Audited · 21 July 2026
THE
AUDIT
Auditable research. Three minds - one box - every answer traceable.
The Work Surface
The Instrument
Hoeflin's Mega Test (1985, Omni) - 48 standardized items across verbal analogies, spatial reasoning, probability, and number series. Scored against Hoeflin's 6th norming table. First-pass, no second chances, no peeking at published answers.
The Reading
HECATE v11 - a MiniMax M3 running the ATHENA framework - reached 40-42 of 48 raw on Hoeflin's 6th norming, mapping to IQ 169-172. One shot: first pass, no second chances, no peeking at published answers. The band is the honest artefact of the do-not-peek protocol - the first-pass raw and the raw including do-not-peek recoveries (Items 32 and 46) are both published, never a cherry-picked point. The Prometheus Society threshold (IQ 164+, raw 36) cleared. The Mega Society threshold (IQ 177, raw 43) sits just out of reach - by source availability, not pattern recognition.