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A reading mode for people who want the story behind AI rankings: what changed, what matters, and where the evidence is thin.
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Issue 04Unbiased AI BenchEditorial front
Editorial front

Public AI rankings need
a more literate interface.

The point is not to crown one model. The point is to read the record: what was measured, by whom, under which judge, against which comparable group, and how stale the evidence already is.

Operating rules

1
Every score links back to a source page, raw value, benchmark version, and date.Bias becomes easier to inspect when the system refuses to flatten unlike things together.
2
Percentiles only compare scores from the same test setup.Bias becomes easier to inspect when the system refuses to flatten unlike things together.
3
Coverage gaps stay visible instead of being quietly filled in.Bias becomes easier to inspect when the system refuses to flatten unlike things together.
4
Parser anomalies and mapping fixes stay in the changelog.Bias becomes easier to inspect when the system refuses to flatten unlike things together.

Chat leaders

current
Gemini 3 Flash
Google

AR · May 13, 2026 · aggregate score 80.1 across 2 chat evidence rows.

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Coding leaders

current
DeepSeek Reasoner
DeepSeek
#1DeepSeek Reasoner81.7%
#2Claude Opus 4.773.5%
#3DeepSeek Chat63.4%

LB · Feb 6, 2025 · aggregate score 81.7 across 3 coding evidence rows.

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Freshest source

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Terminal-Bench
May 13, 2026

Loaded 28 Terminal-Bench 2.0 benchmark records from verified rows.

Open source
A leaderboard without its measurement context is just a stronger-looking opinion. This product keeps the context on the page.
Method

Why percentiles only compare like with like

We normalize only when the underlying unit, judge, and benchmark version actually line up.

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Compare

Head-to-head beats universal ranking when the surface is uneven

Comparisons stay grounded in shared coverage, raw values, and visible gaps instead of a universal scalar.

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Operations

Changelog entries matter because data plumbing changes outcomes

Parser fixes, mapping corrections, and source updates change what appears true. They need their own paper trail.

Open changelog →