donk set to smash all-time record at IEM Katowice

In what could be an epic conclusion to IEM Katowice, FaZe and Team Spirit are lined up for the Grand Final in the Spodek Arena in Poland. FaZe, with experienced veterans such as Finn "karrigan" Andersen and Håvard "rain" Nygaard takes on the hottest team on the planet right now with 17-year-old Danil "donk" Kryshkovets at the front of the pack with insane firepower. The young Spirit rifler has been the talk of the town since CS2 was released, and at Katowice, the Siberian-born player has annihilated all opposition averaging an insane 1.63 rating. The closest competitor right now in Katowice is Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov at a 1.35 rating. m0NESY was knocked out in the quarter-finals, while David "frozen" Čerňanský is the second highest-ranked player still in the tournament with a 1.28 rating.

Danil "donk" Kryshkovets’s maps so far in Katowice: (main tournament)

Vs NAVI on Ancient: 1.72
vs NAVI on Anubis: 1.20
vs NAVI on Mirage: 1.65
vs Complexity on Ancient: 2.06
vs Complexity on Overpass: 1.30
vs FaZe on Mirage: 1.45
vs FaZe on Nuke: 2.35
vs Falcons on Anubis: 1.63
vs Falcons on Ancient: 1.73

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Historic rating

In the history of IEM Katowice, we have never seen numbers like the ones Danil "donk" Kryshkovets is producing. The closest we get is Nikola “NiKo” Kovač in 2016 with a 1.51 rating on just five maps.

Highest performers at IEM Katowice events:

2024: donk – 1.63 rating (9 maps so far)

2023: Jame/ZywOo – 1.28 rating (13/10 maps)

2022: broky – 1.30 rating (16 maps)

2021: s1mple – 1.31 rating (9 maps)

2020: s1mple – 1.33 rating (18 maps)

2019: device – 1.32 rating (11 maps)

2018: flusha – 1.32 rating (13 maps)

2017: autimatic – 1.33 rating (5 maps)

2016: NiKo – 1.51 rating (5 maps)

2015: olofmeister – 1.31 rating (9 maps)

2014: pashaBiceps – 1.38 rating (9 maps)

All eyes will be on Danil "donk" Kryshkovets tonight in the Grand Final against FaZe. The match starts at 17.00 (CET).

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