DesignArena counts 77 times Claude models lost leaderboard first place since July 2025
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DesignArena says Claude models have been dethroned 77 times on its leaderboards since July 2025, and in 40 of those cases the new leader was another Claude model.
OpenAI models took first place from Claude 16 times, Moonshot models 10 times, and other labs 11 times combined.
The same report says OpenAI and Google DeepMind models were usually dethroned by models from other labs, 20 of 28 and 21 of 29 times respectively.
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DesignArena@DesignArenaOfficialDesignArena says Claude models dethroned each other 40 times on its leaderboardsAIDesignArena reports that since July 2025, Claude models on its leaderboards have been dethroned 77 times, and in 40 of those the new leader was another Claude model. OpenAI's models took first place from Claude 16 times, Moonshot's 10 times, and other labs 11 times combined. By contrast, OpenAI and Google DeepMind models were usually dethroned by other labs' models, 20 of 28 and 21 of 29 times respectively.

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