Editing Cyclic (section)

==History==
Cyclic created his YouTube channel in 2012 but did not upload [[Geometry Dash]] content until 2014. He uploaded basic level completions and made a video on the GW YouTube account showing him beating [[Super Cycles]]. At the start of 2015, Cyclic began improving as a player and progressing on some challenging levels.

Before he went by Cyclic, he was a sparsely posting user under several names, such as GW Frozen. He was an avid star-grinder and posted pictures of himself in the Top 100, along with others like [[saRy]], who also documented his star rating because they were so close in the rankings. Cyclic began dominating the scene in April 2015.

On 19 April 2015, he posted his first screenshot of [[Cataclysm]], reaching 50%, which was seen as groundbreaking at the time. He continued to progress, but along the way he started grinding a few Demons, including [[Windy Landscape]] and Blue Marine, which were still seen as monumental achievements at the time. On 28 April, he finally beat Cataclysm after over 15,000 attempts, becoming the first victor of the level. That same day, he achieved 69% on Necropolis, one of the hardest Demons at the time. He completed it quickly; on 10 May 2015, he beat Necropolis in almost 4,000 attempts.

Even more surprisingly, he quickly took on The Ultimate Phase and beat it in five days, taking almost 5,000 attempts on 15 May. Four days later, he completed [[DeCode]], Breakthrough, Dr Raszagal Phoenix, and [[Alphabet X]], all of which were considered Hard-Insane Demons at the time.

Before May 2015, Cyclic uploaded a Q&A to his YouTube channel, and one notable question he answered was, 'What's your hardest demon?' A seemingly obvious question to many: Cataclysm, of course. However, he had responded with '[[The Hell Zone]]'. No one remembered this level, as it existed only during [[Update 1.4]] through [[Update 1.5]], shadowing many newer mobile and PC players' introductions to the game. The level was eventually remade in February 2016.

On 21 May 2015, he beat Swing Squad and The Shredder, two notably difficult Demons at the time. Starting on 23 May 2015, he began grinding ICE Carbon Diablo X and reached 66%. When Riot beat it, Cyclic wrote in a forum post that he was happy he had completed it, showing that, even in the rivalry, both were friendly. Two days later, he beat ICE Carbon Diablo X, taking over 7,000 attempts. He was the third to complete it, behind Riot and [[Andromeda (Player)|Andromeda]] (at the time, it was still considered legitimate). Before Sonic Wave appeared, Cyclic kept grinding Demons, including UltraSonic, and worked on verifying his collaboration level Demon Fortress from 31 May to 19 June.

On 20 June 2015, Cyclic began progressing in beating Sonic Wave (light blue). He reached 30% and, the next day, posted a forum post showing he had verified the level and showing the comments page. The verification video was reportedly lost after Cyclic posted a cut video and noted in the description that it had been cut. The verification was later found to have been hacked. He did not stop with Sonic Wave, but before that, he completed a few more Demons, including [[Death Moon]] and verified his level Lunar Intoxication.

Cyclic then held a poll to choose the new update's colours for Sonic Wave, with dark blue winning by a wide margin. Cyclic now had a new level to tackle, achieving 31% on 16 July 2015. He quickly made progress and eventually beat it on 20 July 2015, making it the hardest Demon at the time and taking the throne from [[Bloodbath]] pre-verification.

Cyclic began receiving hate comments thrown at both his video and level due to the rampant hacking suspicion during the latter half of July and August. After grinding more levels, Sonic Wave was inexplicably changed to a Back on Track remake (commonly known as Cyclic on Track) and deleted every unrated level. Due to the sudden change, Sonic Wave was promptly unrated, and Cyclic deleted it shortly after the second week of August.

While Sonic Wave was gone, he still played the game, verifying Galatic Fragility for TeamSmokeWeed. However, his playtime ended when he quit in early September 2015, posted a final video, and closed his YouTube account.

He did not resurface until 16 November 2015, when Water posted a video about his return, and many others praised Cyclic for coming back.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ5pWh3-i8A</ref> He played for a while before posting on his community page that he had to quit for studies, which did not last long. He still played Demons in the final days of December 2015, and in January 2016, he fully returned to high gear, supposedly verifying [[A Bizarre Phantasm]] on 19 January 2016. He then rebeat Cataclysm for the new update on 24 January.

Cyclic started grinding Demons again, notably beating Fake A Doom, Sparklic Ocean, and getting 98% on Night Terrors.

On 23 February 2016, Cyclic began to preview The Hell Zone, a remake of the ill-fated [[Update 1.2|1.2]] level of the same name by Sohn0924. He made fast progress and 'verified' it on 25 February.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0SGGIVzIH4</ref> However, many people noticed cuts in the video after slowing down the footage at certain parts.

On 5 March 2016, he confessed to hacking The Hell Zone and Sonic Wave with this message:<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqxE7agGfUY</ref>
{{Quote
 |quote      = 
Sorry that I can't make a confession video because this computer doesn't have windows moviemaker.

I used verify hack to verify The Hell Zone. Both 1st and 2nd version. For the video, I used 4 cuts. One at Koreaqwer's first part (the transition), one at 31%, one at 36%, one at the end of the level (just before the icon disappears) (this was to make look like verified with the same attempt as the beginning)

Now I verified the 3rd version legit but I don't have a video cause I gave my laptop to my sister and I can only use a computer which all my family members use it and I can't record it cause of lag.

You don't have to believe me because I don't deserve it.

I'm very sorry that I tried to trick all geometry dash players and I'm especially sorry to my collab members: 1234, Koreaqwer, and Ryan LC.

I had only 3 days left till my sister takes my laptop so I tried to verify in 3 days but I couldn't so I used verify hack. And for sonic wave. Yes I hacked that level too. I was so scared about what will happen if I admit it so I kept denying. First and second version were both hacked but the stream was real. (First version was verify hack and second one was speedhack)

I lied about this for many months and I'm very sorry.

I'm really regretting now and again, I'm so sorry for what I have done.

My YouTube channel will be inactive until I come back after highschool graduate. (My activity on geometry dash will be only beating secret way levels when I see them on YouTube or gmdw) I will be streaming after I come back with a new computer.

And again, I'm very sorry to all geometry dash players and all people who believed me.
 |originator = Cyclic
}}

The day after, Riot posted a screenshot of a Skype chat between him and Cyclic. Cyclic said he hacked or cut every video or level on his YouTube channel and that all his streams were pre-recorded. After the confession, he deleted his YouTube, Skype, and Twitch accounts and renamed his Geometry Dash account to a string of random letters. His confession may have been a lie, as there were no signs of illegitimacy in his completions, except for Sonic Wave and The Hell Zone. Riot thinks he lied about hacking everything to leave the community after feeling guilty about hacking the two levels.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-G04pLsKws&t=89</ref> Cyclic said he would get a new computer and start streaming when he returns. 

In July 2016, [[Cyrillic]], Wabbit, and Aquatias gave his original name back, as requested by Cyclic.

On 16 July 2016, Cyclic revamped his YouTube channel.

As of January 2017, Cyclic officially returned with a 144Hz monitor and started streaming on Twitch. He had gotten [[Sonic Wave Infinity]] from Riot, who had quit around this time. He ended up dropping it. The verification went through several verifiers before Xanii finally verified the level on 30 May 2021.

Once again, Cyclic quit Geometry Dash with a comment left on his last Geometry Dash video titled 'beating Aqueous by [[WOOGI1411]] on stream'. In the comment, he stated his reasoning for quitting (written mostly in Korean; this is his English translation):
{{Quote
 |quote      = 
You must have heard that I'm quitting this game if you saw N2's video. There are lots of reasons for this and I don't have a video to upload so I will just list it here.

1. Geometry Dash is too boring.

2. This game has very nice security. [Sarcasm]

3. [[Robert Topala|Robtop]] gives advantages to his friends. (You guys might not understand but lots of Koreans think this a big problem)

4. I'm not sure but I might retake the Korean SAT test. I didn't go to a bad university but I just want to get in to a better university
 |originator = Cyclic
}}

As of November 2020, Cyclic returned to the game, streaming himself playing Bloodbath and posting completions of levels like Free Stars by Sminx and Wily by pg1004. 

When [[Update 2.2]] was released on 20 December 2023, Cyclic uploaded his completion of the new main level [[Dash]],<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3iDo20bNIk</ref> as well as a video of him getting all secret coins in The Tower.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLmZA-fked0</ref>