Is HLE-Diamond still meaningful?
Status:New / unproven Checked against the report, 5 November 2026
Verdict
Promising but unproven. It launched in September 2026 and has no independent audit yet.
Why new / unproven: HLE's maintainers launched it in September 2026, and it is too new for an audit.[1][1] Humanity's Last Exam site Primary
What “New / unproven” meansKnown problems
- It launched in September 2026, too recently for an audit.[1][1] Humanity's Last Exam site Primary
What to look at instead
The report names no direct successor.
Where it appears in the report
Chapter 1, Benchmarks
- Table 3. How each area replaced its saturated benchmarks, oldest first in “Go deeper: Lineage of replacements, by area”
- Table 5. Reasoning and knowledge benchmarks: what they measure, who maintains them, the top score on 5 November 2026 and the known flaw in “Go deeper: Reasoning and knowledge benchmarks (17)”
Sources
Copied from the chapter source lists. Each number links back to the source in its chapter.
- [1] Humanity's Last Exam site. It describes HLE, HLE-Rolling and HLE-Diamond. Primary lastexam.ai Chapter 1, source 23
- [2] Introducing HLE-Diamond, Humanity's Last Exam. It gives HLE-Diamond scores with and without tools. Primary lastexam.ai Chapter 1, source 32