Rank S Recap - crashies and djay secure spots at Combine
Another week of Rank S and Rank G has come to an end, with a number of ties once again seeing the prize pool for Rank S split among the top players on the leaderboard.
The top ten for the past week of Rank S is as follows:
| Rank | Name | $ Prize |
| 1. |  Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk |
$1000 |
| 2. | Austin "crashies" Roberts |
$533.33 |
| 2. | David "Toy" Han |
$533.33 |
| 2. | Jeff "RZU" Ngo |
$533.33 |
| 3. | Blake "Strings" Stringer |
$200 |
| 3. | Collin "wrath" McSweegan |
$200 |
| 4. |  Derrick "LILMAN" Boyne |
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| 5. | Tyson "TenZ" Ngo |
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| 6. | Jake "kaboose" McDonald |
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| 6. | Peter "ptr" Gurney |
Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk once again placed at the top this week, this time managing to be the sole first place finisher. However, as he is underage, the Rank S Combine spot instead goes to Austin "crashies" Roberts, who tied for second place alongside David "Toy" Han and Jeff "RZU" Ngo. As the former player already earned a spot at the LAN last week and the latter is underage, crashies was the next in line to receive the spot.
The top ten earners for Rank S 2019 so far are as follows:
| Rank | Change | Name | Total $ |
| 1. | - | Jeff "RZU" Ngo |
$6,904.16 |
| 2.- | - | Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk |
$6,802.50 |
| 3. | - | Derek "desi" Branchen |
$5,433.33 |
| 4. | - | Derrick "LILMAN" Boyne |
$5,365.41 |
| 6. | - | Chris "Slash" Petersen |
$4,193.73 |
| 7. | - | Peter "ptr" Gurney |
$3,884.52 |
| 7. | - | Alex "aproto" Protopapas |
$3,737.50 |
| 8. | - | Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik |
$2,945.83 |
| 9. | - | Andy "vSa" Xu |
$2,777.38 |
| 10. | - | Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue |
$2,607.50 |
cxzi continued in his winning ways over in Rank G, managing to take first place in the lower league as well. The standings for the week were:
| Rank | Name | $ Prize |
| 1. | Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk |
$1,000 |
| 2. | Jonathan "djay" Dallal |
$500 |
| 3. | Mike "real_bM" Desanto |
$275 |
| 4. | Alfonso "krZ" Fiorani |
$250 |
| 5. | Alex "Shmite" W. |
$212.50 |
| 5. | Chuck "cp2" Proud |
$212.50 |
| 6. | Randy "Smiley" Sandoval |
$175 |
| 7. | Brandon "BOOBIE" Roberts |
$150 |
| 8. | Jack "JackZ" Zaruba |
$112.50 |
| 8. | Gabriel "GMAN" Ordaz |
$112.50 |
Once again, due to cxzi being underage, the Rank S Combine spot went to Jonathan "djay" Dallal, who placed in second. djay has been without a team since stepping down from the ex-Excelerate lineup at the end of MDL Season 29, resorting to playing CS:GO on a more casual basis.
That means that the current participant list for the Rank S Combine is as follows:
| Rank S | Rank G |
 North America |
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| Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue |
Brandon "BOOBIE" Roberts |
| Derek "desi" Branchen |
Joshua "KiiroKami" Kim |
| David "Toy" Han |
Caleb "opportunity" Davis |
| Austin "crashies" Roberts |
Jonathan "djay" Dallal |
 Europe |
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 Dmitriy "Dima" Bandurka |
 Konstantin "sleepy" Vassilev |
 Paweł "reatz" Jańczak |
 Andrius "TORAS" Balciunas |
 François "AmaNEk" Delaunay |
 Aron "xajdish" Fredriksson |
Just two spots at the $30,000 LAN remain, set to be determined by the winners of Rank S and Rank G in this coming week. Four captains will then be hand-picked by ESEA to lead the four teams at the event, set to run from April 13-14th in Las Vegas, Nevada.
