# Is Qwen3 5 9B SOTA?

**No.** Best recorded rank is #71 in Science.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Qwen3 5 9B from Alibaba / Qwen. Best recorded rank is #71 in Science. Last listed at #71 in Science on 2026-02-24. That board does not award a crown.

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

- Reasoning: INSUFFICIENT_DATA — #71 on GPQA Diamond; missing Humanity's Last Exam and LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts)
- Science: RANKED #71 — Last listed at #71 in Science on 2026-02-24. That board does not award a crown.