We're about twenty days in the HWBOT Team Cup 2013 and the Cup seems to be heading in a similar direction as last year: exciting and nerve-wracking until the end. At the moment of writing, the Canadian-based Overclock.net is leading the overall ranking with 851pts, having the US-based Classicplatforms.com trail by only a single point. The German AwardFabrik team is a close third and although fifty-one points behind the leader, still has a significant chance on winning the Cup this year.

In the top-10 we find most of the regular top overclocking teams such as Overclockers.com, but also a couple of surprising up-and-comers like the Indonesian K-Suicide Mission and the Czech HardOCzech. Just outside the top-10, we also find Tributar Forums tagging along with the pack. Nice to see a couple of new teams at the top of the ranking.

The HWBOT Team Cup 2013 ends on April 30 and features four stages:

• HWBOT Team Cup 2013 - SC1: 1M Challenge
• HWBOT Team Cup 2013 - SC2: 3DMark03 Single GPU Historical Battle
• HWBOT Team Cup 2013 - SC3: Vantage Full-out
• HWBOT Team Cup 2013 - SC4: "Live Performance"

We would also once again thank the competition sponsor Cooler Master for providing the competition prizes. Once the prize list is complete, we will update you in another news post. These are the currently confirmed prizes:

For more information, check out the corresponding competition pages.