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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 Oct 26
Rank 233 / 1635
goal #1
- Score
- +0.2140
- #1
- +0.4720
- Gap to #1
- 0.2580
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 233 / 1635 | +0.2140 | +0.4720 | submission 54 |
| 2026-10-25 | 233 / 1635 | +0.2140 | +0.4720 | submission 54 |
| 2026-10-24 | 233 / 1635 | +0.2140 | +0.4720 | submission 54 |
| 2026-10-23 | 233 / 1635 | +0.2140 | +0.4720 | submission 54 |
| 2026-10-22 | 233 / 1635 | +0.2140 | +0.4720 | submission 53 |
| 2026-10-21 | 236 / 1617 | +0.2140 | +0.4716 | submission 53 |
| 2026-10-20 | 224 / 1585 | +0.2145 | +0.4734 | submission 52 |
| 2026-10-19 | 224 / 1578 | +0.2145 | +0.4689 | submission 52 |
| 2026-10-18 | 233 / 1572 | +0.2145 | +0.4709 | submission 52 |
| 2026-10-17 | 229 / 1564 | +0.2141 | +0.4670 | submission 51 |
| 2026-10-16 | 258 / 1556 | +0.2054 | +0.4670 | submission 50 |
| 2026-10-15 | 226 / 1524 | +0.2134 | +0.4610 | submission 49 |
| 2026-10-14 | 333 / 1516 | +0.1850 | +0.4729 | submission 48 |
| 2026-10-13 | 263 / 1496 | +0.2066 | +0.4665 | submission 45 |
| 2026-10-12 | 233 / 1479 | +0.2133 | +0.4625 | submission 43 |
| 2026-10-11 | 221 / 1453 | +0.2133 | +0.4557 | submission 43 |
| 2026-10-10 | 208 / 1437 | +0.2133 | +0.4536 | submission 43 |
| 2026-10-09 | 208 / 1413 | +0.2133 | +0.4503 | submission 43 |
| 2026-10-08 | 180 / 1386 | +0.2133 | +0.4372 | submission 43 |
| 2026-10-07 | 170 / 1370 | +0.2133 | +0.4340 | submission 43 |
| 2026-10-06 | 149 / 1332 | +0.2133 | +0.4350 | submission 43 |
| 2026-10-05 | 146 / 1329 | +0.2133 | +0.4346 | submission 43 |
| 2026-10-04 | 139 / 1301 | +0.2133 | +0.4339 | submission 43 |
| 2026-10-03 | 120 / 1291 | +0.2131 | +0.4339 | submission 42 |
| 2026-10-02 | 134 / 1275 | +0.2075 | +0.4321 | submission 39 |
| 2026-10-01 | 120 / 1257 | +0.2081 | +0.4289 | submission 37 |
| 2026-09-30 | 124 / 1230 | +0.2081 | +0.4192 | submission 37 |
| 2026-09-29 | 116 / 1214 | +0.2081 | +0.4185 | submission 37 |
| 2026-09-28 | 92 / 1198 | +0.2081 | +0.3797 | submission 37 |
| 2026-09-27 | 72 / 1174 | +0.2081 | +0.3573 | submission 37 |
| 2026-09-26 | 60 / 1172 | +0.2081 | +0.3579 | submission 37 |
| 2026-09-25 | 58 / 1149 | +0.2052 | +0.3490 | submission 36 |
| 2026-09-24 | 59 / 1128 | +0.2052 | +0.3548 | submission 36 |
| 2026-09-23 | 52 / 1115 | +0.2052 | +0.3421 | submission 36 |
| 2026-09-22 | 43 / 1085 | +0.2049 | +0.3598 | submission 32 |
| 2026-09-21 | 39 / 1086 | +0.2065 | +0.3598 | submission 30 |
| 2026-09-20 | 36 / 1065 | +0.2065 | +0.3449 | submission 30 |
| 2026-09-19 | 34 / 1045 | +0.2065 | +0.3452 | submission 30 |
| 2026-09-18 | 31 / 1027 | +0.2069 | +0.3304 | submission 27 |
| 2026-09-17 | 35 / 1010 | +0.2069 | +0.3080 | submission 27 |
| 2026-09-16 | 24 / 988 | +0.2069 | +0.2916 | submission 27 |
| 2026-09-15 | 32 / 957 | +0.2069 | +0.2763 | submission 27 |
| 2026-09-14 | 31 / 939 | +0.2066 | +0.2812 | submission 26 |
| 2026-09-13 | 26 / 923 | +0.2066 | +0.2629 | submission 26 |
| 2026-09-12 | 25 / 907 | +0.2066 | +0.2603 | submission 26 |
| 2026-09-11 | 25 / 884 | +0.2066 | +0.2872 | submission 26 |
| 2026-09-10 | 17 / 846 | +0.2066 | +0.2630 | submission 26 |
| 2026-09-09 | 18 / 829 | +0.2062 | +0.2630 | submission 24 |
| 2026-09-08 | 6 / 795 | +0.2052 | +0.2419 | submission 22 |
| 2026-09-07 | 6 / 760 | +0.2036 | +0.2389 | submission 21 |
| 2026-09-06 | 10 / 731 | +0.1949 | +0.2362 | submission 20 |
| 2026-09-05 | 6 / 698 | +0.1949 | +0.2279 | submission 20 |
| 2026-09-04 | 8 / 663 | +0.1949 | +0.2243 | submission 18 |
| 2026-08-29 | 20 / 441 | +0.1517 | +0.2112 | submission 8 |
| 2026-08-27 | 131 / 292 | +0.0171 | +0.1668 | Early submissions |