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Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small Ranks No. 5 in Arena's Code WebDev Data & Analytics Category

November 6, 2026 at 16:42 EST

Foundation Models
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Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small has placed fifth in the Data & Analytics category of Arena's Code WebDev leaderboard, and would rank first among open models in that category.

Code Arena · WebDev leaderboard · Data & Analytics

Inkling 2 Small climbs to No. 5 in Data & Analytics, top among open models

Thinking Machines' updated model jumps from No. 92 to No. 5 in one generation, a gain of 220 points in this category on a single leaderboard snapshot.

Category rank

No. 5

Previously No. 92

Category gain

+220

points vs. Inkling-Small

Overall gain

+240

points (baseline not specified)

Point gains, drawn to scale

Each block = 10 points. Both columns use the same unit.

+220

Data & Analytics category

+240

Overall leaderboard

The overall figure's baseline is not specified in the source text, so the two gains are shown for scale only.

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