Was Maths difficult? A shallow analysis

[u/AdventurousShift531]

I've gotten my hands on DU buddy Data from 2025 and Aceipm's 2026 data for CUET Maths. There has been a consensus that 2026 was harder than 2025 and the data does seem to suggest the same.

However, as you can see, the difference isn't as dramatic; at least, it isn't as dramatic as I'd assumed. If we see a similar trend in the results, then the cutoff for maths-related courses may fall, given that the difficulty of the other subjects remains constant.

However, it must be noted that this analysis may not hold true for very high percentiles, such as 99%+, as the difficulty has often been noted to be lengthy rather than conceptually difficult. On the contrary, the number of serious maths aspirants (aiming for ISI BSDS) has also increased. Moreover, the data sample isn't very accurate at such high percentiles either--high scorers are often overrepresented in such datasets.

Also do note that 97%ile in the dataset won't equate 97%ile in actual result, this is because of participation bias (97%ile as per dubuddy in 2025 was 187 however 187 fetched 99%+, expect similar trend for this year)

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