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VERIFIEDOct 132026
Is Grok 2 state of the art?
No.Best recorded rank is #6 in General LLM.

As of Oct 13, 2026, Grok 2 from xAI. Best recorded rank is #6 in General LLM. Last listed at #6 in General LLM on 2024-12-22.

Computed automaticallyas of Oct 13, 2026methodology v1.0confidence: low
General LLMNot SOTA · #6#6 · 0dReasoningNot SOTA · #8#8 · 0dCodingNot SOTA · #8#8 · 0dLong contextNot SOTA · #10#10 · 0d
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Why

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Last listed at #6 in General LLM on 2024-12-22.

Receipts

Evidence

Scores come from the latest ingested snapshot
SourceScoreDateTypeReceipt
LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall)
grok-2-2024-08-13
1249.1863384667845 1246.1–1252.42024-12-22INDEP.snap_9a4e972507c9
LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts)
grok-2-2024-08-13
1239.8154502837838 1233.7–1245.82024-12-18INDEP.snap_9a4e972507c9
LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding)
grok-2-2024-08-13
1254.3020168296116 1247.0–1260.32024-12-18INDEP.snap_9a4e972507c9
LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query)
grok-2-2024-08-13
1268.5825822340023 1258.6–1278.22025-01-22INDEP.snap_9a4e972507c9
Reign history

Where it sits in the succession

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Where it is not the crown

CategoryThis modelWhy
General LLMNot SOTA · #6Last listed at #6 in General LLM on 2024-12-22.
ReasoningNot SOTA · #8Last listed at #8 in Reasoning on 2024-12-18.
CodingNot SOTA · #8Last listed at #8 in Coding on 2024-12-18.
Long contextNot SOTA · #10Last listed at #10 in Long context on 2025-01-22.