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August 2026

The State of Challenge ProMode Arena

Every number here comes from QuakeHub polling every public CPMA server on Earth every 90 seconds, real players only, bots filtered out, since August 2026.

MonthQuarterYear
September 2026August 2026
All GamesQuake LiveQuake III ArenaQuake IIQuakeWorldNetQuakeQuake (Enhanced)CPMAQuake 4Quake WarsQC: Doom EditionBloodrunQuake Champions
CPMA
21,046
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
581
hours of CPMA played
0.9
players online on average
12
peak players at once
31
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
40
bots detectedon a typical poll

Players by day

Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.
0.511.52 avg 1 2peak · Aug 1 Aug 1815222931 0.511.52 avg 1 2peak · Aug 1 Aug 1815222931

Servers on the map

K&A Crack Shack - NJ - 42 hoursancient gaming - 42 hourseveryday i'm sauerkraut #2 - 42 hoursMAD MONDAYS - lia.mooo.info - 39 hoursice chimps duel - 37 hoursOldServers.com.ar - MULTI-MODE - 35 hoursirc.quakenet.org-#cpmpickup-#00 - 33 hoursPROMODE POLSKA #1 - 31 hoursK&A K-Hole - UK - 26 hoursK&A Heroin Depot - NJ - 23 hourseveryday i'm sauerkraut #1 - 23 hours.D Y M EU FFA map-rotation - 22 hours
31 servers hosted a real match this month (2+ real humans and a real frag) - dot size is hours of play. Watch it live on the world map.

By hour and weekday

Average players in each hour of the week, UTC. Brighter is busier; hover a cell for its number.
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
quieterbusiernot sampled yet
Busiest slot: Fri 1:00 UTC, avg 10 players. Prime time: 1:00-2:00, busy 1 of 7 days. 152 of 168 hour-slots sampled so far - filling in as the week repeats.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
1
Mon
1
Tue
1
Wed
1
Thu
1
Fri
1
Sat
1
Sun

Records

Top row: the best August 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
August 202612players online at once on CPMA
Aug 28
August 20268in the fullest single match
ice chimps · q3w5
Aug 6, 04:00 UTC
August 202642hours of real players on the busiest server
ancient gaming
August 20262average players on the busiest day
Aug 1
all-time12players online at once on CPMA
Aug 28, 12:00 UTC
all-time8in the fullest single match
ice chimps · q3w5
Aug 6, 04:00 UTC

Maps and countries

163
different maps played
21
countries reached

Modes and hosting

Modes
Duel76%
Deathmatch14%
CTF4%
53%
91%
-11%
TDM1%
61%
Where servers are hosted
🇺🇸 United States38%
🇩🇪 Germany21%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom12%
🇸🇪 Sweden7%
🇵🇱 Poland6%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 163 maps played. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.

Busiest servers this month

By total hours of real-player time. Click a server to find it in the live browser.
1 ancient gamingCPMA 42hours 5peak 0now 2 everyday i'm sauerkraut #2CPMA 42hours 5peak 0now 3 K&A Crack Shack - NJCPMA 42hours 5peak 0now 4 MAD MONDAYS - lia.mooo.infoCPMA 39hours 4peak 0now 5 ice chimps duelCPMA 37hours 4peak 0now 6 OldServers.com.ar - MULTI-MODECPMA 35hours 6peak 0now 7 irc.quakenet.org-#cpmpickup-#00CPMA 33hours 4peak 0now 8 PROMODE POLSKA #1CPMA 31hours 4peak 0now 9 K&A K-Hole - UKCPMA 26hours 3peak 0now 10 everyday i'm sauerkraut #1CPMA 23hours 5peak 0now

Duels

The Duel ZoneBusiest duel servers, top duel maps, the best time to duel, and the tournament calendar for CPMA.

Play CPMA right now

Everything above is real people on real servers - see who's on right now.
How to Play Challenge ProMode Arena
  1. Get the game data: Quake III Arena on Steam or GOG, or the original CD.
  2. Challenge ProMode Arena is the classic competitive Quake III mod that has faster movement, its own physics, and the duel/CTF scene that defined Q3 esports.
  3. It runs on its own engine, CNQ3 - grab it from PlayMorePromode (it bundles the CPMA mod), point it at your Quake III baseq3 data, and you're ready.

Joining a server Copy the connect string, open the console with ~, and type /connect ip:port.

Real players only - bots filtered on every poll. Recording since August 2026.