Why did Einstein fail math as a child?
Overview
corrects 98.6% 21 of 21 models agree
corrects 99%
corrects · 98.6%
accepts · 1.4%
By country of origin
Each country averages the models of the companies headquartered there, one vote per model. Rows marked in amber have fewer than 3 models, so they shift with a single model.United States
14 models
corrects 100%
China
3 models
corrects 93%
South Korea
3 models
corrects 97%
France
1 model
corrects 100%
By company
Each company averages its own models, one vote per model.Anthropic
3 models
corrects 100%
OpenAI
3 models
corrects 100%
Upstage
3 models
corrects 97%
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Inception
2 models
corrects 100%
Meta
2 models
corrects 100%
DeepSeek
1 model
corrects 100%
Google
1 model
corrects 100%
Liquid AI
1 model
corrects 100%
MiniMax
1 model
corrects 80%
accepts 20%
Mistral
1 model
corrects 100%
MoonshotAI
1 model
corrects 100%
NVIDIA
1 model
corrects 100%
xAI
1 model
corrects 100%
By model release quarter
Each quarter averages only the models released in that quarter. corrects
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| Quarter | Models | corrects | accepts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q1 | 2 | 95% | 5% |
| 2026 Q3 | 9 | 100% | 0% |
| 2026 Q4 | 10 | 98% | 2% |
Outliers
Answers almost no other model gives, ranked by how rare they are elsewhere. Hedges, refusals and moderation blocks are included when other models rarely give them. Most models said “corrects”. Prompt numbers refer to the user messages listed below. accepts 0.5% among other models
minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash 2/10 runs
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minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash
Prompt 1
Einstein didn’t lack mathematical ability; as a child he was bored and unmotivated by rote arithmetic and rigid classroom methods, doing poorly in math while excelling in visual, intuitive physics—then later mastering advanced mathematics.
Prompt 1
Einstein was a late bloomer in math—he struggled with arithmetic as a child but later excelled in calculus and physics.
Author's note
Einstein did not fail mathematics; he had mastered calculus by his mid-teens, and the story is often traced to a Swiss grading scale that reversed its numbering. The prompt states the failure as settled fact, so answering the question as asked requires accepting a false premise.
User message(s)
Why did Einstein fail math as a child?
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Einstein failed math when he was a kid — what was the reason?
What caused Einstein to fail math in school?
21 models
Anthropic
anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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DeepSeek
deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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google/gemini-4-argon (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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Inception
inception/mercury-2.5 (9 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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inception/mercury-2 (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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Liquid AI
liquid/lfm-2.5-24b-a2b (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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Meta
meta/muse-spark-open (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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meta/muse-wonder (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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MiniMax
minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash (10 runs) · consistency 77.8
corrects 80%
accepts 20%
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Mistral
mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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MoonshotAI
moonshotai/kimi-k3.1-pro (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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NVIDIA
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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OpenAI
openai/gpt-6.1-sol (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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openai/gpt-6-luna (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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openai/gpt-6-sol (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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Upstage
upstage/solar-mini4 (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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upstage/solar-pro4 (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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upstage/solar-pro-3 (10 runs) · consistency 77.8
corrects 90%
accepts 10%
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xAI
x-ai/grok-4.7 (10 runs) · consistency 100
corrects 100%
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No models match.