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Made for human brains

One number never told the whole story.

Real cognitive tests across eight abilities, built to keep AI from taking them for you. Each one has its own leaderboard, and together they make your overall IQ ranking.

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The Golden Ratio · Sequence 1 of 5This is only the first door.Whole Board is Sequence One of five. Four more are sealed, and the next one opens by invitation.Read more →
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Only future leaders take this test.

Plenty of people let AI think for them. You're here to find out what your own mind can do, and to prove it.

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Verified400,000 random tests checked in 50 runsChecks passed13,484,104 of 13,484,104Re-solved1,600,000 puzzles by independent solversResultEvery re-solved puzzle has exactly 1 correct optionCategories8 abilities, every question in its own categoryHuman-onlyServer-side timers · AI-resistant questionsFreshA new question set every attemptWord Power59 questions reviewed for one clear answerLast verifiedOct 18, 2026

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War of Minds

Your neighborhood against the next one. Your city against the state. Your state against the country. Verified players only, final results on December 31.

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The eight squares

Pick a category

Every test is built fresh when you start, so no two attempts are the same.

Pattern ReasoningFind the rule in a grid you've never seen before.
6 min · leaderboard →
Number SenseWork out how a number chain grows.
5 min · leaderboard →
Word PowerMeaning, analogies and the odd word out.
4 min · leaderboard →
MemoryHold digits in your head and play them back reversed.
3 min · leaderboard →
SpeedSame or different, as fast as you can.
1 min · leaderboard →
SpatialSpin shapes in your head and catch the mirror image.
5 min · leaderboard →
LogicRank people from scattered clues.
7 min · leaderboard →
FocusName the ink color, ignore the word.
1 min · leaderboard →
Bonus game · the golden ratio, φ (phi) = 1.618…Golden Run: how much of the golden ratio (φ) can you hold?Memorize the golden ratio digit by digit, or race through Fibonacci chains. Just for fun, never affects your rank.Play

Where are the focused people?

Readers, solvers, builders, makers. Every kind of mind has a square here. Pick up to three that are you, and see how your kind of mind scores.

The new human baseline

AI can think for you. Can you still think for yourself?

AI can now write, solve and answer in seconds. Whole Board measures this generation against itself: real people, thinking alone, against the clock. Every fair score helps set a new average for the age of AI.

We researched intelligence science across the web, studied how professional tests are built, and wrote and machine-tested every question generator so the test is fair, fresh and hard to cheat.

How we keep it human

How your IQ is built

Every category counts

Each category gives you a score on the standard IQ scale, where 100 is average. Complete at least three and you get an overall IQ, built from your best ranked score in each one. The more categories you finish, the more accurate it gets.

Want to climb? You get one free ranked retake per category every week, the same for everyone. Want more reps in between? Practice retakes are $0.99 and update your stats, but never your rank.

Ranked boards are for ID-verified players 18 and over. Everyone 13 and up can take every test and play private matches.

Reach 125+ overall as a verified player and you'll get a private email invite to what we're building next: a deeper test on the ideas that shape how people think, earn and live.

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10,000 players to go

International boards open when 10,000 players from outside the US have joined (0 so far). Then countries go head to head, then continents, with the site in more languages. Outside the US? Sign up and pick your country to count toward the unlock.