Reasoning
Mystery Game Puzzles Leaderboard
Mystery Game Puzzles is an Epoch AI evaluation of multi-step deductive reasoning: the model works through a mystery or logic-game scenario to arrive at the correct solution. It probes sustained, structured inference rather than single-step question answering.
Source: epoch17 open models ranked+105 proprietaryData through Sep 2026
All models ranked on Mystery Game Puzzles
Proprietary / closed models are shown dimmed — you can't run them locally, but they show where the open field stands.
| # | Model | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT 6 Astra Max · proprietary | 84.0% |
| 2 | Claude Opus 5 Max · proprietary | 59.0% |
| 3 | Claude Fable 5.1 Max · proprietary | 58.0% |
| 4 | GPT 5.6 Sol Max · proprietary | 58.0% |
| 5 | GPT 5.5 (xhigh) · proprietary | 56.0% |
| 6 | Claude Fable 5 Max · proprietary | 52.0% |
| 7 | GPT 5.5 (high) · proprietary | 52.0% |
| 8 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) · proprietary | 47.0% |
| 9 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 · 1650.5B | 43.0% |
| 10 | Qwen3.8 Max (xhigh) · proprietary | 38.0% |
| 11 | Claude Opus 5 · proprietary | 37.0% |
| 12 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (high) · proprietary | 37.0% |
| 13 | GPT 5.4 (Mar 05, 2026, xhigh) · proprietary | 37.0% |
| 14 | Claude Opus 4.8 Max · proprietary | 36.0% |
| 15 | Claude Sonnet 5 Max · proprietary | 35.0% |
| 16 | GPT 5.6 Terra Max · proprietary | 35.0% |
| 17 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 · 304.2B | 34.0% |
| 18 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (high) · proprietary | 34.0% |
| 19 | Grok 4.6 (xhigh) · proprietary | 34.0% |
| 20 | GLM 5.3 · 753.3B | 33.0% |
| 21 | GPT 5.6 Sol None · proprietary | 33.0% |
| 22 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (medium) · proprietary | 32.0% |
| 23 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) · proprietary | 32.0% |
| 24 | Qwen3.7 Max · proprietary | 32.0% |
| 25 | Claude Opus 4.8 (xhigh) · proprietary | 31.0% |
| 26 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (high) · proprietary | 30.0% |
| 27 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (low) · proprietary | 29.0% |
| 28 | O3 (Apr 16, 2025, high) · proprietary | 29.0% |
| 29 | Claude Opus 4.7 Max · proprietary | 28.0% |
| 30 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (low) · proprietary | 28.0% |
| 31 | GPT 5.4 (Mar 05, 2026, medium) · proprietary | 28.0% |
| 32 | GPT 5.5 (low) · proprietary | 28.0% |
| 33 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview (low) · proprietary | 26.0% |
| 34 | GPT 5.6 Sol (low) · proprietary | 26.0% |
| 35 | Kimi K3 · 2779.9B | 26.0% |
| 36 | Qwen3.7 Max None · proprietary | 26.0% |
| 37 | Claude Opus 4.6 Max · proprietary | 25.0% |
| 38 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview (minimal) · proprietary | 25.0% |
| 39 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (minimal) · proprietary | 25.0% |
| 40 | Muse Spark 1.3 Max · proprietary | 25.0% |
| 41 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (low) · proprietary | 23.0% |
| 42 | GPT 5 (Aug 07, 2025, high) · proprietary | 23.0% |
| 43 | GPT 5.2 (Dec 11, 2025, high) · proprietary | 23.0% |
| 44 | O3 (Apr 16, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 23.0% |
| 45 | Claude Opus 4.5 (Nov 01, 2025, 48K) · proprietary | 22.0% |
| 46 | GPT 5.2 (Dec 11, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 22.0% |
| 47 | Qwen3.6 35B A3B · 36.0B | 22.0% |
| 48 | Claude Opus 4.1 (Aug 05, 2025, 24K) · proprietary | 21.0% |
| 49 | GPT 5.6 Luna Max · proprietary | 21.0% |
| 50 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview (high) · proprietary | 20.0% |
| 51 | GPT 5.6 Luna None · proprietary | 20.0% |
| 52 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 · 560.5B | 20.0% |
| 53 | Qwen3.5 Flash · proprietary | 20.0% |
| 54 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (low) · proprietary | 19.0% |
| 55 | GLM 5.2 · 753.3B | 19.0% |
| 56 | GPT 5.1 (Nov 13, 2025, low) · proprietary | 19.0% |
| 57 | GPT 5.6 Terra (low) · proprietary | 19.0% |
| 58 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview None · proprietary | 19.0% |
| 59 | GPT 5.5 None · proprietary | 18.0% |
| 60 | Kimi K2.6 · 1026.9B | 18.0% |
| 61 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B · 403.4B | 18.0% |
| 62 | Qwen3.6 Flash None · proprietary | 18.0% |
| 63 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Sep 29, 2025, 48K) · proprietary | 17.0% |
| 64 | DeepSeek V4 Pro · 1598.8B | 17.0% |
| 65 | GPT 5.4 (Mar 05, 2026, low) · proprietary | 17.0% |
| 66 | GPT 5.6 Luna (low) · proprietary | 17.0% |
| 67 | Qwen3.5 122B A10B · 125.1B | 17.0% |
| 68 | Qwen3.5 Plus None · proprietary | 17.0% |
| 69 | Qwen3.7 Plus · proprietary | 17.0% |
| 70 | Qwen3.7 Plus None · proprietary | 17.0% |
| 71 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (low) · proprietary | 16.0% |
| 72 | Claude Sonnet 5 · proprietary | 16.0% |
| 73 | GPT 5 (Aug 07, 2025, low) · proprietary | 16.0% |
| 74 | GPT 5.1 (Nov 13, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 16.0% |
| 75 | GPT 5.4 2026 03.05 None · proprietary | 16.0% |
| 76 | Qwen3.5 Flash None · proprietary | 16.0% |
| 77 | Qwen3.5 Plus · proprietary | 16.0% |
| 78 | Claude Opus 4.6 · proprietary | 15.0% |
| 79 | GPT 5 (Aug 07, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 15.0% |
| 80 | GPT 5.1 2025 11.13 None · proprietary | 15.0% |
| 81 | Qwen3.7 Flash · proprietary | 15.0% |
| 82 | Muse Spark 1.3 (xhigh) · proprietary | 14.1% |
| 83 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 · proprietary | 14.0% |
| 84 | GPT 5 (Aug 07, 2025, minimal) · proprietary | 14.0% |
| 85 | GPT 5.2 2025 12.11 None · proprietary | 14.0% |
| 86 | GPT 5.6 Terra None · proprietary | 14.0% |
| 87 | Qwen3.7 Flash None · proprietary | 14.0% |
| 88 | Claude Opus 4.7 · proprietary | 13.0% |
| 89 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (minimal) · proprietary | 12.0% |
| 90 | GPT 4 (Jun 13) · proprietary | 12.0% |
| 91 | GPT 4o Mini (Jul 18, 2024) · proprietary | 12.0% |
| 92 | GPT 5.6 Luna (medium) · proprietary | 12.0% |
| 93 | Qwen3.6 Flash · proprietary | 12.0% |
| 94 | Qwen3.6 Plus None · proprietary | 12.0% |
| 95 | GPT 5.4 Mini 2026 03.17 None · proprietary | 11.0% |
| 96 | GPT 5 Mini (Aug 07, 2025, minimal) · proprietary | 10.0% |
| 97 | GPT 5.2 (Dec 11, 2025, low) · proprietary | 10.0% |
| 98 | GPT 5.6 Terra (medium) · proprietary | 10.0% |
| 99 | GPT 5 Nano (Aug 07, 2025, low) · proprietary | 9.0% |
| 100 | GPT 5 Nano (Aug 07, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 9.0% |
| 101 | GPT 5.4 Nano 2026 03.17 None · proprietary | 9.0% |
| 102 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 · 235.1B | 9.0% |
| 103 | GLM 5.3 Flash · 321.3B | 8.0% |
| 104 | GPT 5 Nano (Aug 07, 2025, high) · proprietary | 8.0% |
| 105 | GPT 5.4 Mini (Mar 17, 2026, low) · proprietary | 8.0% |
| 106 | MiniMax M3 · 427.0B | 8.0% |
| 107 | Claude Opus 4.6 (low) · proprietary | 7.0% |
| 108 | GPT 4.1 Mini (Apr 14, 2025) · proprietary | 7.0% |
| 109 | GPT 5.4 Mini (Mar 17, 2026, medium) · proprietary | 7.0% |
| 110 | O3 Mini (Jan 31, 2025, high) · proprietary | 7.0% |
| 111 | Qwen3.6 27B · 27.8B | 7.0% |
| 112 | GPT 5.4 Nano (Mar 17, 2026, medium) · proprietary | 6.0% |
| 113 | Inkling Small · 266.0B | 6.0% |
| 114 | GPT 5 Mini (Aug 07, 2025, high) · proprietary | 5.0% |
| 115 | GPT 5 Nano (Aug 07, 2025, minimal) · proprietary | 5.0% |
| 116 | GPT 5.4 Nano (Mar 17, 2026, high) · proprietary | 5.0% |
| 117 | O4 Mini (Apr 16, 2025, high) · proprietary | 5.0% |
| 118 | Qwen3 Max (Sep 23, 2025) · proprietary | 5.0% |
| 119 | GPT 5 Mini (Aug 07, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 4.0% |
| 120 | GPT 3.5 Turbo (Jan 25) · proprietary | 3.0% |
| 121 | GPT 5.4 Nano (Mar 17, 2026, low) · proprietary | 3.0% |
| 122 | GPT OSS 120B · 116.8B | 2.0% |
Score vs model size
Which models give the most quality for their size — the ones worth running locally.
- Qwen3.6 27B, 28B, score 7.0% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B, 36B, score 22.0% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, 304B, score 34.0% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, 1.7T, score 43.0% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
Mystery Game Puzzles: frequently asked questions
- What is the best open LLM on Mystery Game Puzzles?
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is the top open model on Mystery Game Puzzles, scoring 43.0%. Among all models tested — including proprietary ones — it ranks #9. The top model overall is GPT 6 Astra Max (OpenAI) at 84.0%.
- What's the best Mystery Game Puzzles model you can run on a 24 GB GPU?
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B is the highest-scoring open model that fits in 24 GB at 4-bit quantization (about 20 GB), scoring 22.0% on Mystery Game Puzzles.
- Can open models match proprietary models on Mystery Game Puzzles?
- Not quite on Mystery Game Puzzles: the strongest proprietary model (GPT 6 Astra Max) scores 84.0%, ahead of the best open model (DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813) at 43.0% — but you can run the open one yourself.
Scores aggregated from epoch. llmrun does not run this benchmark — see the source for methodology, or the about benchmarks for what it measures.