Not bhai: first top-8 finish in TEKKEN 8

At the event

Iron Fistt Arena (Open Brackets Singles) took place on 2026-10-16 online, with 33 entrants.

Not bhai entered as seed 12 and finished 4th. Seed 12 projects to a 9th-place finish, so the result was 3 placement tiers better than seeding. The event was won by Barbakas.

Sets on record

1. Bracket, Winners Round 2: won 2-0 against SuperNova (seed 21).
2. Bracket, Winners Quarter-Final: won 2-1 against Notty Bhai (seed 5), an upset factor of 2.
3. Bracket, Winners Semi-Final: lost 0-2 against Barbakas (seed 4).
4. Bracket, Losers Quarter-Final: won 2-0 against HONEYY;) (seed 16).
5. Top 8, Losers Round 1: won 3-1 against Leophex (seed 10).
6. Top 8, Losers Semi-Final: lost 0-3 against Malik ash (seed 24).

Record in these sets: 4 wins and 2 losses. The highest-seeded opponent beaten was Notty Bhai (seed 5).

Why this matters

This is the first top-8 finish on record for Not bhai in TEKKEN 8 at an event with at least 16 entrants. It came after 5 earlier TEKKEN 8 events on record, where the best finish at an event of any size was 9th. In total we hold 6 TEKKEN 8 events for Not bhai.