MARC2 Analysis Report

March 26, 2026 — Subject model: qwen3.5-122b

1000
Training Tasks
865
Solved by Claude
791
Validated Descriptions
315
MARC-Eligible
77
MARC-Verified Tasks
322
Total MARC Clues

Key Metrics

MetricValue
Training tasks1000
Solved by Claude865 (86.5%)
Validated descriptions791 (91.4% of solved)
MARC-eligible (lang_suff + both_req)315
MARC-verified tasks77
Total MARC clues (all variants)322
Examples-only success rate11.6%
Language-only success rate40.8%

Valid MARC Puzzles (77 tasks)

Task IDmin_kDomainMetaphor
61sportsA defensive line in a staggered formation snaps into alignment along the right sideline
351geologyColored mineral veins are exposed at different depths in a dark cliff face. Each vein runs a solid horizontal seam ac...
471gardeningSeeds were scattered by wind, each landing near a different garden stone. Every seed remembers where in the flowerbed...
584danceThe troupe repeats its formation along the line where the dancers move in lockstep — uniform footwork marks the parad...
693Two teams combine their footprints to map everywhere anyone has stood.
822Two monarchs divide a kingdom, each stamping their seal upon their domain's walls.
1361astronomyNebulae in a galactic ring: their spectra redshift one position clockwise while their luminous reach blueshifts one p...
1511astronomyThree stars in a constellation beam light downward through the void until each finds its orbiting planet, then wraps ...
1743The largest kingdom claims the throne.
1941astronomyA golden meridian divides two star charts. Red nebulae glow only where one chart shows a star and the other shows void.
2141A jeweler counts the perfect emeralds among rough stones and lights candles down a dark staircase.
2232Scattered seeds fall and pile into pyramids on the ground.
2271biologyCell membranes forming around organelles by size
2291musicBetween two steady bass drones, a melody plays — but stray echoes bounce off the concert hall walls and must be ignored.
2361biologyA cell's membrane shears under directional stress, its base rooted to the substrate while its upper structures lean a...
2451ocean/sailingA capsizing vessel lists apart—the sail and rigging above the waterline heel to port while the keel and hull below th...
2461A volcano fills its crater and erupts a plume of its unique lava color into the sky above.
2703geologyThe green mineral vein marks a tectonic intersection where two fault lines cross. A red crystal formation juts from o...
2773Geological strata reveal the age of the earth when read in sequence
3192biologyCells in a petri dish compete for territory; the most abundant organism claims the outer membrane, while rarer specie...
3221sportsA formation charges the goal line, and the referee paints a new offside marker behind them.
3632biologyA cell's membrane encloses its cytoplasm: the organelles cluster at both ends while the interior fills with the cell'...
3861ocean/sailingA signal flag arrangement on the port yardarm is matched by its mirror on the starboard side, and then the whole rigg...
3871cookingA baker presses dough into a mold, but the dough doesn't fill every cavity. A second batter, poured over the top, see...
3982mythologyThree divine edicts are inscribed over the same sacred tablet. The magenta decree of the underworld god cannot be ove...
4162biologyA cell biologist examines a tissue sample under the microscope. The diversity of cell types determines whether the or...
4171sportsA formation with a gap in its corner launches the ball through the opening, and it rolls diagonally across the field ...
4181astronomyAn astronomer classifies star clusters in a dark sky survey by their membership count, rendering small pairs in one f...
4211A vampire stands before a mirror that reveals not its reflection, but the negative space where it should be.
4303biologyCertain enzymes along a chromosome express themselves differently depending on their type, sending protein chains of ...
4331mythologyFallen souls descend one tier toward the River Styx; any soul that touches the river's edge is seized and split into ...
4362A painting hung on a dark gallery wall faces a mirror.
4431electronicsA yellow logic gate with an asymmetric input pin mirrors the azure signal pattern to the output bus on the indicated ...
4492ocean/sailingA red thermocline divides the water column — below it the depths are thick with brine, while above it the water clari...
4541biologyA cell undergoes mitotic division, but each daughter inherits the mother's memory at a different angle of the spindle...
4671astronomyA binary star system pulses at the center of the field, and certain gravitational lensing artifacts streak diagonally...
4753A mirror hangs on the wall, and everything reflected in it appears in swapped colors.
4882ocean/sailingAn anchor drags one fathom deeper, and above where it caught, phosphorescent tides glow gold through every other chan...
5323mythologyA sacred glyph is inscribed on the first face of a trinity stone. The second face receives the glyph as the sun god w...
5352warfareSeveral blue garrisons are stationed across a dark no-man's-land. Within each fortress, red spies have infiltrated th...
5362astronomyA constellation maps its own stars onto the sky — each bright star in the constellation projects the whole pattern on...
5434biologyIn a petri dish teeming with competing colonies, the species that outgrows all others leaves its signature protein fo...
5612danceTwo troupes rehearse on the same floor—one in green silks, one in blue. Each leaves certain tiles unoccupied. Only on...
5962A reflection pool mirrors what stands at its edge, rippling upward into the sky.
6112biologyA tissue sample under the microscope reveals colonies of pigmented cells separated by connective membranes. The patho...
6453A shadow falls beneath everything that floats.
6481ocean/sailingA captain reads a nautical chart split by the equator. Ports that have a sister port at the same longitude in the opp...
6632Seeds planted in a garden plot grow into bushes whose size depends on how many were planted together.
6741astronomyTwo stars anchor a binary system — a blue giant and a red dwarf. Orange comets orbit along the blue star's gravitatio...
6792Each neighborhood votes, and the winning party's flag flies over city hall.
6842A rain gauge measures the empty sky above the waterline.
6963biologySpores releasing from the forest floor
7061ocean/sailingA flare tossed against the hull of a ghost ship illuminates every plank in its color, and the flare sinks beneath the...
7182astronomyStars in a constellation inflate their apparent magnitude when the sky grows crowded with distinct celestial bodies —...
7232An elevator descending floor by floor — predict which floor it arrives at next.
7241astronomyThree bands of golden stars stretch across the ecliptic. The central band is a dense river of light, while the upper ...
7311biologyA cell membrane only absorbs molecules whose shape perfectly matches its receptor sites. Mismatched molecules bounce ...
7335biologyTwo chromosomes carrying partial genetic codes align during meiosis, their genes overlapping to express a complete or...
7422Two rivers flow toward each other and mark their confluence with gold.
7865astronomyA constellation is glimpsed through a small telescope aperture. Pull back, and the universe reveals that pattern repe...
7982biologyThree genes compete for expression in the same tissue, and dominance determines which phenotype shows.
8062astronomyComets originating from different points in a star chart streak across the void along parallel trajectories, each pai...
8151ocean/sailingBlue buoys bob in dark waters. Each buoy deploys four colored signal flags — one hoisted in each cardinal direction, ...
8173geologyMineral veins threading through three strata of rock, one crystal per column. The outermost crystal's bedding plane d...
8181ocean/sailingThe green reef breaks the open water. Ships sailing on a bearing that crosses the reef trail their wake in colored fo...
8194biologyCells of a single species colonize the petri dish in unpredictable clusters, but every species folds into the same ge...
8723musicA single note glissanding between the lowest and highest strings of a harp
8931biologyAmong the petri dishes, the colony with the most aggressive infection is isolated for study
8981astronomyA constellation whose outer stars undergo gravitational lensing, each appearing twice in the sky, while the central s...
9062Each colored layer is a reflection pool — the surface wants to trade places with the depths.
9164danceGrey ribbons trace separate winding choreographies across a dark floor, each ribbon the path of one dancer who never ...
9652danceA few dancers in colored costumes take their marks on a dark stage floor. Each occupied lane of the stage is bathed i...
9711biologyA cell colony where the dominant species overwhelms the culture dish, but the researcher only cares about the rare mu...
9771biologyA geneticist reconstructs a corrupted segment of DNA by recognizing the codon repeat cycle that governs the rest of t...
9822ocean/sailingA captain charts the same route twice on a doubled map, once from port and once from the far corner, and between ever...
9834mythologyTwo runes are carved into one wall of the labyrinth. When read aloud, the labyrinth folds upon itself — the far half ...
9881Each building casts a green shadow whose length reveals how many departments work inside.