Find out your IQ.
See where you stand.
24 picture puzzles, about 15 minutes. You get your score on the standard IQ scale, the range it most likely sits in, and a certificate you can share.
Start the test- 24 puzzles
- About 15 minutes
- A short warm-up first
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of adults
The method
Built on decades of assessment science.
WhatIQ uses the puzzle format psychologists have relied on since 1938 and the scoring model behind today’s standardised exams. Your result is an estimate on the standard IQ scale, shown with the range it most likely sits in.
- Matrix reasoningRaven’s format, since 1938
Each puzzle is a grid with one piece missing, the format John C. Raven published in 1938. It tests reasoning without words or arithmetic.
- IRT scoringThe model behind exams like the GMAT
Item response theory weighs every answer by how hard its puzzle is, the approach adaptive exams like the GMAT use.
- Standard IQ scaleAverage 100, SD 15
Scores sit on the scale clinical tests use: an average of 100, with two in three adults between 85 and 115.
- Puzzles made for you, each checked to have exactly one answer
- A 90% range with every score
- A time limit on every puzzle
- A certificate anyone can verify
A real test you can finish
in 15 minutes.
- 24puzzles, each with its own time limit
- 15minutes, start to finish
- 90%range shown with every score
How it works
Solve the puzzles, get your score, keep your certificate.
Puzzle 12 of 24Step 1Solve 24 puzzles
Each is a pattern with one piece missing, and each has its own time limit.
118IQ scoreSample90% range 108 to 128Step 2Get your score
Your IQ on the standard scale, with the range it most likely sits in.
SampleJordan Ellis11890% range 108 to 128
Step 3Keep your certificate
Sealed, numbered and yours to share.
See what your
score means.
Your report places your score on the bell curve, gives the range it most likely sits in, and says plainly how you compare.
- Your score on the standard IQ scale
- The range it most likely sits in
- Where you stand among adults
- A plain-English explanation
- Your IQ score
- 118
- Higher than
- 88% of adults
- 90% range
- 108 to 128
Scores follow a normal distribution: average 100, standard deviation 15.
Verifiable certificateA certificate anyone
can check.
Your name, your score and its range, the date and a unique ID, sealed. Anyone can verify it at whatiq.com/verify.
- Your name, score and 90% range
- The date and a unique certificate ID
- Anyone can verify it online
- Yours to share
Questions, answered.
Is this a real IQ test?
It is a matrix reasoning test, the kind of puzzle John C. Raven first published in 1938, scored on the standard IQ scale (average 100, standard deviation 15). It gives an estimate from 24 puzzles, not a clinical assessment.
How long does it take?
About 15 minutes. Each puzzle has its own time limit, from 45 to 75 seconds, more for the harder ones. We warn you when 10 seconds are left.
Why do I get a range?
No 24-puzzle test can pin a score to one point, so we show the range your score most likely sits in.
What comes with membership?
Your full result: the score with its range, the report and a certificate. Plus daily brain training (three short games a day, a streak and a level for each skill) and retakes with new puzzles.
Who sees my results?
Only you, unless you share your certificate.
