Cypher (Quake player)

Alexey Yanushevsky (Алексе́й Анато́льевич Януше́вский) (born May 17, 1990), who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", is a Belarusian professional player of the first person shooter series Quake. He is of Belarusian nationality, resides in Minsk and is signed to Dutch esports team Serious Gaming. He has been actively competing in international Quake competitions since February 24, 2006. Cypher was most notably the first one to win the QuakeCon 1v1 tournament 4 times (2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014). Yanushevksy has been a champion of many other tournaments, including Electronic Sports World Cup, Intel Extreme Masters, Dreamhack or Asus Cups.

Originally a Quake III player, Yanushevsky gained prominence with successes in Eastern European competitions in Quake IV shortly after the game's release. At the age of 16 he successfully qualified for the Electronic Sports World Cup in his native Belarus and defeated twofold world champion Russian Anton Singov in Moscow competitions. He subsequently entered the Electronic Sports World Cup and was considered a dark horse contestant at the world championship, Yanushevsky eventually reached the finals of the event where he was defeated, taking second place at the event at an age at which he was too young to enter Cyberathlete Professional League or World Series of Video Games competitions.

Afterwards, Cypher was signed to professional video gaming team Fnatic. He made top five finishes at QuakeCon as well as the World Cyber Games. The following year he was one of the more successful players in international competition, taking 2nd and 3rd at two World Series of Video Games stops.

After the World Series of Video Games disbanded mid-season, Yanushevsky started focusing primarily on Quake III again, which eventually culminated in victory at the Electronic Sports World Cup Masters in July, 2008. After which he was signed to the team Serious Gaming. On August 3, 2008 Yanushevsky won the QUAKE LIVE 1v1 Championship at QuakeCon 2008 winning his second major title. On August 27 he won the Electronic Sports World Cup 2008.

Cypher left Serious Gaming in December 2012.

In December 2013 Cypher beat Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson to win DreamHack Winter 2013.

In July 2014 Cypher won his fourth QuakeCon by winning QuakeCon 2014 without losing a single map in the play-offs stage.

2015

• 6th – QuakeCon 2015 – Dallas, Texas

2014

• 1st – QuakeCon 2014 – Dallas, Texas

2013

• 1st – Dreamhack Winter 2013 (Quake Live) – Jonkoping, Sweden

2012

• 3rd – Dreamhack Winter 2012 (Quake Live) – Jonkoping, Sweden
• 1st – Adroits LAN (Quake Live) – Enschede, Netherlands
• 1st – QuakeCon 2012 (Quake Live) – Dallas, Texas
• 2nd – Dreamhack Summer 2012 (Quake Live) – Jonkoping, Sweden

2011

• 1st – Dreamhack Winter2011 (Quake Live) – Jonkoping, Sweden
• 9th – QuakeCon 2011 (Quake Live – Duel) – Dallas, Texas
• 3rd – QuakeCon 2011 (Quake Live – TDM) – Dallas, Texas
• 1st – eSport Universe 2011 (Quake Live) Moscow, Russia
• 1st – Dreamhack Summer 2011 (Quake Live) – Jonkoping, Sweden
• 1st – ASUS Spring (Quake Live) – Kiev, Ukraine
• 1st – Ultimate Gaming Championship (Quake Live) – Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy
• 7th – Intel Extreme Masters World Championship Finals (Quake Live) – Hanover, Germany
• 4th – Intel Extreme Masters European Championship Finals (Quake Live) – Kiev, Ukraine

2010

• 1st – ASUS Autumn Cup (Quake Live) – Kiev, Ukraine
• 1st – Dreamhack Winter Kasperksy Quakelive Championship (QuakeLive) – - Jonkoping, Sweden
• 2nd – Dreamhack Winter 2010 FNATICMSI BEAT IT FINALS (QuakeLive) – Jonkoping, Sweden
• 1st – ASUS Summer Cup (Quake Live) – Kiev, Ukraine
• 1st – QuakeCon 2010 (QuakeLive) – Dallas, Texas
• 5th – Electronic Sports World Cup 2010 (QuakeLive) – Paris, France
• 2nd – DreamHack Summer Kaspersky QUAKE LIVE Championships (QuakeLive) – Jonkoping, Sweden
• 1st – ASUS Spring Cup (Quake Live) – Moscow, Russia
• 4th – Intel Extreme Masters World Championship Finals (Quake Live) – Hannover, Germany
• 1st – ASUS Winter Cup (Quake Live) – Moscow, Russia
• 1st – Intel Extreme Masters European Championship Finals (Quake Live) – Cologne, Germany

2009

• 1st – ASUS Autumn (Quake III) – Moscow, Russia
• 1st – ASUS Summer (Quake III) – Moscow, Russia
• 3rd – ASUS Spring (Quake III) – Moscow, Russia
• 3rd – QuakeCon Masters Tournament (Quake Live) – Dallas, Texas
• 2nd – Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge – Dubai (Quake Live) – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• 5th – Dreamhack Winter 2009 (QuakeLive) – Jonkoping, Sweden

2008

• 1st – ASUS Autumn (Quake III) – Moscow, Russia
• 4th – Electronic Sports World Cup Masters (Quake III) – Athens, Greece
• 1st – 2008 Electronic Sports World Cup (Quake III) – San Jose, California
• 1st – QuakeCon Intel QUAKE LIVE 1v1 Championship (Quake Live) – Dallas, Texas
• 1st – Electronic Sport World Cup Masters (Quake III) – Paris, France
• 4th – ASUS Spring (Quake III) – Moscow, Russia
• 1st – ASUS Winter (Quake III) – Moscow, Russia

2007

• 2nd – ASUS Autumn 1on1 (Quake III) – Moscow, Russia
• 4th – ASUS Autumn 2on2 (Quake III) – Moscow, Russia
• 3rd – i32 Quake 4 tournament (Quake IV) – Newbury, United Kingdom
• 5th – ASUS Spring (Quake III) – Moscow, Russia
• 5th – World Series of Video Games, Toronto (Quake IV) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 2nd – World Series of Video Games, Dallas (Quake IV) – Dallas, Texas
• 3rd – World Series of Video Games, Louisville (Quake IV) – Louisville, Kentucky
• 5th – i30 Quake 4 tournament (Quake IV) – Newbury, United Kingdom

2006

• 4th – World Cyber Games All-stars 2on2 (Quake IV) – Monza, Italy
• 7th – World Cyber Games All-stars 1on1 (Quake IV) – Monza, Italy
• 1st – ASUS Summer (Quake IV) – Moscow, Russia
• 2nd – ASUS Summer (Quake III) – Moscow, Russia
• 1st – KODE5 Russia (Quake IV) – Moscow, Russia
• 5th – QuakeCon 2006 1on1 (Quake IV) – Dallas, Texas
• 2nd – Electronic Sports World Cup (Quake IV) – Paris, France
• 1st – GigaGames (Quake IV) – Moscow, Russia
• 5th – ASUS Winter (Quake IV) – Moscow, Russia
• 1st – ASUS Autumn (Quake III) – Moscow, Russia

Online

• 125 FPS Sunday Cup #16 ($80)
• 125 FPS Sunday Cup #15 ($80)
• 125 FPS Sunday Cup #8 ($70)
• 125 FPS Sunday Cup #5 ($70)
• 125 FPS Season #19 (15,000 RUB)
• 125 FPS Season #16 (15,352 RUB)
• 125 FPS Season #13 (15,000 RUB)
• 125 FPS Season #11 (15,000 RUB)
• 125 FPS Season #10 ($420)
• 125 FPS Season #9 ($526)
• 125 FPS Season #8 ($465)
• 125 FPS Season #3 (15,000 RUB)
• 125 FPS Season #2 (15,000 RUB)
• 125 FPS Cool Maps Cup ($100)
• 125 FPS One Map Cup – Dismemberment ($180)
• 125 FPS One Map Cup – House of Decay ($80)
• 125 FPS One Map Cup – Delirium ($135)
• 125 FPS One Map Cup – Fuse ($135)
• Corsair Saturday Derby #4 (4,000 RUB)
• Corsair Saturday Derby #3 (4,000 RUB)
• Corsair Saturday Derby #2 (4,000 RUB)
• Corsair Saturday Derby #1 (4,000 RUB)
• FACEIT Road2QuakeCon 2015 ($1,500)
• FACEIT Road2QuakeCon 2014 ($100)
• FACEIT Spring Season Championship Finale 2014 ($250)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #64 ($100)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #56 ($100)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #55 ($100)
• FACEIT Fall Season Championship Finale 2013 ($250)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #53 ($100)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #50 ($100)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #49 ($100)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #47 ($100)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #46 ($100)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #45 ($100)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #42 ($100)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #41 ($100)
• FACEIT Winter Season Championship Finale 2013 ($250)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #23 ($100)
• FACEIT Sunday Cup #11 ($100)
• ASUS Cup 2011 Final Battle of the Year (5,000 RUB)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #144 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #143 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #142 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #137 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #135 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #134 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #128 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #123 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #122 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #120 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #119 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #113 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #112 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #106 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #94 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #62 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #24 (€100)
• ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #23 (€100)
• G Data QuakeLive Cup #26 (€100)
• G Data QuakeLive Cup #19 (€100)
• G Data QuakeLive Cup #17 (€100)
• G Data QuakeLive Cup #11 (€100)
• G Data QuakeLive Cup #10 (€100)
• G Data QuakeLive Cup #8 (€100)
• ESL Major Series IV – Duel (€450)

• "ESR – DreamHack Summer 2011 Coverage". Esreality.com. 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2015-12-08. 
• "ESR – ASUS Spring 2011 QL Masters". Esreality.com. 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2015-12-08. 
• "ESR – UGC Quakelive is over!". Esreality.com. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2015-12-08. 
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110417025445/http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season5/hanover/. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011. 
• "ESR – IEM5 European Championship Finals – Day4". Esreality.com. 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2015-12-08. 
• "ESR – rapha wins FnaticMSI BEAT IT Finals". Esreality.com. 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2015-12-08. 
• "ESR – DreamHack Summer 2010 is over!". Esreality.com. 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2015-12-08. 
• "ProPlay / Новости / ASUS Spring 2010 – Quake Live". Proplay.ru. Retrieved 2015-12-08. 
• "ESR – Asus Winter 2010". Esreality.com. 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2015-12-08. 
• "Quake III: Cypher 4-0's Jibo to win ASUS Autumn". SK Gaming. 2008-11-16. Retrieved 2015-12-08. 
• "ESR – ZOTAC QL Hall of Fame 2009-2010". Esreality.com. 2009-11-06. Retrieved 2015-12-08. 
• "ESR – G Data Quakelive Cup Hall of Fame". Esreality.com. 2009-11-22. Retrieved 2015-12-08. 

• 2010 – (Tek-9) Quake Live Player of the Year

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110128102405/http://www.tek-9.org/articles/the_2010_tek9_award_winners-676/quake_live_player_of_the_year-9.html. Archived from the original on January 28, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.