# Is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct SOTA?

**No.** Best recorded rank is #187 in Science.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct from Meta. Best recorded rank is #187 in Science. Last listed at #187 in Science on 2024-07-23. That board does not award a crown.

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

- Reasoning: INSUFFICIENT_DATA — #187 on GPQA Diamond; missing Humanity's Last Exam and LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts)
- Science: RANKED #187 — Last listed at #187 in Science on 2024-07-23. That board does not award a crown.

## Reasoning

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