The first Midnight Season 1 Race to World First has taken a strange turn. Team Liquid has now cleared Mythic Voidspire by defeating Crown of the Cosmos, which means the top-end race has effectively hit a pause button before the tier’s final raid even opens. Blizzard’s own Season 1 schedule split the raid tier across multiple releases, with Voidspire Mythic and Dreamrift Mythic opening on March 24, but March on Quel’Danas not arriving until March 31.
Liquid Won the First Leg — But Not the Whole War
Blizzard Watch reports that Liquid secured the World First kill on Alleria in Crown of the Cosmos, finishing the available Voidspire race today. The site notes that this gives Liquid the win for the current raid portion of the race, but not the full Midnight Season 1 contest, because the final two-boss raid is still locked behind next week’s release.
That is what makes this tier feel so odd. In a normal Race to World First, the final boss kill is the climax. Here, the “final boss” of the currently available content is down, but the actual season-ending showdown is still waiting offstage. Blizzard’s official schedule confirms that March on Quel’Danas opens on March 31, with Belo’ren and L’ura / Midnight Falls positioned as the last two Mythic bosses of the tier.
The Real Wall Was Not the Final Boss
The funniest part is that the race did not end on the boss many people expected to be the real problem. Blizzard Watch says Lightblinded Vanguard was the fight that actually slowed Liquid down, taking 52 pulls, while Crown of the Cosmos fell much faster afterward. Icy Veins goes even further, calling Crown a bit of a letdown compared to the difficulty spike right before it, saying Liquid cleared the currently available raid content on Thursday and moved to 7/9 Mythic overall.
That creates a slightly awkward picture for Blizzard. The most dramatic resistance in Voidspire came from the penultimate hurdle, while the boss that was supposed to cap the currently open leg of the race seems to have folded much faster than expected. Icy Veins argues that the first week of the race felt easier than expected for the top guilds, while also noting that the real verdict on the tier will probably depend on next week’s final bosses.
Echo and Method Are Still Playing Catch-Up
As of the latest public race tracking, Echo had already secured World 2nd on Lightblinded Vanguard, while Method had taken World 3rd on that same boss. Method’s live race tracker also showed Echo working on Crown of the Cosmos afterward, rather than immediately matching Liquid’s full clear. In other words, Liquid did not just win the first leg — it created breathing room.
Now the Race Gets Awkward
So where does that leave things? In the short term, probably in a much less dramatic place than viewers usually expect from Race to World First coverage. Blizzard Watch and Icy Veins both point to the same basic outcome: Liquid has time to spend on splits and extra gearing while everyone waits for March on Quel’Danas to unlock next week. That means the race is not over, but it has definitely gone into an unusual holding pattern.
And honestly, that may be the story. Midnight’s first Race to World First is not just about who kills the bosses fastest. It is also becoming a test of whether Blizzard’s split-raid structure actually creates more suspense — or just interrupts the momentum right when the race should be peaking.
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