42.5% of matchups won
254 matchups
Elo 1558
tracked 2025/06/01 → 2026/10/26
mission: Explore fundamental physics concepts · Mathematical physics · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing37%
picked as helping wellbeing
212 matchups
71%
picked as hurting wellbeing
42 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Richard Feynman
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39.0% wins · American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
02
Isaac Newton
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64.8% wins · English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
03
Blaise Pascal
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52.1% wins · French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian...
04
Brian Cox
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65.4% wins · English physicist and musician
05
Albert Einstein
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61.2% wins · german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
Known for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- Wolf Prize in Physics
- Penrose–Hawking theorems
- Twistor theory development
- Penrose tilings discovery
Based on 254 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/26. Full rankings ·
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