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How we work out your score

This page is public and will stay so. A score you cannot check is worth nothing — that is what separates us from other IQ test sites.

§ 1

Where the questions come from

The questions are built by a program that follows rules: it produces the figure, the intended difficulty and the right answer. None is written by hand, which means everything can be checked and rebuilt identically. Two uncounted questions are slipped into each test: they serve to prepare future tests, never to work out your score.

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How we get to your score

Your right answers are compared with those of everyone who took the test. Hard questions count for more than easy ones. That comparison yields a score on a scale where the middle is 100 and most people are between 85 and 115. The scale shifts a little as new people take the test, so a score seen today may differ slightly in a few months.

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The margin of error

Twenty questions are not enough to measure to the point. So we show a margin of about 5 points: a score of 114 ± 5 means your true value most likely sits between 109 and 119. This holds for every test of this length, including those that hand you a clean number.

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What the test does not measure

Not your creativity, not your long-term memory, not what you learned at school, and nothing touching on health. We deliberately offer no test claiming to say whether you have a disorder or an illness: a website has no business doing that.

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What to know before reading your score

The people you are compared with are not a slice of the population: they are people who chose to take an IQ test online. Your score places you against them, not against everyone. It says so on your result, and it will keep saying so.

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Published on
October 3, 2026
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Where the scale stands
STILL SETTLING

Our scale is still settling. We don't have enough participants yet to lock it. Scores stay comparable with each other, but they may be slightly readjusted. We'd rather tell you.

Scores given for information only, from a self-assessment test. No diagnosis, no certification.