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September 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.
CPMA
State of Quake
Period November 2026 October 2026 September 2026 August 2026
CPMA
36,357 ▲ 73%
frags scored by real players, counted between polls 1,052 ▲ 81%
hours of CPMA played 1.6 ▲ 78%
players online on average 40 ▲ 29%
servers hosting real matches 2+ real humans and a real frag 62
bots detected on a typical poll
Players by day
Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.
1 2 3 4
avg 2
4peak · Sep 27
Sep 1 8 15 22 29
1 2 3 4
avg 2
4peak · Sep 27
Sep 1 8 15 22 29
Servers on the map
special4buddies - 225 hours everyday i'm sauerkraut #2 - 175 hours K&A Crack Shack - NJ - 121 hours MAD MONDAYS - lia.mooo.info - 53 hours Playmorepromode.com DE #1 - 45 hours PROMODE POLSKA #1 - 38 hours OldServers.com.ar - MULTI-MODE - 34 hours sulac0 - 33 hours K&A Heroin Depot - NJ - 32 hours ancient gaming - 26 hours everyday i'm sauerkraut #1 - 25 hours irc.quakenet.org-#cpmpickup-#00 - 19 hours
By hour and weekday
Average players in each hour of the week, UTC . Brighter is busier; hover a cell for its number.
12am 6am 12pm 6pm 11pm
quieter busier not sampled yet
Busiest slot: Tue 17:00 UTC , avg 5 players. Prime time: 14:00 -2:00 , busy 5 of 7 days.
Records
Top row: the best September 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
September 2026 12 players online at once on CPMA Sep 25
September 2026 225 hours of real players on the busiest serverspecial4buddies September 2026 4 average players on the busiest day Sep 27
all-time 16 players online at once on CPMAOct 5, 12:00 UTC
all-time 8 in the fullest single matchice chimps · q3w5Aug 6, 04:00 UTC
Maps and countries
Modes and hosting
Modes
Duel 63%
5 24%
Deathmatch 9%
CTF 1%
TDM 1%
9 1%
8 0%
-1 0%
Where servers are hosted
🇩🇪 Germany 30%
🇺🇸 United States 22%
🇷🇺 Russia 22%
🇸🇪 Sweden 8%
🇵🇱 Poland 6%
Top maps
Share of play-time across 176 maps played. Click a map for its page, or
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Busiest servers this month
By total hours of real-player time. Click a server to find it in the live browser.
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How to Play Challenge ProMode Arena
Get the game data: Quake III Arena on Steam or GOG , or the original CD. 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.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.
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