Cache: how pros play it
99 pro matches and 2,125 rounds on Cache: where pros plant, the CT setup at 0:20, early grenades, who wins each buy, retake times, AWP spots and the most-thrown lineups with setpos commands.
The round
| Rounds won by the CT side | 49% | 1041 of 2106 |
| Pistol rounds won by the CT side | 51% | 89 of 173 |
| The pistol winner also wins the next round | 83% | 143 of 173 |
| The team with the opening kill wins the round | 72% | 1523 of 2102 |
Where pros plant
Ts get the bomb down in 57% of rounds (1192 of 2106). They win 78% of the rounds where they plant and 14% of those where they don't.
| Site | Plants | Ts win after it | Median plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 53% (688) | 77% | 0:50 left |
| B | 47% (615) | 79% | 0:42 left |
The CT side's default
Spots someone holds at 0:20 in at least 70% of a team's rounds, out of 122 pro CT sides:
- White Box: 14 of 122
Grenades a team throws in the first 30 seconds of at least 60% of its rounds, out of 122 pro CT sides:
- smoke at Garage: 113 of 122
- smoke at B Main: 53 of 122
- molotov at Boost: 46 of 122
- smoke at A Main: 14 of 122
The T side's early grenades
Grenades a team throws in the first 30 seconds of at least 60% of its rounds, out of 122 pro T sides:
- smoke at Connector: 84 of 122
- smoke at B Main: 52 of 122
Rounds won by buy
The first buy is the side's own; rounds played in brackets.
| As CT | As T | |
|---|---|---|
| Full buy vs full buy | 49% (1144) | 51% (1144) |
| Full buy vs force buy | 63% (149) | 75% (161) |
| Force buy vs full buy | 25% (161) | 37% (149) |
| Eco vs full buy | 13% (208) | 14% (244) |
Players alive
Rounds won from each count of players alive.
| As CT | As T | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 vs 4 | 69% (1156) | 76% (904) |
| 4 vs 5 | 24% (904) | 31% (1156) |
| 3 vs 2 | 74% (572) | 88% (495) |
| 2 vs 3 | 12% (495) | 26% (572) |
| 2 vs 1 | 79% (388) | 90% (334) |
1-vs-N clutches won: 1v1 50% (278 of 556), 1v2 16% (112 of 722), 1v3 3% (19 of 744).
Rotations
Once the Ts hit a site, how long until the first CT from elsewhere on the map is on it:
- A site: 24.7 s (median; half of them in 15.7-32.1 s). In 43% of these rounds no CT from elsewhere got there at all.
- B site: 25.7 s (median; half of them in 16.2-34.1 s). In 51% of these rounds no CT from elsewhere got there at all.
Where pro CT AWPs fight
AWP duels by where the CT AWPer stood, most fought first.
| Spot | Duels | Won |
|---|---|---|
| Bombsite A | 237 | 68% |
| Checkers | 75 | 71% |
| Highway | 72 | 71% |
| Car | 66 | 70% |
| X Box | 63 | 65% |
| Tree Room | 62 | 81% |
| B Main | 57 | 58% |
| Bombsite B | 55 | 47% |
The most-thrown pro lineups on Cache
Paste the line into the console on a local server (sv_cheats 1) to stand exactly where the pro stood, looking where they looked.
- T smoke: Truck to Highway (jump), thrown 404 times
setpos 1508.04 513.76 1646.16; setang -24.29 165.60 0 - CT molly: Mid to Boost (jump), thrown 366 times
setpos -275.53 -93.59 1692.56; setang 2.18 30.37 0 - T smoke: Split to Connector (jump), thrown 324 times
setpos 2557.92 102.32 1645.06; setang -8.36 -178.31 0 - CT smoke: Connector to Garage (running), thrown 305 times
setpos -430.99 14.93 1664.03; setang 5.73 11.16 0 - T molly: Truck to White Box (jump), thrown 172 times
setpos 1451.94 557.17 1640.56; setang 5.85 -175.71 0 - T smoke: Long A to X Box (jump), thrown 156 times
setpos 1311.33 1586.94 1744.62; setang -32.65 -167.62 0 - CT smoke: Rafters to B Main (running), thrown 141 times
setpos -315.40 -702.17 1796.03; setang 15.23 37.65 0 - CT HE grenade: B Main to B Halls (running), thrown 130 times
setpos -272.00 -485.30 1796.03; setang 20.27 -23.98 0 - CT smoke: Car to A Main (standing), thrown 124 times
setpos -916.06 1072.80 1691.35; setang -19.87 23.30 0 - T smoke: Sun Room to Tree Room (jump), thrown 122 times
setpos 820.39 -1434.69 1645.59; setang -2.15 160.34 0
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