ARC-AGI-3 · Early edition · October 20, 2026

wkdrbwnd1 leaps to 26th as ARC-3’s gold chase gathers pace

A late six-point advance brings another challenger near the gold line; Tufa Labs and Yi-Chia Chen remain out front.

AI editorial illustration: Team Turducken’s full crew—Mark, Son, Keith’s yellow mascot, DZ with her pink bunny, NT the banana kitten, Choryu’s MRI-display character and Herminator standing in for Ronen—flies the nested mechanical turkey, chicken and duck over a snowy canyon, with two Yorkies. ARC-3 public score panel: Tufa Labs first, 68.91; Yi-Chia Chen second, 67.49; October 20, 2026, 5:59 AM EDT. — AI-generated editorial illustration: Team Turducken — The Whole Crew Takes Flight. All seven commissioned characters and both Yorkies; machinery is fantasy. Image corrected October 20. Original score panel: Oct 20, 2026 · 5:59 AM EDT; provisional public standings.

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Published October 20, 2026. Board date October 20, 2026. Exact source observations remain in the archived reporting data.

A new name near the gold line

wkdrbwnd1 reached 26th at 36.77 in the final observation before the Early cutoff. The recorded score transition was from 30.70, with the event showing a climb from 483rd. That leaves 1.21 points to the provisional public gold cutoff of 37.98. It is the morning’s sharpest late move near that boundary, without a change at the top.

goonew also made headway, adding 3.86 since the midnight comparison to reach 35.91 and close 38th. Its earlier score event put it 37th; the closing board moved it back one place. Those are two observations of the same advance, not two separate gains.

ARC-3 public leaderboard and observed history

The strongholds hold

Tufa Labs leads at 68.91, with Yi-Chia Chen second at 67.49. Their gap remains 1.42 points. Team Turducken is third at 52.82, ahead of mtg and the last dance. NVARC3 remains tenth at 43.94. All ten leading entries retain their places and scores against the midnight comparison.

The corrected illustration shows Team Turducken’s full seven-character crew: Mark, Son, Keith’s yellow mascot, DZ, NT, Choryu’s MRI-display character and Herminator standing in for Ronen, with two Yorkies. The flying machinery is editorial fantasy, not evidence of a new submission or the team’s equipment.

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A fixed gold line, a moving field

The wire’s earlier report put _LT_zyc at 35th after a rise to 36.00. That rolling-window report supplies context for the chase; it is not a fresh gain to add to this issue’s midnight totals. The same distinction applies to the wire’s earlier fall in the gold line: the closing gold cutoff is still 37.98, matching the midnight baseline.

pensukesan’s later recorded transition lifted its score from 29.97 to 34.99; it closes 47th. There is activity beneath the leaders even while the leading ten hold. Public medal positions remain provisional.

ARC-3 public leaderboard and observed history · _LT_zyc surges from 696th to 35th on ARC-3 · ARC-3 gold cutoff slips as the chase tightens

Inside the Citadel, after the announcement

Last night’s commissioned Citadel feature examines Tufa’s announcement that two NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 racks are live in Stockholm, with DELTA handling installation and T.Loop hosting. The original public post still makes that claim. The full feature follows the deployment film and separates NVIDIA’s platform specifications from what Tufa has disclosed.

That is useful context for a lab leading both contests. It does not establish that the new installation produced either existing score, or that a rack is assigned to each contest. The hardware announcement and the unchanged closing leaderboard remain separate facts.

A sneak peek inside the Tufa Citadel · Tufa Labs says its GB300 racks are live in Stockholm · Tufa Labs — community post

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	Unchanged	0
mtg	4	50.37	Unchanged	0
the last dance 🕺	5	49.85	Unchanged	0
Grigoriy Zatravkin	6	47.19	Unchanged	0
artificialagencylab.com	7	45.41	Unchanged	0
復活の混テキスト	8	45.11	Unchanged	0
Majkel1337	9	44.84	Unchanged	0
NVARC3	10	43.94	Unchanged	0
Lord Han Solo	23	37.07	Unchanged	0
goonew	38	35.91	Up 192	+3.86
Jan Disselhoff	49	34.77	Down 3	0
David Hartmann	688	29.83	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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