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MaxxBench – "Nice DeepSWE score. But is it true?"

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  • Points264
  • Comments74
#7Rank now 1
#7Peak rank
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Points
264
Comments
74
Submitted by
antiuniverse
Posted
Nov 7, 2026
Site
maxxbench.unlap.ai

Story details from Hacker News ↗ · linked article on maxxbench.unlap.ai.

Trending history

MaxxBench – "Nice DeepSWE score. But is it true?" was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 7, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 86 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #7 of 30, reached on Nov 8, 15:09 UTC. It is #7 right now, climbing from #8 to #7 over the last 6 checks.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 18:2423:4305:0110:2015:39 Nov 7, 18:24 UTC · #27Nov 7, 18:39 UTC · #23Nov 7, 18:54 UTC · #20Nov 7, 19:09 UTC · #20Nov 7, 19:24 UTC · #16Nov 7, 19:39 UTC · #16Nov 7, 19:54 UTC · #18Nov 7, 20:09 UTC · #16Nov 7, 20:24 UTC · #16Nov 7, 20:39 UTC · #16Nov 7, 20:54 UTC · #17Nov 7, 21:09 UTC · #17Nov 7, 21:24 UTC · #15Nov 7, 21:39 UTC · #16Nov 7, 21:54 UTC · #15Nov 7, 22:09 UTC · #14Nov 7, 22:24 UTC · #15Nov 7, 22:39 UTC · #15Nov 7, 22:54 UTC · #15Nov 7, 23:09 UTC · #13Nov 7, 23:24 UTC · #13Nov 7, 23:39 UTC · #13Nov 7, 23:54 UTC · #13Nov 8, 00:09 UTC · #12Nov 8, 00:24 UTC · #13Nov 8, 00:39 UTC · #12Nov 8, 00:54 UTC · #11Nov 8, 01:09 UTC · #11Nov 8, 01:24 UTC · #11Nov 8, 01:39 UTC · #9Nov 8, 01:54 UTC · #9Nov 8, 02:09 UTC · #10Nov 8, 02:24 UTC · #10Nov 8, 02:39 UTC · #10Nov 8, 02:54 UTC · #10Nov 8, 03:09 UTC · #9Nov 8, 03:24 UTC · #10Nov 8, 03:39 UTC · #10Nov 8, 03:54 UTC · #10Nov 8, 04:09 UTC · #9Nov 8, 04:24 UTC · #9Nov 8, 04:39 UTC · #10Nov 8, 04:54 UTC · #10Nov 8, 05:09 UTC · #9Nov 8, 05:24 UTC · #9Nov 8, 05:39 UTC · #9Nov 8, 05:54 UTC · #9Nov 8, 06:09 UTC · #9Nov 8, 06:24 UTC · #9Nov 8, 06:39 UTC · #9Nov 8, 06:54 UTC · #9Nov 8, 07:09 UTC · #9Nov 8, 07:24 UTC · #9Nov 8, 07:39 UTC · #9Nov 8, 07:54 UTC · #9Nov 8, 08:09 UTC · #9Nov 8, 08:24 UTC · #9Nov 8, 08:39 UTC · #9Nov 8, 08:54 UTC · #9Nov 8, 09:09 UTC · #9Nov 8, 09:24 UTC · #9Nov 8, 09:39 UTC · #9Nov 8, 09:54 UTC · #9Nov 8, 10:09 UTC · #9Nov 8, 10:24 UTC · #10Nov 8, 10:39 UTC · #10Nov 8, 10:54 UTC · #10Nov 8, 11:09 UTC · #9Nov 8, 11:24 UTC · #9Nov 8, 11:39 UTC · #9Nov 8, 11:54 UTC · #8Nov 8, 12:09 UTC · #8Nov 8, 12:24 UTC · #8Nov 8, 12:39 UTC · #9Nov 8, 12:54 UTC · #9Nov 8, 13:09 UTC · #9Nov 8, 13:24 UTC · #8Nov 8, 13:39 UTC · #8Nov 8, 13:54 UTC · #9Nov 8, 14:09 UTC · #8Nov 8, 14:24 UTC · #8Nov 8, 14:39 UTC · #8Nov 8, 14:54 UTC · #8Nov 8, 15:09 UTC · #7Nov 8, 15:24 UTC · #7Nov 8, 15:39 UTC · #7

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

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Metric history

points as reported by Hacker News.

0115230348 18:2423:4305:0110:2015:39 Nov 7, 18:24 UTC · 7Nov 7, 18:39 UTC · 24Nov 7, 18:54 UTC · 36Nov 7, 19:09 UTC · 50Nov 7, 19:24 UTC · 56Nov 7, 19:39 UTC · 70Nov 7, 19:54 UTC · 78Nov 7, 20:09 UTC · 84Nov 7, 20:24 UTC · 94Nov 7, 20:39 UTC · 100Nov 7, 20:54 UTC · 106Nov 7, 21:09 UTC · 111Nov 7, 21:24 UTC · 116Nov 7, 21:39 UTC · 120Nov 7, 21:54 UTC · 125Nov 7, 22:09 UTC · 130Nov 7, 22:24 UTC · 135Nov 7, 22:39 UTC · 141Nov 7, 22:54 UTC · 147Nov 7, 23:09 UTC · 151Nov 7, 23:24 UTC · 159Nov 7, 23:39 UTC · 164Nov 7, 23:54 UTC · 167Nov 8, 00:09 UTC · 174Nov 8, 00:24 UTC · 178Nov 8, 00:39 UTC · 183Nov 8, 00:54 UTC · 186Nov 8, 01:09 UTC · 188Nov 8, 01:24 UTC · 194Nov 8, 01:39 UTC · 203Nov 8, 01:54 UTC · 205Nov 8, 02:09 UTC · 205Nov 8, 02:24 UTC · 208Nov 8, 02:39 UTC · 208Nov 8, 02:54 UTC · 209Nov 8, 03:09 UTC · 212Nov 8, 03:24 UTC · 216Nov 8, 03:39 UTC · 221Nov 8, 03:54 UTC · 225Nov 8, 04:09 UTC · 228Nov 8, 04:24 UTC · 232Nov 8, 04:39 UTC · 235Nov 8, 04:54 UTC · 240Nov 8, 05:09 UTC · 243Nov 8, 05:24 UTC · 246Nov 8, 05:39 UTC · 250Nov 8, 05:54 UTC · 255Nov 8, 06:09 UTC · 258Nov 8, 06:24 UTC · 262Nov 8, 06:39 UTC · 266Nov 8, 06:54 UTC · 271Nov 8, 07:09 UTC · 274Nov 8, 07:24 UTC · 275Nov 8, 07:39 UTC · 279Nov 8, 07:54 UTC · 285Nov 8, 08:09 UTC · 288Nov 8, 08:24 UTC · 288Nov 8, 08:39 UTC · 291Nov 8, 08:54 UTC · 295Nov 8, 09:09 UTC · 297Nov 8, 09:24 UTC · 298Nov 8, 09:39 UTC · 301Nov 8, 09:54 UTC · 307Nov 8, 10:09 UTC · 309Nov 8, 10:24 UTC · 313Nov 8, 10:39 UTC · 318Nov 8, 10:54 UTC · 322Nov 8, 11:09 UTC · 326Nov 8, 11:24 UTC · 328Nov 8, 11:39 UTC · 330Nov 8, 11:54 UTC · 330Nov 8, 12:09 UTC · 332Nov 8, 12:24 UTC · 332Nov 8, 12:39 UTC · 333Nov 8, 12:54 UTC · 333Nov 8, 13:09 UTC · 334Nov 8, 13:24 UTC · 334Nov 8, 13:39 UTC · 338Nov 8, 13:54 UTC · 339Nov 8, 14:09 UTC · 339Nov 8, 14:24 UTC · 340Nov 8, 14:39 UTC · 341Nov 8, 14:54 UTC · 342Nov 8, 15:09 UTC · 345Nov 8, 15:24 UTC · 346Nov 8, 15:39 UTC · 348

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.

Particularly interesting cases here are of GLM 5.3 and Claude Opus that seem to rely on assumptions despite clearly stated requirements. > Let me just do float64; the risk of a test with >2^53 numbers is minimal. > such cases are unlikely … Truncation toward zero is fine. Apart from this, we also a scenario where the…

This is a great example of how to test how well a benchmark score generalises. The first order approximation is not complicated: just vary a parameter and see how much the score changes. Which parameter to vary depends on the result of the test, but the MaxxBench route of varying the task spec seems like a good…

Academically a - very - interesting article, which confirms my ongoing suspicion of LLM Benchmarks in general ( probably why I like it so much). Another thing that caught my eye is DeepSWE having a bunch of bugs in them. The more I learn about these benchmarks the more sceptical I become. I would expect such a…

Questions

Is MaxxBench – "Nice DeepSWE score. But is it true?" trending on Hacker News right now?

Yes. As of Nov 8, 15:39 UTC it is #7, climbing from #8 to #7 over the last 6 checks.

What is the highest rank MaxxBench – "Nice DeepSWE score. But is it true?" reached?

#7 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 8, 15:09 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has MaxxBench – "Nice DeepSWE score. But is it true?" been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 7, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (86 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

264 points and 74 comments; submitted by antiuniverse on Nov 7, 2026.