ARC-AGI-3 · Early edition · October 19, 2026

Turducken opens a gap in third; Zatravkin reaches sixth

An almost four-point advance lifts the merged entry above mtg and the last dance, while a second overnight contest reshuffles sixth and seventh.

AI editorial illustration: Mark Barney, Son Pham and yellow black-capped Keith Tyser work on a mechanical turkey containing a chicken containing a duck, with exactly two Yorkies. The pictured trio is a subset of Team Turducken. Separate ARC-3 panel: Tufa Labs first, 68.91; Yi-Chia Chen second, 67.49; October 19, 2026, 5:57 AM EDT. — AI-generated editorial illustration: The Turducken Hangar. Pictured members are a subset of the seven-account team; machinery is fantasy. Score panel: Oct 19, 2026 · 5:57 AM EDT; provisional public standings.

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Published October 19, 2026. Board date October 19, 2026. Exact source observations remain in the archived reporting data.

Third place, with room above and below

Team Turducken’s overnight advance from 48.92 to 52.82 has opened a 2.45-point cushion over mtg in fourth. The merged entry climbs from fifth to third, passing both mtg and the last dance. That changes who leads the pursuit of Tufa Labs and Yi-Chia Chen, but the distance to Chen remains 14.67 points. The special edition and overnight wire reported the same gain; this Early edition carries it into the closing picture, rather than counting another improvement.

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Sixth changes hands twice

Grigoriy Zatravkin’s entry reaches 47.19, up 2.17 points, and finishes sixth. It was seventh at the overnight baseline, briefly slipped to eighth, then passed both 復活の混テキスト and artificialagencylab.com. Artificial Agency Lab had earlier raised its score from 41.74 to 45.41 and reached sixth, as the wire reported; it closes seventh after Zatravkin’s later move. Its gain survives even though that rank does not. The Zatravkin entry lists florenciasolange and grigoriyzatravkin; the board does not assign the advance to either member.

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The leading pair keeps its margin

Tufa Labs remains first at 68.91, ahead of Chen at 67.49. Neither score changes overnight. Below Turducken, mtg holds 50.37 and the last dance 49.85; NVARC3 closes tenth at 43.94. The gold cutoff stays at 38.20, with fshindo occupying the last of 18 provisional places and SparseTech first outside at 37.98. Final medals depend on the private leaderboard.

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A busier route into the top hundred

Artem Goncharov closes 55th at 34.11 after the climb carried by the wire. Tong Hui Kang rises from 171st at the overnight baseline to 60th at 33.99. Two later score events bring kazuhiro3381 to 62nd at 33.96 and Pushpak Teja to 80th at 33.57. These moves show how much the lower standings can turn on a few points, even while the leading pair stands still.

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Inside the illustrated hangar

The Turducken Hangar for October 19 Early edition shows Keith Tyser, Mark Barney and Son Pham working on a mechanical turkey containing a chicken containing a duck, with Mark’s two Yorkies. They are a pictured subset of Turducken’s seven listed accounts: dzjiann, keithtyser, markbarney, mitubant, ngyzly, scizical and sonphamorg. The machines are editorial fantasy; the public score does not reveal which technical change caused the gain. Mark is also the paper’s head human editor.

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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
Team Turducken	3	52.82	Up 2	+3.9
mtg	4	50.37	Down 1	0
the last dance 🕺	5	49.85	Down 1	0
Grigoriy Zatravkin	6	47.19	Up 1	+2.17
artificialagencylab.com	7	45.41	Not available	Not available
復活の混テキスト	8	45.11	Down 2	0
Majkel1337	9	44.84	Down 1	0
NVARC3	10	43.94	Down 1	0
Lord Han Solo	23	37.07	Unchanged	0
Tong Hui Kang	60	33.99	Up 111	+1.51
common-people-whereIsMyFuckingPrize	77	33.63	Up 112	+1.36
David Hartmann	665	29.83	Not available	Not available
Jan Disselhoff	757	29.43	Down 14	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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