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Wirtual
Birth Name:Øyvind Iversen
Birth Place:Romerike, Norway
Occupation:Video game streamer, YouTuber
Youtube Handle:wirtual
Youtube Subscribers:2.02 million
Youtube Views:574 million
Twitch Handle:wirtual
Twitch Followers:566,000
Stats Update:2025-10-27
Youtube Handle2:wirtualtv
Youtube Display Name2:WirtualTV

Øyvind Iversen,[1] [2] known online as Wirtual, is a Norwegian video game streamer and YouTuber known primarily for playing and competing in the TrackMania racing game series, as well as being a co-host for the Red Bull Faster tournament.[3] He won the Best Speedrun Streamer award at the 2023 Streamer Awards.[4]

Career

Since 2013,[5] Iversen has been an avid TrackMania player and has participated in various TrackMania competitions and events. Since 2019, he has also made content about the game on YouTube.[6] [7]

In 2021, Iversen and a community member known as "donadigo" launched an investigation of several top TrackMania players suspected and later confirmed to be cheating using slow motion to achieve records. The most notable of these players was "riolu", real name Burim Fejza, a well-known community figure who was found by the investigation to have cheated thousands of records across a timespan close to a decade. The investigation prompted Nadeo, the developer of Trackmania, to intiate a widespread cheating investigation throughout various games within the franchise and effected the creation of the fan-made "Competitive Patch", designed to make cheating more difficult.[8] [9] [10] Later in July, Iversen participated in the Summer Games Done Quick event, where he played Trackmania blindfolded.[11]

In 2022, Iversen participated in the community-hosted Deep Dip event, where players raced to complete a very difficult map in the form of a tower with no checkpoints, where he finished in second place.[12] In 2024, he took part in the Deep Dip II event featuring a similarly designed (though more difficult) tower map, though he later decided to bow out of the competition, citing the overwhelming difficulty and time investment negatively affecting him. In 2025, Iversen participated in the Deep Slip event, which featured an ice-themed Deep-Dip-style tower map, becoming the first player to complete the map 12 days after the event began.[13] [14] [15] He has also released multiple videos on his YouTube channel covering the Deep Dip map.[16]

In July of 2022, Iversen released a Trackmania map called Midori as an attempt to create a map for the daily competition, Track Of The Day. Iversen also gave a $1000 prize pool in a time attack mode to encourage people to beat the target time that he set. Iversen revealed that he had used an analog keyboard to drive inputs at a specific percentage not normally possible by the game's standard controls. Nadeo clarified in a social media post that using software to set specific steering values was an unfair advantage and was thus not allowed.[17]

In 2023, Iversen participated in the online amateur chess tournament for streamers, PogChamps.[18] He won 5 points in the group stage and won the consolation bracket.[19]

In 2025, Iversen co-hosted and broadcast the Red Bull Faster tournament organized by Red Bull.[20] [21]

Awards and nominations

!Year!Ceremony!Category!Result!Ref.
2021The Streamer AwardsBest Speedrun Streamer[22] [23] [24]
2022
2023
2024

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Caldwell . Brendan . Caldwell . Brendan . 2024-06-04 . They have been racing for a month . 2025-08-29 . Rock, Paper, Shotgun . en.
  2. Web site: Nicholson . Jonno . 2025-01-24 . Red Bull launches Trackmania tournament at Milton Keynes F1 HQ . 2025-08-29 . Esports Insider . en-GB.
  3. Web site: Red Bull Faster . 2025-08-29 . www.redbull.com . Hailing from Norway, Øyvind 'Wirtual' is a renowned Trackmania player, commentator and tournament organiser. You can find him on Twitch and YouTube..
  4. Web site: Taifalos . Nicholas . Michael . Cale . 2024-02-18 . Streamer Awards 2024: All results and winners for every category . 2025-08-31 . Dot Esports . en-US.
  5. Web site: Munkebye . Rune . 2022-06-18 . Fikk hatmeldinger da han sa ifra om juks . 2026-01-13 . NRK . nb-NO.
  6. News: Beckhelling . Imogen . 2021-05-25 . Top-ranked Trackmania players cheated by slowing down their games . 2025-08-29 . Rock, Paper, Shotgun . en.
  7. News: Stanton . Rich . 2024-06-06 . Trackmania players have been trying to complete a challenge map so ludicrously hard there's a $30,000 prize for reaching the top, and over a month after release no-one's done it . 2025-08-29 . PC Gamer . en.
  8. News: Clayton . Natalie . 2021-05-25 . Cheating allegations catch up with some of Trackmania's fastest drivers . 2025-08-29 . PC Gamer . en.
  9. Web site: Nelson . Will . 2021-07-13 . 'Trackmania' developers use 400,000 records to find major cheating logins . 2025-08-29 . NME . en-GB.
  10. News: Zirkler . Dennis . 2025-03-17 . Der schlimmste Cheater der Welt ist ein Deutscher – und jetzt hat er wieder für einen Skandal gesorgt . 2025-08-29 . GameStar . de-DE.
  11. News: O'Connor . Alice . 2021-05-19 . Summer Games Done Quick schedule includes blindfolded Trackmania . 2025-08-29 . Rock, Paper, Shotgun . en.
  12. Web site: Behler . Christian . 2024-06-28 . Trackmania Deep Dip II: The Most Difficult Challenge in Gaming? . 2025-08-29 . SUPERJUMP . en.
  13. Web site: Bailey . Dustin . 2025-07-18 . "I can't move my hands": After 92 hours, 264 attempts, and 12 days of grinding, Trackmania player beats 4-hour ice gauntlet after his opponent in the $3,800 race had finally gone to sleep . 2025-08-29 . GamesRadar+ . en.
  14. Web site: Семак . Николай . 2025-07-16 . Стример наконец прошёл карту Deep Slip в Trackmania — впервые в мире! — Игромания . 2025-08-29 . Igromania.ru . ru.
  15. Web site: Henderson . Tom . 2025-07-16 . Streamer Becomes World's First to Complete Trackmania Map 'Deep Slip' in 92 Hours . 2025-08-29 . Insider Gaming . en-US.
  16. News: Caldwell . Brendan . 2024-06-11 . Someone finally beat the hardest racetrack ever made in Trackmania, and it only took them 220 hours to finish . 2025-08-29 . Rock, Paper, Shotgun . en.
  17. Trackmania . Trackmania . 1735342607323046006 . 2023-12-13 . Late November, Wirtual highlighted a grey area regarding the use of external tools to set a custom analog profile to have better controls of the SnowCar with his analog keyboard. This is a complex situation, and we would like to clarify what’s allowed or not. . en . https://x.com/Trackmania/status/1735342607323046006 .
  18. Web site: Team (CHESScom) . Chess com . 2023-07-24 . PogChamps 5 Lineup Revealed Feat. xQc, Tyler1, QTCinderella And More, Action Starts July 26 . 2025-09-01 . Chess.com . en-US.
  19. Web site: Pinhata (PedroPinhata) . Pedro . 2023-08-18 . CDawgVA Delivers Swindle Of The Century To Become The Fifth PogChampion . 2025-09-01 . Chess.com . en-US.
  20. Web site: Popko . John . 2025-02-27 . Top Trackmania Players to Compete in Red Bull Faster Event . 2025-08-29 . InvenGlobal . en.
  21. Web site: Sheehan . Gavin . 2025-01-29 . New Trackmania Tournament "Red Bull Faster" Announced . 2025-08-29 . bleedingcool.com . en.
  22. Web site: The Streamer Awards . 2025-08-31 . The Streamer Awards . en.
  23. Web site: Polhamus . Blaine . 2022-03-13 . All 2022 Streamer Award Winners . 2025-08-31 . Dot Esports . en-US.
  24. Web site: Snavely . Adam . 2023-03-12 . Streamer Awards 2023: All results and winners for every category . 2025-08-31 . Dot Esports . en-US.

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