Weekly Cups (Feb 23-Mar 1): herO doubles, 2v2 bonanza

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March 02 2026 22:45 GMT

Weekly Cup Competitions Week of February 23 - March 1

by Wax

The PiG Sty Festival remained the feature online event for the second straight week, but it didn't stop several cup events from packing the calendar.

herO was the big winner of the week in 1v1 events, scoring a weekly double with two finals wins over rival Clem. MaxPax and Solar also picked up victories in singles competition.

In 2v2 events, the duo of Solar-ByuN won a special SC:Evo cup in uThermal's 2v2 tour, while MaxPax-Lambo were victorious in the standard March monthly.

*Partial brackets may be shown.

February 23: WardiTV Mondays #75

A highly competitive edition of WardiTV Mondays saw a number of the favorites suffer upsets, with Cure taking down Clem's off-race Protoss while Solar rampaged to the final with victories against herO and Classic.

However, it was still a familiar face emerging victorious in the end, with MaxPax (who ended Cure's run in the semis) taking a 3-1 win over Solar in the finals (VOD). Solar managed to take the first map of the finals with surprise Mutalisks, but dropped the next three maps after failing to breach MaxPax's defenses with early-game attacks.

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February 23: Monday Night Weeklies #41

Monday Night Weeklies unfolded in more typical fashion, with the tournament being decided by two clashes between herO and Clem toward the end of the bracket. Clem took their initial winners' final bout by a 2-1 score, but herO rallied back from the losers' bracket to win 2-1, 2-0 in the grand finals (VOD).

Clem and herO usually play normal-ish games in the weekly cups, but this particular finals duel saw both sides play exceptionally cheesy with several all-ins and proxy strategies being deployed. Unfortunately for Clem, none of his attempts at cheesy tactics connected, leading to a rather one-sided victory for herO.

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February 24: PiGosaur Cup #70

The weekly PiGosaur Cup continued in the midst of the PiG Sty Festival, with the organizers adding an interesting twist by mixing in new maps into the tournament pool. The new maps actually saw a decent amount of play, instead of the competitors sticking to the familiar ladder maps.

In any case, herO picked up his weekly double in the PiGosaur Cup, taking another win over Clem in the finals. The 3-0 series showed why Clem might have tried such a cheesy approach in Monday Night Weeklies, with herO taking the first two maps in mid-game massacres. The deciding map saw both players go for simultaneous proxies, with herO coming out on top in the cheesefest VOD).

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February 28: Korean StarCraft League #86

With a number of the top cup players dropping out, Solar seized the opportunity to take first place in KSL #86. Solar got to flex his strong ZvT during his run, defeating HonMonO (2-0), Cure (2-0), and ByuN (3-1) on his way to victory VOD).

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February 28: StarCraft Evolution League - Doubles Cup #1

uThermal's 2v2 tour continued to experiment with non-standard formats, working together with the SEL to hold a 2v2 cup in the StarCraft: Evolution Complete mod (BW vs SC2). The duo of Solar-ByuN ended up winning the cup, leveraging their experience in 1v1 competitions under the popular mod (VOD).

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March 1: uThermal 2v2 Circuit 2026 - March Monthly Cup

The uThermal 2v2 tour also hosted a standard competition, holding the March edition of the monthly tournaments. While the story of the 2026 tour so far has been unpredictable results and constantly changing teams, we saw some hints of the competition stabilizing at the top with MaxPax-Lambo winning the March cup. The duo had already won the previous February Cup alongside one of the 'bonus' weeklies, and the two Europeans now stand firmly atop the point standings (VOD).