Editing Demonlist Top 1 Levels

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'''Demonlist Top 1 Levels''' are levels that have ranked #1 on the [[Demonlist (Pointercrate)|Demonlist]]. As the Demonlist ranks rated levels by difficulty as determined by the collective opinions of members of the community, the Top 1 level is considered to be the overall hardest level in [[Geometry Dash]].

The position is often speculative and, as a result, variable, as nearly all Top 1 levels see only a handful of victors who can provide insight into their relative difficulty during their placement. The history of Top 1 levels before the introduction of the Demonlist and current legitimacy standards is largely conjecture, and early Top 1 levels were frequently ranked retrospectively or through disjointed community discussion.

The creation and verification of Top 1 levels are documented and closely observed, often spearheading progress in the community, with levels such as [[Bloodbath]] and [[Sonic Wave]] becoming emblematic of the game as a whole. Others like [[Cataclysm]] and [[Silent Club]] went on to influence their own genres of levels, hell-themed and Silent, respectively. The community-made Insane and Extreme Demon terms for these levels inspired the addition of the ratings in [[Update 2.1]] altogether. Some levels, including [[Kenos]], [[Bloodlust]], [[Slaughterhouse]], and [[GRIEF]], have received exposure outside of the [[Geometry Dash]] community either from players' reactions or their immense difficulty. Levels formerly as a Top 1 continue to be highly popular, alongside ongoing interest in current and upcoming Top 1 levels.

==Top 1 levels==
===Classic levels===
This is a list of levels in chronological order considered by the Geometry Dash community as Top 1 based on collective opinions cross-checked with multiple community figures and, later, Demonlist placement.<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RbMonsV9IG8xi2hxVBBXuYYlw2en2R0ECb4AbcVah4A/edit?usp=sharing</ref><ref>https://discordapp.com/channels/598711655077249054/629520261292490754/1519349295898427649</ref>

Given the circumstances, if a level initially placed at the #1 spot is later moved below another former Top 1 level due to players' shifting difficulty opinion, the level is considered to be a ''pseudo-'' or ''false'' Top 1 level. The reigning duration of the former Top 1 level that was supposedly dethroned in this manner will be retroactively extended, regardless of whether they place Top 1 again. Levels that were never placed at #1 but are eventually deemed harder than their contemporary former Top 1 level (e.g. [[Silent clubstep]] against Slaughterhouse and [[Sonic Wave Infinity]] against [[Tartarus]]) are considered ''retrospective'' or <nowiki>'</nowiki>''robbed''<nowiki>'</nowiki> Top 1 levels. See [[#List of retrospective Top 1 levels|section below]] for more information.

While many of these levels are currently unrated or deleted, some are reverified, rated, and uploaded to the verifier's account. Because the subcategories of Demon ratings were only added in Update 2.1, Top 1 levels that were deleted or unrated before Update 2.1 will be given an estimated Demon difficulty based on difficulty comparisons with still-rated Demons. The current Top 1 level is marked in '''bold'''.

;Legend
*<sup>1</sup> The level was reverified and published by a different uploader later on, and possibly rated after.
*<sup>2</sup> The level was hack-verified but remained rated due to having a first victor.
*<sup>3</sup> The level was either unrated or deleted, though possibly reuploaded by the original creator or a different player.
*<sup>4</sup> The level was either buffed or nerfed at some point in time after being uploaded and taking the #1 spot.
*<sup>5</sup> The level was initially placed somewhere below #1, usually at #2 before being moved right to the #1 spot.
*<sup>6</sup> The level became a Top 1 level temporarily under a technicality, either due to being deemed harder initially, but being moved down nonetheless, or the former Top 1 level was later moved down. It may not have been reflected on the Demonlist as an actual #1 placement.
*<sup>7</sup> The level was unrated or updated before Update 2.1; thus, this difficulty rating is only theoretical.
*<sup>8</sup> Because Element 111 Rg was deleted and forever lost in time, the currently uploaded version is the theoretical version that [[Stormfly]] and the Restoration Union have created in hopes of restoring the level.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
 !Image
 !Name
 !Uploader (verifier)
 !Upload date
 !Level ID
 !Top 1 duration
 !Info
 |-
 |[[File:GRIEF.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} '''[[GRIEF]]'''
 |[[icedcave]] ([[Doggie]])
 |5 October 2026
 |149992717
 |Incumbent (since 5 October 2026)
 |The official prequel to Slaughterhouse and the first Epic-rated Top 1 since Bloodlust. This is also the Top 1 level that took the longest to verify in both attempt count and elapsed time, taking 436,879 attempts and 2.5 years.
 |-
 |[[File:Society.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Society]]
 |Neomarbilan ([[wPopoff]])
 |20 June 2026
 |127323087
 |103 days
 |The official sequel to Escalator. The first Top 1 level to utilise [[Update 2.2|Update 2.2's]] features.
 |-
 |[[File:ThinkingSpaceII.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Thinking Space II]]
 |CairoX ([[Zoink]])
 |25 May 2025
 |119544028
 |278 days
 |Verified on the same day as Amethyst. Remained unrated for nearly four months.
 |-
 |[[File:Amethyst.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Amethyst]]
 |Mist (wPopoff)
 |25 May 2025
 |119550490
 |107 days
 |Gameplay style inspired by The Golden, making it the third Top 1 level with ties to that level.
 |-
 |[[File:TidalWave.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Tidal Wave]] (original)<sup>4</sup>
 |OniLink (Zoink)
 |9 September 2023
 |86407629
 |472 days
 |Longest time for a level to get rated after its verification and initially get placed at the #1 spot. Longest time consecutively as Top 1 (471 days), beating Tartarus's previous record (418 days).
 |-
 |[[File:Avernus.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Avernus]]<sup>4 5</sup>
 |PockeWindfish (Zoink)
 |22 March 2023
 |89496627
 |125 days
 |The antagonist to The Golden; both Avernus and The Golden are former Top 1 levels that were moved below the prior Top 1 level after some time at the #1 spot. Avernus was temporarily moved below the prior Top 1 level, Acheron, a few months after Tidal Wave was rated, but has since been moved back above.
 |-
 |[[File:Acheron.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Acheron]]<sup>5</sup>
 |ryamu (Zoink)
 |23 August 2022
 |73667628
 |374 days
 |The second level of Riot's trilogy, following Tartarus and preceding [[Aeternus]]; Aeternus has yet to be verified.
 |-
 |[[File:AbyssOfDarkness.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Abyss of Darkness]]<sup>6</sup>
 |[[Exen]] ([[Cursed]])
 |3 April 2022
 |49896559
 |45 days
 |Was moved below Slaughterhouse after about six weeks; modern difficulty opinions, however, state that this level is indeed harder than Slaughterhouse.
 |-
 |[[File:SakupenCircles(Diamond).png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Sakupen Circles (Diamond)|Sakupen Circles]]<sup>6</sup>
 |Diamond
 |29 December 2021
 |76962930
 |71 days
 |Remake of the [[Update 1.9|1.9]] impossible level of [[Sakupen circles (Nick24)|the same name]].
 |-
 |[[File:Slaughterhouse.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Slaughterhouse]]<sup>2</sup>
 |icedcave (Doggie)
 |24 October 2021<ref group="Notes">On 25 April 2023, it was revealed that the then-verifier spaceuk had hacked the verification of Slaughterhouse along with nearly all of his other achievements; thus, this level was actually verified on 19 December 2021 by Doggie, who was then considered the first victor.</ref>
 |27690100
 |226 days
 |Slaughterhouse was moved to the #1 spot multiple times due to spaceuk's difficulty opinions on other former Top 1 levels that were close to Slaughterhouse, most notably Abyss of Darkness and Acheron. While it was also the reason for Sakupen Circles being moved down from the #1 spot, Slaughterhouse is still considered slightly harder than Sakupen Circles. It was Top 1 on three separate occasions. Currently the latest Top 1 to have been rated after an illegitimate verification.
 |-
 |[[File:Firework.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Firework]]<sup>5</sup>
 |[[Trick]]
 |29 October 2021
 |75206202
 |~18 seconds<ref group="Notes">Briefly shifted above Tartarus to avoid a retrospective Top 1 title; Slaughterhouse was placed directly afterwards.</ref>
 |Shortest duration as Top 1 on the Demonlist. Due to the exposure of [[spaceuk|spaceuk's]] level-completion achievements being illegitimate, Firework was technically the hardest legitimately verified Demon for 51 days before Doggie verified Slaughterhouse on 19 December 2021.
 |-
 |[[File:TheGolden.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[The Golden]]<sup>6</sup>
 |Bo ([[nSwish]])
 |17 April 2020
 |60978746
 |105 days
 |One of the levels in the New RGB Trilogy, along with Tartarus and Sonic Wave Infinity.
 |-
 |[[File:Tartarus.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Tartarus]]
 |Dolphy
 |6 January 2020
 |59075347
 |522 days
 |Former longest duration as Top 1, as well as one of the levels in the New RGB Trilogy, along with The Golden and Sonic Wave Infinity. It is also the first of the levels in Riot's Trilogy, along with Acheron and Aeternus; Aeternus has yet to be verified. The Golden dethroned Tartarus after a 110-day-long reign, but it returned to the #1 spot a few months later. Its Top 1 duration record was by Tidal Wave.
 |-
 |[[File:CrimsonPlanet.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Crimson Planet]]<sup>6</sup>
 |TrueOmega ([[Wooshi]])
 |19 May 2018
 |45866767
 |~20 hours
 |Was not rated until Zodiac had already been placed; was only Top 1 because xander, the then-publisher of Zodiac, updated the level to be a free Demon after confessing to hack-verifying the level before it was reverted a day later.
 |-
 |[[File:Zodiac.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Zodiac]]<sup>2 4</sup>
 |Bianox ([[Technical]])
 |28 January 2019<ref group="Notes">On 11 June 2019, the then-verifier xander admitted to hacking the verification of Zodiac along with several other achievements; thus, this level was actually verified on 9 April 2019 by Technical, who was then considered the first victor.</ref>
 |52374843
 |339 days
 |Longest former Top 1 level at a length of 3 minutes and 14 seconds; the only other Top 1 level that exceeds a length of 3 minutes is Tidal Wave.
 |-
 |[[File:Bloodlust.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Bloodlust]]
 |[[knobbelboy]]
 |21 February 2018
 |42584142
 |381 days
 |Former longest duration as Top 1, the record now being held by Tidal Wave. Was also the second Epic-rated Top 1 level.
 |-
 |[[File:PlasmaPulseFinale.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Plasma Pulse Finale]]<sup>5</sup>
 |[[Smokes]]
 |29 October 2017
 |38655495
 |35 days
 |The fourth and final level in the Plasma Pulse series, and the only one to be Top 1. Additionally, the final Top 1 level, in which its verifier played a significant role in its creation.
 |-
 |[[File:StalemateRedux.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Stalemate Redux]]<sup>6</sup>
 |GDTheTactiq (Zephal)
 |9 September 2017
 |37398911
 |4 days
 |Zephal's extremely overrated opinion of the difficulty of this level ended up placing this at the #1 spot initially; modern opinions place it below the entire Old RGB trilogy.
 |-
 |[[File:DigitalDescent.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{ExtremeDemon|i}}) [[Digital Descent]] (unbuffed)<sup>4 6</sup>
 |[[Viprin]] (Combined)
 |11 September 2017
 |37456092
 |4 days
 |One of the Technology Trilogy levels, alongside Artificial Ascent and Cybernetic Crescent; however, Cybernetic Crescent was never a Top 1 level. Modern opinions place this level below the entire Old RGB trilogy, and the pre-buff-date version was even moved below Artificial Ascent. It was also the first level developed during [[Update 2.1|2.1]] to be Top 1, and the first-ever Epic-rated Top 1 level.
 |-
 |[[File:Erebus.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Erebus]]<sup>5 6</sup>
 |BoldStep
 |19 March 2017<ref group="Notes">The first former Top 1 level on the Demonlist to be released in the 2.1 era.</ref>
 |31462941
 |101 days
 |One of the Old RGB Trilogy levels, along with Yatagarasu and Sonic Wave. It was moved to the #1 spot on 18 July 2017, but it eventually lost that spot permanently on 9 November. It was Top 1 on three separate occasions.
 |-
 |[[File:Yatagarasu.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Yatagarasu]]<sup>6</sup>
 |[[TrusTa]]
 |13 January 2017
 |28220417
 |104 days
 |One of the Old RGB Trilogy levels, along with Erebus and Sonic Wave.
 |-
 |[[File:ArtificialAscent.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Artificial Ascent]]<sup>6</sup>
 |Viprin (Combined)
 |12 December 2016
 |27122654
 |33 days
 |One of the Technology Trilogy levels, along with Digital Descent and Cybernetic Crescent; Cybernetic Crescent was never Top 1.
 |-
 |[[File:SonicWave.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Sonic Wave]] (current)
 |[[Sunix]]
 |25 November 2016
 |26681070
 |172 days
 |It was when Sunix legitimately verified Sonic Wave and uploaded it to his account. This version is part of the Old RGB Trilogy, along with Yatagarasu and Erebus; Sonic Wave also beat Yatagarasu's record for the longest-standing level on the Demonlist with 2,508 days, and was the last 1.9/[[Update 2.0|2.0]] level to be pushed into the Legacy List of the Demonlist after the placement of Instinct (Krazyman50) on 8 October 2023. It was Top 1 on four separate occasions.
 |-
 |[[File:Athanatos.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Athanatos]] (old)<sup>2</sup>
 |Exenity (Sunix)
 |5 November 2016
 |75455747
 |12 days
 |Originally hack-verified by Aurorus, but Sunix very quickly completed it after being rated, while it was still Top 1.
 |-
 |[[File:SakupenHell.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Sakupen Hell]]<sup>1</sup>
 |[[TrusTa]]
 |14 August 2016
 |23262780
 |4 days
 |The last solo level to first get to Top 1 before Tidal Wave (Sonic Wave would retake its #1 spot after being verified by Sunix and be the last solo Top 1 level before Tidal Wave); it is also currently the shortest Top 1 level in terms of length, being 50 seconds.
 |-
 |[[File:PhobosUnnerfed.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{ExtremeDemon|i}})<sup>7</sup> [[Phobos]] (unnerfed)<sup>1 3 4</sup>
 |Tygrysek
 |20 November 2015
 |13612299 (deleted)<br>126113675 (reupload)
 |12 days<ref group="Notes">When Tygrysek hack-verified the unnerfed version of Phobos.</ref>
 |Originally hack-verified by Tygrysek, then nerfed down to below Bloodbath difficulty. It was then deleted from the servers before being reverified by KrmaL on 12 May 2016. However, it was considered easier than Bloodbath at the time.
 |-
 |[[File:Bloodbath.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Bloodbath]]
 |[[Riot]]
 |12 August 2015
 |10565740
 |443 days
 |Former longest duration as Top 1, succeeded by its remake, Bloodlust. The second of the Apocalyptic Trilogy levels, succeeding Cataclysm and preceding [[aftermath]]. The former longest-standing level on the Demonlist at 1,997 days.
 |-
 |[[File:Fexty.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Fexty]]<sup>1 4</sup>
 |Ozpectro
 |7 August 2015
 |25449475
 |5 days<ref group="Notes">When Ozpectro hack-verified the unnerfed version as the official version of Fexty.</ref>
 |Shifted to #1 when Sonic Wave was unrated. It was unrated after Bloodbath was rated, but it was eventually rerated on SkyJax's account after he legitimately verified it.
 |-
 |[[File:SonicWaveOld.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{ExtremeDemon|i}})<sup>7</sup> [[Sonic Wave]] (old)<sup>1 3</sup>
 |[[Cyclic]]
 |20 July 2015
 |9704784 (deleted)<br>19451035 (reupload)
 |18 days
 |Considered #1 when Cyclic originally hack-verified Sonic Wave.
 |-
 |[[File:FutureDemonessUnnerfed.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{ExtremeDemon|i}})<sup>7</sup> Future demoness (unnerfed)<sup>4</sup>
 |MaJackO
 |7 July 2015
 |9229228
 |~1 day
 |Future demoness was nerfed sometime after two weeks, giving Cataclysm the old top spot back.
 |-
 |[[File:SupremeLabFactory.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{ExtremeDemon|i}})<sup>7</sup> Supreme Lab Factory (buffed)<sup>3 4</sup>
 |demonmker
 |June–July 2015
 |126113673 (reupload)
 |~20 days
 |
 |-
 |[[File:CataclysmOld.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{InsaneDemon|i}})<sup>7</sup> [[Cataclysm]] (old)<sup>2 4 5</sup>
 |[[Ggb0y]] (Giron)
 |3 January 2015
 |3979721
 |~41 days
 |The first of the Apocalyptic Trilogy levels, preceding Bloodbath and aftermath.
 |-
 |[[File:ICECarbonDiabloX.png|160px]]
 |{{InsaneDemon|i}} [[ICE Carbon Diablo X]]<sup>2 5 6</sup>
 |[[Roadbose]]
 |20 May 2014
 |814678
 |~46 days
 |The easiest and the oldest former Top 1 level on the Demonlist, created in [[Update 1.6]].
 |-
 |[[File:SilentClub.png|160px]] 
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{ExtremeDemon|i}}) [[Silent Club]]<sup>1</sup>
 |BlackP2sFull
 |1 April 2014
 |462797
 |205 days
 |Former impossible level. Inspired the Silent levels trend. Was verified by [[Luqualizer]] and rerated on his account in 2021.
 |-
 |[[File:Element111Rg.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{ExtremeDemon|i}})<sup>7</sup> Element 111 Rg<sup>3 4 8</sup>
 |DarkX
 |7 April 2014
 |498620 (deleted)<br>61775814 (recreation)
 |1 day<ref group="Notes">Element 111 Rg was unrated because of the discovery of the secret way at 4%.</ref>
 |The level was unrated on 13 April 2014 due to having a secret way. It was subsequently deleted within a month, with no copies having surfaced yet. All copies of the level are currently speculative, as a full copy of the original is yet to be found. The closest verified version available was done by paqoe on 11 April 2024.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcdiTGuIJ1k</ref>
 |-
 |[[File:StereoDemonessUnnerfed.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{ExtremeDemon|i}})<sup>7</sup> [[Stereo Demoness]] (unnerfed)<sup>4</sup>
 |MaJackO
 |22 February 2014
 |260693
 |~193 days
 |It was the original version of Stereo Demoness before it was nerfed to Insane Demon difficulty. 
 |-
 |[[File:TheHellOriginOriginal.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{ExtremeDemon|i}})<sup>7</sup> The Hell origin (original)<sup>3</sup>
 |[[Sohn0924]]
 |31 January 2014
 |29386981 (reupload)
 |~28 days
 |One of the levels in Sohn0924's Hell Series; it was when Sohn0924 practice-verified the original layout version of the level. The Hell origin is the only level of the original layout of the Hell series to have been deleted.
 |-
 |[[File:HeavenAndHell.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{ExtremeDemon|i}})<sup>7</sup> Heaven And Hell<sup>1 3</sup>
 |[[Roadbose|roadjunior]]
 |23 January 2014
 |167264
 |5 days
 |Former impossible level. Was unrated due to a secret way.
 |-
 |[[File:TheHellWorldOriginal.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{ExtremeDemon|i}})<sup>7</sup> [[The Hell World]] (original)<sup>3</sup>
 |Sohn0924
 |12 January 2014
 |149027
 |15 days
 |One of the levels in Sohn0924's Hell Series; it was when Sohn0924 practice-verified the original layout version of the level.
 |-
 |[[File:TheHellZoneOriginal.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{ExtremeDemon|i}})<sup>7</sup> [[The Hell Zone|The Hell zone]] (original)<sup>3</sup>
 |Sohn0924
 |8 January 2014
 |142942
 |3 days
 |One of the levels in Sohn0924's Hell Series; it was when Sohn0924 practice-verified the original layout version of the level.
 |-
 |[[File:Bicycle.png|160px]]
 |{{Demon|i}} Bicycle
 |Back
 |26 December 2013
 |120432
 |14 days
 |
 |-
 |[[File:DemonsTimeMachine.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{Demon|i}})<sup>7</sup> demons time machine<sup>3</sup>
 |bbddee
 |24 December 2013
 |117818
 |~9 hours
 |Was unrated due to a secret way.
 |-
 |[[File:DemonWorld.png|160px]]
 |{{MediumDemon|i}} demon world
 |superhexagon
 |24 November 2013
 |72540
 |~7 days
 |The first Top 1 Demon to be hack-verified.
 |-
 |[[File:FINALDESTINATIONZurkQyulox.png|160px]]
 |{{MediumDemon|i}} FINAL DESTINATION
 |ZurkQyulox
 |5 December 2013
 |91402
 |~13 days
 |
 |-
 |[[File:ExtremePark.png|160px]]
 |{{MediumDemon|i}} [[Extreme Park]]
 |Rabbitical
 |16 November 2013
 |56287
 |16 days
 |
 |-
 |[[File:ToTheGrave.png|160px]]
 |{{EasyDemon|i}} To the Grave
 |[[Darnoc|Darnoc2]]
 |19 October 2013
 |12556
 |32 days
 |
 |-
 |[[File:DemonPark.png|160px]]
 |{{EasyDemon|i}} [[demon park]]
 |M2CoL
 |17 October 2013
 |10109
 |1 day
 |Inspired the addition of the Demon rating in [[Update 1.3]].
|}

====Prospective entrants denied by lack of star rating====
The following levels were recognised as the hardest at the time, but they never received a star rating (a prerequisite for ranking on the Demonlist).
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
 !Image
 !Name
 !Uploader (verifier)
 !Verification date
 !Level ID
 !Top 1 duration ^
 !Contemporary Top 1
 !Info
 |-
 |[[File:TidalWave.png|160px]]
 |Tidal Wave buffed
 |[[wPopoff]]
 |1 April 2025
 |116732736
 |55 days
 |[[Tidal Wave]]
 |Identical to the rated version, with some slight buffs throughout the level.
 |-
 |[[File:Acheron.png|160px]]
 |Acheron buffed
 |[[Zoink]]
 |30 January 2023<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ADbkaBDz4</ref>
 |88201288
 |51 days
 |[[Acheron]]
 |Buffed version of Acheron initially conceived as an update, it was uploaded as a separate level due to the level being update-locked.
 |-
 |[[File:VSC.png|160px]]
 |[[VSC]]
 |Bo (Yossarian) 
 |21 September 2021<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewlMbTR-c_w</ref>
 |60805571
 |194 days
 |[[Tartarus]], [[Firework]], [[Slaughterhouse]], [[Sakupen Circles (Diamond)|Sakupen Circles]]
 |Although the level is infamously polarising due to its difficulty being hard to compare to other levels, it was undoubtedly the hardest-beaten level for a short amount of time, at least until Slaughterhouse was rated. Remained unrated due to being under 30 seconds. It also held the #1 spot on the Challenge List for over 3.5 years after it was verified.
 |-
 |[[File:CrystalEdge.png|160px]]
 |Crystal Edge
 |[[UFokinWotM8]]
 |13 July 2021<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFNIDirFmNk</ref>
 |64530439
 |70 days
 |Tartarus
 |Sequel to DIAMOND BLADE by [[icedcave]], likely not given a rate due to the lack of proper decoration for the majority of the level.
 |-
 |[[File:SakupenRealm.png|160px]]
|Sakupen Realm
 |MeatiusGaming
 |18 September 2017<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIbP2GgsLBo</ref>
 |37641709
 |1 month
 |[[Sonic Wave]] (current)
 |Likely remained unrated due to the level being generally of poor quality.
 |-
 |[[File:SonicBath.png|160px]]
 |SonicBath
 |[[Sunix]]
 |12 May 2017<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN2cJdkg20s</ref>
 |33728111
 |168 days
 |Sonic Wave (current)
 |Red version of Sonic Wave that ends with Crack and ASonicMen's part in Bloodbath. Remained unrated because it was a level mashup.
 |-
 |[[File:Athanasia.png|160px]]
 |Athanasia
 |ViRuZ
 |24 November 2016<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNSfe7cqA0Q</ref>
 |26647581
 |1 day
 |[[Athanatos]] (old)
 |Orange Athanatos-themed level that was verified less than 24 hours before Sunix verified Sonic Wave. It is not currently known why this remained unrated.
 |-
 |[[File:WindFall.png|160px]]
 |WindFall
 |YoshiPower
 |29 April 2016
 |19378386
 |2 weeks
 |[[Bloodbath]]
 |A [[Update 2.0|2.0]] [[Nine Circles Levels|Nine Circles level]] with many elements that were never seen in rated Top 1 levels. The verifier himself underestimated the level's true difficulty. It was likely not noticed by RobTop at the time.
 |-
 |[[File:RythemTimeMachine.png|160px]]
 |Rythem Time Machine
 |GW Popomon
 |6 January 2014
 |139804
 |2 days<ref group="Notes">If counting until the next legitimate Top 1 level, Definite integral, this length is increased to 3 weeks.</ref>
 |demon world
 |Level largely reliant on primitive sync gameplay. Likely remained unrated due to having poor decoration.
|}
;Notes
^ Based on whichever level comes next according to Restoration Union's ''History of Hardest Beaten Levels'' list.

====Retrospective entrants denied by circumstances====
The following levels had the potential to be ranked as the hardest level at the time; however, they were legitimately verified too late despite consensus of their difficulty, or they were star-rated but disputed (not ranked or ranked lower), and only in retrospect would be recognised as being owed the hardest ranking at the time of being uploaded.

Certain notable levels that achieved Top 1 at some point but could have remained there significantly longer are also included below.

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
 !Image
 !Name
 !Uploader (verifier)
 !Upload date
 !ID
 !Retrospective Top 1 duration
 !Contemporary Top 1
 !Info
 |-
 |[[File:DefiniteIntegral.png|160px]]
 |{{Demon|i}} Definite integral
 |Rabbitical
 |29 January 2014
 |180857
 |4 weeks 
 |Heaven And Hell, The Hell origin (original), Stereo Demoness (unnerfed)
 |Rated during the era of hacked Top 1 levels.
 |-
 |[[File:BizarreMilestone.png|160px]]
 |{{Demon|i}} Bizarre milestone
 |pg1004 
 |27 February 2014 
 |284555
 |1 month 3 weeks
 |Stereo Demoness (unnerfed), Element 111 Rg, [[Silent Club]]
 |Rated during the era of hacked Top 1 levels.
 |-
 |[[File:PgClubstep.png|160px]]
 |{{Demon|i}} [[pg clubstep]]
 |pg1004
 |8 April 2014
 |513137
 |2 weeks
 |Element 111 Rg, Silent Club
 |Rated during the era of hacked Top 1 levels.
 |-
 |[[File:XYZStepInfinity.png|160px]]
 |{{InsaneDemon|i}} XYZ Step Infinity (old)
 |OrcaSN
 |22 April 2014
 |608361
 |1 month 1 week
 |Silent Club
 |Remake of XYZ Step by Coke. Rated during the era of hacked Top 1 levels.
 |-
 |[[File:PrimaryMaze.png|160px]]
 |{{InsaneDemon|i}} [[Primary Maze]]
 |Centuple
 |1 June 2014
 |928589
 |3 months 3 weeks
 |Silent Club
 |First (retrospective) Top 1 level to surpass 2 minutes in length, at 2 minutes 19 seconds; would remain the longest (retrospective) Top 1 level until Yatagarasu over two years later. Rated during the era of hacked Top 1 levels.
 |-
 |[[File:DeadlyClubStep.png|160px]]
 |{{Demon|i}} Deadly ClubStep
 |[[Neptune]] (LunarSimg)
 |20 September 2014<ref group="Notes">Originally hack-verified and uploaded by Neptune on 9 July 2014; it was completed on 20 September 2014 by LunarSimg, still being the hardest completion at the time.</ref>
 |1299298
 |4 months 1 week
 |Silent Club, [[ICE Carbon Diablo X]]
 |Originally hack-verified before being legitimately completed by LunarSimg. Rated during the era of hacked Top 1 levels.
 |-
 |[[File:StereoDemoness.png|160px]]
 |{{InsaneDemon|i}} [[Stereo Demoness]] (nerfed)
 |MaJackO (KeiAs)
 |8 January 2015
 |260693
 |3 weeks 3 days
 |ICE Carbon Diablo X
 |
 |-
 |[[File:IceCream.png|160px]]
 |{{InsaneDemon|i}} [[Ice cream]]
 |[[Cyclic]] ([[Zobros]])
 |1 February 2015
 |69936244 (reupload)
 |2 weeks 5 days
 |ICE Carbon Diablo X
 |Originally hack-verified before being legitimately completed by Zobros. Rated during the era of hacked Top 1 levels.
 |-
 |[[File:Acropolis.png|160px]]
 |{{InsaneDemon|i}} [[Acropolis]]
 |Zobros
 |19 February 2015
 |5155022
 |3 weeks 2 days
 |ICE Carbon Diablo X
 |Rated during the era of hacked Top 1 levels. It is notably the last full-solo (retrospective) Top 1 level (created and verified by the same player).
 |-
 |[[File:Necropolis.png|160px]]
 |{{InsaneDemon|i}} [[Necropolis]]
 |[[Neptune]] (GMDElite)
 |14 March 2015<ref group="Notes">Originally uploaded and hack-verified by Neptune on 29 September 2014; would be legitimately completed by GMDElite on 14 March 2015, still being the hardest completion at the time.</ref>
 |2241592
 |2 months
 |ICE Carbon Diablo X, Cataclysm (old)
 |Originally hack-verified before being legitimately completed by GMDElite on 14 March 2015. Rated during the era of hacked Top 1 levels. It is also the easiest retrospective Top 1 listed on the Demonlist.
 |-
 |[[File:CataclysmOld.png|160px]]
 |{{Unrated|i}} ({{InsaneDemon|i}})<sup>7</sup> [[Cataclysm]] (old)
 |[[Ggb0y]] (Giron)
 |14 May 2015<ref group="Notes">Originally uploaded and hack-verified by Ggb0y on 3 January 2015; would be legitimately completed by Giron on 14 May 2015.</ref>
 |3979721
 |2 months 2 weeks
 |Supreme Lab Factory (buffed), Future demoness, Sonic Wave (old)
 |While this level was properly Top 1 for a few months, the timeframe it was Top 1 for changes if basing Top 1 length on legitimate verifications instead.
 |-
 |[[File:TheUltimatePhase.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[The Ultimate Phase]] (old)
 |[[Andromeda (Player)|Andromeda]] (GMDElite)
 |29 July 2015<ref group="Notes">Originally uploaded and hack-verified by Andromeda on 9 May 2015; would be legitimately completed by GMDElite on 29 July 2015.</ref>
 |7174110
 |2 weeks
 |Sonic Wave (old), [[Fexty]]
 |Nowadays considered the first legitimately verified Extreme Demon, as the old version of Cataclysm and ICE Carbon Diablo X are no longer considered Extreme Demon difficulty.
 |-
 |[[File:Phobos.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Phobos]] (current)
 |[[KrmaL]]
 |12 May 2016
 |19759411
 |5 months 3 weeks<ref group="Notes">If counting until BlassCFB verified WcropoliX, this length is decreased to 2 months 3 weeks.</ref>
 |[[Bloodbath]], [[Sakupen Hell]]
 |This is the nerfed version of Phobos, legitimately verified and uploaded by KrmaL; the unnerfed version, hack-verified by Tygrysek, that was unrated was a proper Top 1 level. It was initially placed below the then-Top 1 Bloodbath before both were moved several times after Artificial Ascent was rated, with Phobos ending up above both Bloodbath and Sakupen Hell.
 |-
 |[[File:BetrayalOfFate.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} Betrayal of Fate
 |[[weoweoteo]]
 |31 May 2016
 |20329544
 |2 months 2 weeks
 |Bloodbath
 |Was initially placed below the then-Top 1 Bloodbath before later being moved above.<ref group="Notes">Betrayal of Fate is not currently considered harder than Phobos, a level verified and rated earlier.</ref>
 |-
 |[[File:WcropoliX.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} WcropoliX
 |[[BlassCFB]]
 |31 July 2016<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ2PsY1BymE</ref>
 |22183448
 |3 months 2 weeks<ref group="Notes">If counting until Stormfly verified the Hell Zone, this length is decreased to 2 days.</ref>
 |Bloodbath, Sakupen Hell
 |Infamously remained unrated for nearly nine years and was one of the very first levels to be unanimously considered harder than Bloodbath by the community. Despite supposedly being unrated due to its criticised gameplay, it was unexpectedly rated on 17 June 2025, likely owing to its historical significance.<ref group="Notes">WcropoliX is not currently considered harder than Phobos, a level verified and rated earlier.</ref>
 |-
|[[File:TheHellZone.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[The Hell Zone]] (old)
 |[[Stormfly]]
 |2 August 2016
 |22259203
 |4 months
 |Bloodbath, Sakupen Hell, [[Athanatos]] (old)
 |This is the currently rated remake hosted and hack-verified by Cyclic and later legitimately verified by Stormfly. Considered harder than Bloodbath, Sakupen Hell, and Athanatos, which were all Top 1 between when this level was verified and when it was rated. By the time this level was rated, Artificial Ascent, Sonic Wave, and Yatagarasu had already been rated and placed above it; this level was also heavily underrated on the Demonlist initially, initially placing even below Bloodbath.
 |-
 |[[File:SonicWave.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Sonic Wave]] (current)
 |[[Sunix]]
 |25 November 2016
 |26681070
 |11 months<ref group="Notes">If counting until Plasma Pulse Finale was moved above Sonic Wave, this length is increased to 1 year 2 months.</ref>
 |[[Artificial Ascent]], [[Yatagarasu]], [[Erebus]], [[Stalemate Redux]], [[Digital Descent]] (unbuffed)
 |While this level was properly Top 1 for a few months, several levels temporarily usurped it, and its difficulty would not be truly surpassed until Plasma Pulse Finale was moved above it in January 2018.
 |-
 |[[File:DeathCorridorZ.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Death Corridor Z]]
 |Sunix
 |20 October 2017<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9799msdH394</ref>
 |38403655
 |4 months
 |Sonic Wave, [[Plasma Pulse Finale]]
 |An alternate version of Eternaswip's Death Corridor remake. Likely remained unrated at the time because it was not verified by the intended verifier, KugelBlitZ; however, it was unexpectedly rated on 18 January 2026 alongside multiple other long-standing unrated levels.
 |-
 |[[File:CrimsonPlanet.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Crimson Planet]]
 |TrueOmega ([[Wooshi]])
 |19 May 2018
 |45866767
 |10 months 3 weeks<ref group="Notes">If counting until Technical legitimately beat Zodiac on 9 April 2019. If only counting until Zodiac was rated, this length is shortened to 8 months 3 weeks.</ref>
 |[[Bloodlust]], [[Zodiac]]
 |While this level was properly Top 1 during Zodiac's short stay in the Legacy List, it would have been Top 1 for much longer had it been rated soon after its verification.
 |-
 |[[File:LucidNightmares.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Lucid Nightmares]]
 |CairoX (Wooshi)
 |26 January 2019
 |52310333
 |2 months 2 weeks
 |[[Bloodlust]], [[Zodiac]]
 |Although considered easier than Crimson Planet, that level had not yet been rated at the time of this level's verification, leading it to potentially being Top 1 had it been rated before Crimson Planet and Zodiac.
 |-
 |[[File:ThinkingSpace.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Thinking Space]]
 |Atomic
 |9 April 2019
 |54953085
 |1 day
 |Crimson Planet
 |Would have replaced Crimson Planet as the Top 1 level during Zodiac's short stay in the Legacy List had it been rated within two months of its verification.
 |-
 |[[File:Kenos.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Kenos]]
 |[[npesta]]
 |14 December 2019
 |58673581
 |3 weeks
 |Zodiac
 |Was moved above its contemporary Top 1 Zodiac on 7 March 2025, over five years after it was initially placed.
 |-
 |[[File:Tartarus.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Tartarus]]
 |Dolphy
 |6 January 2020
 |59075347
 |1 year 10 months<ref group="Notes">If counting until Xanii verified Sonic Wave Infinity on 30 May 2021, this length is reduced to 1 year 5 months.</ref>
 |[[The Golden]]
 |While this level was properly Top 1 for over a year, it was temporarily usurped by [[The Golden]] for a few months in mid-2020.
 |-
 |[[File:SonicWaveInfinity.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Sonic Wave Infinity]]
 |APTeam (Xanii)
 |30 May 2021
 |69685815
 |5 months<ref group="Notes">If counting until dice88 verified Oblivion on 5 July 2021, this length is reduced to 1 month 6 days.</ref>
 |Tartarus
 |Was initially placed below then-Top 1 Tartarus before Tartarus was moved below this level on 10 May 2023. Part of the New RGB trilogy, along with Tartarus and The Golden. It is nowadays considered the hardest of the three, despite never having been Top 1 at the time.
 |-
 |[[File:Oblivion.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Oblivion]]
 |dice88
 |5 July 2021
 |71025973
 |3 months 3 weeks<ref group="Notes">If counting until ultrakawaHD verified arcturus on 8 August 2021, this length is reduced to 1 month 3 days.</ref>
 |Tartarus
 |Was rated over a year after its verification and was initially placed above the Top 1 level at the time of its verification, Tartarus; would later be moved below Tartarus, but it was due to [[Update 2.2|Update 2.2's]] physics changes significantly nerfing the level, making it still considered as a retrospective Top 1 level.
 |-
 |[[File:Trueffet.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Trueffet]]
 |SyQual (Baeru)
 |16 July 2021
 |71434979
 |None (3 months 2 weeks at peak placement)
 |Tartarus
 |Was initially placed below then-Top 1 Tartarus before being moved above Tartarus after Firework and Slaughterhouse were rated; it would later be moved back below Tartarus, making this level no longer a retrospective Top 1 level.<ref group="Notes">Trueffet was never considered harder than Oblivion, a level verified and released earlier but rated later.</ref>
 |-
 |[[File:Arcturus.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[arcturus]]
 |maxfs (ultrakawaHD)
 |8 August 2021
 |69685815
 |2 months 3 weeks
 |Tartarus
 |Took nearly three months to be rated; it would be rated at the same time as and placed later than Firework and Slaughterhouse, two levels considered harder. It would initially be placed below Tartarus, the Top 1 level at the time of this level's verification, before being moved above.
 |-
 |[[File:HardMachine.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Hard Machine]]
 |Komp (Varium)
 |19 August 2021
 |72744364
 |2 months 2 weeks
 |Tartarus
 |Was initially placed below then-Top 1 Tartarus before being moved above Tartarus after Firework and Slaughterhouse were rated; it would later be moved back below Tartarus, but it was due to Update 2.2's physics changes significantly nerfing the level, making it still considered a retrospective Top 1 level.<ref group="Notes">Hard Machine was never considered harder than Oblivion or arcturus, two levels verified and released earlier but rated later.</ref>
 |-
 |[[File:DiabolicClubStep.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} Diabolic ClubStep
 |Sevant
 |1 September 2021
 |73214186
 |1 month 28 days
 |Tartarus
 |Was verified while Tartarus was Top 1, but was not rated until 2026.<ref group="Notes">Diabolic ClubStep is not considered harder than arcturus, which was already verified by this point. However, arcturus was still unrated at the time Diabolic ClubStep was verified.</ref>
 |-
 |[[File:Firework.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Firework]]
 |[[Trick]]
 |29 October 2021
 |75206202
 |1 month 3 weeks<ref group="Notes">If counting until Doggie legitimately beat Slaughterhouse on 19 December 2021.</ref>
 |[[Slaughterhouse]]
 |While this level was placed at the #1 spot for 18 seconds, Slaughterhouse, which was placed immediately afterwards, had no legitimate completion at the time; thus, Firework was retrospectively at the #1 spot for significantly longer.
 |-
 |[[File:AbyssOfDarkness.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Abyss of Darkness]]
 |[[Exen]] ([[Cursed]])
 |3 April 2022
 |49896559
 |4 months 3 weeks<ref group="Notes">If counting until paqoe verified Silent clubstep on 17 July 2022, this length is reduced to 3 months 2 weeks.</ref>
 |Slaughterhouse
 |While this level was initially placed at the #1 spot, it was moved down below Slaughterhouse after six weeks, despite this level being harder based on modern difficulty standards.
 |-
 |[[File:SilentClubstep.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Silent clubstep]]
 |Sailent (paqoe)
 |17 July 2022
 |4125776
 |1 month 2 weeks
 |Slaughterhouse
 |Was initially placed below the then-Top 1, Slaughterhouse, as well as the actual hardest rated level at the time, Abyss of Darkness, before being moved above both on 23 Apriln2023.

On 25 July 2025, it would again be raised, this time above Acheron and Avernus, though it was due to Update 2.2's physics changes, making the latter two levels comparatively easier.
 |-
 |[[File:Avernus.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Avernus]]
 |PockeWindfish ([[Zoink]])
 |21 March 2023
 |89496627
 |10 months 4 weeks<ref group="Notes">If counting until Zoink verified Tidal Wave on 9 September 2023, this length is reduced to 5 months and 19 days.</ref>
 |[[Acheron]]
 |While this level was properly Top 1 for over 4 months, it was initially placed below the then-Top 1 at the time, Acheron, before being moved above it on 16 October 2023.

On 15 June 2024, it was moved below Acheron again, but it was later moved above it again on 23 December 2024.
 |-
 |[[File:TidalWave.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Tidal Wave]] (original)
 |OniLink (Zoink)
 |9 September 2023
 |86407629
 |1 year 8 months
 |Acheron, Avernus
 |While this level was properly at the #1 spot for over a year, it was not rated until over 5 months after its verification, making it the longest time for a level to get rated after its verification and initially get placed at the #1 spot. Longest time (in retrospect) as Top 1 (624 days), beating Tartarus's previous record (510 days).
 |-
 |[[File:ThinkingSpaceII.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Thinking Space II]]
 |CairoX (Zoink)
 |25 May 2025
 |119544028
 |1 year 4 weeks
 |Tidal Wave, Amethyst
 |Verified on the same day as Amethyst. Remained unrated for nearly four months.
 |-
 |[[File:Artemis13.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Artemis 13]]
 |mvngo (Zoink)
 |9 September 2026
 |148598469
 |3 weeks 4 days
 |Society
 |Although generally agreed to be harder than Society, the level did not receive a placement on the Demonlist prior to GRIEF's verification and placement.
|}

====Potential upcoming entrants====
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
 !Name
 !Host/uploader (current verifier)
 !First previewed
 !Verification progress
!Info
 |-
 | rowspan="4" |[[Aeternus]]
 | rowspan="4" |[[Riot]] (open verification)
 | rowspan="4" |18 October 2023<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIjuyPd3kck</ref>
 |23%, 24-39% (dewbbs)
 | rowspan="4" |The third in a trilogy of hell-themed levels hosted by Riot, and a successor to [[Acheron]].
 |-
 |16%, 16-27%, 24-34%, 33-48%, 47-61%, 60-79%, 76-100% (wShock)
 |-
 |14%, 16-28%, 19-31%, 26-40%, 36-49%, 42-59%, 56-69%, 67-88%, 77-100% (aden)
 |-
 |18%, 72-100% (Chill Guy)
 |-
 | rowspan="2" |[[Angelicide]]
 | rowspan="2" |LexyCat (open verification)
 | rowspan="2" |?
 |41% x2, 6-59%, 37-82%, 56-98%, 48-95%, 68-100% (Druki)
 | rowspan="2" |A near-impossible level by LexyCat and decorated by Madison Yuko.
 |-
 |28%, 22-38%, 37-74%, 68-100% (Kaza)
 |-
 | rowspan="2" |FAIRY KNIFE HELL
 | rowspan="2" |EternaswipVMAX (open verification)
 | rowspan="2" |17 February 2017<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyQdyV4p6CQ</ref>
 |37% (Cuatrocientos)
 | rowspan="2" |Mega-collaboration finished after almost eight years, after the first preview was published.
 |-
 |42-59%, 78-100% (enzollz)
 |-
 | rowspan="2" |[[Heliopolis]]
 | rowspan="2" |[[MindCap]] (open verification)
 | rowspan="2" |31 August 2022<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtWZgWe1jY</ref>
 |85%, 16-80%, 49-100% (Zoink)
 | rowspan="2" |A level inspired by [[Acropolis]]. It was previously to be verified by [[Thnnder]], but Abdeildevil and garbag took over after Thnnder's long-term break. Then, in early 2026, it became an open verification with a $10,700 USD community-funded bounty.
 |-
 |35%, 27-78%, 49-100% (Trick)
 |-
 |KOCMOC UNLEASHED
 |Cherry Team (Arshadow)
 |12 November 2023<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5ULNVhKAV4</ref>
 |69%, 14‑81%
 |Remake of [[KOCMOC]], based on the original unnerfed version.
 |-
 |Silent Clubstep II
 |[[Sailent]] (open verification)
 |7 March 2022<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UEaJkAViN4</ref>
 |31%, 38-100%, 43-100% (Skittle Catastrophe)
 |The official sequel to Silent clubstep.
 |-
 |SILENT UNKNOWN
 |spkgmd, Relayne
|?
 |23%, 12-39% (Chill Guy)
 |A nearly impossible version of UNKNOWN.
 |-
 |Sweeping Demon 2
 |Temp (Taiago)
 |16 May 2020<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyTLTI2v7g0</ref>
 |86%, 21-87%, 34-100% ([[Taiago]])
 |The official sequel to Sweeping Demon.
 |-
 |WRATH
 |Cherry Team (No set verifier)
 |?
 |No progress
 |A level about a path that will lead into darkness. Based on Dante's Inferno.
|}

 
===Platformer levels===
As Platformer levels are generally not comparable to Classic levels, they have their own rankings and list of Top 1 levels separate from the Classic Top 1 list.

Placements are based on the [https://pemonlist.com/ Platformer Demonlist], inferred from modern placements for levels prior to The Abyss (the Top 1 level at the time of the Platformer Demonlist's creation).
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
 !Image
 !Name
 !Uploader (verifier)
 !Upload date
 !Level ID
 !Top 1 duration
 !Info
 |-
 |[[File:NauticalNightmares.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} '''Nautical Nightmares'''
 |RealJera (Shroomy)
 |25 April 2026
 |138993732
 |Incumbent (since 31 May 2026)
 | -
 |-
 |[[File:DelightfulClimb.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[delightful climb]]
 |JuNiOr202 (uvlight58)
 |16 February 2025
 |115206404
 |58 days
 |Would not be rated for over a year after its verification, finally being rated on 31 March 2026, though it was still Top 1 by this point.
 |-
 |[[File:DiamondsForDashers.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Diamonds For Dashers]]
 |yunotyou (nng12)
 |11 May 2025
 |118798387
 |260 days
 |Would remain unrated for roughly two months, being rated on 17 July 2025. Was technically never the hardest verified platformer level, as delightful climb was verified first.
 |-
 |[[File:CONVOLUTION.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[CONVOLUTION]]
 |MaddyGMD (uvlight58)
 |12 August 2024
 |105724358
 |329 days
 | -
 |-
 |[[File:Null.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Null]]
 |RealJera (viare)
 |26 April 2024
 |104031134
 |12 days
 |Left unrated for three and a half months after its verification, being rated on 10 August 2024.
 |-
 |[[File:ECSTASIS.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} ECSTASIS (unnerfed)<sup>2 4</sup>
 |dkitey
 |22 July 2024
 |108103482
 |10 days
 |Initially hack-verified but received a legitimate victor on 31 July 2024, while it was still Top 1.
 |-
 |[[File:FreeSolo.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[Free Solo]]
 |MeowMasterer
 |18 April 2024
 |103998262
 |104 days
 | -
 |-
 |[[File:HYPERGRAVITRON.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} HYPER GRAVITRON<sup>6</sup>
 |exsii
 |6 January 2024
 |98745817
 |<1 day
 |Was rated alongside Free Solo and initially placed above but was almost immediately moved below.
 |-
 |[[File:TheAbyss.png|160px]]
 |{{ExtremeDemon|i}} [[The Abyss]]
 |MadisonYuko (mikoshii)
 |9 January 2024
 |98163412
 |99 days
 |The first rated Platformer Extreme Demon to remain Extreme Demon to this day.
 |-
 |[[File:TheTowerXXII.png|160px]]
 |{{InsaneDemon|i}} The Tower XXII
 |o1iv3
 |22 December 2023
 |97692058
 |18 days
 | -
 |-
 |[[File:IWannaBeTheGuy.png|160px]]
 |{{InsaneDemon|i}} [[i wanna be the guy]]
 |Aless50
 |20 December 2023
 |97543536
 |2 days
 |The first rated Platformer Extreme Demon; would later be demoted to Insane Demon.
 |-
 |[[File:JetLag.png|160px]]
 |{{MediumDemon|i}} Jet Lag
 |disp
 |20 December 2023
 |97536552
 |<1 day
 |The first rated Platformer Demon, very quickly dethroned on the same day by i wanna be the guy.
|}

==Trivia==
*No player has ever beaten every single current and former Top 1 level.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsrexnhgxw</ref>
*Element 111 Rg is currently the only Top 1 level not beaten, as no known copies of the level exist; however, a restored version of the level was verified by paqoe on 11 April 2024.
*Digital Descent, Bloodlust, and GRIEF are the only Top 1 levels that are Epic-rated.
*Five levels have reigned as the Top 1 level on the Demonlist for at least a year: Bloodbath, standing at the #1 spot for 367 days, followed by Bloodlust, which reigned as a Top 1 level for 383 days, Tartarus with a total of 527 days (418 days consecutively), Acheron with a total of 374 days, and Tidal Wave, which stood for 471 days.
**Based on modern difficulty opinions, Bloodbath would have lost its spot at #1 after roughly nine months to Phobos, and Acheron would have lost its spot at #1 after roughly seven months to Avernus.
***Additionally, had Crimson Planet been rated earlier, Bloodlust would have had its reign at the #1 spot cut off much sooner.
***Had Thinking Space II been rated when within a month of its verification, it would have reigned at #1 for a year as well.
*[[Bass Cave]] and Black Off were moved above the level that was Top 1 at the time of their releases, but it was due to a buff-date that made each level harder. The unbuffed versions of both were deemed too easy to be Top 1.
*[[arcturus]] was rated and placed alongside Firework and Slaughterhouse, both projected to be Top 1. Collectively, these levels are colloquially known as the '3 Top 1s', despite arcturus initially placing below Tartarus.
**arcturus was later moved above Tartarus, but because it was rated alongside Firework and Slaughterhouse, it would not have been Top 1 if it had been placed there originally.
***It was, however, the first to be verified of the three, meaning if it had been rated soon after its verification, it would have indeed been Top 1 had it been placed above Tartarus.
*[[Arctic Lights]] and [[Devil Vortex]] were once accidentally placed as the Top 1 level of the Demonlist at some point, but they did not count as the hardest level.
*Avernus is currently the Top 1 level that took the longest to have its first victor, taking over 8 months and surpassing Bloodbath's 7 months.
*Fexty, Sonic Wave, Plasma Pulse Finale, and Avernus are the only Top 1 levels to have their songs available from both Newgrounds and the Music Library.
*Three different versions of Sonic Wave have been Top 1: Cyclic's original version, Cyrillic's version that [[Robert Topala|RobTop]] accidentally rated, and Sunix's legitimately verified version, which is the current one rated to this day.
*Two different versions of Phobos have been rated: Tygrysek's hack-verified unnerfed version that was Top 1 before it was updated to the nerfed version and then deleted, and KrmaL's copy of the nerfed version, which was legitimately verified and is still rated. Both were Top 1 upon their rating based on modern difficulty opinions, but only the first was ever actually placed there.
*Two different versions of Tartarus have been Top 1: Mullsy's version after he became the first victor, and Dolphy's version, which was rated after his verification was proven legitimate.
*With his verification of [[Tidal Wave]], [[Zoink]] became the first and the only player to have verified the latest three Top 1 levels, as well as the then-Top 3, having also verified [[Avernus]] and [[Acheron]].
**Zoink would later have two more subsets of his verifications as the Top 3 levels on the Demonlist: first, Tidal Wave, Acheron, and Nullscapes, and then Tidal Wave, Nullscapes, and Avernus.
**Zoink would verify a fourth Top 1 level, [[Thinking Space II]], before any other Top 1 levels were verified; however, it would not be rated until over three months after Amethyst broke Zoink's streak of Top 1 verifications.
***Having verified Acheron, Avernus, Tidal Wave and Thinking Space II, Zoink is the only player to have beaten four Top 1 levels, the most out of any player.
**It is also claimed that LunarSimg previously had verified the three hardest legitimately completed levels, as the SIMG Factorial series of levels contained some of the hardest legitimately verified gameplay at the time; though, this claim is disputed.

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