ARC-AGI-3 ·

The Duck That Launched a Thousand Ships

A young turkey in Mark Barney’s hand on May 6, 2026. Team Turducken’s best ARC3 score that day was 0.28.
A bird in the hand. A team on 0.28. On November 2, Team Turducken stands on 56.02. Photograph by Mark Barney.

On September 30, a bronze-medal score in ARC-AGI-3 was 4.04. Two days later it was 25.04. The number of teams on the board barely changed. Our season feature follows the Duck, the Qwen models and the public notebooks that moved the starting line—with an interactive chart from March to the final day, and an ARC2 comparison.

The investigation began with Cristiano Calcagno’s question about model improvements and team progress. Mark Barney’s detour into turkey photographs supplied the lead picture. Barney edits the Digest and competes on Team Turducken, fifth in the dated public snapshot.

Read the full article and interactive season chart · Cristiano Calcagno’s question · Our Run Record