Benchmark Almanac

ArXivMath

GPT-6.1 Sol 92.8% leads since September 2026
GPT-6.1 Sol 92.8% leads since September 2026
In use

Final-answer research-level math problems extracted monthly from recent arXiv papers and filtered to be self-contained.

MathArena adds a new problem set each month from that month's arXiv papers. From the August 2026 set, models run in their own harnesses with Python and SageMath, and problems center on resolved conjectures. Scores before and after that change do not compare.

Released
February 2026
Kind
Research mathematics
Level
Research frontier
Scored
Checked automatically
Answers
Short answer
Tasks
All public
Strongest model tested
Claude Opus 5.5 #4 on the capability index
Last in a launch post
August 2026
Last model added
October 2026
Scores refreshed
November 12th, 2026

In the authors’ words

Large language models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly capable mathematical collaborators, but static benchmarks are no longer sufficient for evaluating progress: they are often narrow in scope, quickly saturated, and rarely updated. This makes it hard to compare models reliably and track progress over time. Instead, we need evaluation platforms: continuously maintained systems that run, aggregate, and analyze evaluations across many benchmarks to give a comprehensive picture of model performance within a broad domain. In this work, we build on the original MathArena benchmark by substantially broadening its scope from final-answer olympiad problems to a continuously maintained evaluation platform for mathematical reasoning with LLMs. MathArena now covers a much wider range of tasks, including proof-based competitions, research-level arXiv problems, and formal proof generation in Lean. Additionally, we maintain a clear evaluation protocol for all models and regularly design new benchmarks as model capabilities improve to ensure that MathArena remains challenging. Notably, the strongest model, GPT-5.5, now reaches 98% on the 2026 USA Math Olympiad and 74% on research-level questions, showing that frontier models can now comfortably solve extremely challenging mathematical problems. This highlights the importance of continuously maintained evaluation platforms like MathArena to track the rapid progress of LLMs in mathematical reasoning.

Abstract of Beyond Benchmarks: MathArena as an Evaluation Platform for Mathematics with LLMs (arXiv:2605.00674, CC0)
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Entries on its own leaderboard, 6 models we track
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Launch posts list it, from 2 labs
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System cards report it, from 1 lab

GPT-6.1 Sol leads with 92.8%

Best score per entry from the benchmark's own leaderboard, read on November 12th, 2026. Where a model ran with several settings or harnesses, we keep its best. Names in gray aren't in our model list: fine-tunes, agent systems, products and older models. They don't count toward leaders.

GPT-6.1 Sol leads with 92.8%, claims included

Best score per model from every source, including labs’ own numbers and claims Epoch AI collected from reports and papers. Labs pick their own settings, so a claim can beat an independent run of the same model.

  1. 1 GPT-6.1 Sol max 92.8%
  2. 2 Gemini 4 Argon high 84.4%
  3. 3 Claude Opus 5.5 high 82.6%
  4. 4 Kimi K3.1 Pro max 58.3%
  5. 5 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 max, dsh 42.5%
  6. 6 Inkling 2 Small (0.99) 31.9%
  7. 7 Muse Spark Open xhigh 27%

Source: Official ArXivMath leaderboard

#EntryScoreSettingDateSource
1 GPT-6.1 Sol 92.8% max Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
2 Gemini 4 Argon 84.4% high Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
3 Claude Opus 5.5 82.6% high Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
4 Kimi K3.1 Pro 58.3% max Oct 2026 Official leaderboard
5 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 42.5% max, dsh Oct 2026 Official leaderboard
6 Inkling 2 Small (0.99) 31.9% Official leaderboard
7 Muse Spark Open 27% xhigh Oct 2026 Official leaderboard
#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 GPT-6.1 Sol 92.8% max Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
2 Claude Fable 5.1 91.3% Sep 2026 Lab model card
3 Claude Opus 5.5 91.2% Sep 2026 Lab model card
4 Claude Opus 5 90.8% Jul 2026 Lab model card
5 Claude Sonnet 5.5 86.8% Sep 2026 Lab model card
6 Gemini 4 Argon 84.4% high Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
7 Claude Fable 5 78.5% Jun 2026 Lab model card
8 Claude Opus 4.8 71.8% May 2026 Lab model card
9 Tencent Hy4 preview 66.6% Aug 2026 Lab model card
10 Claude Sonnet 5 65.7% Jun 2026 Lab model card
11 Kimi K3.1 Pro 58.3% max Oct 2026 Official leaderboard
12 Tencent Hy3 52.2% Jul 2026 Lab model card
13 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 42.5% max, dsh Oct 2026 Official leaderboard
14 Muse Spark Open 27% xhigh Oct 2026 Official leaderboard

Labs report scores for 9 models in their cards. Switch the scores above to rank them together.

2 models have held number one on the official leaderboard since its release in February 2026 5 models have held number one with claims included since its release in February 2026

Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release. We draw one row each for the benchmark’s own leaderboard and what labs claim in their cards.

Anthropic OpenAI
Own leaderboard Passed 85% in Sep 2026, by GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol 92.8%
Lab claims Passed 85% in Jul 2026, by Claude Opus 5

Sources: Official ArXivMath leaderboard and labs’ model cards

Anthropic’s own number for Claude Opus 5 passed 85% in July 2026

All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.

On the benchmark’s own leaderboard Reported by the lab in its model card Best so far
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2026 2027 Near the ceiling (85%) GPT-6.1 Sol Claude Opus 5 Claude Fable 5 Claude Opus 4.8 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2026 2027 Near the ceiling (85%) GPT-6.1 Sol Claude Fable 5

Sources: Official ArXivMath leaderboard and labs’ model cards

2 labs put it in a launch post in the last six months

Launch posts from every lab that has listed it, one tick per post. Tall colored ticks include it, and short gray ones leave it out.

Anthropic
Tencent
DateLaunch postScoreAs the post writes it
Aug 28, 2026 Tencent Hy4 preview 66.6 ArXivMath
Jul 2, 2026 Tencent Hy3 52.2 ArxivMath
Jun 9, 2026 Claude Fable 5 78.5 ArxivMath

6 system cards report it, from 1 lab

Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.

DateDocumentScoreAs the document writes itSection
Sep 28, 2026 Claude Sonnet 5.5 system card 86.8 ArXivMath August 2026 release, max effort without tools (95.2% with tools), four attempts per problem (8.9, Figure 8.9.A) Capabilities
Sep 22, 2026 Claude Opus 5.5 system card 91.2 ArXivMath August 2026 release (57 problems), max effort without tools (96.9% with tools), four attempts per problem (8.9, Figures 8.9.A and B) Capabilities
Sep 1, 2026 Claude Fable 5.1 system card 91.3 ArXivMath, 91.33% without tools Capabilities
Jul 24, 2026 Claude Opus 5 system card 90.8 ArXivMath June 2026 release (49 problems), max effort without tools (91.3% with tools), four runs per problem (8.8) Capabilities
Jun 30, 2026 Claude Sonnet 5 system card 65.7 ArXivMath April and May 2026 releases (81 problems), extended thinking, without tools (72.2% with tools), four attempts per problem (8.7, Figure 8.7.A) Capabilities
May 28, 2026 Claude Opus 4.8 system card 71.8 ArXivMath March and April 2026 releases, 71 problems, extended thinking (8.8) Capabilities

One lab claim next to the leaderboard

Each score a lab reported for its own model, beside the same model's best score on the leaderboard. Gaps mostly come from different harnesses, effort levels and task subsets. Every benchmark.

Model Lab says Board says Gap
Claude Opus 5.5 91.2% ArXivMath August 2026 release (57 problems), max effort without tools (96.9% with tools), four attempts per problem (8.9, Figures 8.9.A and B) 82.6% Leaderboard, high +8.6 pts

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