The Diamond Coin from BLAST Austin Major 2025 Becomes the Rarest in CS Major History
It seems that obtaining the diamond coin for the BLAST Austin Major 2025 was nearly impossible. According to Leetify, only 0.01% of participants managed to earn this reward. This is the rarest Pick'Em coin from the last five Counter-Strike majors. In comparison, 0.6% of players received the diamond coin in Shanghai, and 0.1% at the previous major in Copenhagen. Such a low completion rate indicates the number of upsets and the unpredictability of the teams' performances.
Comparison with Previous Majors
At the PW Shanghai Major 2024, 0.6% of players received the diamond coin—this is the highest rate among recent tournaments. The second place is shared by the BLAST Paris Major 2023 and IEM Rio Major 2022, where the percentage of recipients was 0.3% and 0.1%, respectively. Meanwhile, at the previous CS2 major, PGL Copenhagen 2024, only 0.1% of participants earned the diamond coin. It turns out that CS2 majors have generally become harder to predict, but the Austin Major exceeded all expectations.
The breakdown in other categories is also interesting: at the BLAST Austin Major 2025, 28.29% of players received gold, 63.65% silver, and only 8.04% bronze. For comparison, at the Paris Major 2023, 77.2% of participants ended up with gold coins. This indicates that most predictions at the Austin tournament simply failed.
Leetify collected data from players' open inventories in June 2025. The sample included 27.4 thousand players for the Austin Major, 14.6 thousand for Shanghai, 19.7 thousand for Copenhagen, 17.3 thousand for Paris, and 9.7 thousand for Rio. Thus, the statistics cover tens of thousands of users and provide a reliable representation of the rarity of the rewards.
The Pick'Em system is one of the most popular and widespread ways to engage viewers in majors. The fact that the diamond coin became so rare raises questions about the difficulty of predictions as well as the system overall. But most importantly, the statistics confirm just how unpredictable and thrilling the BLAST Austin Major 2025 was.
