Organization Dossier · Americas
paiN Gaming is a Brazilian organization whose CS2 team, led in game by Biguzera, ranks 43rd in the world and has five active starters as of November 2026.
Quick facts
Verified data
Interactive roster
5 starters on record for paiN, each card opening that player's profile. Stats are measured figures for one window per player (shown under the rating): rating, maps, ADR and KAST first, then kills, deaths and side ratings behind the toggle. Bench players and stand-ins are listed below; unpublished profiles stay listed but unlinked.
Rickson Ribeiro Dias · Brazil
Rifler / LurkerJoined 2026-09-04
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João Vinicius · Brazil
Rifler / LurkerJoined 2024-05-04
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Lucas Santana · Brazil
Rifler / LurkerJoined 2026-09-14
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Rodrigo Bittencourt · Brazil
In-Game LeaderJoined 2019-02-02
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Rafael Costa · Brazil
Main AWPerJoined 2020-07-13
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Rating bar scale: 1.10+ elite · 1.00–1.09 even · below 1.00 — Rating; each card states its version and window.
Unlinked strips await profile publication
Contract tenure map
One lane per player, one bar per status period, plotted from 2012 to today. Current members sit on top with open contracts running to the right edge; former players follow in reverse departure order. Colour marks the status each period was held in, and a gap in a lane is time away from the organisation. Service counts starter, stand-in and coach periods; bench time is shown separately and never added to it (open contracts on the active roster average 2y 8m of service today). Hover a bar for that period's dates and, when recorded, its maps and the player's rating with paiN; tap a lane for the full contract record. The same moves appear in the transfer ledger below.
biguzera7y 9m· In-Game Leader
saffee2y· Main AWPer
snow2y 6m· Rifler / Lurker
Rkzinho2m· Rifler / Lurker
Tatu2m· Rifler / Lurker
nqz2y 5m· Main AWPer
dgt8m· Main AWPer
lux1y 5m· Rifler / Lurker
n1ssim5m· Rifler / Lurker
chelo4m· Rifler / LurkerBars are recorded roster periods: 51 closed, 8 open. A rating on this map is the player's rating with paiN for that period, not their current rating. Unpublished profiles stay listed without a profile link.
Map pool analytics & playstyle
Maps played since 6 August 2026(59 maps across 6 map names): the five-axis tactical radar on the left, per-map records with pick and ban rates on the right. Maps marked "not in Active Duty" are outside the current competitive pool.
Tactical radar · 5-axis
telemetry live
paiN Gaming averages standard conversion metrics across recent tier-1 match data.
| Map | Record | Win rate | Pick rate | Ban rate | Rounds won after first kill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dust2 | 11 wins, 2 losses | 84.6% | 48% of 25 | 4% of 49 | 77.2% |
| Anubis | 4 wins, 3 losses | 57.1% | 21% of 32 | 7% of 55 | 73.7% |
| Mirage | 5 wins, 7 losses | 41.7% | 13% of 36 | 11% of 62 | 67.9% |
| Cache (not in Active Duty) | 4 wins, 9 losses | 30.8% | 5% of 20 | 34% of 46 | 66.7% |
| Nuke | 1 win, 5 losses | 16.7% | 48% of 35 | 0% of 50 | 66.1% |
| Inferno | 0 wins, 8 losses | 0% | 4% of 24 | 32% of 59 | 56.7% |
Map records · pick & ban rates
6 maps in window
strong ≥75% · competitive 50–74% · weak ≤49%
Among maps with at least 3 played, paiN's best record is Dust2 at 84.6% (11-2) and the weakest is Inferno at 0% (0-8). In the veto, Dust2 has the highest pick rate (48% of 25) and Cache the highest ban rate (34% of 46). saffee (Main AWPer) is rated 0.97 (Rating 3.0, last 12 months, 105 maps).
Transfer ledger & standings
The 25 roster moves logged for paiN, newest first: [+] joins, [-] benches, [x] exits. The log may not list every move in the organisation's history. Roster periods are plotted in the contract tenure map above.
Tactical dossier
paiN Gaming is a Brazilian esports organization founded in 2010, and its Counter-Strike 2 team is built around in-game leader Biguzera and a rifle line that was reshaped several times during 2026. As of November 2026 the team ranks 43rd in the world and 54th in the Valve global ranking, with 21 weeks spent in the top 30.
The current starting five is anchored by Biguzera, who has been with the organization since 2 February 2019 and has 1543 maps in tenure, the longest of any player on the roster. Snow is the other long-serving member, a rifler who joined on 4 May 2024 and has played 539 maps. The AWP role belongs to Saffee, who returned to the team on 22 April 2026 and has 82 maps so far. The two newest rifles are Rkzinho, who arrived on 4 September 2026, and Tatu, who joined on 14 September 2026 and has 14 maps. Rikz is listed as coach; he joined on 15 November 2021 and has 1117 maps in tenure. Piriajr and vsm are on the bench, both signed on 9 January 2026.
The organization's Counter-Strike division was created on 10 May 2011 with btt, cky, spacca, prd and MKR, and the first lineup broke up within months. The team took on the roster of semXorah in June 2012, and its Global Offensive division followed on 15 December 2012 with felippe1, fbm, atx, lrz and LuL4. That group parted ways in May and June 2013, when the Global Offensive side was wound up entirely.
On 6 August 2016 the organization signed a new lineup of zqk, fbm, LuL4, s1 and duken, with felippe1 as coach, and by January 2017 that group had also parted ways. A Cyclone lineup was signed in March 2017 and released in July 2017. Kauez joined on 14 August 2023, nqz on 11 November 2023, and skullz left on 9 November 2023. Snow arrived on 4 May 2024, dav1deus joined on 10 January 2025 and dgt on 24 April 2025. Deemo left on 11 August 2025, and dgt and dav1deus were both benched on 9 December 2025.
In January 2020 the squad announced it would move to Canada for North American tournaments, and it completed the move on 3 September 2020 after a long delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Saffee was signed to the lineup on 13 July 2020, was acquired by FURIA on 6 January 2022 and came back to paiN in April 2026. The team also added nython in February 2022, and the manager role was filled by a new hire in May 2022.
The 2026 transfer activity started on 9 January, when piriajr and vsm joined. Dgt left on 15 January and dav1deus on 16 January. Nqz was benched on 6 April and Saffee joined on 22 April, while nqz left on 26 June. Rkzinho joined on 4 September, the same day vsm was benched, and Tatu joined on 14 September, the day piriajr was benched.
paiN is 43rd in the world ranking and 54th in the Valve global ranking as of November 2026, and it has spent 21 weeks inside the top 30. The team's average player age is 24. Because the lineup has changed so often, the number of maps per player is uneven: Biguzera and Snow carry most of the tenure, while Tatu and Rkzinho are still early in their runs with the team.
FAQ · paiN Organization
paiN is 43rd in the world ranking and 54th in the Valve global ranking as of November 2026. The team has spent 21 weeks in the top 30.
paiN Gaming was founded in 2010 in Brazil. Its Counter-Strike division was created on 10 May 2011, and a Global Offensive division followed on 15 December 2012.
Rikz is listed as coach. He joined on 15 November 2021 and has 1117 maps in tenure, while Biguzera leads the team in game.
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