The Genius Test
Standard IQ tests run out of hard questions at the top. When someone answers nearly everything correctly, the test can only say “very high”. The Genius Test is a second, much harder test built to measure that range.
How to unlock it
Take the free IQ test. If you answer at least 70 of the 72 questions correctly and score above 140, the Genius Test unlocks on your dashboard. That's roughly the top 0.4% of the population.
What's in it
- Genius Patterns: matrices with up to four rules at once, including line subtraction, intersection, angle arithmetic and dots moving around the grid.
- Genius Logic: balance systems with four or five unknown weights where no clue gives a weight directly, and transformation rules chaining three steps.
- Genius Numbers: sequences built on second-order structure, interleaving, recurrences and digit sums.
- Genius Spatial: 45° rotations of large shapes, three-fold paper folding, subtle cube nets and deducing hidden cube faces from several views.
Why reasoning only, and why generously timed
At the very top, memory span and speed stop separating people well, while reasoning keeps doing so. High-range tests are traditionally power tests: they measure how hard a problem you can solve, not how fast. Each section has 10 questions with up to three minutes for the hardest.
How far can it measure?
Scores are reported up to 165. Above about 160, no test can measure reliably: there are simply too few people at that level to compare against, so a score at the top of the scale means “160 or higher”. We think being honest about that is more useful than printing numbers no test can support.
Frequently asked questions
Can my Genius Test score be lower than my first score?
Yes. The standard test can't tell 141 from 150, so its top scores are rough. The Genius Test result is the more precise estimate and replaces it, whether that means higher or lower.