Apeks, Aurora start ESL Challenger Melbourne 2024 with big wins

The opening matches of ESL Challenger Melbourne 2024 saw Apeks face sunday school while the recently crowned Skyesports Masters 2024 champions Aurora took on Party Astronauts in their campaign opener.

Apeks took on sunday school in the BO1 taking place on Ancient and it was a dominating 13-2 win as jkaem starred in an easy win for Apeks.

ESL Challenger Melbourne 2024

Anc

Apeks

13 - 2

sunday school

StatisticsOverview

All maps

Apeks	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad	22 - 7	+15	153.0	93.3%	2.54
Ådne 'sense' Fredriksen	17 - 8	+9	114.0	86.7%	1.87
Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson	12 - 4	+8	74.3	86.7%	1.55
Aleksandar 'CacaNito' Kjulukoski	11 - 8	+3	60.1	86.7%	1.25
Martin 'STYKO' Styk	6 - 6	+0	56.5	86.7%	1.13

sunday school	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Daniel 'rekonz' Mort	11 - 13	-2	84.8	60.0%	0.90
Angus 'guag' Lloyd	8 - 13	-5	54.4	46.7%	0.50
Matt 'mizzy' Webster	6 - 14	-8	57.3	46.7%	0.44
Benson 'Liki' Niuila	4 - 14	-10	54.4	53.3%	0.36
Reily 'versa' Dundas	3 - 14	-11	27.5	46.7%	0.36

Maps

13

Ancient

2

jkaem22 kills

Most kills

jkaem2.54 rating

Best rating

jkaem2.86 rating

Best t-side

sense3.32 rating

Best ct-side

Ancient Rounds

The other opening game in Group A saw Aurora run through Party Astronauts in their BO1, which took place on Overpass. The American team picked up three rounds on their T side on Overpass and that was all as Lack1 topping the scoreboard with 23 kills which saw Aurora ease to a 13-3 win.

ESL Challenger Melbourne 2024

Ovp

Party Astronauts

3 - 13

Aurora

StatisticsOverview

All maps

Party Astronauts	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Danny 'cxzi' Strzelczyk	11 - 15	-4	80.6	68.8%	0.96
Ben 'ben1337' Smith	11 - 16	-5	69.8	68.8%	0.78
William 'RUSH' Wierzba	10 - 15	-5	64.4	50.0%	0.69
Connor 'chop' Sullivan	4 - 13	-9	48.8	50.0%	0.49
Adam 'WolfY' Andersson	3 - 14	-11	34.2	43.8%	0.35

Aurora	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Viktor 'Lack1' Boldyrev	23 - 10	+13	150.8	81.2%	2.21
Evgeny 'Norwi' Ermolin	18 - 9	+9	103.4	93.8%	1.72
Evgeny 'r3salt' Frolov	15 - 7	+8	90.3	81.2%	1.57
Denis 'deko' Zhukov	14 - 5	+9	76.8	87.5%	1.45
Aleksandr 'KENSI' Gurkin	3 - 9	-6	43.2	81.2%	0.75

Maps

3

Overpass

13

Lack123 kills

Most kills

Lack12.21 rating

Best rating

Lack12.77 rating

Best t-side

Lack12.03 rating

Best ct-side

Overpass Rounds

Apeks will now face Aurora in the Group A winners' match later today.