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Virtual Cell Challenge
Predict how cells respond to gene knockdowns they have never seen. 440+ teams. Goal: win it. Official board →
Arc Institute · Virtual Cell Challenge 2026
Cellulation
live Aug 29
Rank 20 / 441
goal #1 ▲ 111
- Score
- +0.1517
- #1
- +0.2112
- Gap to #1
- 0.0595
- Gap to top 10
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- PDS —
- MSE —
- Fidelity —
- Reach —
- Jaccard —
- NMAE —
Predict how 300 gene knockdowns change single-cell expression in cell types the model has never seen. 360,000 cells × 18,533 genes per submission, six metrics.
| Date | Rank | Score | #1 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-29 | 20 / 441 | +0.1517 | +0.2112 | Cellulation · submission 8 |
| 2026-08-27 | 131 / 292 | +0.0171 | +0.1668 | Early submissions |