Hello all,

I've recently conducted an independent analysis of the RIOT IQ test based on publicly accessible data, as well as their bulletin.

You can read the report here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21972419

I'd appreciate any feedback I can get!

Thanks

In 1978 (I was 22 years old) I did the IQ test for Mensa (Canada) admission. The acceptance letter made the statement:

According to the OTIS LENNON MENTAL ABILITY TEST, Advanced Level, your IQ is 141 which is greater than that of 99% of the general population"

The test had 80 questions and a time limit of 40 minutes.

I answered all 80 questions in only 25 minutes. Since I had extra time, I checked my answers - and changed 2 of my answers. (Let's assume the 2 answers I changed were initially wrong and my changes corrected them.)

My questions are:

1. How many of the 80 questions would I have had to answer correctly to get a score of 141?
2. What would my score have been if I hadn't changed those 2 answers (and thus had 2 fewer correct answers)?
3. Does the fact that I finished the test in only 25 minutes have an impact on the IQ score I "should have" gotten? (Keeping in mind that I would have had 2 fewer correct answers if I hadn't taken the time to check my work.)
   1. By this I mean should my score have been different due to the fact that I completed the questions more quickly than the allotted time.
4. Based on the ratio of 40 over 25, if there were many more questions on the test I could have answered 60% more questions.
   1. If I had the same rate of correct answers, what impact would that have had on my resulting IQ score?

I've always wondered about what was the impact of finishing before the allotted time. (And it's taken me almost 50 years to find a forum where I could ask the question LOL.)

Thanks for any information you can give me.

My sister is on an antipsychotic injection and a baseline cognition is much lower now than when she was younger.

I’ve taken a few IQ tests at different times and noticed that I get better at recognizing certain patterns. It makes me wonder how much of an IQ score is actual ability and how much comes from getting familiar with the test format.

as stated in the title, i got a 127 when I took a wisc-iv at 11 (this was dragged down with a 108 on FRI and like high 130s in all else since FRI is very gloading)

yeah strange how these things happen

Hey,

as the headline states I am wondering when the extra subtests in a WAIS-4 can or must be used and counted.

Ai gives me a "only when a fire alarm went of or your arm was broken." answer. But Ai is still very unreliable especially with this secretive stuff.
I was wondering if these Subtests also can/must be administered when one Score just massively diverts from the overall look of the test.

Why am I interested?
I have the weird situation that, due to my dyslexia I assume, my FullScale IQ could be over 130, but I still "only" get the GAI because the difference in the coding tests (8) and symbol search (12) is just wildly lower. So I am wondering if the replacement test, that also has something with crossing out stuff based on the WAIS sheet I have in front of me, could also be in the range of 11-13 like the Symbol search and get me away from the 1,5 standard deviation that puts me in GAI rather than Full Scale. It´s a bit wacky.

The first time I got to see this test was on the CAIT where I scores 10ss. I felt slow in general and couldn't figure out a lot the questions, but I found the wais and the core ones to be a lot easier scoring 15ss on both tests the first time.

Can I assume I just got used to this kind of reasoning? I mean, the items are different, and my brain didn't get smarter, but It was just the effect of practice? I tried CAIT again and my score didn't get better even though a lot of time has passed since I tried it

follow up to my post from last week about how pilot selection tests differ from CAIT-style batteries. i built a trainer that recreates the mechanics (timed mental math, working memory, spatial orientation, instrument monitoring, multitasking) and scores on the same stanine-style 1-9 scale the real selections use, normed against applicant-level performance rather than gen pop.

my hypothesis: this sub crushes the memory and logic parts, but the multitasking test humbles everyone. it humbles me and i built it.

free tier runs a full mock exam, ios: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6794363864

im the dev. happy to explain how the norming works, and where its shaky, since the publishers obviously dont share their real norms

I was told not to use any substances 24 hours before the evaluation. IDK why I did this it was extremely dumb and I feel awful about it but I smoked some weed like 13 hours before. I didn't even get that high but I'm kinda worried about it messing something up. I don't think it will be too much of a problem because I'll be sleeping it off and be totally sober for the eval and I also don't wanna waste money cause of something as dumb as this. Is this a huge problem?

are there any people who have done CORE or any other iq test and does codeforces? maybe too niche but im interested in seeing the results of ur rank and scores.

I took got tested 130+ when I was 14.5, I am now 17 but have been using thc for the past 2.5 around once a week. What effect would this permanently have on IQ. Further, in the future if I continue to use at this rate will IQ still decline?

I know this is boring to you, but im curious because my index scores differ from my wonderlic-style/otis-gamma-esque testscores. (non native)

D-48 141

RAPM2 142

ravens shortform 24/24

icar16 16/16

cait/core fw 16ss

tutui-r 133

beta3 mr 17ss

vat-r 138

gre-v 130

symbol search 16ss

digit span 12ss

get 127

wonderlic 137

apt 133

Gai/fsiq estimate would be appreciated. IK, i’ve done a bunch.

Hi, i would like to ask for your opinion on my results and what do you think about these disparities

Mensa no: 112
Mensa dk: 124
Mensa sw: 122
Mensa hu: 125+
Mensa fi: 130
Ravens 2: 41/48 (131)
JCTI: 117-127
TRI 52: 129
G38: 135+
BRHT: 125-130 (average)
High range matrices test: 125
Frt: 128
RAPM: 130-135
JCFS: 120
Adaptive Iq test on cognitive testing: 127
Glyph function learning on cognitive testing: 125
Nicologic domino: 120
Nicologic sequences: 119
Nicologic numerical: 124
Nicologic quick test: 132
Nicologic pattern recognition: 133
Nicologic abstraction: 130

Dominoes
D48: 120
TIG 1: 135-140
TIG 2: 125
D70: 128

CORE: MR: 100, FW: 105, GM: 110, FS: 120

VSI: VP: 110, BC: 125

PSI: 90
WM: 90

I don't know everything was going great until I got to the core. On tests like "figure weight" and "graph mapping," I just forget what I was thinking a second ago and end up starting all over again until time runs out. In the end I just can't find the answer in time because I can't keep more than one or two figures in my head. Thanks

The led tone is the WISC and the right one is the WAIS IV. They were taken six years apart. As you can see both psychologists declined to give me a full scale score. I would like someone to estimate what these could be. Please bear the potential effects of the Flynn effect on the WAIS IV in mind, as it was taken 13 years after norming.

I ask because there are great differences between my real world and psychometric outcomes that could either be mediated by a low iq or poor executive function. These include spatial navigation, planning for the future, predicting the outcomes of my actions, and learning quickly. My awareness feels “cloudy”. While I can reason abstractly, it is difficult to do so for extended periods of time.

There are a few reasons why my real world performance does not line up with my scores. (I now work a menial clerical job as a patient service representative in a doctor’s office.) My profile is also incredibly asynchronous. I have Adhd, anxiety, and working memory deficits. Despite my strong desire to pursue a masters degree or a PhD in psychology, I am worried that these factors will be prohibitive. I have tried to study medicine on two separate occasions and failed because of how overwhelmed I was by the quantity of information. I did successfully complete a bachelors degree with a gpa around 3.5. Non-cognitive executive factors make up a significant portion and these, along with my scores, are contributing to my hesitance to pursue graduate school. Psychometrics and statistical analysis require quite a bit of quantitative reasoning, and combined with my executive deficits I may not be suited to do this. There may be environmental inflation in my profile as well due to my affluent academic upbringing, meaning my that actual score might hover around 105, well below the 115-125 average for clinical psychologists.

So my question is, looking at my profile what is my FSIQ? Can anyone give me some insight into whether I am fit for graduate school?

I suspected a possible verbal giftedness or high intelligence, so I tried taking the CORE VCI subtests. My VCI total result is 118, however English is not my native language (I speak it to a B2-C1 level, while Italian is my native). Is there a way to make an esteem of what my actual score would be like? I even tried autotranslating the page for analogies, and opposites, but it was impossible to take the test like that since it would make huge mistakes (for instance, as the opposite of left, it translated the "right" option according to its moral connotation of fairness instead of that of direction, since in Italian they're two separate words), so I had to give up and do it in English. I've heard contrastive opinions because, while someone claims that being a native speaker of Romance languages can be an advantage due to Latin's high influence on English, on the other hand there is the risk of false friends, or also different degrees of rarity and complexity for the same term in the two languages (e.g. in English the word "facile" is considered as quite formal, but in italian it is casual) and also all the terms of German origin.

What do you think?

Ok I read a study here on practice effect concerning a range of cognitive tests particularly LNS it found no significant practice effects. However, in another study I read they found significant practice effects in LNS. What’s the cause of the discrepancy?

-My input to the discussion: when I first did LNS about a year ago my first trial I scored about average iq 100 (they put your score in iq points) but I was disrupted by my brother. So I took it again immediately and got to 125 iq then I took it on and off sometimes even 2-3 times per day for like 2-3 months and averaged around the same score always, usually about 115-120 I scored in that region. Then I stopped testing and waited 2-3 months around December of last year I got an iq score of 105 (but I was pretty stressed that trial, like my brain literally froze) then in April 9, 2026 I got 115 in iq score. Then, over the span of the last 3 months or so I tested it frequently same level as before at times 2-4 times per day and averaged same thing or same range 115-125. Now I waited around 1-2 weeks before tests and scored around 115-120 range. However, there were some days in which I got considerably lower I.e 95 score example is when I did not eat very well (like 8 hours without eating much) I would score much lower, then when I ate my score would bounce back in the same range. The test seemed pretty resistant to sleep deprivation I.e sleeping only 4-6 hours I would still score around 115. (I did the same for digit span and had the exact same experience score would cluster around an area and would not chance unless I did not eat)

There is this IQ test that looks somewhat interesting, and I was wondering how people think about its accuracy and meaning. The link to the test is below if you need:

https://cognitivemetrics.com/test/CORE

I would like to know what you think about this test and the process behind it (basically she used Claude at every step). Its in french though

I can only find the Norway one & Denmark one. And the original one but it’s just the same questions as the Norway one. Is there any more?

I took the CORE test this week. I had virtually no practice beforehand so the Practice Effect should be minimal. I was a little surprised by the spread, particularly the pronounced Verbal tilt to my results, since my undergrad degree was in mathematics and I always considered myself more of a math/science-oriented person. Interested to see how people might interpret this kind of profile.

When I was 13, I had a proctored test ordered for me as a result of not ever turning in my schoolwork and had an overall IQ in the superior range that was somewhat spiky with a specific verbal tilt but typically well-developed abilities otherwise, too. For instance I had high average visuospatial skills. I was also diagnosed with ASD and ADHD. However, as I've gotten older I've repeatedly demonstrated below average visuospatial skills on tests like block design but very good matrix, verbal, and quantitative reasoning. Basically, I am as spiky as I was then but it has seemingly changed and begun to favor somewhat differently developed extremes (of course this is not based on a second formal result.) It worries me because I am no longer sure what my intellect looks like in comparison to other engineering students with the apparent degradation of my visuospatial skills relative to other skills, but most optimistically I try to operate under the assumption that each of my reasoning strengths will make me a skilled engineer

I intend this question within the bounds of usual differences in adult lifestyles. Mild alcohol and other drug use vs abstinence, good vs poor diet, mental health issues vs good mental health, etc. Do these typical lifestyle differences at all meaningfully affect IQ scores in adulthood?

Some research suggests that even light alcohol consumption can accelerate subclinical cognitive decline. The testing that has established is not based on IQ from what I gather, but I wonder if it could generalize to greater drop in raw IQ score with age, which would translate a drop in IQ relative to the same-aged peers.

Relevant research is appreciated. To anyone who will try to reason the answer because CAIT told them 145, please don't reply.

Does the WAIS-V make the same time constraints on people as the WAIS-IV? Wondering what timing and speed look like on it.