ARC-AGI-2 · Late edition · October 10, 2026

Tufa Labs holds ARC-2 lead as the gold line rises

The public leader remains at 88.06, but the provisional gold cutoff climbed to 40.83 as contenders advanced below the top four.

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Published October 10, 2026. Board date October 10, 2026. Exact source observations remain in the archived reporting data.

The lead holds

Tufa Labs remains first on the ARC-AGI-2 public board at 88.06, unchanged from the previous Eastern evening close. rabbithole is second at 80.56, Yi-Chia Chen third at 77.22 and nvbanana fourth at 77.08. ARC Prize announced Tufa’s public high yesterday; neither this board nor that announcement establishes the private result or a final prize award. Dries Smit is a verified member of the Tufa Labs roster in this contest; ARC Prize separately credits him with leading the winning 2025 ARC-AGI-3 Preview agent.

ARC-2 public leaderboard and observed history · ARC Prize — standings post · Public professional account profile · ARC-2 public roster observation · ARC Prize — ARC-AGI-3 Preview Agents results

Pressure below the leaders

The provisional gold cutoff increased from 38.61 at the previous evening close to 40.83. D Chakraborty advanced from 23rd to 18th, improving from 34.86 to 37.92 across the observed comparison. Khaotic Sethesis reached ninth at 48.75 after a recorded score event; its prior-evening comparison is unavailable. ARC Raiders remains seventh at 58.75.

ARC-2 public leaderboard and observed history

People across the contests

Jean-François Puget’s verified cpmpml account is listed with nvbanana here and NVARC3 in ARC-AGI-3, under separate team IDs. Jack Cole is 17th at 38.61, and Mithil A Vakde is 32nd at 33.89. Tufa Labs’ roster includes Dries Smit in both contests, but the team’s ARC-AGI-2 entry is distinct from its ARC-AGI-3 entry. These roster observations establish listed membership, not when anyone joined or who made a submission.

ARC-2 public leaderboard and observed history · Jean-François Puget — GitHub profile linked Kaggle account · ARC-2 public roster observation · ARC-3 public roster observation · ARC-2 public roster observation · ARC-2 public roster observation · ARC-2 public roster observation · ARC-3 public roster observation

A word from Tufa

Replying in the organizer’s bonus-threshold thread, Tufa Labs said its ARC-AGI-2 effort began by accident and promised more information after the deadline. That is the team’s account, with no method disclosed. The public standings remain provisional while the competition continues.

Tufa Labs — community post · Mike Knoop — community post · ARC-2 public leaderboard and observed history

From the box score

Team	Rank	Score	Rank change	Score change
Tufa Labs	1	88.06	Unchanged	0
rabbithole	2	80.56	Unchanged	0
Yi-Chia Chen	3	77.22	Unchanged	0
nvbanana	4	77.08	Unchanged	0
_hans	5	69.03	Not available	Not available
ALbert RUehlman	6	67.36	Unchanged	0
ARC Raiders	7	58.75	Unchanged	0
Khaotic Sethesis	9	48.75	Not available	Not available
Majkel1337	10	48.33	Down 1	0
Jack Cole	17	38.61	Down 2	0
D Chakraborty	18	37.92	Up 5	+3.06
Mithil A Vakde	32	33.89	Down 3	0

Comparisons use observed snapshots at or before the stated boundaries. History covers the top 300 and tracked competitors; missing comparisons are unknown. Score-event entries are context, not net daily gains. Unfamiliar names are not necessarily new entrants.

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