SudokuBench (Multi-step, 9x9) — leaderboard
SudokuBench multi-step mode on 9x9 grids. Full-size puzzles with iterative solving, the original and hardest SudokuBench variant.
Metric: 9x9 Solve Rate (%). Source: pub.sakana.ai. Status: saturation imminent. 12 models tracked.
Top models
| # | Model | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5 (High) | 22.9 |
| 2 | GPT-5 (Medium) | 17.1 |
| 3 | GPT-5 (Low) | 14.3 |
| 4 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | 0 |
| 5 | GPT-4.1 | 0 |
| 6 | Llama 4 Maverick | 0 |
| 7 | Qwen 3 30B A3B | 0 |
| 8 | QwQ-32B | 0 |
| 9 | DeepSeek R1 | 0 |
| 10 | Qwen 3 235B A22B | 0 |
| 11 | Llama 4 Scout | 0 |
| 12 | Grok 3 Mini | 0 |
Interactive version: theaggregate.ai/benchmark?slug=sudokubench-multi-step-9x9 · How the rankings work · Data refreshed daily, snapshot 2026-07-22.