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Machine meets Rhino Slam! after a last-point escape

Ultiworld's men's Nationals semifinal broadcast drew nearly 28,000 views in eight hours, an unusually fast start for its full-game coverage.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 58,090 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (4,067).

Machine vs. Rhino Slam! | Men's Semifinal | 2026 Club National ChampionshipsMachine vs. Rhino Slam! | Men's Semifinal | 2026 Club National Championships

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  1. 1:07Edward Stephens and Danie Proby open the studio show in San Diego.
  2. 5:00The hosts preview the men's semifinal matchups, including Machine against Rhino Slam!
  3. 15:52The field commentators revisit Machine's universe-point comeback over PoNY and Portland's route to the semifinal.
  4. 18:14The opening pull starts the match, with Machine on offense.
  5. 18:56Nate Goff's over-the-top pass finds Daan De Marrée for Machine's opening goal.

Chicago Machine had already needed a comeback on universe point, ultimate's sudden-death decider, to get past PoNY. Its next assignment in San Diego was Portland Rhino Slam!, with a place in the national final at stake.

Ultiworld's broadcast gives that semifinal room to breathe. Edward Stephens and Danie Proby work through the championship brackets in the studio before Evan Lepler and Mario O'Brien take over at Surf Sports Park. For viewers coming straight for the game, the opening pull arrives just past the eighteen-minute mark.

Machine makes its first possession count: Nate Goff sends an over-the-top pass to Daan De Marrée for the opening goal. "That's what we came to see," Lepler says.

The full broadcast has already drawn far more views than Ultiworld's long games and streams usually receive across an entire first day. That's a different kind of attraction from the spectacular catches behind the channel's most-watched Shorts: here, viewers get the buildup and the whole contest.

The comments offer a little viewing assistance, with timestamps for the opening pull and the second half. Another viewer singles out the contrast between polished play and a point of pickup-style chaos.

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The facts
Subscribers
281,000
Channel views, last 7 days
322,628
Channel views, pace per day
143,651 (on a normal day: 26,341)
Video published
October 25, 2026
Video views so far
27,581 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
58,090

The numbers

The semifinal's fast start comes alongside a broader lift for Ultiworld, whose daily channel views are more than five times their usual level.

the video's first day
usual first day here
4,067
this video
58,090
subscribers
281,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
341,109,036
views per day
143,651
typical day: 26,341
the video
views
27,581
likes
203
comments
6
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
As of October 26, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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