nSwish
nSwish is a skilled American player. During the 2019-2020 era, they[Notes 1] were considered by many to be the best player in the game, as they became the first player to have ever completed the entire Top 75 hardest Demons on the Demonlist following their completion of Fabrication on 9 September 2020. nSwish also verified Black Lung X, a Main List challenge on the Challenge List.
nSwish was the fifth person to have completed the Top 10 Demons (at the time), consisting of Bloodlust, Spacial Rend, Plasma Pulse Finale, Gamma, Sonic Wave, Yatagarasu, Erebus, Devil Vortex, ZAPHKIEL, and Celestial Force. They would go on to complete the Top 10 several more times during 2019 and 2020 before they lost that achievement with the addition of Cold Sweat (#7 at the time) on 21 September 2020.
nSwish's current Top 10 hardest Extreme Demon completions are Sonic Wave Infinity, Tartarus, The Golden, Kenos, Fragile, Zodiac, Hard Machine, Promethean, Thinking Space, and Calculator Core.
At one point, nSwish was trying to beat walter white and arcturus, achieving records of 84% and 78%, respectively. Both of these levels would be their hardest completion if they were to beat either.
On 29 March 2025, nSwish resurfaced on Twitter, stating that they will not be returning to top play. However, on 1 July, they made a new statement on Twitter saying that their PC was set up, as well as teasing a new hardest.[1] On 19 April 2026, nSwish officially announced their next hardest Demon as Sinister Silence.[2]
As of 21 April 2026, nSwish is going for Sinister Silence as their new hardest, getting runs of 49%,[3] then 79% the next day.[4] If completed, Sinister Silence will be their new hardest, as well as her first List Demon since Promethean.
History
Rise
nSwish achieved the feat of completing the Top 25 Demons on the Demonlist after their victory over The Yandere on 15 September 2019, which was #25 at the time. They later lost this accomplishment when Macabre was added, but they completed it within a few days.
On 30 March 2020, nSwish beat Tartarus, formerly the #1 Demon on the Demonlist.[5] They then proceeded to verify The Golden on 18 April, which overtook Tartarus as the #1 Demon in the game for a few months until Tartarus was placed back at the #1 spot.
By 9 June 2020, nSwish had completed all the Top 35 Demons on the Demonlist with their completion of Spectrum Cyclone (#26 at the time). They became the first person to complete the Top 50 Demons after Wasureta (which they had previously beaten) was added to the Demonlist, and the sole remaining level that they had not completed, Factory Realm X, was pushed to #51. They later had to overcome their losses in the Top 50 with the addition of Molten Gear and Edge of the Blade (#45 and #37 at the time), but they made quick work of them and reclaimed their title of the Top 50.
After they completed the Main List, nSwish took a break from Geometry Dash, uploading very little content but no level completions or substantial level progress. However, they returned most notably with their completion of The Rupture (#6 at the time) and a recoloured completion of D, a Challenge List level by Bo. They had also completed some Shitty levels on the Shitty list and uploaded random non-Geometry Dash content.
On 16 September 2021, nSwish uploaded a video titled 'my GD career has just begun' with their completion of Omega Interface, stating, 'No one is ever taking my number one spot. Ever.' However, just 34 days later, RG completed Calamity, earning enough points to pass nSwish and become #1.
Completion of Main List
On 9 September 2020, nSwish became the first player in the game's history to complete the entire Main List (Top 75 Extreme Demons)[6] with the completion of Fabrication (#63 at the time).[7] This feat was a momentous occasion, so much so that the Demonlist Twitter account tweeted a congratulations message to nSwish.[8]
Besides nSwish, the best players at the time, such as Technical (#2) and RG (#3), had only beaten around 40 Main List Demons, while nSwish had beaten almost 20 more, including a multitude of Extended List and Legacy List Demons. They lost this title 12 days later with the addition of Cold Sweat (#7 at the time).
nSwish was not originally planning to beat the entire Main List due to their dislike of trying to complete Killbot, the hardest memory Demon in the game, according to the Demonlist. However, on 4 August 2020, they streamed themselves playing npesta's Extreme Demon Roulette for nearly five hours. During this stream, they had to complete 32% of the memory Extreme Demon, super probably level, which motivated them to beat the level the following week. Their completion may have made them reconsider their decision not to beat the other memory Demon, Killbot, as they completed the level on 13 August, allowing them to continue their streak on the Main List. They stated in a comment on their Killbot video that they thought Killbot was significantly easier than super probably level and that they had learned the whole level within four hours.
On their Twitter account, nSwish stated that they had beaten Cold Sweat but accidentally recorded Minecraft instead of Geometry Dash.[9] It is unknown whether this is true since nSwish had started to become less active in the game. After completing the levels Aesthetic and Fabrication, nSwish began uploading weekly Minecraft videos to their channel. After they completed Fabrication, they did not upload any more Geometry Dash completions. However, just weeks later, they uploaded them only partially. They stated that their channel would only focus on uploading their old layouts and occasional random videos.[10] Despite this, they rarely uploaded Geometry Dash content during that time.
Return during mid-December 2021
On 13 December 2021, nSwish seemingly returned to Geometry Dash and uploaded a stream of them playing Firework.[11] After that stream, they started to stream every day, playing levels such as Firework, Crimson Planet,[12] and Trueffet,[13] and beating levels like Mystic.
On 23 December 2021, nSwish began playing the newly verified New Record, becoming the first victor on Christmas Day, 25 December.[14]
On 2 January 2022, nSwish began playing the newly verified Sakupen Circles, achieving a 46% record. During the year, they played the level on and off, seemingly wanting to beat it. They achieved 51%.[15] If they completed it, Sakupen Circles would have been their hardest achievement at the time, as more than two years earlier, they beat Tartarus on 30 March 2020, which remained their hardest Demon at this time.
However, in a turn of events, on 2 June 2022, nSwish beat Hard Machine, making it their first completion of a Top-10 difficulty level in almost two years, as well as officially making it their new hardest Demon. However, they believed the level is between Kenos and Zodiac in difficulty. Ironically, Hard Machine was moved above Tartarus the day after nSwish's completion.
nSwish also beat Promethean in 14,851 attempts four days later. Their completion gave them enough points to return to the Top 10 in the Individual Stats Viewer, surpassing SnowBallerr.
At the end of June 2022, nSwish started playing an upcoming Top-5 difficulty open verification level named walter white, verified by iIiLaseriIi on a Top-15 difficulty version shortly after.
Departure
On 23 September 2023, nSwish deleted all their social media accounts. The reason for this was somewhat unclear, though they had mentioned a desire to quit in a couple of their videos, and it is unclear whether this measure is temporary or permanent. Afterwards, their Geometry Dash account mysteriously posted, 'cheated'. This post sparked suspicions and speculation about whether nSwish might be a hacker. However, the post got deleted. Two new posts appeared, revealing that someone had hacked their account using a leaked password. Another individual likely had access to nSwish's account and deleted the post from the other hacker. The two posts cleared up the confusion, and that individual apologised for the behaviour presented.
After that situation, nSwish posted a new message on their Geometry Dash account, saying,
“hi guys. i did not cheat in the game or cheat on my wife lol. im doing fine btw. deleting everything was a personal choice that i stand by~ nSwish
On 9 March 2024, nSwish's Geometry Dash account was hacked again. The hacker posted misinformation about nSwish's departure, used bots to spam levels and comment sections with scams, and wiped the profile stats. Two days later, the account returned to normal. However, nSwish's comments and unrated levels were deleted, with the Extreme Demon level Rage left standing. Furthermore, all the comments from Rage after its last update were deleted.
On 29 March 2025, nSwish resurfaced,[16] revealing that they are alive and well despite deleting most of their social media accounts. They have no plans to make a committed return to Geometry Dash full-time but have checked out Update 2.2 and are currently playing for fun.[17]
On 8 June 2025, The Dasher Podcast YouTube channel hosts made an interview with nSwish, where they explained in more detail their backstory, reason for quitting, and how they were feeling about beating more and more Extreme Demons.[18]
On 1 July 2025, nSwish announced that their PC has been set up and stated that a new hardest is incoming,[19] although the statement could be a joke. They streamed a day later, playing levels such as Nullscapes and Anathema.
On 10 October 2025, Secret Way hosted an interview with nSwish on YouTube.[20]
Levels
- Unrated levels
- geometry rash - A short level that was uploaded on the day nSwish resurfaced.
- Extreme Demon levels
- Rage (featured) - A mega-collaboration hosted by XGen26 and verified by nSwish. It features one main colour per part, matching the colour of that section's gameplay portal.
- Cancelled/deleted levels
- Auditory Breaker ldm
- Bloodbath chal - A challenge level inspired by Bloodbath.
- boomer challenge - A near pixel-perfect timing-based wave challenge level.
- caidoz
- can you last
- challenge
- challenge on crack
- CHOP FLY
- Crimson Planet ldm - A Low Detail Mode version of Crimson Planet.
- Cycles 2
- day of doom - A once impossible level by nSwish, eventually verified legitimately by them. It was their first level ever created.
- deathstare25 chal
- deCode but 2p - A two-player version of DeCode.
- deCode but dual - A dual version of DeCode.
- deCode but gravity - An anti-gravity version of DeCode.
- deCode but mirror - A mirrored version of DeCode.
- deCode but sc - A swing-copter version of DeCode.
- deCode but ship
- deCode but ufo
- Deimos
- Deimos challenge - A challenge level inspired by Deimos.
- easy challenge
- easy challenge 77 - An easy challenge level.
- electroman broken
- endgame
- ethnic foOd
- Excessive Compliment
- free challenge
- galaxy neon
- God Eater challenge
- God Eater playable
- Greenos
- Hella Challenge
- kenos challenge 1
- kenos challenge 2
- kenos challenge 3
- Kenos LDM
- L challenge
- lando challenge - A challenge level dedicated to Lando.
- ligma challenge
- lol
- lolwut challenge
- Lovelust
- MexiClysm 2
- Mindcap Challenge
- notice this please
- olive oil
- Paroxysm challenge
- Photonic Wave
- Psychedelic
- rail challenge - A challenge level dedicated to Railblazer.
- Red World Infinity
- replay challenge
- robot what
- RWI Challenge
- s3b challenge
- s3batr0nic challenge - A challenge level dedicated to S3batr0nic.
- savage dasher chal 2
- Scuffedbath - A buffed version of Bloodbath.
- ship timings
- ship trash
- skullo challenge - A challenge level dedicated to Skullo.
- small wave challenge
- Sonic Lights
- Sonic Waivve
- sonic wave infinity
- Spacial Rend ldm
- speak of the devil
- Stereo coin madness
- Sunix Challenge
- Sunset Sandstorm
- swiborg layout
- technical challenge - A challenge level dedicated to Technical.
- thanos toes
- The Golden unnerfed
- The Nightmare 2p - A two-player version of The Nightmare.
- The Nightmare x25
- ufo trash
- vsc verified
- waivvve
- wave challenge 23
- white girl wednesday
- windbreaker
- winning layout
- womens rights
- xanii challenge - A challenge level dedicated to Xanii.
- zagrosss
- zagrossss
- Zodiac 56 to 100
- Zodiac ldm
- Verified levels
- Bass Cave - A former hacked Extreme Demon level by Bloodshot, nSwish's version features balanced gameplay and visual bug fixes.
- Cognition - A timing-based Extreme Demon created by EndLevel and Benji8080 and published by EndLevel.
- Eternal Moment - An Extreme Demon collaboration hosted by Rainstorm. It was rated in December 2020.
- Ithacropolis Circles - An unrated collaboration hosted by norkbork and was meant to be 'The best level in Geometry Dash'. It is also a joke level that combines the Nine Circles style with Ithacropolis.
- Kappa - Gamma's more difficult spinoff collaboration hosted by Armadeus. It was verified on 20 February 2020, but it was finally rated on 31 August 2021.
- The Golden - An Extreme Demon remake of El Dorado and a collaboration hosted by Bo, which was for a while considered to be the hardest Demon in the game.
- Quarantine - An unrated Extreme Demon collaboration hosted by Janucha and themed around stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Nominations and awards
Received 1 award in the The Geometry Dash Awards
- Awards
- Awarded in the 2020 Awards for Best Player
Completed Main List
The following is the version of the Main List (Top 75 Demons) of the Demonlist that nSwish completed. The dates to the right of the levels indicate when they completed each level.
- The Golden by Bo (verified) - 18 April 2020
- Tartarus by Dolphy - 30 March 2020
- Zodiac by Bianox - 12 August 2019
- Kenos by npesta - 23 December 2019
- Crimson Planet by TrueOmega - 25 May 2019
- Renevant by nikrodox - 28 December 2019
- Cognition by EndLevel - 28 September 2019
- Thinking Space by Atomic - 25 May 2020
- Bloodlust by knobbelboy - 27 December 2018
- Calculator Core by Walroose - 2 January 2020
- Lucid Nightmares by CairoX - 17 August 2019
- Deimos by EndLevel - 20 August 2019
- Arctic Lights by EndLevel - 22 August 2019
- Ragnarok by knobbelboy - 6 September 2019
- Aronia by Exen - 5 June 2020
- Visible Ray by KrampuX - 28 August 2019
- kowareta by Gablor - 9 May 2019
- The Yandere by Dorami - 14 September 2019
- Aquatic Auroras by EndLevel - 21 April 2020
- Wasureta by HelpegasuS - 30 May 2020
- Ouroboros by Viprin - 2 September 2019
- Plasma Pulse Finale by Smokes - 1 December 2018
- Hyper Paracosm by ViRuZ - 23 August 2019
- Sigma by MindCap - 30 August 2019
- Gamma by MindCap - 12 February 2019
- Spacial Rend by Eclipsed - 30 December 2018
- Sonic Wave by Sunix - 1 January 2018
- Generic Wave by Pennutoh - 27 October 2018
- Edge of the Blade by kiseta - 6 August 2020
- Spectrum Cyclone by Temp - 9 June 2020
- Macabre by ZephiroX - 1 November 2019
- Yatagarasu by TrusTa - 15 February 2019
- Necromancer by T G I - 9 November 2019
- Omega by MindCap - 20 June 2020
- Titan Complex by TCTeam - 5 March 2019
- WOW by TrusTa - 29 April 2019
- Erebus by BoldStep - 16 February 2019
- Devil Vortex by Rustam - 20 February 2019
- Dark Flare by KeiAs - 13 June 2020
- Rage by nSwish - 27 February 2019
- Celestial Force by MindCap - 22 February 2019
- Sunset Sandstorm by crohn44 - 25 October 2019
- xo by KrmaL - 20 March 2020
- ZAPHKIEL by Darwin - 14 October 2018
- Molten Gear by knobbelboy - 9 August 2020
- Digital Descent by Viprin - 3 November 2019
- Paroxysm by Lemons - 25 March 2019
- Tapwreck by MrLorenzo - 18 April 2020
- Freedom08 by Pennutoh - 23 June 2020
- Altered Ascent by Prism - 3 August 2020
- Cadrega City by Pennutoh - 15 November 2019
- Stalemate Redux by GDTheTactiq - 20 April 2019
- Catalyze by ZephiroX - 21 April 2019
- Step To Hell by LaZye - 16 June 2020
- Photovoltaic II by Mazl - 19 October 2019
- Killbot by BoldStep - 13 August 2020
- Factory Realm X by HelpegasuS - 1 July 2020
- Tempered Steel by ItsHybrid - 17 August 2020
- Demonicat by f3lixsram - 19 August 2020
- Delta Interface by Platnuu - 1 October 2019
- Auditory Breaker by LazerBlitz - 7 January 2019
- Artificial Ascent by Viprin - 13 July 2020
- Fabrication by KeiAs - 9 September 2020
- Ethereal Artifice by Zeroya - 15 August 2020
- Missing Benefits by T G I - 16 August 2020
- BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB by RoiMousti - 20 October 2019
- Aesthetic by SyQual - 4 September 2020
- Quantum Processing by Riot - 1 November 2019
- Dolos by Enzeux - 26 August 2020
- Glowy by Rob Buck - 9 December 2018
- Cadrega Mode by TCTeam - 21 August 2020
- Ziroikabi by RoiMousti - 3 October 2019
- Rate Demon by RoiMousti - 22 November 2019
- Void Wave by Cherry Team - 27 April 2020
- Bausha Vortex by Pennutoh - 17 April 2019
Trivia
- nSwish's name primarily came from combining their real name's first initial and the word 'swish', referring to basketball, the sport they played in high school.
- The first three letters of the name coincidentally represent all three of nSwish's initials, NSW. They would initially go by NSWish before switching to nSwish.
- nSwish once had the lowest attempt count for any of the victors of Zodiac, with around 25,000 (includes pre-practising—their attempt count without this would be around 18,000). This record now belongs to Luqualizer, with around 5,800 attempts.
- nSwish did a face reveal after reaching 1,000 subscribers on YouTube, although this video has since been deleted.
- nSwish beat Ithacropolis as their 100th Extreme Demon on 12 November 2019, making them the fifth person to have ever reached 100 Extreme Demons after iNeo, Kainite, Rainstorm, and Technical.[21]
- nSwish was the first victor of the official version of Kenos, verified by npesta.
- Before their decision not to beat Killbot, nSwish uploaded a joke video claiming that they beat the level, but it was them crashing at 69% on PP.
- nSwish privatised their Rage verification video because they had a face-cam in it and felt insecure about their face on the internet at the time.
- nSwish once had the highest streak of consecutive list levels completed at once (76), but they lost it after Cold Sweat was added at #7.
- nSwish was banned on the in-game Leaderboard due to having openly hacked various Map Pack levels.[22]
- After over 18 months of being the #1 player on Pointercrate's Individual Stats Viewer, nSwish got dethroned by RG, who became the new #1 player, on 10 October 2021.
- nSwish reached 50,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel on 17 December 2021.
- nSwish's completion of Hard Machine on 2 June 2022 makes it their new hardest Demon after almost two years since they had beaten Tartarus. Ironically, when they beat Hard Machine, the level was not only placed below Tartarus, but nSwish even believed it was overrated, since it was placed at #6. However, they believed it should be between Zodiac (#10) and Kenos (#12).
- Moreover, nSwish's 9,404 attempts for beating Hard Machine are one of the lowest attempts in the current time for beating a new hardest Demon on the Demonlist, since most times, the attempt count was higher than 15,000.
- nSwish's submission was not accepted by the Demonlist's moderator due to the angle of the video, which did not show the icon half the time. Despite this, everyone considered their completion legit because of their heritage.
- Moreover, nSwish's 9,404 attempts for beating Hard Machine are one of the lowest attempts in the current time for beating a new hardest Demon on the Demonlist, since most times, the attempt count was higher than 15,000.
- nSwish's completion of Sonic Wave Infinity makes them the only victor of Sonic Wave Infinity who also beat Sonic Wave when it was at #1 on the Demonlist.
- The default ball of nSwish's texture pack was officially added to Geometry Dash in Update 2.2, requiring 135,000 attempts to unlock it.
Notes
- ↑ nSwish is agender and uses she/her and they/them pronouns. This article uses they/them for consistency.
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/nswishfr/status/1939900896902783210
- ↑ https://twitter.com/nswishfr/status/2045978562004742234
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl6oHqfbVME
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofdrq9AzsQQ
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- ↑ https://pastebin.com/G8Kn3tWD
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBlMy8r95IY
- ↑ https://twitter.com/demonlistgd/status/1303866344803381249
- ↑ https://twitter.com/n_swish/status/1305253888560427009
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNds2BX_PrE
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- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDh0K-CsTaw
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLVS7ryquEA
- ↑ https://twitter.com/nswishfr/status/1905842836798353828
- ↑ https://twitter.com/nswishfr/status/1914199301384998973
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5CEn43QVSw
- ↑ https://twitter.com/nswishfr/status/1939900896902783210
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Org8Waw39Z8
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kc8fipndu0&t=83s
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/319314852923310102/330279761832181761/849017036095881246