On 2026-08-06 Meta AI reported entering its models in five STEM Olympiads — APhO…

Brief

Meta AI entered its models in five STEM Olympiads to evaluate pure reasoning, posting results on 2026-08-06: perfect theory scores at the Asian and International Physics Olympiads, an IMO gold medal, and gold‑medal‑level performance at the IChO and RMM. All runs forbade tools (no search, coding, or calculators); Meta thanked contestants and committees and shared a video.

Why it matters

On 2026-08-06 Meta AI reported entering its models in five STEM Olympiads — APhO, IPhO, IMO, IChO, and RMM — achieving perfect theory scores at the Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) and International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), and 'gold‑medal‑level' performances at the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) and Romanian Masters of Mathematics (RMM).

Key details

All evaluations were conducted with tool restrictions — no external search, no coding, and no calculators — to isolate 'pure reasoning' on problems the team says require deep chains of reasoning, creative insight, and flawless argumentation.

Meta publicly thanked the competitions' contestants and committees for enabling participation and shared a video alongside the announcement.

To understand whether we're making genuine progress on reasoning, we entered our AI models in five STEM Olympiad competitions.

The results:
🏅 Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO): Perfect score, theory exam
🏅 International Physics Olympiad (IPhO): Perfect score, theory exam
🥇 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO): Gold medal
🥇 International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO): Gold-medal-level performance
🥇 Romanian Masters of Mathematics (RMM): Gold-medal-level performance

The types of problems in the Olympiad competitions are exceptionally hard, demanding deep chains of reasoning, creative insight, and flawless argumentation. To test pure reasoning capability, we disallowed all tool use, meaning no search, no coding, and no calculator.

We have deep admiration for the contestants and committees behind these competitions, and are grateful for their support in enabling our participation.

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