Fahad: first top-8 finish in TEKKEN 8

At the event

Demon Gauntlet took place on 2026-10-09 online, with 54 entrants.

Fahad entered as seed 5 and finished 4th. Seed 5 projects to a 5th-place finish, so the result was 1 placement tier better than seeding. The event was won by Abdullah.

Sets on record

1. Bracket, Winners Semi-Final: won 2-1 against Silly Yoshi (seed 44).
2. Bracket, Winners Final: lost 1-2 against Abdullah (seed 29).
3. Top 8, Losers Round 1: won 3-2 against Babar ali (seed 9).
4. Top 8, Losers Quarter-Final: won 3-1 against ToniSnooker (seed 47).
5. Top 8, Losers Semi-Final: lost 1-3 against teQi (seed 16).

Record in these sets: 3 wins and 2 losses. The highest-seeded opponent beaten was Babar ali (seed 9).

Why this matters

This is the first top-8 finish on record for Fahad in TEKKEN 8 at an event with at least 16 entrants. It came after 7 earlier TEKKEN 8 events on record, where the best finish at an event of any size was 13th. In total we hold 8 TEKKEN 8 events for Fahad.