Nexus
United States
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Nexus is a skilled American-Mexican player and moderator. Nexus' most difficult Demons include Bloodlust (his current hardest Demon), The Yandere, Plasma Pulse Finale, Sonic Wave, Yatagarasu, Dole Damos, Freedom08, Digital Descent, Killbot, Omicron, Artificial Ascent, Black Blizzard, Hatred, BuTiTi III, Astral Divinity, and Glitched Memories. On his YouTube channel, Nexus showcases various levels, from Extreme Demons to unknown and unrated. He often publishes videos of unique and innovative levels, and many people credit his channel as where they found certain levels.
History
Nexus created his YouTube channel on July 30, 2014, but did not make any videos until two years later. His Geometry Dash career started with an upload of a completion video of Stardust on June 25, 2016, a now-deleted Easy level created by GGFK (Jaredreaper03).[1] Interestingly enough, he recorded the completion on mobile; proof of this can be low audio quality along with phone buttons seen at the video's end. On the same day, he uploaded a playthrough of the level Hot Pursuit by Adiale.[2] His initial uploads would be completions of levels varying in difficulty, from Easy to Demon, with the latter prevailing on his channel.
Nexus proceeded to beat known levels, including Spacelocked, Mario Temple, Theory of SkriLLex, The Challenge, and Fingerdash. On January 23, 2017, he uploaded a tutorial video on how to unlock all 2.1 icons, a week after the update was released.[3] Two weeks later, he made a compilation video of the five most popular boss-fights at the time, including The Yatagarasu and Nemesis.[4]
His next notable Demon completions would be Supersonic, Forsaken Neon, TOE III, -sirius-, and Paracosm Circles. Nexus soon started streaming the levels he was trying to complete. He beat Invisible Light, InsanitY, and Mayhem by LazerBlitz, and, on 26 March 2017, he verified Nerfed Sonic Wave.[5]
On 5 May 2022, Nexus completed Bloodlust as a celebration for achieving 1 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.[6] The level, currently sitting in the legacy section of the Demonlist, is the hardest Nexus has ever beaten.
Levels
- Unrated levels
- SW Last Wave 4x - The final wave segment from Sonic Wave but at quadruple-speed.
- Jawbreaker 4x - A version of Jawbreaker with a quadruple-speed wave portal instead of a triple-speed one.
- Old Cataclysm - The original version of Cataclysm.
- Nine Circles 4x - A version of Nine Circles with a quadruple-speed wave portal instead of a triple-speed one.
- Invisible Neon - An invisible version of Forsaken Neon. It is his third invisible level.
- Invisible 8o - An invisible version of 8o.
- Invisible Landscape - An invisible version of Windy Landscape.
- Jitter Click - A jitter-click challenge level.
- Ear Destroy
- Straight Flying - A buffed straight-fly challenge level. It is his first level ever created.
- Verified levels
- A Final Hymn - A Medium Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Artherr.
- Acid Rush III - A Hard Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Serponge.
- Arcturus - A Hard Demon mega-collaboration created by Proxima.
- Brain Power - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Zafkiel7.
- BuTiTi III - A solo Extreme Demon by JonathanGD.
- BUTTON MASHER - An Easy Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Viprin. It is the twelfth and final level of the NoCopyrightSounds X Geometry Dash album and the twelfth Event level.
- CICADA3302 - A solo Extreme Demon by Darwin.
- CraZy III - A solo Insane Demon by DavJT.
- La Llorona - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration created by Cherry Team and the sequel to Thanatophobia.
- MELTDOWN - A solo Extreme Demon by Darwin.
- Nerfed Sonic Wave - A nerfed version of Sonic Wave, published by Kawaii Bear. It is currently unrated.
- Omicron (update) - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration created by Proxima.
- Phantasia - A Medium Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Azhir.
- Reanimate - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Ilnm, a remake of Reanimation.
- TM18 - An Insane Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Moosh.
- Trip - An Insane Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Michigun.
- Pale Machine - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Blueskii, based on OMORI
- Upcoming levels
- Misanthrope - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Brittank88.
Nominations and awards
10th Anniversary Awards
- Placed 1st in the Favorite Player category
- Placed 5th in the Favorite Content Creator category
Trivia
- Nexus has garnered over 2.9 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.
- Nexus also has over 2,900 videos uploaded on his channel.
- Nexus always uses the emote ":^)" in his streams.
- Nexus often takes breaks from challenging Demons in his streams.
- Nexus made a video called "Top 5 Impossible Levels" - one of the first videos that come up when one searches Geometry Dash on YouTube.
- This video is no longer available.
- Nexus uses his cube icon as an emoji in his (and three of his other friends') Discord server.
- Nexus has a brother who assisted him in completing Duelo Maestro on September 28, 2017.[7]
- Nexus is the first player to complete Peaceful legitimately.
- Nexus has been playing since January 7, 2015.
- On February 28, 2020, Nexus was promoted to an in-game moderator.[8]
- Since Nexus rarely talks in his videos, when he does, it is often memed.
- Nexus' favorite level is Idols.
- Despite the requirement of clicks for Demonlist records, there is seldom any audible clicking in Nexus' videos, but he still has records on the list.
- Nexus has the first nine Epic-rated Extreme Demons beaten: HyperSonic, SubSonic, old Novalis, Deception Dive, Blade of Justice, Carnage Mode, Digital Descent, Bloodlust, and Violently X. The next three he would have to beat are Under lavaland, EnvY, and Paroxysm.
- Nexus is the fifth-most subscribed Geometry Dash channel on YouTube, only behind Stivenelvro (3.19 million), GuitarHeroStyles (4.52 million), ItzBran (7.34 million) and RobTop Games (18.1 million).
- Nexus hit 1 million subscribers on his YouTube channel on April 30, 2022, and as a celebration of this achievement, he jumped 87 spots on the Demonlist from Omicron to Bloodlust on May 5, 2022. Bloodlust is currently his hardest Demon.[9]
- Nexus hit 2 million subscribers on 25 March 2024.
- On the Geometry Dash 10th Anniversary, Nexus won the vote for "Who is your favorite player of all time?" with 4261 votes from the form's results. He also got 5th place for most favorite content creator with 2240 votes.
- Nexus usually premieres his levels with audible clicks.
- Nexus' most popular video is "iSpyWithMyLittleEye by Voxicat", with 48 million views as of January 2026.[10]
- When he started, Nexus used a personal texture pack but stopped after the Update 2.11 was released.
- Nexus previously had two intros. One was his old ship (Ship 22) flying towards the screen. The other was his name appearing after some effects, with his icon flying in the air with a dash orb while Invincible by DEAF KEV played.
- Nexus is a fan of the musical artist The Weeknd, as seen in his reposts on TikTok.
Videos
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wluaDxY3-go
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiiMOLeHizk
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x6s5k_sNH8
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKgs23RekhA
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InHWHFe-BGY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3cvKK9wDUw
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgoiyZzgc6U
- ↑ https://twitter.com/NexusGMD/status/1233451168782643200
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3cvKK9wDUw
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow7nDnZTbDw