# B1t

Valerij Jevghenijovych Vakhovsjkyj (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 considered one of the best young players in the world in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike 2 scene. In 2021, he and the Natus Vincere roster (primarily composed of b1t, s1mple, Boombl4, Perfecto, and electronic) achieved massive success - winning 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, Vakhovsjkyj won his second Major, PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024.

## Personal life

Vakhovsjkyj 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, Vakhovsjkyj 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 12th 2021, Vakhovsjkyj, 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 Valerij 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, Vakhovsjkyj 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

| Placement | Tournament | Location | Date |
| With Natus Vincere ||||
| | BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020 | Europe (Online) | January 19, 2021 – January 24, 2021 |
| | BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2021 | Europe (Online) | February 4, 2021 - February 14, 2021 |
| | DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 | Europe (Online) | April 29, 2021 – May 9, 2021 |
| | Blast Premier: Spring Finals 2021 | Europe (Online) | June 15, 2021 - June 20, 2021 |
| | IEM Cologne 2021 | Cologne, Germany | July 6, 2021 - July 18, 2021 |
| | ESL Pro League Season 14 | Europe (Online) | August 16 - September 12, 2021 |
| | PGL Major Stockholm 2021 | Stockholm, Sweden | October 26, 2021 - November 7, 2021 |
| | Blast Premier: Fall Finals 2021 | Copenhagen, Denmark | November 24, 2021 - November 28, 2021 |
| | Blast Premier: World Final 2021 | Copenhagen, Denmark | December 14, 2021 - December 19, 2021 |
| | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 | Antwerp, Belgium | May 9, 2021 - May 22, 2021 |
| | BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022 | Lisbon, Portugal | June 15, 2021 - June 19, 2021 |
| | IEM Cologne 2022 | Cologne, Germany | July 7, 2022 - July 17, 2022 |
| | IEM Katowice 2023 | Katowice, Poland | Feb 4th - Feb 12th 2023 |
| | ESL Pro League Season 17 | Malta | Feb 22nd - Mar 26th 2023 |
| | IEM Rio 2023 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Apr 17th - Apr 23rd 2023 |
| | ESL Pro League Season 18 | Malta | Aug 30th - Oct 1st 2023 |
| | Blast Premier: World Final 2023 | Abu Dhabi, UAE | Dec 13th - Dec 17th 2023 |
| | PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Mar 21st - Mar 31st 2024 |
| | Blast Premier: Spring Finals 2024 | London, United Kingdom | Jun 12th - Jun 16th 2024 |
| | Esports World Cup 2024 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Jul 17th - Jul 21st 2024 |
| | IEM Cologne 2024 | Cologne, Germany | Aug 10th - Aug 18th 2024 |
| | ESL Pro League Season 20 | Malta | Sep 3rd - Sep 22nd 2024 |
| | Blast Premier: Fall Finals 2024 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Sep 25th - Sep 29th 2024 |
| | IEM Rio 2024 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Oct 7th - Oct 13th 2024 |