Andreas Højsleth, better known as Xyp9x (), is a Danish professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player for

Astralis Astralis is a Denmark, Danish esports organization. Best known for their ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' team, they also have teams representing other games, such as ''FIFA'' and ''League of Legends''. The parent group of Astralis is the A ...

. He became the first (along with three of his teammates) to win 4 majors in CS:GO, and to win 3 majors consecutively. Højsleth was born and raised in

Aars Aars or Års, () is a Danish town with a population of 8,474 (1 January 2022)North Denmark Region The North Jutland Region ( da, Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the tra ...

. He is currently a member of

. He is a former member of

Team Solomid Team SoloMid (TSM) is a professional esports organization based in the United States. It was founded in September 2009 by Andy "Reginald" Dinh. TSM currently fields players in ''League of Legends'', ''Dota 2'', ''Apex Legends'', ''Valorant'', ' ...

and

Team Dignitas Dignitas, formerly known as Team Dignitas, is a professional esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest c ...

. The name Xyp9x was conceived by typing random keys on his keyboard. He was voted the 13th best CS:GO player of 2017 and 2018 by HLTV.org.

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People from Vesthimmerland Municipality Living people Danish esports players Counter-Strike players Astralis players Team SoloMid players Dignitas (esports) players Fnatic players 1995 births {{Esports-player-stub