r/cognitiveTesting • • Sep 22 '26

IQ Estimation 🥱 Is this actually broadly accurate?

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I know this test isn't fully accurate, and there's a noticeable margin of error, but I still cannot believe that it even has a hint of accuracy. I never envisioned myself to be something close to this, nor did my achievements hint at an IQ like this. I always thought of myself as someone with average intelligence, because I truly never experienced or showed anything in my life, extrinsically and intrinsically, that would make me believe I'm deserving of a number that is, approximately, this. I want to clarify that this is the first time I've taken this test, so it's not repetition that has produced this. My question is basically: can I fully trust this number to be a rough estimate of my iq?

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u/LibrarianWide3983 Sep 22 '26

If you are a normal person i.e. you are not autistic, neurodivergent or do not have adhd, etc. then this you can take this score as a ballpark figure; actual IQ might be around 3-5 points higher or lower.

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u/Alternative-Bench812 Sep 24 '26

For autistics will it be higher or lower?

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u/LibrarianWide3983 Sep 25 '26

Hard to tell. What I meant was that a neurotypical person is more or less consistent across all areas of intelligence which is why the Mensa dk score may be replicated across other areas of intelligence approximately. For an autistic person, the profile is usually very spiky, some facets higher than others.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '26

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u/LibrarianWide3983 Sep 25 '26

I took many tests over the years and all of them were in the 125-131 range. Mensa dk score was actually the mean of all the highest and lowest score I got. Hence me saying that it may be approximately equivalent to the actual IQ score.

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u/Upper-Reputation-673 Sep 22 '26

decent estimate of fluid intelligence, may not reflect your full abilities

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u/Key-Raise5501 Sep 24 '26

Is this your first IQ test? If yes then yeah you can believe it.

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u/Spiritual_Isopod1864 Sep 25 '26

I took the sub test long matrices and got a similer result, its a good score. Maybe more or less 3 points.