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Pilot @pilot.dev · 28/09/2026

3rd / 19 in Dual 4th / 20 in Full 5th / 42 in Singles ... at Redshift: Encore! the culmination of a year's worth of intense work made manifest in what feels like my breakout tournament performance. ggs

Two medals: one for StepManiaX Dual (3rd place) and for StepManiaX Full (4th place)

Picture of myself on a StepManiaX pad at a party in Las Vegas

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 20/09/2026

every once in a while, I figure something out

StepManiaX - Esperanza (Wild 22) - 99,786

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 14/09/2026

why yes, I want to know. in fact, I'd like to see.

StepManiaX - Running In The 90s (Wild 23) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 06/09/2026

only have had go-live posts and occasional Scores to share because I am in a significant grind arc and enjoying the temporary delusion brought about by my global rank. getting ready for Redshift in Las Vegas at the end of the month 💪

Screenshot from the StepManiaX Link mobile app showing my account ("Pilot") ranked at second overall in the world

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 20/08/2026

post-CEO grind session got me some good new scores. quite fond of this one

StepManiaX - Temple of Boom (Wild 23) - 99,982

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 17/08/2026

9th / 49 in the StepManiaX bracket at CEO 2026! my timing was on point but ultimately was held back by bad execution causing costly mistakes. gotta improve my consistency if I want to place better, but I can still pull crazy stuff out of a hat more often than not. ggs

Screenshot taken from the CEO broadcast of the StepManiaX tournament showing a perfect score on Falling In Love (Wild 22)

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 31/07/2026

haven't streamed or anything lately, having a giga delayed flight back really threw life off. but at least I can still time 🧎

StepManiaX - Guess Who's Back (Wild 23) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 22/07/2026

I realized after sending this post that I did not share the other 24s from a few days ago. my bad! here they are for context

StepManiaX - Neptune the First (Wild 24) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 22/07/2026

this week, I have doubled my perfect score count on Wild 24s. absolutely ripping

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 17/07/2026

my 3,700th unique perfect score in SMX. it may be possible to have 4k of them by the end of the year. I will make an effort to do so

StepManiaX - Love Toxic (Wild 21) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 14/07/2026

🏅 full game perfect clear - all Dual charts rated level 20 and under (at the time of writing)! most of these were quite difficult. optimizing Dual continues to push me physically and mentally; it's been very rewarding and I'm thrilled to have made it this far.

StepManiaX - Mozart Is Back (Dual 20) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 06/07/2026

my 350th wild mode perfect score :)

StepManiaX - Herrscher of Finality (Wild 23) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 03/07/2026

image uploads haven't been working well here today. if this post doesn't render properly you'll have to imagine the score card for it. that being said - i'm about two decades late to learning this chart. really rewarding to figure out how to execute though! hoping to eventually push this to an APC

StepManiaX - Charlene (Wild 22) - 99,918

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 17/06/2026

another Wild 25 over the 99k mark :)

StepManiaX - The Other Side (Wild 25) - 99,058

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 01/06/2026

oh, to drop a critical mode run on the last note and unlock the combo drop achievement at the exact same time 😂

UNBEATABLE - forever when (Expert 12) - 1529414 (F). A failed critical modifier run wherein I lost on the last note (low lifebar and hit an "okay") and acquired the ":(" achievement at the same time, which feels particularly BM

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 30/05/2026

we made it! 300k was my goal for this year's ITL and I crossed the finish line - even though I wasn't really up to push - with some clever EX block and top 75 floor raises. I got a much better sense for certain technical patterns and how to manage my footwork and my stamina better this time around

Screenshot from ITGmania showing the 300,000 rank point total achievement for user "Pilot"

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 28/05/2026

still been busiest with grinding ITL but I have been known to sneak in a few scores back on SMX when I can

StepManiaX - Ekstasis (Wild 23) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 23/05/2026

some days you just roll out of bed and collect something rare

StepManiaX - Rainbow Rave Parade (Full 22) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 22/05/2026

feels good to have some new Full 23s under my belt. with practice, that's all there is to it 📼

StepManiaX - Proper Rhythm (Full 23) - 100,000

StepManiaX - Tribal Style (Full 23) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 22/05/2026

took a while to click, but starting to get the hang of unbeatable's arcade mode! game's really fun and I hope to get somewhat good™ at it eventually. picked up a couple of S grades, although my overall execution still sucks. don't ask how I managed a 22 clear

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 20/05/2026

got my first 9 block quad! the choice was obvious once I got a better feel for up arrow footswitches in this game

ITGmania - STOP! & Go (SX 9) - 100% Quad (99.20ex, 23w)

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 15/05/2026

crazy pull from last night's session. probably the best "upper" end score I have in this game now 🤠

StepManiaX - Paranoid (Wild 24) - 99,580

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 09/05/2026

my everything hurts

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 03/05/2026

I woke up 🗣️

StepManiaX - Tribal Style (Wild 21) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 25/04/2026

let's keep the momentum on cool scores going 😎

StepManiaX - Shiawase (Wild 23) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 22/04/2026

bring me more 24s

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 20/04/2026

update good 👍 swept all charts for Wild as one does

StepManiaX - Samurai Heart (Wild 24) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 18/04/2026

cool new perfect score 😱

StepManiaX - Halloween Scream (Wild 21) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 12/04/2026

hey there space boy 😏

StepManiaX - Space Boy (Full 21) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 09/04/2026

pretty good score 👍

StepManiaX - Pure Ecstasy (Wild 25) - 99,823

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 23/03/2026

what a week lmao. at least I hit 150k and played a solid 11 along the way

ITGmania - Can't Find The Words (SX11) - 97.01% (93.43 EX)

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 22/03/2026

first 8 quad during ITL 2026! picked up some 7s also on the way to a first session 75k 📈

ITGmania - Abracadabra (SX 8) - 100.00% Quad (99.31 EX)

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 21/03/2026

didn't even want to try contending with possible server issues for ITL's launch tonight, so had a great night on doubles instead and picked up another Full 21 APC along the way. we'll get to the four panel stuff soon I promise :)

StepManiaX - Lifted Me Up (Full 21) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 19/03/2026

the early was goofy, but quite the run up until that point. a new option for pursuing my next level 24 perfect score 🧐

StepManiaX - Sevillana Mirage (Wild 24) - 99,802

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 15/03/2026

I would like to propose deleting Zodiac (Wild 21) from the game jokes aside, almost every single Wild 21 hexed or perfected! these are my bottom five. many 21s are difficult to nail down, so very pleased with my progress on this objective.

A screenshot from the StepManiaX score browser website showing my lowest scores for Wild 21 charts, with Zodiac (at 98.3k) as the lowest, with the next lowest being On My Own (at 99.7k), a significant jump in score.

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 06/03/2026

level 23 gaming. up to a double digit number of Wild mode APCs at this level now!

StepManiaX - Death by Glamour (Wild 23) - 100,000

StepManiaX - Stylewave (Full 23) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 27/02/2026

getting ready for that ITL rhythm unlock chain

StepManiaX - Street Level (Dual 20) - 100,000

A screenshot showing a section of the chart Street Level (Dual 20) from StepManiaX (SMX), showing a syncopated pattern incorporating a mix of 64th note swing and 16th offbeats. Several phrases like this occur throughout the chart, in addition to regularly alternating between 64th swing and straight 16th rhythms.

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 24/02/2026

SMX's scoring system is too confusing so I simply get perfect scores instead (been backlogged on posting cool scores due to all the tournament travel, need to get back into my groove with that)

StepManiaX - Licky Licky (Dual 22) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 05/02/2026

you would not have seen me leave that arcade until I saw either the APC or the gates of heaven with my own two eyes

A screenshot from the StepManiaX Link mobile app showing numerous high scores for Keep On Dancing (Full 19) over the course of an hour

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 05/02/2026

made the local joint listen to this song on repeat yesterday. probably one of the hardest Full 19s now done and dusted 🥵

StepManiaX - Keep On Dancing (Full 19) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 31/01/2026

don't talk to me or my son ever again

A small acrylic model of a StepManiaX dedicab resting on top of a lit SMX stage

An acrylic model of a StepManiaX dedicab being held in front of a full sized StepManiaX compact cabinet

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 27/01/2026

two days ago, I finally closed out these charts and achieved perfect scores on all Wild level 20 charts in SMX. over 120 charts perfected, with many challenges and curveballs along the way. beyond thrilled to have this accomplishment under my belt

StepManiaX - Party People (KaW Hands Up Edit) (Wild 20) - 100,000

StepManiaX - Gallecode (Wild 20) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 25/01/2026

locked in and crushed a new Wild 23 on command 💪

StepManiaX - Music Is Moving (Wild 23) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 18/01/2026

my first Full 22 perfect score! been trying to break into this level on Full for a while now, glad to finally pick something up

StepManiaX - Be Alive (Full 22) - 100,000

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 18/01/2026

spamton's had a good run as my profile picture here. who (or what) is next?

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Pilot @pilot.dev · 16/01/2026

cool news from my end soon (possibly)

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