Dust2 became the main map of BLAST Open Porto 2026 by number of matches played. Across the entire tournament, teams played it 14 times — more than any other map in the current map pool, while Anubis ended up on the opposite end of the list with only six appearances.
Dust2 confidently took first place
Dust2 was played 14 times, which made it the sole leader of the tournament. The map finished three matches ahead of its closest pursuers and regularly made it through the veto of different teams at all stages of BLAST Open Porto 2026.
This result shows how universal Dust2 remains as a choice in the current map pool. It suits a large number of teams and less often becomes an obvious permaban, so it reaches actual play much more frequently.
Ancient and Mirage shared second place
Two maps at once finished the tournament with 11 matches played — Ancient and Mirage. Both were noticeably behind Dust2, but at the same time formed a separate group of the most in-demand maps of the championship.
For Mirage, such a result looks fairly logical because of its traditionally wide presence in teams’ map pools. Ancient also maintained high demand, remaining a map on which many rosters are ready to play even against strong opponents.
Cache and Nuke remained in the middle of the list
Cache and Nuke were each played nine times by teams. For Cache, this is an especially interesting figure, since the map returned to the active pool relatively recently and teams are still continuing to form their own understanding of its current meta.
Nuke, meanwhile, traditionally depends more strongly on the specific matchup. For some teams, it is one of their best maps, while others regularly remove it already at the early stage of the veto, which kept it below the top three leaders.
Inferno could not catch up with the leaders
Inferno appeared eight times and took the penultimate position among maps that were at least relatively regularly used at the tournament. It was separated from Dust2 by six matches already — a fairly significant difference over the distance of one championship.
At the same time, eight played maps still do not allow us to say that teams have completely moved away from Inferno. Rather, it ended up in the category of situational picks that depend on the specific opponent and veto structure.
Anubis became the main outsider
The least popular map of BLAST Open Porto 2026 was Anubis. Across the entire tournament, it was played only six times — more than twice less often than Dust2 and five matches fewer than Ancient or Mirage.
This is the most noticeable gap in the entire statistic. Anubis was either often removed at the ban stage, or teams simply preferred other available options, which effectively left the map on the periphery of the tournament map pool.
The map pool in Porto split quite clearly
In total, 68 maps were played at BLAST Open Porto 2026:
- Dust2 — 14,
- Ancient — 11,
- Mirage — 11,
- Cache — 9,
- Nuke — 9,
- Inferno — 8,
- Anubis — 6.
The difference between first and last place was more than twofold.
The main conclusion from this statistic is simple: Dust2 became the most universal map of the tournament, Ancient and Mirage formed the closest group of pursuers, while Anubis clearly fell out of the overall pace. That is why Porto clearly showed which maps most often survive the veto at the top level.
