Yes — one unified leaderboard for every competition. There's no separate Free bracket or Premium bracket; everyone climbs the same standings.

No. Premium doesn't score more points, get a better multiplier, or affect your rank in any way. It only changes which reward tier you're eligible for.

What you're eligible to win depends on your account status — Free or Premium — at the exact moment you join a competition, not at the end of it.

No. Your reward tier is locked in the instant you click Join and stays locked for that competition, even if your subscription status changes afterward — see the example below.

Only your first 5 ranked FACEIT matches each day count toward any competition's score. Anything played after that still shows in your match history, just for 0 points — so grinding volume can't out-rank actually winning.

A Weekly Challenge is a short 7-day sprint with its own leaderboard and reward pool. A Monthly Championship runs for a full month with a bigger reward pool. Both run independently — you join each one separately, and being in one doesn't affect the other.