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Robin Kool (born 22 December 1999), better known as ropz, is an Estonian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for Team Vitality. Kool has played in twelve Majors,[1][2] winning the PGL Major Antwerp 2022[3], the Blast Austin Major 2025 and the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025. He has also won three ESL Grand Slams, more than any other CS player.[4]

ropz
ropz in 2023
Current team
TeamTeam Vitality
Role
  • Rifler
  • Lurker
GameCounter-Strike 2
Personal information
NameRobin Kool
Born (1999-12-22) 22 December 1999 (age 26)
NationalityEstonian
Career information
Playing career2015–present
Team history
2017–2021mousesports
2022–2024FaZe Clan
2025–presentTeam Vitality
Career highlights and awards
Twitch information
Channel
Followers297 thousand
Last updated: June 30, 2025

Early and personal life

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Kool was born on 22 December 1999.[5] He grew up in Jõgeva, Estonia. His father committed suicide when Kool was younger.[6]

Career

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Before Kool joined mousesports, he played Call of Duty for Team Horizon; he played as a sniper.[7] Kool joined mousesports around April 2017 and obtained nine trophies while with the team. He was regarded as the MVP of the ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals and has consistently been in HLTV's top 20 list of players since 2018 (Respectively #19, #10, #7, #18 and #3).[8][9][10][11][12] Kool earned back-to-back top 10 spots on the list in 2019 and 2020.[13]

After playing almost five years with mousesports, Kool joined FaZe Clan in January 2022.[13] His switch turned out to be successful; they qualified to the BLAST Premier: Spring Finals and won the first LAN tournament of the year – IEM Katowice 2022.[14] This was followed by Faze and ropz winning a second consecutive title at ESL Pro League Season 15 and ropz being named the tournament MVP.[15][16] Faze also won IEM Cologne and ESL Pro League Season 17, completing an Intel Grand Slam – 4th time in history for any team to achieve this.[17]

Ropz left FaZe Clan on January 1st, 2025,[18] and on January 10th, he signed with Vitality.[19] Just 30 days after the joining Vitality, Ropz won IEM Katowice 2025, Ropz's second career IEM Katowice win.[20] With Team Vitality, he would go on to win ESL Pro League Season 21,[21] BLAST Open Lisbon 2025,[22] and IEM Melbourne 2025. With the win at Melbourne, ropz along with Team Vitality won the ESL Grand Slam Season 5, making ropz the second two-time ESL Grand Slam winner after Twistzz.[23] They continued to win BLAST Rivals Season 1 and IEM Dallas 2025, having been undefeated in 30 LAN matches, which was the second-highest win streak in Counter-Strike history. The win streak ended when Vitality lost against Legacy in a BO1 on Inferno during the Austin Major.[24]

Vitality's 2025 season was quieter after the mid-year player break, winning two tournaments from July to December. The first of these wins came in October with a successful run at ESL Pro League Season 22, defeating Team Falcons 3-0 in the grand final[25]. Vitality won again at the last major tournament of the year at StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, where Ropz played against his former team, FaZe[26]. With their win at the Budapest major, Ropz and Vitality become the first team to win both Majors in one calendar year. Ropz was given the HLTV award for being the 3rd best player of 2025 and being named the closer of the year[27].

Vitality began 2026 in similar form to 2025, winning four tournaments in the first four months of the year, taking first place at IEM Kraków 2026[28], PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026[29], BLAST Open Rotterdam 2026[30], and IEM Rio 2026[31]. Ropz played in high form throughout these tournaments, winning his sixth MVP award at BLAST Open Rotterdam, securing the award with an exceptional grand finals performance. With Vitality's win at IEM Rio 2026, Ropz becomes the first and only player so far to have won three ESL Grand Slams[32].

Notable tournament results

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Grand finals

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Bold denotes a CS Major.

Year Place Tournament Team Winning score Opponent Prize money Awards Ref
2026
1st place medal
1st
 BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 1 Vitality 3–0 Natus Vincere $125,000.00 [33]
2026
1st place medal
1st
 IEM Rio 2026 Vitality 3–0 Team Spirit $125,000.00
2026
1st place medal
1st
 BLAST Open Rotterdam 2026 Vitality 3–0 Natus Vincere $150,000.00 HLTV MVP HLTV MVP [34]

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2026
1st place medal
1st
 PGL Cluj-Napoca Vitality 3–0 PARIVISION $225,000.00
2026
1st place medal
1st
 IEM Kraków 2026 Vitality 3–1 Furia Esports $400,000.00 [28]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 Vitality 3–1 FaZe Clan $500,000.00 [36]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 ESL Pro League Season 22 Vitality 3–0 Team Falcons $100,000.00 [25]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 Blast Austin Major 2025 Vitality 2–1 The MongolZ $500,000.00 [37]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 IEM Dallas 2025 Vitality 3–0 Mouz $125,000.00 [38]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 BLAST Rivals 2025 Season 1 Vitality 3–2 Team Falcons $125,000.00 [39]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 IEM Melbourne 2025 Vitality 3–2 Team Falcons $125,000.00 [23]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 Vitality 3–2 Mouz $150,000.00 [22]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 ESL Pro League Season 21 Vitality 3–0 Mouz $100,000.00 DHL MVP DHL MVP [21]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 IEM Katowice 2025 Vitality 3–0 Spirit $500,000.00 [40][20]
2024
1st place medal
1st
IEM Chengdu 2024FaZe Clan2–0Mouz$100,000.00[41]
2023
1st place medal
1st
CS Asia Championships 2023FaZe Clan2–0Mouz$250,000.00HLTV MVP HLTV MVP[42]
2023
1st place medal
1st
Thunderpick World Championship 2023FaZe Clan2–0Virtus.pro$250,000.00HLTV MVP HLTV MVP[43][44]
2023
1st place medal
1st
Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023FaZe Clan2–1Complexity Gaming$100,000.00DHL MVP DHL MVP[45][46]
2023
1st place medal
1st
ESL Pro League Season 17FaZe Clan3–1Cloud9$200,000.00HLTV MVP HLTV MVP[47]
2022
1st place medal
1st
PGL Major Antwerp 2022FaZe Clan2–0Natus Vincere$500,000.00[3]
2022
1st place medal
1st
Intel Extreme Masters XVII – CologneFaZe Clan3–2Natus Vincere$400,000.00[48][49]
2022
1st place medal
1st
ESL Pro League Season 15FaZe Clan3–1ENCE$190,000.00HLTV MVP HLTV MVP[50]
2022
1st place medal
1st
Intel Extreme Masters XVI – KatowiceFaZe Clan3–0G2$400,000.00[51]
2020
1st place medal
1st
Ice Challenge 2020mousesports3–1Natus Vincere$125,000.00[52]
2019
1st place medal
1st
ESL Pro League Season 10mousesports3–0fnatic$250,000.00HLTV MVP HLTV MVP[53][54]
2019
1st place medal
1st
CS:GO Asia Championships 2019mousesports2–0ENCE$250,000.00[55]
2018
1st place medal
1st
ESL One New York 2018mousesports3–2Team Liquid$125,000.00[56]
2018
1st place medal
1st
V4 Future Sports Festival 2018mousesports2–1Virtus.pro$238,000.00[57]
2018
1st place medal
1st
StarSeries i-League Season 4mousesports2–1Natus Vincere$130,000.00[58]
2017
1st place medal
1st
ESG Tour Mykonos 2017mousesports3–2Team Liquid$117,500.00[59]
2025
2nd place medal
2nd
BLAST Open London 2025Team Vitality2–3G2$60,000.00[60]
2024
2nd place medal
2nd
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024FaZe Clan1–2Spirit$170,000.00[61]
2024
2nd place medal
2nd
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024FaZe Clan1–2Natus Vincere$170,000.00[62]
2024
2nd place medal
2nd
IEM Katowice 2024FaZe Clan0–3Spirit$180,000.00[63]
2023
2nd place medal
2nd
BLAST Premier World Final 2023FaZe Clan0–2Vitality$250,000.00[64]
2023
2nd place medal
2nd
BLAST Premier Fall Final 2023FaZe Clan0–2Vitality$85,000.00[65]
2022
2nd place medal
2nd
BLAST Premier Fall Final 2022FaZe Clan1–2Heroic$85,000.00[66]
2022
2nd place medal
2nd
Roobet CupFaZe Clan1–2BIG$50,000.00[67]
2020
2nd place medal
2nd
ESL Pro League Season 11 Europemousesports2–3fnatic$65,000.00[68]
2019
2nd place medal
2nd
EPICENTER 2019mousesports1–2Vitality$120,000.00[69]
2018
2nd place medal
2nd
ESL One Belo Horizonte 2018mousesports2–3FaZe Clan$40,000.00[70]

Majors participation

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Ever since joining Mousesports in 2017, ropz has only missed out 1 Major in 2019.

# Tournament Date Team Result
1 PGL Major: Kraków 2017 July 16–23, 2017 mousesports 12th – 14th
2 ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 January 19–28, 2018 mousesports 5th – 8th
3 FACEIT Major: London 2018 September 12–23, 2018 mousesports 15th – 16th
– IEM Katowice Major 2019 February 20 – March 3, 2019 mousesports DNQ
4 StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019 August 28 – September 8, 2019 mousesports 9th – 11th
5 PGL Major Stockholm 2021 October 26 – November 7, 2021 mousesports 12th – 14th
6 PGL Major Antwerp 2022 May 9–22, 2022 FaZe Clan 1st
7 IEM Rio Major 2022 October 31 – November 13, 2022 FaZe Clan 15th – 16th
8 BLAST Paris Major 2023 May 8–21, 2023 FaZe Clan 5th – 8th
9 PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 Mar 17–31, 2024 FaZe Clan 2nd
10 Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Nov 30 – Dec 15, 2024 FaZe Clan 2nd
11 BLAST Austin Major 2025 June 2–22, 2025 Vitality 1st
12 StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 November 24–December 14, 2025 Vitality 1st

References

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