Is MathArena still meaningful?
Status:Still useful Checked against the report, 5 November 2026
Verdict
Yes. Fresh contests limit contamination, but small contests give wide error bars.
Why still useful: The chapter rates it Active: fresh contests keep the problems new, and the top score is 84.0%.[1][1] MathArena Primary
What “Still useful” meansKnown problems
- Each contest is small, so error bars are ±2 points or more.[1][1] MathArena Primary
What to look at instead
The report names no direct successor.
Where it appears in the report
Chapter 1, Benchmarks
- 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.
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