Shortly after the CS2 kill record was broken by Donk, in a fantastic effort by Team Spirit in the ESL Pro League match, has the record been broken once more by Alex “poiii” Nyholm Sundgren.
The 17-year-old Swedish sensation stunned in a 13-11 win for his team against Zero Tenacity, where he smashed the CS2 regulation kill record in a single map. Poiii managed 39 kills, which is one more than the previous record of 38 set by Danil “donk” Kryshkovets barely a week ago. The young star had been touted as the next big sensation coming out of Sweden and is just beginning to prove his quality going by this performance.
Based on how the game began, you wouldn’t be wrong to think that Poiii was looking to breeze past the record by quite some distance. The star managed to make 12 kills in just the first six rounds, which had fans at the edge of their seats as they could smell the record-breaking performance coming from a mile away. If he had maintained the same momentum, he would for sure break the record and then some, but Zero Tenacity turned up the heat and threatened a comeback, which forced the team to reassess their strategy.
The heated matchup eventually culminated in a 24-round bout that ended in favor of team EYEBALLERS, who won 13-11 vs. Zero Tenacity in the CCT Season 2 Europe Series 11. Poiii looks to be a player poised for greatness, as he seems to be living up to the title of “Sweden’s next superstar” bestowed upon him by his teammate Jesper “JW” Wecksell. He is still quite young and has a long career ahead of him, so if he keeps performing and breaking records in a similar fashion, he may just be one of this generation’s greatest talents.
NEW WORLD RECORD! 🎊
With 39 kills our 17-year old starboy @poiiixd has broken donks world record for the most kills in regulation.
What a player. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/41KxaHLLrs
— EYEBALLERS (@EYEBALLERS) September 12, 2024
Although having broken the record set by Donk earlier this month, Donk still holds the record for most kills in a LAN match, as Poiii’s win was in an online tournament. Taking into account the new changes to the leaderboard, here are the current rankings for highest regulation kills in a single match:
- Alex “poiii” Nyholm Sundgren vs. Zero Tenacity: 39 kills (online)
- Danil “donk” Kryshkovets vs. Wildcard: 38 kills (LAN)
- Lucaozy vs. paiN: 37 kills (online)
- Lake vs. BOSS: 37 kills (online)
- Diego “sacrifice” Camacho vs. Take Flyte: 36 kills (online)
- Frederik “Fessor” Sørensen vs. PGE Turow: 36 kills (online)
- Wiktoria “vicu” Janicka vs. VP. Angels: 36 kills (online)
- Russell “Twistzz” Van Dulken vs. Falcons: 36 kills (LAN)
- Shiran “shushan” Shushan vs. GL Academy: 36 kills (online)
- Danil “donk” Kryshkovets vs. The Chosen Few: 35 kills (online)