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|country = South Korea
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|age = 19
Cyclic.png|2017
|levels = 8 (Deleted)
Cyclic 2016.png|2016
|crew = GS, N2
Cyclic 2015.png|Late 2015
|position = 111 (Global)
Cyclic Oldest.png|Early 2015
|youtube = [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHUWzTlej29d1RgGwi8tSog]}}'''[[Cyclic]]''' (formerly '''Enlil''' and '''Cyclical''') is a very popular and extremely skilled South Korean player and level creator in Geometry Dash who quit in March 5th 2016 but returned on July 16th. He had beaten numerous hard demons, the most notable levels are: [[Cataclysm]], [[Ice Carbon Diablo X]], [[Poltergeist]], [[Necropolis]], [[Acropolis]], [[Ultrasonic]] and [[The Ultimate Phase]]. Cyclic is a verifier of the level Galactic Fragility (in-game [[Galatic Fragility]]) by TeamSmokeWeed, which is considered Very Hard or Insane Demon by players. He also verified the first version of the level called [[A Bizarre Phantasm]], which is one of the hardest levels in Geometry Dash (the second version with buffs was verified by [[GoodSmile]]).
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|nickname      = Enlil, Cyclical, GW Frozen, Egoist, MashiMario
|country       = {{Flag|kr|South Korea}}
|levels        = 4
|rated        = 2
|creatorpoints = 2
|stats        = [https://gdbrowser.com/u/Cyclic Cyclic]<br>[https://gdbrowser.com/u/egoist Egoist] (formerly)<br>[https://gdbrowser.com/u/mashimaro MashiMaro] (formerly)
|youtube       = [https://www.youtube.com/@Cyclic98 Cyclic]
|twitch        = [https://www.twitch.tv/cyclic98 미끌]
}}
'''Cyclic''' is a retired South Korean player, level creator, and hacker. Considered the best player of his time alongside [[Riot]], he was best known for creating the infamous Extreme Demon level [[Sonic Wave]], which became the hardest level in the game, alongside his completion of many of the [[Demonlist (Pointercrate)|hardest Demon levels]], [[ICE Carbon Diablo X]], [[Poltergeist]], [[Necropolis]], [[Acropolis]], [[UltraSonic]], and [[The Ultimate Phase]]. He also verified Galactic Fragility.


Cyclic is the creator of the level Sonic Wave, an extremely hard demon level and a nearly impossible one. It's also the hardest [[Nine Circles]] level ever created. Sonic Wave is considered to be harder than [[Bloodbath]] (Even [[Riot]] said this in one of his streams).
==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.


Cyclic deleted his YouTube channel and ended his activity on September 6th 2015 because of some personal reasons and school. He has created his account again (but his past videos are deleted) so people would stop impersonating him. ([https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmltyMxwoZ3il9zyeZuocXw/feed]) On his former account, he said that he wouldn't come back. However, he had a change of heart and uploaded some videos that are not on YouTube. However some videos (e.g. [[Galatic Fragility]]) have not been uploaded because he does not have them.
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 March 4, 2016, he confessed to hacking ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz11TZEP5FA]) [[The Hell Zone]] and Sonic Wave.[[File:Maxresdefault-0.jpg|thumb|246x246px|The Skype conversation where Cyclic admitted to hacking and/or cutting all of his levels.]]The day after, [[Riot]] posted a Skype chat video between he and Cyclic,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4rr0A-UBJM] and Cyclic said he hacked or cut every video/level on his YouTube channel and all of his streams were pre-recorded (whether this is true or not, is unknown). After the "double" confession, he deleted his YouTube account, Skype account, GD account and Twitch account. He said he'll get a new computer and start streaming when he comes back. This may have been just a lie and he just wanted to leave the community forever, because there are no signs of hacking, speed-hacking or cutting (except in The Hell Zone).
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.


On July, [[Cyrillic]], Wabbit and Aquatias has now given his original name back as requested by Cyclic.
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.


On July 16, 2016 Cyclic remade his YouTube channel which can be found here:
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.


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHUWzTlej29d1RgGwi8tSog
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.


As of January 2017, Cyclic officially returned with a '''144hz''' monitor and started streaming on Twitch. He has gotten Sonic Wave Infinity from Riot, who quit around this time. He is now trying to verify this remake of the legendary level that he had made.
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.


But once again, he quit GD with a comment left on his last GD video: beating Aqueous by Woogi1411 on stream. In the comment he said reasons why he quit GD again (written mostly Korean, this is his English translation):
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.


'''''"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.'''''
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.


'''''1. Geometry Dash is too boring.'''''
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.


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


'''''3. Robtop gives advantages to his friends. (You guys might not understand but lots of Koreans think this a big problem)'''''
Cyclic started grinding Demons again, notably beating Fake A Doom, Sparklic Ocean, and getting 98% on Night Terrors.


'''''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"'''''
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.


Now his channel contents are  mostly overwatch videos. But he still uploads geometry dash from time to time.
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.


== Levels ==
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)
NOTE: All of his levels on his original account except Lunar Intoxication are '''REMOVED!''' It means they are no longer found in the server. But the well known impossible level creator [[Cyrillic]] has re-uploaded every Cyclic level on his and has also made a sort of "fake" Cyclic account.


=== Popular Levels ===
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.
* Invisible Clubstep - His first featured demon in Geometry Dash (Not to be confused with the one by SpegrNek which then turned into "-"). It was very easy before 2016, but it was made Harder.
* Invisible Clutterfunk - an invisible version of Clutterfunk, was rated 8 stars insane.
* Invisible Time Machine - an invisible version of Time Machine, was rated 6 stars harder.
* Ice Cream - his demon level, known for containing very little decoration but considered as an insanely difficult demon, but was suddenly removed and re-uploaded again.
* Invisible xStep - an invisible version of xStep, but was rated 6 stars harder rather than an insane.
* Sonic Wave - His [[Nine Circles]] remake, an extremely difficult demon and a near-impossible one. It was removed due to the accusations of hacking, and was replaced by a Back on Track remake. Cyclic verify hacked the first version of Sonic Wave and speed-hacked the second, but the third (easier) version he beat legitimately on stream. Sunix however has since verified the dark-blue Version on the 25th November 2016, writing history. This however has caused drama because Sunix made a Deal that Riot would verify Sonic Wave first which he then broke.
* [[Lunar Intoxication]] - his moderately easy demon, which is his currently one of his levels with a custom song. He reverified it on his new account.
* [[The Hell Zone]] - an extreme demon collab with 1234, [http://geometry-dash-fan.wikia.com/wiki/Koreaqwer Koreaqwer] and Ryan LC. It is based off a impossible level of the same name by Sohn0924. Cyclic used verify hacks and cut the video. He claimed to have beaten it legit but didn't record it, he later admitted to hacking it. A Player by the name of Cypher pointed out all Cuts that were made by him. Stormfly has since reverified the level and posted it on her account.


=== Upcoming Levels ===
You don't have to believe me because I don't deserve it.
* Cosmic Cyclone (an Extreme Demon collab with Sunix, Riot and more)


== Trivia ==
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.
* He used a rabbit-themed texture pack created by Gelt. Link to the texture pack: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG5kUwFwFtY]
 
* Cyclic vs [[Riot]] has been a subject of debate for a long time.
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)
* Cyclic, if not hacking these levels, was the first player to complete [[Cataclysm]] and [[The Ultimate Phase]] legitimately.
 
* Cyclic is the creator of Sonic Wave, the hardest [[Nine Circles ]]type level in the game. After not being able to prove that he didn't hack to verify it, he replaced it with his Back on Track Remake known as Cyclic on Track. People had been arguing about Cyclic hacking Sonic Wave, but he admitted to hacking on the 4th of March, 2016.
I lied about this for many months and I'm very sorry.
* He used to use the up key to play GD on his PC, but it broke after a while so he had to use the spacebar instead (he said he doesn't have a mouse on stream). He said on YouTube that "spacebars sucks for him". He has since gotten his hands on a mouse and uses it to play all the time.
 
* Cyclic used to make his video descriptions merely say ".", but he no longer does this most of the time. One time, instead of putting ".", he put "qqftt" instead.
I'm really regretting now and again, I'm so sorry for what I have done.
* Despite his confession, [[Riot]] doesn't seem to believe that he hacked every major level he played.
 
* He is the first person to have beaten [[A Bizarre Phantasm]] legitimately. He was followed by GiGas.
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.
* Cyclic confessed that he hacked to beat [[The Hell Zone]] and Sonic Wave.
 
* As of March 5, 2016, he has made his levels free levels, but they were suddenly removed altogether.
And again, I'm very sorry to all geometry dash players and all people who believed me.
* He initially made a part in Riot's demon [[Yatagarasu]], but he was eventually kicked out, and then replaced by [[Manix648|Manix]].
|originator = Cyclic
** [[Cyrillic]] apparently uploaded an early, incomplete version of the level with his part on Cyclic's account.
}}
* During the time he quit Geometry Dash from March to July 2016, Cyclic has most probably played on another account [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu--Bbd-hlC6UUR9r51TlGg Kerwan]. This can be seen from WOOGI1411's collab, Gust Dive, where Cyclic's name appears in, but in an earlier version "Kerwan" appears instead.
 
* Cyclic has, a few times, ranked 1st on the global leaderboards in 2015, usually swapping the top 5 with earlier players such as LunarSIMG (who quit in early 2.0 but has came back since), 3xotiC (a hacker), zNymo98 (who is still somewhat active but has lost his stats in 2.0 and is now only playing for fun), and saRy (a well known, extremely skilled, and somewhat mysterious player and creator of the notorious [[Red World]]; he had left in 1.9, however he made an account proving that he at least '''''tried '''''Update 2.0 and there is some evidence that suggests that he had also hacked).
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.
* Following Riot's retirement from Geometry Dash, Cyclic was given the task of verifying Sonic Wave Infinity, a buffed version of the original Sonic Wave with new decorations by [[Viprin]].
 
* His old channel is saved on the website Wayback Machine. [https://web.archive.org/web/20151214170021/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmltyMxwoZ3il9zyeZuocXw/videos_or_overview?view=4018251408https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmltyMxwoZ3il9zyeZuocXw/videos_or_overview?view=4018251408]
In July 2016, [[Cyrillic]], Wabbit, and Aquatias gave his original name back, as requested by Cyclic.
[[Category:Korean Players]]
 
[[Category:South Korean Users]]
On 16 July 2016, Cyclic revamped his YouTube channel.
[[Category:Hackers]]
 
[[Category:Level Creators]]
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.
[[Category:Retired Players]]
 
[[Category:Korean Players]]
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>
 
==Levels==
;Unrated levels
*Unnamed 0
*Virtual World
 
;Hard Demon levels
*Lunar Intoxication (Star-rated) - A level he created after being accused of beating Sonic Wave illegitimately. It was reverified on 14 January 2017.
 
;Insane Demon levels
*[[Ice cream]] (Star-rated) - His first Demon level that was deleted but reuploaded in 2021 and rerated in 2022 when Cyclic returned to the game.
 
;Extreme Demon Levels
*Sonic Wave (Star-rated on Sunix's account) - The former hardest Nine Circles level and formerly the hardest level in Geometry Dash, Cyclic made the entire gameplay and decoration of it. Cyclic originally hacked it, and Sunix verified it legitimately.
 
;Verified levels
*Cataclysm (Featured) - A hell-themed Extreme Demon, originally hack-verified by Ggb0y, later verified by Cyclic; however, it is currently unknown if he beat it legitimately or hacked it. If he hacked it, Giron would be the legitimate verifier. It was later update-verified by Riot.
 
;Collaborations participated in
*Demon Fortress - An unrated collaboration level.
*Gust Dive (Featured) - An Insane Demon mega collaboration hosted by WOOGI1411.
*The Ultimate Phase (Featured) - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Andromeda; it was originally hacked by Andromeda and verified legitimately by GMDElite, and was later update-verified by Andromeda.
*[[Artificial Ideology]] (Featured) - A Team N2 Extreme Demon mega-collaboration verified by [[knobbelboy]].
*The Hell Zone (Featured) - An Extreme Demon collaboration that Cyclic originally hack-verified. It has now been reverified and published on [[Stormfly|Stormfly's]] account.
*Dance of the Violins (Star-rated) - An old [[Update 2.0|2.0]] Extreme Demon mega-collaboration published by DrayTM. WatchPiggy verified it, with improved decoration and visuals in some parts.
*Gloxina (Featured) - A Korean mega-collaboration started in 2022; it features early [[Update 2.1|2.1]] style deco similar to [[Zodiac]] and Esfera.
*[[Cosmic Cyclone]] (Featured) - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration being the official sequel to Sonic Wave.
*[[Tartarus]] (Featured) - A former Top 1 Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Riot and verified by Dolphy.
 
;Upcoming levels
*''Misanthrope - An upcoming Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Brittank88.''
 
;Cancelled/deleted levels
*Invisible Clubstep - An invisible version of Clubstep and Cyclic's first featured Demon. It was easy before 2016 when it got buffed.
*Invisible Clutterfunk - An invisible version of Clutterfunk.
*Invisible Time Machine - An invisible version of Time Machine.
*Invisible xStep - An invisible version of xStep.
*Sonic Wave - A blue-themed Extreme Demon remake of [[Nine Circles]] known for extremely tight spaces and difficult gameplay. He was exposed for hacking the level's verification, and the level was deleted. [[Sunix]] verified it legitimately on 25 November 2016, writing history. However, this has caused drama because Sunix made a deal that Riot would verify Sonic Wave first, which he later broke.
*The Hell Zone - A redesign of the original level by [[Sohn0924]] by 1234, Koreaqwer, Ryan LC and Cyclic. Cyclic used verification hacks and spliced the video. He claimed he beat it legitimately but did not record it, then later admitted to hacking it. A player named Cypher pointed out all the cuts in the verification video. Stormfly verified it, and he published it on his account. He also slightly nerfed Cyclic's part, but it was not rated until February 2017.
 
==Nominations and awards==
*Placed 25th in Geometry Dash Today's list of 'The Top 100 Greatest Geometry Dash Levels of All Time' with Sonic Wave.
 
==Trivia==
*Cyclic used a rabbit-themed texture pack created by Gelt.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRqD7D14dq4</ref>
**The rabbit cube icon from that texture pack, associated with Cyclic, was officially added to Update 2.2 as a reward for beating 500 Demons.
*Cyclic used to use the up key to play Geometry Dash on his PC, but it broke after a while, so he swapped to the spacebar instead (he said he did not have a mouse on stream). He said on YouTube that 'spacebars sucks for him'. He has since gotten a mouse and now uses it to play.
*Cyclic tend to put the tag '#RespectWOOGI' in the videos of his levels made by WOOGI1411, who tends to comment the tag '#RespectCyclic' in return.
*Cyclic used to make his video descriptions merely say '.' but no longer does this usually. One time, he put 'qqftt' instead of putting '.'
*Cyclic vs Riot has been a subject of debate for a long time.
*Cyclic was probably the first player to complete Cataclysm and The Ultimate Phase legitimately, but due to Cyclic's hacking confession, a lot of people believe Giron was the first person to complete Cataclysm legitimately; however, there were no signs or proof of illegitimacy in Cyclic's completion despite Cyclic claiming it was speed-hacked.
*As of 5 March 2016, Cyclic had made his levels free, but suddenly removed them altogether.
*Cyclic initially made a part in [[Yatagarasu]], but due to his hacking scandal, he was kicked out and replaced by [[Manix648]], who was then replaced by [[AbstractDark]] and won.
**Cyrillic uploaded an early, incomplete version of the level with Cyclic's part on his account.
*During the time he quit Geometry Dash from March to July 2016, Cyclic had probably played on another account named [https://www.youtube.com/@kerwan9874 Kerwan]. This instance appears in WOOGI1411's collaboration Gust Dive, where Cyclic's name appears, but in an earlier version, 'Kerwan' appears instead.
*Cyclic has, a few times, ranked first on the global [[leaderboards]] in 2015, usually swapping the Top 5 with earlier players. They include LunarSimg (who quit in early 2.0 but returned since), 3xotiC (possibly a hacker), zNymo98 (who is still somewhat active but has lost his stats in Update 2.0 and is now only playing for fun) and saRy (a well known, extremely skilled and somewhat mysterious player and creator of the notorious [[Red World]]; saRy had suddenly left in very early 2.0; however, he made an account proving that he tried Update 2.0, and there is some evidence suggesting that he had also hacked).
*Following Riot's retirement from Geometry Dash, Cyclic was given the task of verifying Sonic Wave Infinity, a buffed version of the original Sonic Wave with new decorations by [[Viprin]]. He dropped the verification. The project was then transferred to APTeam for a complete overhaul and went through several verifiers before Xanii verified the level on 30 May 2021.
*Cyclic had two old accounts, Egoist and MashiMario. Wabbit and Aquatias now own these accounts.
*Cyclic's last appearance online was when he was invited to [[ZenthicAlpha]] marriage.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx6vqs7vEQBooAW04IWLo_T47t3OK7w-df</ref>
 
==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
CyclicConfession.png|The Skype conversation where Cyclic admitted to hacking and/or splicing all of his levels
</gallery>
 
==Videos==
{{VC|nqxE7agGfUY|1m7pdx_QOHU|T7YWvIGQmGI|8rfxcxJj0-k
|cpt1 = Hacking confession
|cpt2 = All Cyclic's levels
|cpt3 = Documentary
|cpt4 = Old Sonic Wave
}}
 
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Players]]

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Information
Other names

Enlil, Cyclical, GW Frozen, Egoist, MashiMario

Country

South Korea

Statistics
Uploaded levels

4

Rated levels

2

Creator points

2

GD stats

Cyclic
Egoist (formerly)
MashiMaro (formerly)

Social media
YouTube

Cyclic

Twitch

미끌

Cyclic is a retired South Korean player, level creator, and hacker. Considered the best player of his time alongside Riot, he was best known for creating the infamous Extreme Demon level Sonic Wave, which became the hardest level in the game, alongside his completion of many of the hardest Demon levels, ICE Carbon Diablo X, Poltergeist, Necropolis, Acropolis, UltraSonic, and The Ultimate Phase. He also verified Galactic Fragility.

History

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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 (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.[1] 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 1.2 level of the same name by Sohn0924. He made fast progress and 'verified' it on 25 February.[2] 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:[3]

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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.
~ 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.[4] 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):

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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. 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
~ 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,[5] as well as a video of him getting all secret coins in The Tower.[6]

Levels

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Unrated levels
  • Unnamed 0
  • Virtual World
Hard Demon levels
  • Lunar Intoxication (Star-rated) - A level he created after being accused of beating Sonic Wave illegitimately. It was reverified on 14 January 2017.
Insane Demon levels
  • Ice cream (Star-rated) - His first Demon level that was deleted but reuploaded in 2021 and rerated in 2022 when Cyclic returned to the game.
Extreme Demon Levels
  • Sonic Wave (Star-rated on Sunix's account) - The former hardest Nine Circles level and formerly the hardest level in Geometry Dash, Cyclic made the entire gameplay and decoration of it. Cyclic originally hacked it, and Sunix verified it legitimately.
Verified levels
  • Cataclysm (Featured) - A hell-themed Extreme Demon, originally hack-verified by Ggb0y, later verified by Cyclic; however, it is currently unknown if he beat it legitimately or hacked it. If he hacked it, Giron would be the legitimate verifier. It was later update-verified by Riot.
Collaborations participated in
  • Demon Fortress - An unrated collaboration level.
  • Gust Dive (Featured) - An Insane Demon mega collaboration hosted by WOOGI1411.
  • The Ultimate Phase (Featured) - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Andromeda; it was originally hacked by Andromeda and verified legitimately by GMDElite, and was later update-verified by Andromeda.
  • Artificial Ideology (Featured) - A Team N2 Extreme Demon mega-collaboration verified by knobbelboy.
  • The Hell Zone (Featured) - An Extreme Demon collaboration that Cyclic originally hack-verified. It has now been reverified and published on Stormfly's account.
  • Dance of the Violins (Star-rated) - An old 2.0 Extreme Demon mega-collaboration published by DrayTM. WatchPiggy verified it, with improved decoration and visuals in some parts.
  • Gloxina (Featured) - A Korean mega-collaboration started in 2022; it features early 2.1 style deco similar to Zodiac and Esfera.
  • Cosmic Cyclone (Featured) - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration being the official sequel to Sonic Wave.
  • Tartarus (Featured) - A former Top 1 Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Riot and verified by Dolphy.
Upcoming levels
  • Misanthrope - An upcoming Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Brittank88.
Cancelled/deleted levels
  • Invisible Clubstep - An invisible version of Clubstep and Cyclic's first featured Demon. It was easy before 2016 when it got buffed.
  • Invisible Clutterfunk - An invisible version of Clutterfunk.
  • Invisible Time Machine - An invisible version of Time Machine.
  • Invisible xStep - An invisible version of xStep.
  • Sonic Wave - A blue-themed Extreme Demon remake of Nine Circles known for extremely tight spaces and difficult gameplay. He was exposed for hacking the level's verification, and the level was deleted. Sunix verified it legitimately on 25 November 2016, writing history. However, this has caused drama because Sunix made a deal that Riot would verify Sonic Wave first, which he later broke.
  • The Hell Zone - A redesign of the original level by Sohn0924 by 1234, Koreaqwer, Ryan LC and Cyclic. Cyclic used verification hacks and spliced the video. He claimed he beat it legitimately but did not record it, then later admitted to hacking it. A player named Cypher pointed out all the cuts in the verification video. Stormfly verified it, and he published it on his account. He also slightly nerfed Cyclic's part, but it was not rated until February 2017.

Nominations and awards

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  • Placed 25th in Geometry Dash Today's list of 'The Top 100 Greatest Geometry Dash Levels of All Time' with Sonic Wave.

Trivia

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  • Cyclic used a rabbit-themed texture pack created by Gelt.[7]
    • The rabbit cube icon from that texture pack, associated with Cyclic, was officially added to Update 2.2 as a reward for beating 500 Demons.
  • Cyclic used to use the up key to play Geometry Dash on his PC, but it broke after a while, so he swapped to the spacebar instead (he said he did not have a mouse on stream). He said on YouTube that 'spacebars sucks for him'. He has since gotten a mouse and now uses it to play.
  • Cyclic tend to put the tag '#RespectWOOGI' in the videos of his levels made by WOOGI1411, who tends to comment the tag '#RespectCyclic' in return.
  • Cyclic used to make his video descriptions merely say '.' but no longer does this usually. One time, he put 'qqftt' instead of putting '.'
  • Cyclic vs Riot has been a subject of debate for a long time.
  • Cyclic was probably the first player to complete Cataclysm and The Ultimate Phase legitimately, but due to Cyclic's hacking confession, a lot of people believe Giron was the first person to complete Cataclysm legitimately; however, there were no signs or proof of illegitimacy in Cyclic's completion despite Cyclic claiming it was speed-hacked.
  • As of 5 March 2016, Cyclic had made his levels free, but suddenly removed them altogether.
  • Cyclic initially made a part in Yatagarasu, but due to his hacking scandal, he was kicked out and replaced by Manix648, who was then replaced by AbstractDark and won.
    • Cyrillic uploaded an early, incomplete version of the level with Cyclic's part on his account.
  • During the time he quit Geometry Dash from March to July 2016, Cyclic had probably played on another account named Kerwan. This instance appears in WOOGI1411's collaboration Gust Dive, where Cyclic's name appears, but in an earlier version, 'Kerwan' appears instead.
  • Cyclic has, a few times, ranked first on the global leaderboards in 2015, usually swapping the Top 5 with earlier players. They include LunarSimg (who quit in early 2.0 but returned since), 3xotiC (possibly a hacker), zNymo98 (who is still somewhat active but has lost his stats in Update 2.0 and is now only playing for fun) and saRy (a well known, extremely skilled and somewhat mysterious player and creator of the notorious Red World; saRy had suddenly left in very early 2.0; however, he made an account proving that he tried Update 2.0, and there is some evidence suggesting that he had also hacked).
  • Following Riot's retirement from Geometry Dash, Cyclic was given the task of verifying Sonic Wave Infinity, a buffed version of the original Sonic Wave with new decorations by Viprin. He dropped the verification. The project was then transferred to APTeam for a complete overhaul and went through several verifiers before Xanii verified the level on 30 May 2021.
  • Cyclic had two old accounts, Egoist and MashiMario. Wabbit and Aquatias now own these accounts.
  • Cyclic's last appearance online was when he was invited to ZenthicAlpha marriage.[8]
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  • The Skype conversation where Cyclic admitted to hacking and/or splicing all of his levels
    The Skype conversation where Cyclic admitted to hacking and/or splicing all of his levels

Videos

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All Cyclic's levels
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References

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  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ5pWh3-i8A
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0SGGIVzIH4
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqxE7agGfUY
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-G04pLsKws&t=89
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3iDo20bNIk
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLmZA-fked0
  7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRqD7D14dq4
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx6vqs7vEQBooAW04IWLo_T47t3OK7w-df
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