Valerii Yevheniiovych Vakhovskyi (born January 5, 2003), better known as "b1t", is a Ukrainian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for Natus Vincere and a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player.
b1t is a young player in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike 2 scene and named in the top 20 players worldwide. In 2021, he and the Natus Vincere roster (primarily composed of b1t, s1mple, Boombl4, Perfecto, and electronic) won the Intel Grand Slam, 4 tournaments from the ESL organization (including Intel Extreme Masters) and DreamHack during the gaming season. With this roster, NAVI came out on top in the Regional Qualifiers for the PGL Major 2021. They won IEM Cologne 2021, DreamHack Masters Spring 2021, and ESL Pro League Season 14. On November 7, 2021, b1t won his first Major, PGL Major Stockholm 2021.
On March 31, 2024, Vakhovskyi won his second Major, PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024.
Personal life Vakhovskyi learned about Counter-Strike at a young age, when he saw his uncle play the game.
Career b1t's first notable success was the victory with team NOTBAD at the open qualifiers of the CIS Minor Championship – Berlin 2019. b1t then participated in Natus Vincere's "Esports Camp", a seasonal program throughout which aspiring professional gamers compete to join their youth roster, where he showed an outstanding performance and later became one of the first to receive an invitation to NAVI's "Junior" team.
NAVI In late 2020, b1t became the sixth player of Natus Vincere's CS:GO team. He usually substituted flamie on map Inferno.
Between January 19 and 24, Vakhovskyi won the BLAST Premier Global Final 2020, and in April of the following year, he became part of the main roster, replacing flamie permanently.
On September 12, 2021, Vakhovskyi, along with NAVI, won the 3rd season of the IEM Grand Slam after NAVI winning the following events: IEM Katowice 2020, DreamHack Masters Spring 2021, IEM Cologne 2021, ESL Pro League Season 14 This made Valerii the youngest player to ever win the IEM Grand Slam at 18 years and 250 days old.
On November 7, 2021, b1t won his first Major PGL Major Stockholm 2021. 3 years later, on March 31, 2024, Vakhovskyi won his second Major PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024.
On July 21, 2024, b1t earned his career first HLTV MVP at the 2024 Esports World Cup.
Notable achievements PlacementTournamentLocationDateWith Natus VincereBLAST Premier: Global Final 2020Europe (Online)January 19, 2021 – January 24, 2021BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2021Europe (Online)February 4, 2021 – February 14, 2021DreamHack Masters Spring 2021Europe (Online)April 29, 2021 – May 9, 2021Blast Premier: Spring Finals 2021Europe (Online)June 15, 2021 – June 20, 2021IEM Cologne 2021Cologne, GermanyJuly 6, 2021 – July 18, 2021ESL Pro League Season 14Europe (Online)August 16 – September 12, 2021PGL Major Stockholm 2021Stockholm, SwedenOctober 26, 2021 – November 7, 2021Blast Premier: Fall Finals 2021Copenhagen, DenmarkNovember 24, 2021 – November 28, 2021Blast Premier: World Final 2021Copenhagen, DenmarkDecember 14, 2021 – December 19, 2021PGL Major Antwerp 2022Antwerp, BelgiumMay 9, 2021 – May 22, 2021BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022Lisbon, PortugalJune 15, 2021 – June 19, 2021IEM Cologne 2022Cologne, GermanyJuly 7, 2022 – July 17, 2022IEM Katowice 2023Katowice, PolandFeb 4 – 12, 2023ESL Pro League Season 17MaltaFeb 22 – March 26, 2023IEM Rio 2023Rio de Janeiro, BrazilApr 17 – 23, 2023ESL Pro League Season 18MaltaAug 30 – October 1, 2023Blast Premier: World Final 2023Abu Dhabi, UAEDec 13 – 17, 2023PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024Copenhagen, DenmarkMar 21 – 31, 2024Blast Premier: Spring Finals 2024London, United KingdomJun 12 – 16, 2024Esports World Cup 2024Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaJul 17 – 21, 2024IEM Cologne 2024Cologne, GermanyAug 10 – 18, 2024ESL Pro League Season 20MaltaSep 3 – 22, 2024Blast Premier: Fall Finals 2024Copenhagen, DenmarkSep 25 – 29, 2024IEM Rio 2024Rio de Janeiro, BrazilOct 7 – 13, 2024StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2025Budapest, HungarySep 18 – 21, 2025Thunderpick World Championship 2025MaltaOct 15 – 19, 2025ESL Pro League Season 23Stockholm, SwedenMar 13 - 15, 2026BLAST Open Rotterdam 2026Rotterdam, NetherlandsMar 18 - 29, 2026BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 1Fort Worth, Texas, United StatesApr 29 - May 3, 2026IEM Atlanta 2026Atlanta, Georgia, United StatesMay 11 - May 17, 2026
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