with 22 assists.

Head-to-head stats

3DMAX and paiN Gaming had previously played each other 4 times . 3DMAX had won 2 times , paiN Gaming had won 2 times and 0 matches were tied.

The prior match between them was played on Dec 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM in 2026 ESL Pro League Season 23 where paiN Gaming won 1 - 0 .

Match prediction

Strafe users had a clear favorite in this match, and predicted 3DMAX to win with 69.6% of the votes in their favor and 30.4% of the votes for paiN Gaming .

Where to watch

The 3DMAX vs paiN Gaming live match was streamed on strafe.com, Twitch and Youtube. To watch more matches like this, visit the CS2 match calendar .

Follow the rest of the action from 2026 ESL Pro League Season 23 , as well as VODs, highlights and livestreams, all on Strafe.