Glossary
Wins the map
One map, one result. As soon as you bet a map you have stopped betting the series.
A map market settles on a single map: the first map, a specific map in the pool, or a map named after the veto. It ignores the other maps entirely.
ClutchIQ counts map results per map, so a 2-1 series contributes three rows — two wins for one side, one for the other — not one. That is the opposite of the match winner market, which counts the series once.
Why the distinction changes your reading
A team with a deep map pool can win a series while dropping a map, and a team with one strong map can be a better map bet than a series bet. Averaging the two figures together produces a rate that describes neither market.
Map and venue together
Map rates move with venue and with the specific map, which is why Research lets you filter to last 5, 10, or 20 maps and to LAN or online. Filter too far and the sample drops under the threshold, at which point ClutchIQ shows nothing rather than a rate built on two maps.
Questions
- What does “wins the map” mean for a series that went to extra time?
- The map still has one winner. Extra time changes the round count, which matters for round and kill lines, but not for who won the map.
- Is 55% map win rate the same as 55% match win rate?
- No. They are rates over different units and different sample sizes. A 55% map rate does not translate into a 55% series rate without a series model, and ClutchIQ does not pretend otherwise.
Related terms
- Match winner
Match winner is a series outcome. It is not the same bet as winning map one, and the samples are counted differently.
- Round win rate
Rounds are a much bigger sample than maps. Side splits show where the rounds are coming from.