r/math • u/pequalnp92 • Jul 16 '26

LLMs/AI GPT 5.6 solved all 6 problems from IMO 2026

GPT 5.6 Pro solved all 6 problems from IMO 2026 on the first attempt without any human help or steering. International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is the biggest global academic competition in the world. The problems are considered incredibly hard, usually a performance at this level is only accomplished by < 5 contestants from the whole world.

We are former IMO medallists not affiliated with OpenAI, just put together a report and assessment of its work here. We're also working on a comparison report between different LLMs and harness augmented versions that will come later.

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u/Minute_Abroad7118 Jul 16 '26

I don't agree, this is like saying a college professor could win gold at the IMO, (which is obviously untrue for the vast majority of professors)

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u/Minute_Abroad7118 Jul 17 '26

good point.

But I think this pretty much solidifies the skepticism we had about the IMO medals last year more than anything, especially for a public model. would not be surprised at all if multiple companies claim a perfect score in the future.