# Is DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B SOTA?

**No.** Best recorded rank is #117 in Science.

As of Oct 14, 2026, DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B from DeepSeek. Best recorded rank is #117 in Science. Last listed at #117 in Science on 2025-01-20. That board does not award a crown.

As of Oct 14, 2026. Methodology v1.0. Computed automatically.

- Reasoning: INSUFFICIENT_DATA — #117 on GPQA Diamond; missing Humanity's Last Exam and LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts)
- Science: RANKED #117 — Last listed at #117 in Science on 2025-01-20. That board does not award a crown.

## Reasoning

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