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Predict how cells respond to gene knockdowns they have never seen. 440+ teams. Goal: win it. Official board →

Arc Institute · Virtual Cell Challenge 2026

Cellulation

Aug 29

Rank 20 / 441 goal #1 ▲ 111
Score
+0.1517
#1
+0.2112
Gap to #1
0.0595
Gap to top 10
Aug 27 → Aug 29 · up is better

Predict how 300 gene knockdowns change single-cell expression in cell types the model has never seen. 360,000 cells × 18,533 genes per submission, six metrics.

Snapshots
Date Rank Score #1 Note
2026-08-29 20 / 441 +0.1517 +0.2112 Cellulation · submission 8
2026-08-27 131 / 292 +0.0171 +0.1668 Early submissions