# Is Kimi K3 SOTA?

**Yes.** Yes on General LLM (open weights); Reasoning (open weights). Not the overall leader.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI. Yes on General LLM (open weights); Reasoning (open weights). Not the overall leader. Was SOTA in Long context from 2026-07-27 to 2026-08-11. Currently ranked #7.

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

- General LLM: RANKED #13 — Ranked #13 in General LLM.
- Reasoning: RANKED #7 — Ranked #7 in Reasoning.
- Math: INSUFFICIENT_DATA — #14 on LMArena Text (style-controlled, math); missing Humanity's Last Exam and FrontierMath
- Science: RANKED #17 — Last listed at #17 in Science on 2026-07-16. That board does not award a crown.
- Coding: INSUFFICIENT_DATA — #4 on SWE-bench Pro V2 HARD; missing Terminal-Bench 4.0 and LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding)
- Coding › Web dev: WAS_SOTA #11 — Was SOTA in Coding › Web dev from 2026-08-10 to 2026-09-04. Currently ranked #11.
- Long context: WAS_SOTA #7 — Was SOTA in Long context from 2026-07-27 to 2026-08-11. Currently ranked #7.
- Vision: RANKED #17 — Ranked #17 in Vision.
- Factuality: RANKED #19 — Ranked #19 in Factuality.
- Abstraction (ARC): RANKED #8 — Last listed at #8 in Abstraction (ARC) on 2026-07-16. That board does not award a crown.

## Science

https://isitsota.com/c/science