Who were the best and worst Train players last time it was in the pool?

In late 2020, Train was removed from the map pool to make room for the newly introduced Ancient. Now, as 2024 comes to a close, Train has made its official Counter-Strike 2 debut, and both fans and players are eager to see when the map rejoins the active duty map pool.

Due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic canceling Majors in 2020, the last Major where players saw Train in action was the StarLadder Berlin Major in 2019. Though at that event it was the least played with only five selections, and only one selection during playoffs.

But between 2013 and the end of 2020, who conducted business better than anyone else? And who was left dragged along the end of the caboose?

The best Train players

Here are the highest rated players on Train from the launch of CS:GO until the map's removal, per HLTV (filtered by Top 50 matches):

• s1mple: 1.31

• CeRq: 1.18

• dev1ce: 1.17

The collection of Bogdan "xsepower" Chernikov, Aleksi "allu" Jalli, Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo, Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte, and İsmailсan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş all sit behind the above trio with a shared player rating of 1.14. But it's the widely considered GOAT who is the unquestionable GOAT on Train. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyljev was a defensive stalwart, with a 1.43 rating on the CT side alone. There's no shortage of highlights of him on Train either.

It's worth noting though that Tsvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov and Brehze were the highest rated teammate duo on Train, with their most memorable performance being that CeRq masterclass in a legendary five-OT thriller win against the dominant Astralis during the StarLadder Berlin Major.

The worst Train players

Here are the worst rated players on Train from the launch of CS:GO until the map's removal, per HLTV (filtered by Top 50 matches):

• HUNDEN: 0.77

• B1ad3: 0.78

• FNS: 0.80

There's really nowhere to hide as an IGL when you're playing on Train, but before he became notorious for his Heroic/Astralis coaching controversies, Nicolai "HUNDEN" Petersen was routinely targeted on Train. Not only is his player rating the worst, but he also averaged the worst K/D. His kill/death differential across 135 maps of Train played was -703.