ARC-AGI-2 · Early edition · October 14, 2026

ARCward Intelligence enters ARC-2 gold as the cutoff climbs

An overnight advance to thirteenth pushes the public gold line to 49.03; Tufa and Chen retain the first two places.

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Published October 14, 2026. Board date October 14, 2026. Exact source observations remain in the archived reporting data.

ARCward crosses the line

ARCward Intelligence lifted its score from 45.42 to 54.17 in a recorded overnight event, reaching 13th and moving inside ARC-AGI-2’s 15 provisional gold places. The consecutive event observations show a move from 20th to 13th; the wire’s broader rolling window starts at 17th. Those comparisons describe the same improvement, not two separate gains. The team now sits behind matu997 and ahead of masspeaks.

ARC-2 public leaderboard and observed history · ARCward Intelligence moves into ARC-2 gold

A return to gold becomes a boundary fight

Kajetan Schweighofer holds the final gold position at 49.03. The wire reported his return to 14th from an earlier rolling-window comparison, but his 1.11-point score event was first observed on October 13, before this morning’s midnight baseline. ARCward’s new advance leaves Schweighofer 15th. The gold line is now 0.28 above the baseline’s 48.75; Khaotic Sethesis and Arcnights both have 48.75 and sit outside it. yuritosci, whose earlier displacement the wire reported, is 18th at 48.33. The band remains provisional.

ARC-2 public leaderboard and observed history · Kajetan Schweighofer moves back into ARC-2 gold · yuritosci slips outside ARC-2 gold

Tufa’s lead survives a quieter top ten

Tufa Labs leads at 88.06, with Yi-Chia Chen second at 82.64 and rabbithole third at 80.56. Tufa’s margin over Chen is 5.42 points; both leading scores are unchanged from the midnight comparison. Dries Smit remains in Tufa’s current listed roster. nvbanana keeps fourth at 77.08, while _hans stays fifth after a recorded overnight increase from 69.03 to 69.31. ARC Raiders remains ninth at 64.58 and Majkel1337 tenth at 62.08.

ARC-2 public leaderboard and observed history · Public professional account profile · Public professional account profile · Jean-François Puget — GitHub profile linked Kaggle account

An improvement can still lose ground

Odd Dice added 2.5 points across the morning comparison to reach 39.03, moving from the baseline’s 45th place to 37th. Its listed handle nisshokuitsuki directly links to @iiiiitsu_ne. In an October 14 Japanese post, the author says that even with a 2.5-point improvement they had fallen from an earlier rank of 31; the attached Kaggle share reports rank 35. That personal comparison and posting-time rank differ from the paper’s baseline and closing rank. The tension is the story: a better score does not guarantee a better place against a moving field.

ARC-2 public leaderboard and observed history · イツ — standings post · Own profile and direct account links · Own profile and direct account links

Keep the overnight moves separate from yesterday’s

Yanming (Owen) Dong’s recorded overnight jump from 29.86 to 41.25 reached 29th, and the wire developed the climb into the top thirty. kibuna’s later 2.91-point morning gain puts it 36th at 39.72; ibyyue reaches 25th at 43.89 after adding 2.08. Richard Csaky’s rise to 60 was completed in the October 13 observation before midnight, leaving him 11th this morning. fshindo’s 8.33-point improvement was also observed on October 13 and appeared in the Late edition: the overnight wire repeats that earlier progress rather than establishing a new gain. The current board puts fshindo 19th at 45.83. More submissions may still be evaluating; the Early edition records the observed race, not a completed queue.

ARC-2 public leaderboard and observed history · Yanming (Owen) Dong surges to 29th on ARC-2 · Richard Csaky pushes ARC-2 score to 60 · fshindo climbs to 18th on ARC-2

From the box score

Team	Rank	Score	Rank change	Score change
Tufa Labs	1	88.06	Unchanged	0
Yi-Chia Chen	2	82.64	Unchanged	0
rabbithole	3	80.56	Unchanged	0
nvbanana	4	77.08	Unchanged	0
_hans	5	69.31	Not available	Not available
ALbert RUehlman	6	67.36	Unchanged	0
Dawid Kopiczko	7	66.25	Unchanged	0
Domdolus Tolus	8	65.14	Unchanged	0
ARC Raiders	9	64.58	Unchanged	0
Majkel1337	10	62.08	Unchanged	0
ibyyue	25	43.89	Up 2	+2.08
kibuna	36	39.72	Up 6	+2.91
Odd Dice	37	39.03	Up 8	+2.5
mikelou1	38	38.75	Up 6	+2.08
Jack Cole	39	38.61	Down 4	0
Mithil A Vakde	61	33.89	Down 2	0
Mark Barney	660	30.97	Not available	Not available
Jan Disselhoff	1805	21.67	Down 25	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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