On April 22, 2025, one of Team Russia's key members, Alexey Shubin, better known as Traktor, passed away.

He joined the HWBot overclocking community in 2015 and rapidly progressed from air cooling to LN2 benching. Ultimately, Traktor found his true calling in Hardware Points overclocking, preferring the calm and steady pace of chilled-water benching at home. With persistence and without rushing—true to his nickname "tractor"—over the course of 10 years, he benched more hardware than most people could manage in several lifetimes. As a result, with over 2000 gold cups, Traktor achieved third ranking in the HWBot Hardware Masters league among more than 200,000 overclockers worldwide, and he was first in the world in 3D Hardware Points.

Traktor had a congenital heart condition, which he attempted to treat at the age of 44, but unfortunately without success. Complications arose during his heart surgery, resulting in irreversible damage. Doctors managed to restart the "Traktor’s engine," but sadly, Alexey passed away a little over ten days later without ever regaining consciousness.

On behalf of Team Russia and the entire HWBot overclocking community, we deeply mourn this loss. We knew Alexey as a joyful, cheerful, cultured, and polite person who was always ready to lend a helping hand.

That is how we will always remember you.

Rest in peace, friend!

Vlad Zakharov aka slamms Team Russia