The Radiant International Invitational has concluded, with Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov emerging victorious for the second year in a row.

The tournament featured six VCT teams, spanning three different international leagues. The participating teams were FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix China Rank #7 BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) Life Qu Donghao (瞿东豪) AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) sScary Nutchapon Matarat Setrod Ou Taigeng (欧泰赓) , Nova Esports Nova Esports China Rank #13 OBONE Chen Yijie (陈怡洁) Ezeir Zhao Zejun (赵泽骏) GREEN Qiu Jianzhi (邱建智) heybay Ho Shun Hei GuanG Guang Honglin (光洪霖) , and Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming China Rank #4 whzy Wang Haozhe (王昊哲) rushia Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰) nephh Marcus Tan Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) bud Yang Renyu (杨韧余) from CN, Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov and Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #3 Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) ZynX Kim Dong-ha (김동하) Ash Ha Hyun-cheol (하현철) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) from Pacific, and G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #2 jawgemo Alexander Mor BABYBAY Andrej Francisty trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio leaf Nathan Orf from Americas. Each of these teams were showcasing their new 2026 roster, with Paper Rex most notably debuting with their new pickup invy .

Group Stage

The tournament started with the group stage, where each team was matched against four out of five other teams, with the top four teams moving on to the playoffs. Emerging as the clear top team was Gen.G, going 4-0, with only one close match against Paper Rex. In second place was surprise threat FPX, with a 3-1 record. With a roster bolstered by the sScary 's return to competitive play, FPX found upsets over both Paper Rex and G2, with their only loss coming to the undefeated Gen.G. Rounding out the playoffs was the aforementioned Paper Rex and G2, each going 2-2, each finding two wins against Nova and Bilibili, who filled out the bottom two, missing out on playoffs.

Playoffs

The four teams coming out of playoffs were seeded into a gauntlet style bracket, placing Gen.G directly to the grand final, FPX in the semifinal, and Paper Rex and G2 meeting in the quarterfinal. Starting in the quarterfinal, Paper Rex notched their third win against G2 of the year. The teams traded the first two maps, both ending in close 13-10s, but the third map was a blowout for Paper Rex, Jinggg dominating on Phoenix.

Moving to the semifinal, Paper Rex made quick work of FPX in the rematch. A swift 2-0 brought them to the grand final, where Gen.G awaited. For more than a year, Gen.G has had Paper Rex's number, defeating them in all six of their last matches. However, with Paper Rex's new addition, the tables had turned. The first map went Gen.G's way, but Paper Rex dominated the next three maps to win the tournament. d4v41 was a star throughout the grand final, and was named MVP of the tournament.

With this win, Paper Rex's form looks to have not dropped a bit from their successful 2025 season. With Kickoff coming around in just a month, expectations will be as high as ever for Paper Rex.