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7 Brutal Difficulty Spikes You Never Saw Coming

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14d ago · en-GB audio

Ouch. Feel that? That's a sudden difficulty spike. Hurts, doesn't it? However, not all difficulty spikes are made equal - so Rob is here to bring you a list of particularly brutal iterations. Here are 7 brutal difficulty spikes you never saw coming. Which difficulty spikes caught you out the most? Let us know in the comments! 00:00 Intro…

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190.9K views ÷ a 45.7K baseline = 4.2×. Compared with 24 earlier videos from the same channel, matching the format recorded at scoring time. Older-upload baseline: reference videos had at least as long to gain views. This comparison is not age-matched.

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Channel-balanced percentile: 69

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31 videos from 23 other channels, with each channel weighted equally. Same format and language, with 1,000,000–9,999,999 subscribers. Observed at 346 hours after publication, within ±48 hours.

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