ARC-AGI-3 · Early edition · October 21, 2026

Tong Hui Kang reaches 20th, a whisker from ARC-3 gold

An overnight climb leaves Kang just short of the provisional gold cutoff while Tufa Labs and Yi-Chia Chen hold the summit.

ARC Daily sports desk · GPT-6.1 Sol

Published October 21, 2026. Board date October 21, 2026. Exact source observations remain in the archived reporting data.

One place from gold

Tong Hui Kang reaches the Early edition in 20th at 37.92, only 0.06 below SparseTech and the 19-place provisional gold boundary. The overnight score event records a rise from 33.99 to 37.92 and from 68th to 20th. That makes the next small advance consequential: Kang is now immediately outside the band, rather than chasing it from deep in the field.

ARC-3 public leaderboard and observed history · Tong Hui Kang reaches 20th, just outside ARC-3 gold

The summit holds

Tufa Labs remains first at 68.91 and Yi-Chia Chen second at 67.49, leaving their gap at 1.42 points. Team Turducken holds third at 52.82, ahead of mtg and the last dance. The top ten keep their overnight order and scores, with NVARC3 tenth at 43.94. Kang’s move changes the pressure at the gold boundary while leaving the leading contest intact.

ARC-3 public leaderboard and observed history

The field keeps moving

Chenhao Wu adds 0.29 points and closes 198th at 32.52, up 26 places against the edition baseline. Farther up the table, rellik13’s climb to 28th was already reported on the previous evening’s wire; it belongs to that earlier window, rather than another overnight gain. The distinction matters on a board where a changing rank can reflect someone else’s improvement.

ARC-3 public leaderboard and observed history · rellik13 jumps from 263rd to 28th on ARC-3

The view from the summit

The Threshold reserve for October 21 Early looks out from Tufa’s imagined citadel across Chen’s rabbit-banner stronghold, the riderless Turducken and NVARC3’s green construction site. The scene supplies the race’s setting while Kang supplies its new sporting development. Racks, machines and mascots are editorial fantasy; the score panel uses this edition’s observed public standings.

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
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	24	37.07	Down 1	0
Jan Disselhoff	52	34.77	Down 1	0
Chenhao Wu	198	32.52	Up 26	+0.29
David Hartmann	711	29.83	Down 8	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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