Maximiliano "max" González, the captain of Team 9z, finished the first stage of the IEM Cologne 2024 championship in Germany with the highest rating among all Play-In participants—1.54 across four maps.
Second place in this statistic was taken by Franco "dgt" García from 9z, with a rating of 1.40 across four maps, while Matias "HUASOPEEK" Ibáñez Hernández from the same team rounded out the top three with a rating of 1.37 across four maps. These statistics were provided by HLTV.
The Play-In stage at IEM Cologne 2024 took place from August 7th to 9th, featuring 16 teams—half of which advanced to the group stage of the championship, while the others were eliminated from the competition.