Defeated Circles
Defeated Circles
ID
120012581
Creator(s)
GXQ (publisher)
- Contributors
Verifier(s)
Created
Last updated
Audio info
Artist(s)
Music
Music ID
Original: NONG (Not on Newgrounds)
Replacement: 1234816
Replacement: 1234816
Defeated Circles is a 2.1/2.2 Extreme Demon mega-collaboration level by Galaxium and more, and published by GXQ. It was verified by Zoink on 30 May 2025, after about 9,000 attempts over five to six days.[1] The level's reception is mostly positive, with players enjoying its decoration, and victors rating the gameplay no less than 6/10. The gameplay itself is more intense in the first half but remains consistent throughout the level.
Defeated Circles was placed at #17 on the Demonlist, surpassing Sakupen Circles (Diamond) as the hardest rated Nine Circles level at the time.
Description
- 0-16%: Defeated Circles begins with a short cube part featuring a brief, difficult memory section and some speed changes throughout.
- 16-23%: A difficult ship part with gravity changes and slope timings.
- 23-27%: A short auto cube section and some orb timings.
- 27-30%: A half-speed mini-cube with several frame-perfect double-spike jumps.
- 30-41%: The first drop with a fast wave and size changes.
- 41-45%: Several more difficult mini-cube double-spike jumps.
- 45-55%: Another fast wave with size and gravity changes.
- 55-59%: Several triple-spike jumps back to back.
- 59-70%: Several switches between cube, ship and ball parts with many gravity changes.
- 70-73%: Several mini-cube jumps.
- 73-84%: A very fast dual-wave part with many size and gravity changes, preceding a two-and-a-half-block-space mini-wave spam.
- 84-100%: Several ball timings before a final cube jump where the level ends.
Gameplay
First 10 victors
| Victor # | Player | Date Completed | Total Attempts | Furthest Fail | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verifier | Zoink | 30 May 2025 | ~9,000 | 87% | YouTube |
| 1 | Tazik | 28 September 2025 | ~75,000 | ? | YouTube |
| 2 | Moliklee | 24 October 2025 | ~29,000 | 75% | YouTube |
| 3 | Netermind | 31 October 2025 | ? | ? | YouTube |
| 4 | zThund3r | 10 November 2025 | ? | ? | YouTube |
| 5 | SerVax | 18 November 2025 | ~15,000 | 88% | YouTube |
| 6 | ROZE | 19 November 2025 | ~21,000 | ? | YouTube |
| 7 | wPopoff | 26 November 2025 | 8,291 | 84% | YouTube |
| 8 | weyolll3 | 6 December 2025 | 58,954 | 91% | YouTube |
| 9 | ProudGiraffe311 | 10 March 2026 | 41,528 | 91% | YouTube |
| 10 | Cold | 22 March 2026 | 19,800 | 87% | YouTube |
Trivia
- Defeated Circles was rated on 26 September 2025 and placed at #17 on the Demonlist on 26 October 2025, above Kyouki and below Abyss of Darkness.
- This addition pushes Shukketsu into the Extended List and Cobwebs into the Legacy List.
- Defeated Circles uses one song and two sound effects (SFXs).
- Defeated Circles is a revision of an old impossible level by the same name created by muriday and published by Oktavian, which was based on the 'You So Defeated' challenge levels. According to Galaxium, the time required to complete this revision was about two years.
- Defeated Circles has since been dethroned as the hardest Nine Circles level by Subsuming Vortex after its placement at #9 on the Demonlist on 12 December 2025.
- Defeated Circles has an enjoyment rate of 70.71 on the All Rated Extreme Demons List (AREDL).
- The placement of Penumbral on 29 April 2026 pushed Defeated Circles out of the Top 20 of the Demonlist.