Wolfe Glick ( ; born December 6, 1995), also known as Wolfey ( ) and known online as WolfeyVGC, is an American competitive Pokémon player, streamer, and YouTuber. He is the 2016 World Champion of the official Pokémon Video Game Championships (VGC) format, and has won 10 Regional, 2 National, and 2 International Championships. Additionally, he won the Players Cup II in 2020, and the Global Challenge in 2020 and in 2025 under the alias "33-4".
Wolfe Glick has been called one of the most popular VGC players of all time, and his unique strategies often strongly influence the metagame. His YouTube channel posts videos about competitive Pokémon content, including detailed overviews of his experiences at official VGC tournaments. In recognition of his VGC pursuits and impact on the competitive Pokémon community, Glick was inducted into the 'Games' category of the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30.
Education Glick has a degree in economics, computational modeling, and data analytics from Virginia Tech. Before making competitive Pokémon his career, Glick worked as a government analyst and was an RA for his hall when attending university.
Competitive Pokémon
2009–2021: Early career and first major event wins Glick began participating in competitive Pokémon as a freshman in high school, when he participated in VGC Regional Tournament, winning it, and receiving a free flight to the National Tournament, which he also won. He made his debut in the World Championships in 2011, placing 6th overall. He won the Washington, D.C. Regionals and US Nationals in Indianapolis to qualify.
Following his 2nd placing at the 2012 World Championships, Glick's team was added to the Pokémon World Tournament facility in the Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 games. Accessible via an optional download, the "2012 Masters Division Challenge" allowed players to battle against an in-game trainer with his team.
In 2016, while attending Virginia Tech, Glick won the Pokémon VGC World Championships, collecting around $10,000 in prize money. Glick played Jonathan Evans in the 2016 finals and beat him 2–0 in their best of 3 set, being crowned the World Champion.
Following his World Championship victory, he went on to win other major events, namely the 2019 North American International Championships (NAIC) and the 2020 Players Cup II. After this success, Glick became the first player to win a Regional, National, International, Players Cup and a World Championship. As a reward for winning the 2020 Players Cup II, one of Glick's Pokémon, a Coalossal, was distributed to Pokémon video game Sword and Shield players via a Mystery Gift in-game code that expired in August 16, 2021. The code was 'V1CT0RYENG1NE25'.
2022–2026: Return to Pokémon VGC and continued success Though the Pokémon VGC scene was paused during the COVID-19 pandemic, Glick returned to action when Play! Pokémon began hosting live events again in 2022. He came in with a top-32 finish at the Salt Lake City Regional Championships.
Glick started the 2023 season with a top-16 finish at the 2023 London Open, and placed top-16 across several more events during the year. He won his first official offline championship in over three years in the 2023 Orlando Regional Championship, at the time the biggest Pokemon VGC tournament ever. Glick qualified for the 2023 Pokémon World Championship, but was eliminated on day one with a 4-3 record.
2024 VGC Season In the 2024 Pokémon World Championships, Gliick had a strong run to start 9-0 in sets and 18-0 in games. After qualifying for the final round of 32 with a Swiss record of 9-2, he was eliminated by Kylan Van Severen, finishing at 17th place.
2025 VGC Season Glick won the 2025 Toronto Regional Championships, becoming the first player to have won 10 Regional Championships.
In February 2025, Glick won the Pokémon Europe International Championships (EUIC), beating Dyl Yeomans. This was the largest in-person Pokemon VGC tournament in history (boasting 1257 competitors in the masters division) and marked his second International Championship victory. In addition, Glick revealed that he had also secretly been the one to have won the 2025 Global Challenge I under the temporary name “33-4”, which has been confirmed by The Pokémon Company.
In the 2025 Pokemon North America International Championships, watchers of the official tournament stream could receive "Wolfe Glick’s Incineroar" as a "mystery gift", sporting the same stats and moves as the Incineroar that helped Glick win that year's EUIC. At the 2025 Pokemon World Championships, he made day two, but was eliminated at 42nd by Chih-Hung Chiu, finishing with a record of six wins and three losses.
2026 VGC Season Wolfe began his 2026 Season with a top-16 finish in the North American bracket of the 2026 Grand Challenge I. At the Milwaukee Regional Championships, he finished in 8th place, losing to the eventual winner of the tournament, Alex Arand. On October 23, 2025, Glick posted a video to his channel called "Moving Forward". In the video, Glick announced a four-month hiatus from attending in-person tournaments, citing groping from fans combined with a neck injury and overall stress. During his hiatus, Glick won the online 2026 Grand Challenge III in November 2025. He returned to in-person competition at the European International Championships in February 2026, placing 39th of a record 1,455 players. He then attended the first two North American tournaments played in Pokémon Champions, placing second at the Indianapolis Regional Championships and third at the North American International Championships before being eliminated on day 1 of Worlds with a record of 5 wins and 3 losses.
Esports teams In 2018, Glick joined the esports team Panda Global, departing in 2021. Glick joined the competitive Pokémon section of the esports team Beastcoast in September 2022. In December 2024, esports organization M80 acquired the esports and creator operations of Beastcoast.
Personal life
Wolfe Glick is a vegetarian. In 2021, Glick said that he might have aphantasia. He resides in Washington, D.C.
Tournament placings
Regional Championships
+TournamentDateAge DivisionPlacingDC Regionals 2011June 11, 2011MastersPhiladelphia Regionals 2012 April 15, 2012MastersVirginia Regionals 2014January 11-12, 2014Masters5thPhiladelphia Regionals 2015October 4-5, 2014MastersVirginia Regionals 2015February 15, 2015Masters8thFlorida Regionals 2015March 1, 2015MastersMassachusetts Regionals 2015May 17, 2015MastersPennsylvania Regionals 2016October 10-11, 2015MastersFlorida Regionals 2016February 28, 2016MastersGeorgia Regionals 2016May 21, 2016MastersOrlando Regionals 2017October 15-16, 2016MastersGeorgia Regionals 2017January 14–15, 2017Masters5thCharlotte Regionals 2018March 17–18, 2018MastersMadison Regionals 2019June 1–2, 2019MastersRichmond Regionals 2020November 2-3, 2019Masters4thCollinsville Regionals 2020February 29 - March 1, 2020MastersSecaucus Regionals 2022May 21–22, 2022MastersOrlando Regionals 2023 February 4–5, 2023MastersKnoxville Regionals 2023 February 25–26, 2023Masters5thCharlotte Regionals 2023March 25–26, 2023Masters9thFort Wayne Regionals 2023April 1–2, 2023Masters9thHartford Regionals 2023May 20–21, 2023MastersPittsburgh Regionals 2024September 9–10, 2023Masters Charlotte Regionals 2024 January 20–21, 2024 Masters Orlando Regionals 2024 April 13–14, 2024 Masters Baltimore Regionals 2025September 14-15, 2024Masters9th Louisville Regionals 2025October 12-13, 2024Masters8thToronto Regionals 2025 December 14-15, 2024MastersMilwaukee Regionals 2026October 11-12, 2025Masters6thIndianapolis Regionals 2026May 30-31, 2026Masters
National Championships
+TournamentDateAge DivisionPlacingUS Nationals 2011July 3–4, 2011MastersUS Nationals 2012June 30 – July 1, 2012MastersUS Nationals 2013July 5–7, 2013MastersDay 1US Nationals 2014July 4–6, 2014MastersDay 1US Nationals 2015July 3–5, 2015Masters8thUS Nationals 2016July 1–3, 2016MastersDay 1
International Championships
+TournamentDateAge DivisionPlacingEuropean Internationals 2017December 9–11, 2016Masters11thOceania Internationals 2017March 10–12, 2017Masters9thEuropean Internationals 2019April 26-28, 2019Masters4thNorth America Internationals 2019 June 21–23, 2019MastersEuropean Internationals 2022April 22-24, 2022Masters9thNorth America Internationals 2022June 24–26, 2022Masters15thNorth America Internationals 2023June 30 - July 2, 2023Masters17thEuropean Internationals 2024April 5–7, 2024Masters13thNorth America Internationals 2024June 7–9, 2024Masters22ndEuropean Internationals 2025 February 21-23, 2025MastersEuropean Internationals 2026February 13-15, 2026Masters39thNorth America Internationals 2026June 12-14, 2026Masters
World Championships
+TournamentDateAge DivisionPlacingWorlds 2011August 15, 2011Masters6thWorlds 2012August 12, 2012MastersWorlds 2013August 9–11, 2013Masters25thWorlds 2014August 15–17, 2014Masters9thWorlds 2015August 21–23, 2015Masters12thWorlds 2016 August 19–21, 2016MastersWorlds 2017August 18–20, 2017Masters15thWorlds 2018August 24–26, 2018MastersDay 1Worlds 2019August 16–18, 2019Masters32ndWorlds 2022August 18–21, 2022MastersDay 1Worlds 2023 August 11–13, 2023MastersDay 1Worlds 2024 August 16-18, 2024Masters17thWorlds 2025August 15–17, 2025 Masters42ndWorlds 2026August 28-30, 2026Masters59th
Online Events
+TournamentDateAge DivisionPlacing2020 Global Challenge2020MastersPlayers Cup II 2020Masters2023 Global Challenge I2023MastersTop 642023 Global Challenge II2023Masters6th2024 Grand Challenge I2024MastersTop 642025 Global Challenge I2025Masters2026 Grand Challenge I2025MastersTop 642026 Grand Challenge III2025Masters2026 Grand Challenge V2026Masters2026 Global Challenge I2026Masters6th
Records and achievements
The first and only player to win a Regional, National, International, Players Cup, and World Championship. The first and only player ever to have won 10 Regional Championships. The record for the most World Championship participations (qualifying every year from 2011 to 2019, and 2022 to 2026). The record for the most "top cuts" (the final single-elimination bracket) at the World Championships.
References
Notes
External links Pokémon Championship Series (2025 Season)