BetBoom beat BC.Game for Exort Proving Grounds title

The Russian team makes significant headway in the final month and a half before invites to StarLadder Major Budapest go out.

BetBoom jumped to 16th on the European VRS

BetBoom have come out victorious from Exort Proving Ground Season 3 following a two-map grand final affair against Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's BC.Game, where Kirill "⁠Magnojez⁠" Rodnov topped the board with a 1.55 rating to carry his team to the title.

Date Matches
Exort The Proving Grounds Season 3
20/08/2025
Finished
2:0
Match
21/08/2025
Finished
1:2
Match
22/08/2025
Finished
2:1
Match
22/08/2025
Finished
0:2
Match

The victory comes with a $40,000 first-place prize, enough to see BetBoom rise to a provisional 22nd placing on the Global Valve ranking and 16th in Europe.

That could prove crucial in the Russian team's hopes to qualify for StarLadder Major Budapest, for which the top 16 in Europe based on the ranking from October 5 will receive a direct invite.

Before that, Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov and company can still make their case in tournaments such as ESL Challenger League's first European cup, CCT Series 5 and more importantly the Majestic LanDaLan 3, where they will fight against regional competition for LAN points and a $50,000 prizepool.

The achievement — BetBoom's first tournament win since last November's YaLLa Compass — comes off the back of changes in the Russian squad in late July, which saw the struggling Sergey "⁠Ax1Le⁠" Rykhtorov make way for Daniil "⁠d1Ledez⁠" Kustov and Artem "⁠ArtFr0st⁠" Kharitonov join on a permanent basis.

The AWPer in particular was crucial in the title-winning campaign as the team's highest-rated player over the four series they played, at 1.15.

Matchpage
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 BC.Game K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating3.0
40 - 38 +2.28% 90.7 73.1% 1.21
36 - 32 -0.41% 72.1 75.0% 1.14
32 - 38 -4.63% 67.2 71.2% 0.91
29 - 36 -1.71% 54.4 65.4% 0.84
23 - 35 -4.61% 53.4 67.3% 0.67
 BetBoom K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating3.0
53 - 32 +4.45% 101.3 69.2% 1.58
33 - 35 +3.43% 73.4 71.2% 1.16
35 - 31 +2.85% 70.7 73.1% 1.09
28 - 32 +2.24% 56.7 71.2% 1.03
29 - 32 -3.90% 59.3 73.1% 0.82
Russia Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
1595
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.68
Russia Kirill 'Magnojez' Rodnov
Kirill 'Magnojez' Rodnov
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
590
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.70
Russia Artem 'ArtFr0st' Kharitonov
Artem 'ArtFr0st' Kharitonov
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.14
Maps played:
633
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.55
Russia Daniil 'd1Ledez' Kustov
Daniil 'd1Ledez' Kustov
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
860
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.68
Russia Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov
Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
1438
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.64
Ukraine Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.24
Maps played:
1786
KPR:
0.84
DPR:
0.63
Nice betboom
2025-08-23 11:16
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s1mple couldnt do it in tier3
2025-08-23 11:16
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21 replies
#7
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Second place is not bad for the first tournament, man.
2025-08-23 11:18
163
19 replies
Lol, celebrating 2nd place in tier 3. The level of decline.
2025-08-23 12:43
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18 replies
hltv.org/stats/players/events/429/karrig.. did this and came back and won a major after while being old, you are delusional if you think getting second place to betboom at first tourney is career ending
2025-08-23 12:51
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9 replies
He got given an opportunity. He didn't even qualify to said major. Not career ending, but a severe career decline. Cry harder.
2025-08-23 12:52
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#36
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United States bennyjig
Karrigan is an igl, s1mple is a player entirely dependent on raw skill. What is this comparison LMAO
2025-08-23 13:25
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7 replies
both rely on a good team regardless, if you could use your brain youd realize s1mple didnt lose because of his skill, he lost cause primetapz and andu HEAVILY bottom fragged. how do you expect any player to win 3v5?
2025-08-23 13:57
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6 replies
#41
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United States bennyjig
Do you remember your own comment? Genuine question.
2025-08-23 14:07
1
5 replies
im confused on the relevancy of this reply, both examples people gave the player shit for stepping down to a lower level to build himself back up, why does it matter if its igl or not? it doesnt, both are legendary players in their roles so the comparison fits extremely well if you arent actually a 0 iq monkey. also how fucking dumb are you that you think is s1mple is only skill and no brain, literally one of the best clutchers in the world???? did you just start watching cs in 2025 when you made your fucking hltv account???? not taking shit from a moron who started watching 7 years after s1mples peak
2025-08-23 14:15
1
4 replies
#47
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United States bennyjig
“Karrigan came back and won a major when old”. Karrigan is an IGL. S1mple is a player entirely dependent on SKILL. Skill fades as you age and fall out of practice. IGLing does not. The comparison between S1mple and Karrigan makes zero sense. Again if you could read. Also s1mple WAS the best clutcher years ago not even close now. It’s like you guys have no concept of time, like a goldfish. No need to get so upset lil bro btw
2025-08-23 14:32
1
3 replies
multiple players have proven your skill does not drop off with "age" like people think, in reality their skill drops off because they get families and dedicate less time to the game. keep going, keep showing how braindead ignorant you are and just spouting surface level knowledge of how esports actually works. clutching doesnt go away lmfaooo you are so fucking dumb it blows my mind how you can even type thats why xyp was still able to compete well into his 30s before he got distracted by family and his skill went down, he could still clutch and outbrain opponents easily just didnt prac enough anymore to follow through with his aim. :) also before your dumb ass brings up reaction time pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9423772.. here is a study about how reaction time barely drops with age and most of the time only raises by 90ish ms which to a pro like s1mple is still more than enough for quite a long time considering the rate is 2–6 ms per decade
2025-08-23 16:09
1
1 reply
#64
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United States bennyjig
Lil bro did not just write an essay to rage that hard AND be wrong. My point still stands 💀
2025-08-23 19:04
0
#77
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
blameF | 
Denmark hEnzeee
"IGLing does not" man tell that to gla1ve. Blud is not even 30 yet. And no T1 teams wants to touch him. Yet he's 4x Major winner... If s1mple stays motivated, and continues to grind, there is no doubt that someone with this raw talent will succeed again. I truly respect the step down to prove he's worth again.
2025-08-23 21:08
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#30
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Whatever you say, man. I am sure you could win those tier 2 tournaments with ease.
2025-08-23 12:54
6
5 replies
Ok bro, I'm gonna ask for HLTV to post my university grades as a big accomplishment, s1mple would never be able to replicate that. Stupid fucking argument.
2025-08-23 12:56
12
4 replies
#38
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Which university?
2025-08-23 13:27
2
3 replies
probably the university of stupid dumb idiot heads!
2025-08-23 14:08
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University of Chads
2025-08-23 15:05
4
1 reply
ahhh african education
2025-08-23 21:57
0
#35
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Zvede | 
Latvia Zvede
this just proves you have no understanding about cs
2025-08-23 13:22
1
did you watch that match ? if not then you can shut your bih up
2025-08-23 17:05
0
#10
xeedo | 
Latvia Br00f
Valve considers this tournament tier 2
2025-08-23 11:21
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#3
ropz | 
Japan asyl1m
NO HELP
2025-08-23 11:17
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3 replies
#8
ropz | 
Japan asyl1m
SOME HELP (look at middle right)
2025-08-23 11:18
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2 replies
#11
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Montenegro lerrk
cyphers jeans not better too
2025-08-23 11:25
4
u mean middle left??
2025-08-23 17:04
0
#4
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Congratulations to Bombles and his pals. Solid result for bc.game as well.
2025-08-23 11:17
32
Well done by two former major winners Great match
2025-08-23 11:17
4
s1mple and nexa deserve better team
2025-08-23 11:18
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#9
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African Union Medicaments
ez for magnoGOD
2025-08-23 11:18
1
#12
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Kazakhstan Shingis2kk
short news exist
2025-08-23 11:29
5
Unlucky, magno life game
2025-08-23 11:42
1
4 replies
Life game? He's been dropping those numbers for at least 2 years
2025-08-23 11:46
4
2 replies
last 3 month avg: 1.10 this match: 1.58 He has 4 games this tournament and 2 of them are below 1.0 rating
2025-08-23 11:59
7
1 reply
magnojezz onliner
2025-08-23 12:10
2
Magno usually gets really good against s1mple
2025-08-23 15:10
0
If magnojez shat the bed, BC.Game would have won. Props to him for locking in at the finals. Both teams played well.
2025-08-23 11:44
1
nexa second highest rated damn those other 3 riflers suck
2025-08-23 11:46
1
#17
Faceit level 5  | 
broky | 
Latvia sqxze
where is s1mple? ahahahaha
2025-08-23 11:47
1
13 replies
flag + flair + where is faze?
2025-08-23 12:36
15
12 replies
#40
Faceit level 5  | 
broky | 
Latvia sqxze
faze? in tier 1, top 10
2025-08-23 13:58
1
11 replies
#45
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Sweden Vrede
1.5*
2025-08-23 14:24
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#57
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
s1mple | 
Ukraine gigabit_
> fail to sign s1mple > bench their best player top 50 🔥🔥🔥
2025-08-23 16:07
10
9 replies
#63
Faceit level 5  | 
broky | 
Latvia sqxze
they no need s1mple ahahahha, elige not best player tho
2025-08-23 18:01
0
8 replies
#69
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
s1mple | 
Ukraine gigabit_
flair
2025-08-23 19:35
1
1 reply
#71
Faceit level 5  | 
broky | 
Latvia sqxze
Your s1mple isn’t even in the top 50, but in 63rd place. Before you say anything, go check the rankings, idiot.
2025-08-23 19:42
0
Elige best rated player in the team, they sit him and leave frozen to lift that sorry excuse of a team, faze not winning a title until Karrigan says ADIOS
2025-08-23 20:41
0
5 replies
#75
Faceit level 5  | 
broky | 
Latvia sqxze
like remove karrigan? never search "best IGL in cs"
2025-08-23 20:49
0
4 replies
these pages are edited by karrigan
2025-08-23 21:59
0
3 replies
#80
Faceit level 5  | 
broky | 
Latvia sqxze
shitest comment
2025-08-23 22:21
0
2 replies
relax you cant change faxx
2025-08-23 22:22
0
1 reply
#82
Faceit level 5  | 
broky | 
Latvia sqxze
? aahahhaha
2025-08-23 22:27
0
#18
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Germany HolyGamer
well, 2nd place is not a bad result (at all) for a new team... gl in the future, S1mple and Co.
2025-08-23 11:49
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#19
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Germany HolyGamer
Luca ((
2025-08-23 11:50
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#20
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Germany shizliNe
save nexa
2025-08-23 11:51
5
#21
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
Expected, gg!
2025-08-23 11:54
0
S1mple came to a tier3 teams and in 2 weeks they beat OG(last CCT champs) and are like top1-3 tier 2 team atm
2025-08-23 11:57
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4 replies
Yeah literally this most people don't understand. s1mple and anDu joined 2 weeks ago and BC.Game already making finals in Tier 2 events. #67 in the world to #45 btw and they beat a lot of teams above them. They will only get better and improve as they keep playing this season.
2025-08-23 13:25
9
3 replies
s0mple time in team according to hltv - 26 days its almost 4 weeks bro
2025-08-23 14:50
1
2 replies
s1mple's first game in BC.Game = 10th August 2025 Today = 23rd of August 2025 Days between dates = 13 days. So literally 2 weeks.
2025-08-23 14:58
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1 reply
>s1mple and anDu joined 2 weeks ago
2025-08-23 15:55
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#23
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Hong Kong zhiyu
Magnojez
2025-08-23 11:58
1
gg guys
2025-08-23 13:02
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#34
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Turkey ColdZer00
magnojez > s0mple
2025-08-23 13:05
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#44
Faceit level 8  | 
DZ | 
Algeria SilverQuick
Unlucko for Sasha
2025-08-23 14:20
0
#46
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Sweden Vrede
it happens, gg
2025-08-23 14:24
0
Could imagine s1mple having a meltdown rn
2025-08-23 14:44
0
#53
Faceit level 4  | 
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Israel mcnamaras_EEEdiots
woulda been short news if not for s1mple crazy how much volume his name generates
2025-08-23 15:44
0
2 replies
#58
Faceit level 7  | 
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Puerto Rico Massacrejr
This pretty much goes for anything in life tbf.
2025-08-23 16:26
0
1 reply
#60
Faceit level 4  | 
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Israel mcnamaras_EEEdiots
i agree, life is short without s1mple and long/prosperous with him on team
2025-08-23 16:58
0
S1mple is still good but he is still toxic
2025-08-23 16:03
0
#59
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North America 1zzeT_
Artfr0st > s1mple
2025-08-23 16:31
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#68
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States TacticalSanta
why is this thread still going... tier 2.5 teams at max
2025-08-23 19:25
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#72
Faceit level 4  | 
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France FSG45
These comments make me feel smart even thought i am not
2025-08-23 19:53
0
nt goat
2025-08-23 20:50
0
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