Human Baseline

Benchmarks

Every item in the test is original, written in the spirit of a published benchmark. Each page shows what the benchmark measures, how AI and people did on it, how our items mirror it, and live human results.

15 benchmarks90 items6 with a published human figureFull list ↓

Benchmark map

Each square is one item in our bank, grouped by the benchmark it mirrors. Colour shows who leads on that faculty.

All benchmarks

15 rows
BenchmarkFacultyFormatItemsBest AIHumansSource
RIAC
Kaggle × Google DeepMind hackathon, 2026
AttentionNumeric answer751%—original ↗
ARC-AGI
ARC Prize Foundation, 2019
Problem solvingGrid painting784.6%100%original ↗
LearningBench
Kaggle × Google DeepMind hackathon, grand prize, 2026
LearningClassify strings60.85~60%original ↗
EphLangBench
Kaggle × Google DeepMind hackathon, Learning track winner, 2026
LearningEvaluate expressions689%—original ↗
MetaBound
Kaggle × Google DeepMind hackathon, Metacognition track winner, 2026
MetacognitionMultiple choice7100% → 0%~20%original ↗
GAUGE
Kaggle × Google DeepMind hackathon, grand prize, 2026
MetacognitionAnswer, then bet or fold50 folds—original ↗
Turn Bench
Kaggle × Google DeepMind hackathon, Executive Functions track winner, 2026
Executive functionsCard sorting480%—original ↗
HedgeDecode
Kaggle × Google DeepMind hackathon, Social Cognition track winner, 2026
Social cognitionPick a reply7≤ 0.60—original ↗
MEDLEY-BENCH
Kaggle × Google DeepMind hackathon, grand prize, 2026
MetacognitionAnswer, see crowd, revise6split—original ↗
ABC
Kaggle × Google DeepMind hackathon, Attention track winner, 2026
AttentionNumeric answer5weakest—original ↗
ClockBench
ClockBench (Safar), 2025
PerceptionRead clocks713.3%89.1%original ↗
Constrained writing
Constrained writing (lipogram), 2026
GenerationConstrained writing5n/a—original ↗
Wason selection task
Wason selection task, 1968
ReasoningSelect cards6n/a< 10%original ↗
SimpleBench
SimpleBench, 2024
Problem solvingMultiple choice779.6%83.7%original ↗
Hendrycks et al. (2025)
Hendrycks et al., A definition of AGI, 2025
MemoryStudy, then recall50%—original ↗