Special Report · Contest AnalyticsMonday, July 6, 2026
Analysis
The Contest Economy: A Week in Numbers
963 contest wins, a two-clan duopoly locked in a one-win race, and a contest rate the game itself appears to control. A deep statistical breakdown of June 28 to July 5, 2026.
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Contest Wins (7d)
963
High-stakes victories
Total Games (7d)
14,727
All clan wins tracked
Contest Rate
6.54%
Share of games that were contests
Gain Multiplier
4.3x
Contest win vs regular win
Contest games are a fundamentally different tier of play. They pack roughly two and a half times as many players into a lobby and pay out more than four times the leaderboard points of a regular win. Over the seven days from June 28 to July 5, the server produced 963 of them out of 14,727 tracked wins. This report dissects who won them, where they were fought, when they fired, and what the numbers reveal about the structure of competitive territorial.io.
Gain per Contest Win
4.33x
vs a regular win
Avg Players in Contest
88.5
vs 35.1 in regular games
Contest Rate Std Dev
0.19%
Remarkably low variance
Volume
Daily Contest Volume
Contests fired per day against the daily contest rate
Contests per Day and Contest Rate
Bars show contest count; the line tracks the day's contest rate. June 28 and July 5 are partial days.
Contests (count)
Contest Rate (%)
Date
Contests
Total Games
Rate
Avg Players
Avg Gain
Jun 28 *
67
1,087
6.16%
~100.5
~0.267
Jun 29
142
2,124
6.69%
~97.3
~0.243
Jun 30
130
2,078
6.26%
~103.8
~0.271
Jul 01
137
2,116
6.47%
~101.2
~0.218
Jul 02
141
2,089
6.75%
~97.6
~0.207
Jul 03
137
2,099
6.53%
~96.8
~0.218
Jul 04
137
2,089
6.56%
~91.5
~0.218
Jul 05 *
72
1,045
6.89%
~77.8
~0.152
7-Day
963
14,727
6.54%
88.5
0.2115
* Partial day: data cut mid-day. June 29 was the peak full day at 142 contests.
Structure
A Rate the Game Controls
The contest rate barely moves, and contests fire uniformly around the clock
Contest Rate Trend (Full Days)
June 29 to July 4. Flat with micro-oscillation around 6.54%.
Contest Activity by Hour (UTC)
Range 35 to 44 per hour. Near-uniform across all 24 hours.
Contests are distributed almost perfectly uniformly across all 24 hours. The game itself decides when a contest fires, not human peak time.
Quietest hour 06:00 UTC (35) · Busiest 09:00 UTC (44) · Mean ~40.1/hr
Standings
The Contest Leaderboard
Top two clans control 55.7% of every contest win on the server
Top Clans by Contest Wins
Seven-day totals across the leading twelve clans
Share of All Contest Wins
How 963 contest wins split between the field
Contest Wins Ranking (1 to 8)
1. OMEN26927.9%
2. OG26827.8%
3. CORGI697.2%
4. OFF485.0%
5. CN454.7%
6. PL424.4%
7. FR424.4%
8. 0252.6%
Contest Wins Ranking (9 to 15)
9. TITAN222.3%
10. VN192.0%
11. KILR181.9%
12. CAT151.6%
13. RU90.9%
14. CHAOS70.7%
15. IND70.7%
The Rivalry
OMEN vs OG: A Dead Heat
269 to 268 over seven days, a difference of a single contest win
Daily Contest Battle
Wins per day for each clan. Both show heavy day-to-day volatility.
OMEN
OG
Date
OMEN
OG
Leader
Gap
Jun 28
10
8
OMEN
+2
Jun 29
22
41
OG
+19
Jun 30
34
22
OMEN
+12
Jul 01
27
55
OG
+28
Jul 02
56
60
OG
+4
Jul 03
53
30
OMEN
+23
Jul 04
53
13
OMEN
+40
Jul 05
14
39
OG
+25
7-Day Total
269
268
OMEN
+1
OG mounted a massive surge from June 29 to July 2, stringing together 41, 55, and 60 contest wins in a three-day burst that looked briefly decisive. OMEN answered hard on July 3 and 4 with back-to-back 53-win days while OG collapsed to just 13. OG rebounded on July 5 with 39 as OMEN dropped to 14. The swings are enormous, but over the full week they cancel almost perfectly: OMEN finishes with 269, OG with 268. It is the closest rivalry in the contest space, and the volatility points to a race driven by player availability and session timing rather than any structural edge.
The Chasing Pack
Behind the Duopoly
CORGI fading, OFF surging late, CN climbing from nothing
Mid-Tier Movers, Daily Contest Wins
The three clans defining the race for third place
CORGI
OFF
CN
CORGI, the declining third. CORGI actually led the entire server on June 28 with 11 contest wins. From there the trajectory is steadily downward: 12, 10, 16, then a slide to 6, 9, 5, and finally zero on July 5. Whether the cause is roster attrition, burnout, or simply being outgrown by the top two, the direction is unmistakable.
OFF, the late surge. OFF nearly tripled its daily output from 2 wins on July 2 to a peak of 16 on July 4, a spike that suggests a roster activation or a coordinated push rather than steady play.
CN, the fastest climber. CN went from 0 contest wins on June 28 to 20 on July 4, the steepest growth curve of any clan this week. If that trajectory holds, CN is the clan most likely to challenge CORGI for third within the coming week.
The Battlegrounds
Where Contests Happen
Six maps account for 78.4% of all contest wins
Top Maps by Contest Wins
Caucasia is the single most contested map by a wide margin
Map Distribution
Caucasia19219.9%
World 213113.6%
Europe11511.9%
Mare Nostrum11111.5%
Middle East10510.9%
World 110210.6%
Asia444.6%
North America394.0%
Scandinavia383.9%
British Isles323.3%
The Elite
The Contest Elite
The top fifteen players are almost all OMEN or OG members
Top Players by Contest Wins
ESXc7 averaged roughly 19.6 contest wins per day, nearly one every 1.2 hours
The Divide
Contest vs Regular Games
A different tier: bigger lobbies, far higher stakes
Share of Total Games
963 contest games against 13,764 regular games
Average Players per Lobby
Contest lobbies run 2.52x larger
Conclusions
Structural Findings
01
The rate is algorithmically stable
A 6.16% to 6.89% band across seven days with a standard deviation near 0.19% is not random. Contests almost certainly trigger on a player-count threshold, around 88 or more players, so the rate holds unless the player base itself changes.
02
OMEN and OG are a duopoly
Two clans control 55.7% of every contest win, and the top three reach 62.9%. No one else is close: third-place CORGI has 69 wins against 269 and 268 for the leaders. This is a winner-takes-most ecosystem.
03
CORGI is in decline
From leading the server on June 28 with 11 wins to just 5 on July 4 and zero on July 5, CORGI's downward trend is the clearest negative signal of the week.
04
CN is the fastest riser
Zero to 20 contest wins in seven days is the steepest growth curve on the board. If it holds, CN is positioned to challenge for third place next week.
05
Concentration is increasing
Total contest volume is flat, but the share held by the top two clans is growing while mid-tier clans swing wildly. The competitive core is consolidating at the very top.
06
Caucasia is the battleground
Nearly one in five contest wins happen on Caucasia. Any clan serious about contests has to be strong there before anywhere else.
The Bottom Line
Verdict
Closest Rivalry of the Week
269 : 268
OMEN edges OG by a single contest win across seven days of wild daily swings. Together they own more than half of all contest activity, contests fire like clockwork around the clock, and Caucasia remains the ground everyone fights for. The contest economy is stable at the top and consolidating fast.