ARC-AGI-3 · Early edition · October 15, 2026

AquaUrsa Research jumps into ARC-3 gold as the cutoff rises

AquaUrsa reaches 14th and mellamoa’s entry takes 16th; the unchanged top ten now sits above a reshaped medal chase.

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Published October 15, 2026. Board date October 15, 2026. Exact source observations remain in the archived reporting data.

Two jumps change the gold chase

AquaUrsa Research has broken into the provisional gold places with 38.97, reaching 14th after an observed jump from 30.21. A second late move put the entry listed as “speed, my mom is kinda homless”, whose roster contains mellamoa, 16th at 38.22. The two advances lift contenders out of the chasing pack while the public gold cutoff rises from 37.18 to 37.98. Both now sit inside the 18 gold places; those positions remain provisional.

ARC-3 public leaderboard and observed history

Improving is no guarantee of holding ground

Lord Han Solo improved from 36.98 to 37.07 in an overnight score event, yet closes this edition 22nd. Daniel Franzen’s observed rise from 35.86 to 36.86 leaves him 24th. Their gains did not keep pace with the medal line: the gap is now nearly a point for Lord Han Solo and just over a point for Franzen. These are current board results, separate from any earlier qualifying milestone prizes.

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The leaders keep their distance

Tufa Labs remains first at 68.91 ahead of Yi-Chia Chen at 67.49, with both scores unchanged from the overnight baseline. Their advantage over third-place mtg, on 45, remains substantial. NVARC3 holds fourth ahead of the last dance in fifth; Son & Mark & Ronen remains seventh. None of those teams changed score in the edition comparison. The new Walking Foundry illustration returns to this leading group as a sporting metaphor; its fanciful GPU equipment describes no team’s actual hardware.

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The next tier also moves

Julian Hermes reached 34.95 in an observed climb from 78th to 35th. Later, Matija L & Zhongwei W & Fususu reached 35.62 in an observed move from 353rd to 31st. Those event ranks describe the board when each change was recorded, rather than guaranteed closing positions. The medal stories above show how quickly another submission can change that picture.

ARC-3 public leaderboard and observed history

From the box score

Team	Rank	Score	Rank change	Score change
Tufa Labs	1	68.91	Unchanged	0
Yi-Chia Chen	2	67.49	Unchanged	0
mtg	3	45	Unchanged	0
NVARC3	4	43.94	Unchanged	0
the last dance 🕺	5	43.64	Unchanged	0
Majkel1337	6	42.66	Unchanged	0
Son & Mark & Ronen	7	41.97	Unchanged	0
artificialagencylab.com	8	41.74	Unchanged	0
ARC Slayers	9	41.19	Unchanged	0
Vineeth Sai Varikuntla	10	40.09	Unchanged	0
speed, my mom is kinda homless	16	38.22	Up 139	+5.99
Lord Han Solo	22	37.07	Not available	Not available
Daniel Franzen	24	36.86	Not available	Not available
David Hartmann	545	29.83	Not available	Not available
rellik13	793	28.67	Not available	Not available
Jan Disselhoff	888	28.23	Not available	Not available
mostik.ai	1523	7.51	Not available	Not available

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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