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ropz
ropz at IEM Sydney 2023
Current team
TeamTeam Vitality
Role
  • Rifler
  • Lurker
GameCounter-Strike 2
Personal information
NameRobin Kool
Born (1999-12-22) 22 December 1999 (age 25)
NationalityEstonian
Career information
Playing career2015–present
Team history
2017–2021mousesports
2022–2024FaZe Clan
2025–presentTeam Vitality
Career highlights and awards
Twitch information
Channel
Followers296 thousand
Last updated: May 1, 2025

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 ten Majors,[1][2] winning the PGL Major Antwerp 2022[3] and two Grand Slams.

Early and personal life

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Kool was born on 22 December 1999.[4] He grew up in Jõgeva, Estonia.

Career

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Before Kool joined mousesports, he played Call of Duty for Team Horizon; he played as a sniper.[5] 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 and #18).[6][7][8][9] Kool earned back-to-back top 10 spots on the list in 2019 and 2020.[10]

After playing almost five years with mousesports, Kool joined FaZe Clan in January 2022.[10] 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.[11] This was followed by Faze and ropz winning second consecutive title at ESL Pro League Season 15 and ropz being named the tournament MVP.[12][13] Faze also won IEM Cologne and ESL Pro League Season 17, completing a Grand Slam – 4th time in history for any team to achieve this.[14]

Ropz left FaZe Clan on January 1st 2025,[15] and on January 10th, he signed with Vitality.[16] Just 30 days after the joining Vitality, Ropz won IEM Katowice 2025, Ropz's second career IEM Katowice win.[17] With Team Vitality, he would go on to win ESL Pro League Season 21,[18] BLAST Open Lisbon 2025,[19] 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.[20] They continued to win BLAST Rivals Season 1, having been unbeaten in 25 LAN matches, second-highest win streak in CS history.[21][22][23]

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
2025
1st place medal
1st
 BLAST Rivals 2025 Season 1 Vitality 3–2 Team Falcons $125,000.00 [24]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 IEM Melbourne 2025 Vitality 3–2 Team Falcons $125,000.00 [20]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 Vitality 3–2 Mouz $150,000.00 [19]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 ESL Pro League Season 21 Vitality 3–0 Mouz $100,000.00 DHL MVP DHL MVP [18]
2025
1st place medal
1st
 IEM Katowice 2025 Vitality 3–0 Spirit $500,000.00 [25][17]
2022
1st place medal
1st
 PGL Major Antwerp 2022 FaZe Clan 2–0 Natus Vincere $500,000.00 [3]
2024
1st place medal
1st
 IEM Chengdu 2024 FaZe Clan 2–0 Mouz $100,000.00 [26]
2023
1st place medal
1st
 CS Asia Championships 2023 FaZe Clan 2–0 Mouz $250,000.00 HLTV MVP HLTV MVP [27]
2023
1st place medal
1st
 Thunderpick World Championship 2023 FaZe Clan 2–0 Virtus.pro $250,000.00 HLTV MVP HLTV MVP [28][29]
2023
1st place medal
1st
 Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 FaZe Clan 2–1 Complexity Gaming $100,000.00 DHL MVP DHL MVP [30][31]
2023
1st place medal
1st
 ESL Pro League Season 17 FaZe Clan 3–1 Cloud9 $200,000.00 HLTV MVP HLTV MVP [32]
2022
1st place medal
1st
 Intel Extreme Masters XVII – Cologne FaZe Clan 3–2 Natus Vincere $400,000.00 [33][34]
2022
1st place medal
1st
 ESL Pro League Season 15 FaZe Clan 3–1 ENCE $190,000.00 HLTV MVP HLTV MVP [35]
2022
1st place medal
1st
 Intel Extreme Masters XVI – Katowice FaZe Clan 3–0 G2 $400,000.00 [36]
2020
1st place medal
1st
 Ice Challenge 2020 mousesports 3–1 Natus Vincere $125,000.00 [37]
2019
1st place medal
1st
 ESL Pro League Season 10 mousesports 3–0 fnatic $250,000.00 HLTV MVP HLTV MVP [38] [39]
2019
1st place medal
1st
 CS:GO Asia Championships 2019 mousesports 2–0 ENCE $250,000.00 [40]
2018
1st place medal
1st
 ESL One New York 2018 mousesports 3–2 Team Liquid $125,000.00 [41]
2018
1st place medal
1st
 V4 Future Sports Festival 2018 mousesports 2–1 Virtus.pro $238,000.00 [42]
2018
1st place medal
1st
 StarSeries i-League Season 4 mousesports 2–1 Natus Vincere $130,000.00 [43]
2017
1st place medal
1st
 ESG Tour Mykonos 2017 mousesports 3–2 Team Liquid $117,500.00 [44]
2024
2nd place medal
2nd
 Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 FaZe Clan 1–2 Spirit $170,000.00 [45]
2024
2nd place medal
2nd
 PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 FaZe Clan 1–2 Natus Vincere $170,000.00 [46]
2024
2nd place medal
2nd
 IEM Katowice 2024 FaZe Clan 0–3 Spirit $180,000.00 [47]
2023
2nd place medal
2nd
 BLAST Premier World Final 2023 FaZe Clan 0–2 Vitality $250,000.00 [48]
2023
2nd place medal
2nd
 BLAST Premier Fall Final 2023 FaZe Clan 0–2 Vitality $85,000.00 [49]
2022
2nd place medal
2nd
 BLAST Premier Fall Final 2022 FaZe Clan 1–2 Heroic $85,000.00 [50]
2022
2nd place medal
2nd
 Roobet Cup FaZe Clan 1–2 BIG $50,000.00 [51]
2020
2nd place medal
2nd
 ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe mousesports 2–3 fnatic $65,000.00 [52]
2019
2nd place medal
2nd
 EPICENTER 2019 mousesports 1–2 Vitality $120,000.00 [53]
2018
2nd place medal
2nd
 ESL One Belo Horizonte 2018 mousesports 2–3 FaZe Clan $40,000.00 [54]

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 TBA

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