Eric Tolt

Eric Tolt, known online as EricICX, is an American classic NES Tetris player from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. He is known for winning the 2022 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC), earning the highest winning score record, being the first person to reach levels 37, 38, 95, and 146, and being the first person to reach the glitched colors on the NTSC version of the game after Justin Yu had done so on the slower PAL version of the game.

Tolt became interested in the game around 2018 and began to play competitively by late 2019. He began to achieve a number of records, and competed in the 2020 and 2021 CTWC's. During the August 2022 Classic Tetris Monthly tournament, Tolt achieved the record for the highest winning score and was the first to reach level 146: the first glitched color level of the game caused by a glitch at very high levels. Two months later, Tolt won the 2022 CTWC after defeating the following year's winner, Justin Yu, in the finals. Since the 2023 CTWC, Tolt has largely stepped back from competitive play, but has remained active in the Tetris community and on YouTube. A number of his achievements were highlighted as important stepping stones leading up to the eventual "beating of the game" on December 21, 2023, by fellow Tetris player Willis Gibson.

Tetris career Eric Tolt, known online as EricICX, lives in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, and in 2025 was a college student according to his YouTube channel description. He became interested in classic NES Tetris in 2018 after watching videos of the Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) finals online, particularly the most recent championship from 2017. He then began to play causally starting in mid-2018, and more competitively by late 2019. In regards to major competitions, Tolt competed in his first CTWC in 2020 where he finished in the top 24. The latter achievement took place during the August 2022 Classic Tetris Monthly (CTM) tournament, Tolt's record, which he referred to as his most proud achievement to date, marked the first time in 13 years the record had been broken, with the previous record of 4:09:16 being made by a player with the online name "ZAB". During the entire championship, Tolt only lost two games.

Playing style During his early Tetris career and his 2020 and 2021 CTWC's, Tolt used a playing style called hypertapping After the 2021 CTWC, however, Tolt began to use another technique called rolling,

Event host CTWC Classic Tetris World Championship held in-person CTM Classic Tetris Monthly held online

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