# Bad Influence story: DesignArena counts 77 times Claude models lost leaderboard first place since July 2025

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-11 12:43. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/aa731c58-c113-4504-8fb7-b27f6a17a6d5

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Latest update (11-11 12:43): DesignArena says Claude models dethroned each other 40 times on its leaderboards

Overview: 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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1. 11-11 12:43 · Design Arena · [DesignArena says Claude models dethroned each other 40 times on its leaderboards](https://badinfluence.news/items/f8qp85sr2jnpkyldxm3sfiazu)
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