A meta-eval maps twelve benchmarks onto an implied IQ of 136

Claim

A new meta-evaluation mapping a calibrated mix of twelve existing benchmarks onto implied IQs crowned GPT-5.5 the smartest available model at 136, while both its reasoning modes solved the first task on a benchmark measuring whether models can rebuild programs from scratch.

Reported metric: IQ 136

Reporting date: 2026-05-13 (not necessarily the event date)

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