Season 5 crowned Sammy278 in D1, Aban-96- in D2, Sintium in E1 and Rizla in E2 after four title fights with four different turning points. The final gaps alone do not explain where each championship changed shape.
That matters because a final gap can flatten the route that created it. The pressure map shows who moved first, where the response arrived and which contest stopped changing hands.
D1: the challenger changes, the leader endures
Sammy278 reached a dead heat with Darth Ussh after Mexico, led Jonno by 14 after Silverstone and FatCatBatMan465 by 29 after Brazil. MacoDelVolante then cut the nearest gap to 21 in Las Vegas.
The names behind first place kept changing; first place did not. Sammy took a 16-point advantage over Jonno into Spa and finished 14 clear of FatCat after the finale.
D2: defeat, repossession, separation
Aban-96- led after Rounds 4 through 7, then PerfectPaulie88 moved 11 points clear in Las Vegas. Qatar supplied the answer: Aban's P17-to-P1 win restored first place, before a final 184-139 advantage over Kaтю́shа Snowstorm.
E1: a two-point coup that did not hold
Sintium led by 22 after Mexico, but Triske043 erased the deficit at Silverstone and emerged two points ahead. Brazil reversed them again: Sintium led by 21, and retained first through a final 181-162 score.
E2: Rizla loses the lead, then keeps it
Rizla led after Bahrain, while BBLDRiZZY6523 controlled Rounds 2 through 4. Mexico returned Rizla to first on 94 points, 13 ahead; the gap then grew through Silverstone, Brazil and Las Vegas.
The final 64-point margin was therefore the end of a rivalry, not its full description. E2 began with a two-point Rizla lead, turned towards BBLDRiZZY6523 for three rounds and swung back for good at Mexico.
