Hack the Box challenge set (Google DeepMind)
Gemini 2.5 Flash Jun 2025 15.4% leads since July 2025 Agents attempt 13 offensive security challenges based on the Hack the Box platform.
In-house Google DeepMind selection. Gemini 1.5 and Gemma reports list 13 challenges.
- Made by
- Google DeepMind
- Released
- February 2024
- Kind
- Capture-the-flag challenges
- Level
- Expert
- Scored
- Checked automatically
- Answers
- Agent task
- Tasks
- Kept private
- Strongest model tested
- Gemini 2.5 Pro Jun 2025 #96 on the capability index
- Last in a system card
- July 2025
- Last model added
- July 2025
Gemini 2.5 Flash leads with 15.4% among models released by June 2025
Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.
The newest model with a score here came out in June 2025, and nobody has reported a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:
- Claude Fable 5.2
- Gemini 4 Carbon
- GPT-6 Astra
- Claude Opus 5.5
- and 16 more
- 1 Gemini 2.5 Flash Jun 2025 15.4%
- 2 Gemini 2.5 Pro Mar 2025 7.70%
- 3 Gemini 2.5 Pro Jun 2025 7.70%
- 4 Gemma 2 27B 0%
Source: Labs’ model cards
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Jun 2025 | 15.4% | Jul 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 2 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Mar 2025 | 7.70% | Apr 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 3 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Jun 2025 | 7.70% | Jul 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 4 | Gemma 2 27B | 0% | Jul 2024 | Lab model card |
3 models have held number one in labs’ own numbers since its release in February 2024
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.
Source: Labs’ model cards
Scores over time
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
Source: Labs’ model cards
Labs report it only in system cards
We read the headline results of 522 launch posts from 52 labs, and none of them list this benchmark. Some system cards do, below.
4 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.
| Date | Document | Score | As the document writes it | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2025 | Gemini 2.5 Pro technical report | 7.7 | Hack the Box (hard), 1/13 solved per Table 10; Figure 10 bar label prints 2/13 | Cyber risk |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Gemini 2.5 Flash technical report | 15.4 | Hack the Box (hard), 2/13 solved (Figure 10 bar label) | Cyber risk |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Gemini 2.5 Pro model card | 7.7 | Hack the Box (hard), 1/13 solved (Table 1, Figure 2) | Cyber risk |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Gemma 2 27B technical report | 0 | Hack the Box, 0/13 (Table 19) | Cyber risk |
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