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Tufa Labs posts 88.06% on ARC-AGI-2, topping ARC Prize 2026 leaderboard

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Tufa Labs has posted an 88.06% score on ARC-AGI-2, the highest on the ARC Prize 2026 leaderboard, according to ARC Prize's announcement on X. ARC Prize says a $150K bonus prize, on top of the guaranteed prizes, will be split among all teams scoring over 85%, and François Chollet repeated the score and bonus terms.

Mike Knoop says the 85% bonus threshold has been reached on Kaggle, with Rabbithole at 80.56% and Yi-Chia Chen at 77.22% behind Tufa Labs. He says this will be the final year for ARC-AGI-2 on Kaggle and expects an open-source, low-cost, offline reproducible solution and model. Knoop also says ARC-AGI-2 is far harder than ARC-AGI-1.

No independent verification of the score or details of Tufa Labs' method have been reported; the score and bonus terms come from ARC Prize and related announcements.

Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 9, 12:27 PM ET

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Latest developmentOct 9, 11:57 AM ET
Knoop says ARC-AGI-2 is much harder than ARC-AGI-1

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  1. Oct 9, 11:57 AM ET · 1 article
    ARC-AGI-2 Kaggle Grand Prize bonus threshold of 85% reached
    Mike Knoop: Knoop says ARC-AGI-2 is much harder than ARC-AGI-1
  2. Oct 9, 11:46 AM ET · 1 article
    ARC-AGI-2 Kaggle competition hits 85% bonus threshold with 88.06% high score
    Mike Knoop: Tufa Labs hits 88.06% on ARC-AGI-2, clearing the Kaggle bonus threshold
  3. Oct 9, 11:19 AM ET · 2 articles
    ARC Prize 2026 ARC-AGI-2 high score reaches 88.06% by Tufa Labs
    ARC Prize: ARC Prize 2026 ARC-AGI-2 high score reaches 88.06%

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Oct 9
  1. Mike Knoop
    Knoop says ARC-AGI-2 is much harder than ARC-AGI-1

    AIMike Knoop says ARC-AGI-2 is far harder than ARC-AGI-1, even amid rapid progress on math. He adds that the final open solutions will be useful artifacts to study, and notes that the Kaggle Grand Prize bonus threshold of 85% has been reached this year, the final year for ARC-AGI-2 on Kaggle.

  2. Mike Knoop
    Tufa Labs hits 88.06% on ARC-AGI-2, clearing the Kaggle bonus threshold

    AIMike Knoop says the 85% Grand Prize bonus threshold has been reached on Kaggle. The ARC Prize 2026 leaderboard lists Tufa Labs first at 88.06%, followed by Rabbithole at 80.56% and Yi-Chia Chen at 77.22%. Knoop says this will be the final year for ARC-AGI-2 on Kaggle and expects an open-source, low-cost, offline reproducible solution and model.

  3. François Chollet
    ARC-AGI-2 scores on Kaggle reach 88.06% under ARC Prize 2026

    AIFrancois Chollet says ARC-AGI-2 scores on Kaggle are now very good. The ARC Prize 2026 high score is 88.06%, set by Tufa Labs, and teams scoring over 85% share a $150K bonus prize.

  4. ARC Prize
    ARC Prize 2026 ARC-AGI-2 high score reaches 88.06%

    AITufa Labs posted an 88.06% score on ARC-AGI-2, a new high for the ARC Prize 2026 leaderboard. ARC Prize says a $150K bonus prize, on top of guaranteed prizes, will be split among all teams scoring over 85%.

    Image from @arcprize's post

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