What Are the ILL Challenge and Other Sections on 3DDL?

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The 3Dash Demon List (3DDL) is a ranking site for the hardest levels in 3Dash, and its navigation includes more than the main demon ranking. Alongside the list itself, the site exposes List, Leaderboard, Submit Record, and ILL Challenge sections (the page header also shows a version label, "3DDL v2.3.1"). The ILL Challenge is best understood as a separate, supplementary section that sits next to the main ranking rather than being part of the demon order itself — the site's own description frames the whole project as "a Demon List for 3Dashes hardest levels," so the core ranking is the list, and the other tabs are the tools and side content built around it.

How the sections relate to each other

Section What it is for Relationship to the main ranking
List The demon ranking itself — the ordered set of the game's hardest levels This is the core content of 3DDL
Leaderboard Rankings of players/records tied to the list Depends on the list; it reflects performance on listed levels
Submit Record The entry point for sending in a completion to be recorded Feeds the leaderboard and record data
ILL Challenge A distinct challenge section presented as its own tab Supplementary — separate from the demon order

The key distinction is that the List is a ranking of levels, while the Leaderboard is a ranking of players and their records. The Submit Record section is the mechanism that connects the two: it is where a completion is sent in so it can appear on the leaderboard. The ILL Challenge does not appear to be another tier of the demon ranking; it is presented as a parallel section, which is why it is described here as supplementary content rather than part of the list order.

What the ILL Challenge likely is — and what the site confirms

The site's visible navigation confirms that an ILL Challenge section exists and is reachable from the main header, but the excerpt available does not spell out its rules, its level set, or how it is scored. Treat it as a separate challenge area on 3DDL: something players can browse and engage with in addition to the main demon list, not a replacement for it and not a hidden part of the ranking.

If you want to know exactly what the ILL Challenge contains, the reliable route is to open that tab on the site itself and read its own description, since the challenge's specific format is defined there rather than in the general site summary.

Why these extra sections exist

A demon list on its own answers one question: which levels are hardest, in order. The surrounding sections turn that ranking into something players can participate in:

  • The leaderboard gives individual completions a place to be compared, so the list becomes a competitive reference rather than a static chart.
  • Submit Record gives players a defined way to contribute, which is what keeps a community ranking current.
  • The ILL Challenge adds a second kind of content for players who have already engaged with the main list and want another target to work toward.

For a player, the practical reading is: use List to see the ranking, use Leaderboard to see where records stand, use Submit Record when you have a completion to report, and treat ILL Challenge as its own activity to explore separately.

A quick way to decide where to start

  • If you want to know which levels are considered hardest, start with the List.
  • If you want to know how players compare, go to the Leaderboard.
  • If you have completed a listed level and want it recorded, use Submit Record.
  • If you are looking for something beyond the main ranking, open the ILL Challenge tab and read its own page for the specifics.

Because the available site information does not detail the ILL Challenge's rules or scoring, avoid assuming it works like the main list until you have read that section directly.