# the bar (0.50) > Living preprint · as of 2026-10-25 · map node G-bar (concept) · interim record, not a final result. **the bar (0.50)** Plain: The target: BOAR's answers should be worth at least half of what a frontier AI with web search gives. Technical: Operationalised as floor-adjusted ratio CI low ≥ 0.50 (primary target, from 2026-10-06) and raw ratio CI low > 0.50 on both V-para and v0.2 (formal rule of the 2026-10-02 analysis plan). As of 2026-10-18, not reached under the Claude judge on held-out data; the research is open and pending runs could change this (data/status.json). Read chapter 16, Where it stands (live): https://r4topunk.github.io/boar-research/research/honest-number.md ## Facts cited {#facts} Resolve every [F-…] marker in https://r4topunk.github.io/boar-research/data/facts.json. Each line gives the claim, the number with its metric family, set and status, judge, n, seeds, CI, date and caveat. - [F-004] Bar status: no configuration reaches 0.50 on the primary (floor-adjusted) reading; the formal raw rule is met only on development data by the deep tier with thinking. best floor-adjusted on V-para = 0.436 (CI high 0.472), short by 0.064; formal raw rule (CI low > 0.50) met by deep + thinking on dev data only (desktop; the v0.2 leg of the 512 budget is 1 seed); 0 wins on every Claude-judged row of V-para and v0.2 (judge.v1 ratio) · set V-para; v0.2 (dev / dev-style, development data) · judge Claude Opus (judge.v1, both orders) · n 51 / 110 · seeds see rows · CI see F-28 · date 2026-10-10 · caveat: Never present as "bar reached". Under the Claude judge on held-out data the bar was not reached. --- Cite as: r4to, independent researcher. RatLab — A Boar Research (2026), research record 1.0, as of 2026-10-25. Text and data CC BY 4.0. Fact ids or a link must travel with a quote. How to cite: https://r4topunk.github.io/boar-research/cite/ · https://r4topunk.github.io/boar-research/CITATION.cff. AI-reviewed, not clinically reviewed. Nothing here is medical advice.