JPL Season 7 Recap: goaux Takes JPL1
A look back at Janken Pro League Season 7: goaux won the top flight one season after promotion from JPL2; Oisinpagan cleared JPL2; The Suburbs topped JPL3; six new names reached JPL1 while six dropped—including last season’s standout newcomer.
The Season That Was
JPL Season 7 is in the books. At the top, a player who had just earned promotion from JPL2 turned the next campaign into a coronation—25 wins, three losses, and a round win rate that left little doubt. Below, a former JPL3 champion rewrote JPL2; six climbed into the top flight; six fell out—including one of last season’s brightest debuts. Same format: two matches a day, nowhere to hide.
JPL1: goaux
goaux took the JPL1 title with 25–3 and a 74.5% round win rate. It was their first championship in the top flight—and it arrived immediately after a Season 6 where they had already announced themselves from JPL2 with 22–6 and a promotion ticket.
The numbers back the story: their Season 7 round clip sat well above their rolling average across earlier completed JPL seasons (~54.5%). Sometimes momentum carries; this time it carried all the way to the trophy.
Best newcomer in JPL1
Among players whose first JPL1 season was Season 7, the headline belongs to the champion: goaux not only survived the step up—they ran the table. That kind of debut resets the bar for what “promoted and dangerous” means heading into Season 8.
Longest in JPL1
Neon Nova has now logged seven completed seasons in JPL1—the longest active tenure at the summit. The league keeps refreshing around them; they keep finding ways to stay.
Narrowly avoided demotion
Just above the drop zone, Judo Pomegranate (13–15, 13th) and Mehdi_salehi (12–15, 14th) stayed up by a single place over the relegation line. In a six-down format, that margin is everything.
Best and worst streaks
goaux assembled the longest winning streak of the season: 24 games in a row. On the other side, User 184 carried the longest skid—16 consecutive losses. Opposite ends of the same ladder.
Six up, six down
Oisinpagan won JPL2 outright with 24–4 and a 76.8% round win rate—after winning JPL3 the season before, a statement tour through the second tier. Joining them in promotion to JPL1: Da Woofda (18–10), Lurch boy and BizarroRock (17–11 each), plus Mr Peppercorn and flair (16–11 each).
The six who left the top flight: I'm Just a Number, Zephyr, Taha, Vandellas, Vapor Sage, and Rock Master 3000. Notable among them: I'm Just a Number, who had been Season 6’s strongest JPL1 debut—another reminder that the pyramid does not grant immunity.
JPL3
The Suburbs topped JPL3 with 23–5 and a 69.5% round win rate—leading the third tier while the structure below JPL1 keeps feeding the league.
Looking ahead
Season 7 is closed. goaux wears the crown; Oisinpagan and company bring fresh blood to JPL1; the relegated six will have to climb again; and Season 8 resets the maths: same rhythm, new stories. That’s the league—and that’s why we’ll be back for the next one.