Benchmark profile
LiveCodeBench Pro
A harder competitive-programming benchmark family built from Codeforces, ICPC, and IOI problems, with quarter-specific public leaderboards and difficulty-aware reporting.
Data verifiedBenchmark score on LiveCodeBench Pro — July 23, 2026
BenchLM mirrors the published score view for LiveCodeBench Pro. Sakana Fugu-Ultra leads the public snapshot at 90.8% , followed by Sakana Fugu (87.8%) and GPT-5.4 (87.5%). BenchLM does not use these results to rank models overall.
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
Sakana AI
sakana-fugu-ultra
Sakana Fugu
Sakana AI
sakana-fugu
GPT-5.4
OpenAI
gpt-5-4
Benchmark score table (8 models)
ScoreThe published LiveCodeBench Pro snapshot places Sakana Fugu-Ultra first at 90.8%. The third row is 3.3 points behind. The broader top-10 range is 68.1 points, so the table still separates the published systems.
8 models have been evaluated on LiveCodeBench Pro. The benchmark falls in the Coding category. This category carries a 20% weight in BenchLM.ai's overall scoring system. LiveCodeBench Pro is currently displayed for reference but excluded from the scoring formula, so it does not directly affect overall rankings.
About LiveCodeBench Pro
Year
2025
Tasks
Quarter-specific contest programming sets
Format
Competitive programming
Difficulty
High-end contest programming
LiveCodeBench Pro is distinct from the original LiveCodeBench family. It excludes LeetCode, emphasizes stronger contest difficulty, and the official site publishes quarter-specific leaderboards such as 25Q2 with hard, medium, and easy pass rates.
BenchLM freshness & provenance
Version
LiveCodeBench Pro 2025
Refresh cadence
Quarterly
Staleness state
Current
Question availability
Public benchmark set
BenchLM uses freshness metadata to decide whether a benchmark should still be treated as a strong differentiator, a benchmark to watch, or a display-only reference. For the full scoring policy, see the BenchLM methodology page.
FAQ
What does LiveCodeBench Pro measure?
A harder competitive-programming benchmark family built from Codeforces, ICPC, and IOI problems, with quarter-specific public leaderboards and difficulty-aware reporting.
Which model scores highest on LiveCodeBench Pro?
Sakana Fugu-Ultra by Sakana AI currently leads with a score of 90.8% on LiveCodeBench Pro.
How many models are evaluated on LiveCodeBench Pro?
8 AI models have been evaluated on LiveCodeBench Pro on BenchLM.
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