Dmitry «sh1ro» Sokolov of Gambit had a successful start to the year, earning MVP honors at the Funspark ULTI Finals. For Gambit, this is the first major tournament in 2022 and the team won first place without losing a single match. She consecutively beat Complexity, Entropiq and BIG, and in the finals she demonstrated her superiority over Entropiq once again.
For sh1ro, this is the fourth MVP title in her career. Throughout the tournament, he posted outstanding statistical numbers in several categories, including rating (1.43), kill/death differential (+102), success rate in opening duels (80%), and the number of rounds in which he made multi-kills (54.9%). Furthermore, his numbers are not only a testament to his high individual level of play, but also to the contribution he makes to the team's success. The best match of sh1ro at Funspark ULTI Finals was the game against Complexity, where the cyber athlete managed to show a rating of 1.95 on the map Dust2.
Among other candidates for the title of the best player of the tournament were two more Gambit – members Sergey «Ax1LE» Rykhtorov and Abay «HObbit» Hasenov, but their statistical indicators were not as high as sh1ro's after the grand final was played. Thus, sh1ro, who in his recent Twitter post promised «to achieve higher and more stable results», has already convincingly demonstrated his intentions at the beginning of the year.