Gumayusi
Lee at the 2023 LCK Awards
Current team
TeamT1
RoleAD Carry
GameLeague of Legends
LeagueLCK
Personal information
Name이민형
(Lee Min-hyeong)
Born (2002-02-06) 6 February 2002
South Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Team history
2018KeG Seoul
2018–presentT1
Career highlights and awards
  • World champion (2023)
  • 1× LCK champion
    • 2× LCK All–Pro First Team
    • 1× LCK Bottom of the Year

Lee Min-hyeong (Korean: 이민형), better known as Gumayusi (Korean: 구마유시), is a South Korean professional League of Legends player for T1.[1] As a member of T1, he won the 2023 League of Legends World Championship.[2]

He was a trainee of T1 before being promoted to the team.

Early life

He was born in South Korea on February 6, 2002.[3][4] He is the younger brother of Lee "INnoVation" Shin-hyung, a South Korean former professional StarCraft II player.[5] Lee is also the distant nephew of Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, his fellow T1 teammate and part-owner.[6][7] Lee is a Christian.[8]

His role model is Uzi.[9]

Career

Season 8

On December 18, 2018, Lee played in KeSPA Cup 2018 under the amateur team, KeG Seoul. His team defeated pro LCK team, Hanwha Life Esports with a match score of 2–1.[10][11]

In December, it was announced that Lee joined SK Telecom T1 under the name "Catan".[12]

Season 9

During his time as trainee, he and four other trainees from T1, Canna, Ellim, Mask, and Kuri, competed in the 2019 LoL Amateur Tournament. The team was called 'T1 Rookies', and they won the tournament.[13][14]

On November 26, 2019, T1 announced that Lee was called up to the main roster.[15]

Season 10

Lee made his debut in the LCK on Regional Finals.[16] His debut match was against Afreeca Freecs, which he won with a match score of 3–1.[17]

On November 24, 2020, Lee re-signed with T1.[18]

Season 11

On January 13, 2021, Lee played his first game of the season in LCK Spring 2021. He served as the main player of the roster for the first time in his career. The game was against Hanwha Life Esports.[19]

Lee got his first pentakill in his career in the match against DWG KIA. He achieved the milestone with Aphelios.[20]

Lee was included in the roster for the 2021 League of Legends World Championship,[21] in which he and his teammates ended the journey in the semifinals.[22]

On December 3, 2021, Lee re-signed with T1.[23]

Season 12

Gumayusi winning his 1st LCK title

Lee broke the record of the player with the most kills in a season, setting the record to 219 kills.[24] He was also a member of the team that went undefeated in the regular season with a 18-0 record, becoming the first team to achieve this record in the LCK.[25]

Lee won his first LCK title with his teammates in the 2022 LCK Spring finals.[26]

Season 13

Gumayusi celebrating after winning the 2023 World Championship

Lee and T1 reached LCK Spring finals, where they lost to Gen.G. With finishing second place but qualified for the Mid-Season Invitational as the second seed, where they got defeated 3–2 by JD Gaming and 3–1 by Bilibili Gaming to exit the Mid-Season Invitational at the loser-bracket final. T1 finishing second in LCK Summer Finals in another rematch against GenG, with the most championship points in the LCK, the team qualified for the 2023 World Championship, marking Lee's third Worlds appearance. T1 won their fourth Worlds title on November 19, 2023, defeated Weibo Gaming in the finals by 3-0 score.

On November 23, 2023, Lee re-signed with T1.

Seasons overview

Team Year Domestic Mid-Season Invitational World Championship
League Spring Summer
T1 2021 LCK 4th 2nd Did not qualify 3rd–4th
2022 LCK 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd
2023 LCK 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st
2024 LCK

Awards and honors

International
  • One-time Worlds champion — 2023
LCK
  • One-time LCK champion — Spring 2022[27]
  • One-time LCK Bottom of the Year — 2023
  • Two-time LCK first All-Pro 1st Team – Spring 2022, Spring 2023[28][29]
  • One-time LCK AWARDS Woori Won Banking Gold King – 2022[30]

References

  1. ↑ "[오피셜] '구마유시' 이민형, T1과 재계약". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  2. ↑ Mary Yang; Paik Ji-hwan (November 19, 2023). "T1 take down Weibo Gaming 3-0 to win LoL Worlds in Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Happy Gumayusi Day". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  4. ↑ ""상혁이 형과 이야기 많이 나눠요"". 인벤 (in Korean). 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  5. ↑ 심영보, 김홍제. "[KeSPA컵] 한화생명 잡은 '구마유시' 이민형, "(이)신형이 형에게 영향을 받진 않았다"". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  6. ↑ League of Legends: Gumayusi was surprised when he discovered that Faker was his "superior", retrieved 2022-02-12
  7. ↑ Faker Is Confirmed To Be Gumayusi's UNCLE?!, retrieved 2022-03-24
  8. ↑ "Exclusive: 'I cope with defeat by asking help from God' says T1 Gumayusi". ONE Esports. 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  9. ↑ T1 Gumayusi debut interview, thoughts on his next match against GEN | Ashley Kang, retrieved 2022-04-23
  10. ↑ "[KeSPA Cup] KeG Seoul Gumayusi on Feedback Without Coaches: "We gathered together and tried to cheer up. That's how we recovered and won game 2."". InvenGlobal. 2018-12-18. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  11. ↑ 김용우. "[KeSPA컵] KeG 서울 이민형, "한 세트만 승리하자고 생각했다"". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  12. ↑ 김용우. "스타2 이신형 동생 이민형, SK텔레콤 T1 입단". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  13. ↑ "[광주바위게 vs T1 rookies] 2019 LoL 아마추어 대회 결승전 1세트". AfreecaTV. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  14. ↑ "[광주바위게 vs T1 rookies] 2019 LoL 아마추어 대회 결승전 2세트". AfreecaTV. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  15. ↑ "[오피셜] '로치' 김강희 T1 합류... '구마유시' 이민형 등 연습생 1군 승격". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  16. ↑ 김용우. "[롤드컵 선발전] 또 다른 유망주 등장...T1 '구마유시' 선발 출전". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  17. ↑ "[LCK Today] T1 gets revenge on AF, advances to the regional finals to face GEN". InvenGlobal. 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  18. ↑ 이한빛. "[오피셜] '구마유시' 이민형, T1과 2022년까지 계약 연장". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  19. ↑ 심영보. "[오피셜] T1 선발, '칸-엘-클-구-케' 출격". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  20. ↑ 모경민. "[LCK] T1 '구마유시' 시즌 1호 펜타, 노데스로 담원에 1세트 승리". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  21. ↑ "T1 announces roster for Worlds 2021". InvenGlobal. 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  22. ↑ "T1 Stardust: "Apart from solo queue ping being high, I don't think it's appropriate [for NA] to blame their shortcomings on their environment."". InvenGlobal. 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  23. ↑ "T1's 2022 LCK roster revealed: Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, Asper". InvenGlobal. 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  24. ↑ Suárez, Pablo (2022-03-21). "T1's Gumayusi, Keria break records for most kills and assists in LCK". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  25. ↑ "T1 rewrite LCK history with an undefeated regular season, 18-0". InvenGlobal. 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  26. ↑ "T1 defeat Gen.G 3-1 and becomes 2022 LCK Spring Champions, will represent the LCK at MSI 2022". InvenGlobal. 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  27. ↑ "T1 defeat Gen.G to win LCK 2022 spring in historic undefeated season". Upcomer. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  28. ↑ "LoL Esports". lolesports.com. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  29. ↑ "[LCK 스프링] T1, 사상 첫 5명 모두 올 LCK 퍼스트 팀 선정". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  30. ↑ "Gumayusi' 이민형 선수의 2022 LCK AWARDS 우리WON뱅킹 골드킹 상 수상을 축하합니다!💰🎊".
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