Editing Sonic Wave (section)

===Creation and debates of legitimacy===
Sonic Wave was first created when Cyclic released a preview for a new Nine Circles level with a light blue colour scheme back in mid-Update 1.9<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SN98PJj0Cw</ref> (this version is now considered as Old Sonic Wave). The level was made to rival [[Poltergeist]] as the hardest [[Nine Circles Levels|Nine Circles level]]. The level was verified and published on 21 June 2015, shortly after being previewed; however, it was not rated since Cyclic's verification video was publicly cut after he claimed to have verified it without recording. A few players tried it, but none made much progress beyond the first ship. In July, Cyclic decided to delete the unrated level and created a buffed version with a dark blue colour scheme, based on a poll posted on Korean forums in which he asked users to choose among five colour schemes: black, dark blue, navy blue, yellow/green, or orange. This newly buffed version was published on 20 July 2015. This update made it far harder than [[Bloodbath]], and this time, Cyclic had a whole video without any cuts, so the level got featured for a little over two weeks.

The community debated whether this level had been hacked, since it was far too difficult for most players at the time. Most people accused Cyclic of hacking the level. Before Update 2.0, the level was replaced with a Back On Track remake, known commonly as Cyclic On Track. The level was eventually unrated through convoluted methods following negative reception on 7 August 2015.<ref group="Notes">Shortly after Sonic Wave was unrated and removed from the servers, unnerfed [[Fexty]] became the hardest rated level for a brief moment because, at that time, Bloodbath was still under its verification process. However, the actual hardest level beaten legitimately (harder than Bloodbath and Fexty) was coincidentally another blue-themed Nine Circles level, Windfall, which was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh7FwrT0z1k verified] by a mobile player who believed it was [[Fairydust]] difficulty.</ref> In March 2016, Cyclic confessed to hacking both versions of Sonic Wave, verify-hacking the original and speed-hacking the buff-date. Shortly after, he admitted to hacking every other Demon he ever beat and quit [[Geometry Dash]], deleting his YouTube channel that housed both verification videos.