Rocket League Salt Mine 4: The 1v1 tourney details and results

We are in the middle of the off-season period in Rocket League, but that doesn’t mean pro players are free from tournament practice. Some pretty interesting events happen to keep the competitive excitement before the official Championship series returns in January 2025. One of them is Rocket League Salt Mine 4: EU and NA players can compete in the 1v1 series, having a few qualifications and two big final events.

While Solo matches have been part of the Rocket League experience for quite a while, they are boosted to the next level in 2025. The community will be able to witness qualifiers and two 1v1 Majors during RLCS 2025. The World Championship 2025 has a separate 1v1 Final.

The Salt Mine Rocket League is an opportunity for the professionals to test and improve their skills in this type of competition. For the viewers and fans, it’s a chance to witness great matches with favorite players and probably learn something new for the personal 1v1 Rocket League progress. 

John "JohnnyBoi_i" MacDonald is the organizer of this Rocket League 1v1 esports event. The Salt Mine 4 Playoff matches (Day 2) were streamed on his Twitch channel, and the VODs are on his YouTube.

To win the tournament, players had to qualify for the main event from one of four qualifiers. We already know the participants Salt Mine 4 Final. The info on their qualifying journey, you'll find lower in this section.

The main event of this 1v1 series happened from Dec. 11 to Dec 13 in North America.

diaz won the Rocket League esports tournament. This should quite a boost before the soon-coming RLCS 2025 Split 1.

Here are the brackets and the results for the Salt Mine 4 Final event in Europe. The matches happened from Dec. 18 to Dec. 20.

nass won this Rocket League esports tournament. The player defeated Rw9 twice: in the upper semi and in a super closer grand final.

In Europe, nass and Atow. were among eight players who proceeded to the Playoffs. They faced each other in the upper-bracket semi-final, and nass sent Atow. to the lower bracket. In the final match, nass played against Mawkzy and won 3:1. Atow. made it to the lower-bracket final after defeating shadi and ApparentlyJack (from Gen.G Mobil1 Rasing). In the match for the second qualification spot,  Atow. won over  Mawkzy, 3:0.

nass is the winner of the EU 1v1 Champions Road 2024. During the Rocket League Esports World Cup 2024, nass was a replacement player in G2 Stride (instead of BeastMode). The team finished 3rd-4th at that tournament. 

Atow. plays for Karmine Corp. With the team, he finished 3rd-4th at the RLCS 2024 World Championship and won the recent off-season tournament Rocket League Flip & Spin 2024.

In North America, diaz and Chronic successfully advanced to the Playoffs after the Day 1 matches. diaz had a great run in the upper brackets: he defeated Cam, Firstkiller, and S5-Cosmic. Chronic sent Daniel (from G2 Stride) to the lower brackets and then eliminated wisty, Wahvey, and S5-Cosmic — to get his qualification spot.

diaz represents Complexity Gaming. The team had pretty good results in the SAM qualifiers during RLCS 2024, but they couldn’t advance to the Majors.

Chronic played for Gen.G Mobil1 Racing, but he left the team in late October 2024. His achievements include being 3rd-4th at the Esports World Cup 2024 and reaching the top 8 at the RLCS 2024 London Major.

Mawkzy and Joreuz advanced to the Playoffs on Day 1 of Rocket League Salt Mine 4 EU Qualifier 2. They faced each other in the upper-bracket semi-final, and the match was super close. First, Joreuz won two games in a row, but eventually, Mawkzy performed a full reverse sweep and won. Both these players defeated shadi in their qualification matches. During his run, Joreuz eliminated ApparentlyJack (from Gen.G Mobil1 Racing).

Mawkzy finished 2nd at the European 1v1 Champions Road. In 2023, the player was a content creator for SK Gaming.

Joreuz played for M80 in the first half of 2024. As part of the team Chiefs Esports Club, he finished in the top 8 at the Esports World Cup 2024.

In North America, two qualified players, S5-Cosmic and Daniel, faced each other in the playoff semi: Daniel sent his opponent to the lower brackets. After a very close final vs Wahvey, Daniel advances to the Final event of Rocket League Salt Mine 4. S5-Cosmic earns his spot via the lower-bracket run.

Daniel was part of G2 Stride, but the organization released their roster on Nov. 7. With G2, Daniel was 2nd at RLCS 2024 World Championship and won RLCS 2024 London Major 2.

S5-Cosmic plays for Zero2One. He got some top 8 placements in C-tier and college tournaments. May this success open doors for S5-Cosmic to big Rocket League esports?

shadi and Rw9 successfully finished Day 1 of Salt Mine 4 EU Qualifier 3 and got their Playoff spots. On Day 2, shadi had a great run in the upper brackets. He defeated Krabby!, Toxiic, and TempoH. Rw9 faced more difficulties. He won the first match against Purposa but then fell to the lower brackets after the semi-final against TempoH. Rw9 had to win elimination matches vs Mozzarella and Toxiic to face TempoH again — Rw9 won this time and qualified for the main event.

shadi finished 5th-6th in Qualifier 1, and he was 3rd in Qualifier 2. shadi is a Rocket League player from Saudi Arabia, representing 404error.

Rw9 has been playing for Team Falcons since Dec. 2023. He is one of the best Rocket League competitors in the world. His successes include 2nd place at the Esports World Cup 2024 and RLCS 2024 London Major. Team Falcons finished 3rd-4th at the World Championship 2024.

In the NA Qualifier for Rocket League Salt Mine 4, Firstkiller and Evoh played in the parallel Playoff brackets. They defeated their opponents and faced each other in the upper-bracket final. Firstkiller won that match with a clear 3:0. In the lower-bracket final, Evoh got the same confident victory over Wahvey.

Firstkiller played for Gen.G Mobil1 Racing from Oct. 2023 to Sep. 2024. With the team, he finished in the top 8 of both RLCS 2024 Majors and was in the top 4 of the Rocket League EWC 2024.

Evoh was part of Dignitas in 2024, from April to September. The player was 2nd at Champions Road 2024 1v1 Open: NA.

In Europe, TempoH and Rezears got their spots in the Rocket League Salt Mine 4 final event. In the Playoff stage, TempoH won matches over GiuK and Nush. In the final, he defeated Rezears and sent the opponent to the elimination brackets. Before that final, Rezears won matches over Mozzarella and ApparentlyJack. In the lower-bracket final, Rezears faced Nush.

TempoH has been representing WYLDE since 2023. His achievements include being in the top 3 of the Flip & Spin 2024 qualifiers and reaching the top 2 in Champions Road 2024 2v2 Open: EU.

Rezears left GRIDSERVE Resolve in Aug. 2024 and signed with Entropy Gaming in Nov. 2024. Rezears was in the top 8 of Flip & Spin 2024 Playoffs and Champions Road 2024 1v1 Open: EU.

The final Salt Mine 4 participants from North America are BeastMode and Wahvey. BeastMode succeeded in the upper brackets of the Playoff stage. In three matches (against Retals, AYYJAYY, and Mawkzy), BeastMode lost only one game — it was 3:1 in the final. Wahvey won his opening Playoff match vs Joreuz but then lost to Mawkzy in the semi. He had to defeat Retals, Druee, and Mawkzy to earn his qualification spot: and he did it with 3:0s.

BeastMode is well-known to Rocket League esports fans. The guy played for G2 Stride in 2024, reaching the top 2 in the World Championship (in addition to other achievements). 

Wahvey played for TSM in 2024. He is the winner of Champions Road 2024 1v1 Open: NA.

The main event of this 1v1 series happens from Dec. 11 to Dec 13 in North America and from Dec. 18 to Dec. 20 in Europe. Here are the starting brackets.

Solo matches are not new to Rocket League and even to the official competition. In 2024, pro players participated in the 1v1 Champions Road series. nass won it in Europe, and Wahvey is the North American champion. However, in 2025, the 1v1 matches are featured in the main officials circuit: the Rocket League Championship Series 2025 (RLCS 2025).

The RLCS 2025 qualification period starts on Jan. 3. The pro players have some off-season tournaments to prepare for it, and they are mainly traditional 3v3 matches. For all Rocket League news and updates, stick around on esports.gg!