gr1ks

gr1ks is the in-game name of Gleb Gazin, a 20-year-old professional Counter-Strike 2 player from Belarus (Europe / CIS). gr1ks competes as a rifler for BIG, the Belarus player's current professional home.

BIG qualified for IEM Cologne Major 2026 as a stage 1 invite, seeded through the Valve Regional Standings published in April 2026. On the active roster, blameF handles in-game leadership. The coaching staff comprises xenn, tiziaN.

At the Major, gr1ks will compete alongside tabseN, JDC, faveN, blameF on the BIG roster. Each player on the lineup has a dedicated profile linked further down this page.

IEM Cologne Major 2026 is the fifth Counter-Strike 2 Major Championship, organised by ESL with Valve sponsorship. The tournament runs from June 2 through June 21, 2026, with the playoff stage held at the LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany — one of Europe's largest indoor venues and a long-standing home of competitive Counter-Strike. Thirty-two teams compete for a $1,250,000 USD prize pool, distributed across an Opening Stage (32 teams, Swiss system), an Elimination Stage (16 teams, Swiss system), and the Playoffs (8 teams, single-elimination with every match a best-of-three). Stage 3 of the event uses no best-of-one matches, a format refinement introduced for this Major.

As a CS2 Major, Cologne 2026 offers more than the prize money: it determines invitations to the next Major cycle, reshuffles the Valve Regional Standings that decide future seedings, and is the most-watched competitive Counter-Strike event of the year. For Belarus fans, watching gr1ks at this stage is the highest-profile international platform for Belarus's Counter-Strike scene in 2026.

For full match history, head-to-head statistics, multi-event ratings, and HLTV world-ranking trends across gr1ks's career, see the player's HLTV profile. For BIG's seeding at the Major, the full active roster, qualification path, and the team's history, see the BIG team page. For ongoing tournament news, format updates, and roster moves leading into Cologne, see our news index.