48.6% of matchups won
3,214 matchups
Elo 1837
tracked 2025/05/26 → 2026/10/19
mission: Advance scientific knowledge · Astronomy and geography · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing47%
picked as helping wellbeing
2,310 matchups
54%
picked as hurting wellbeing
904 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2026-09-28Related
Similar people
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Eratosthenes
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32.6% wins · Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and...
02
Galileo Galilei
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70.4% wins · Italian polymath (1564–1642)
03
Isaac Newton
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64.8% wins · English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
04
Johannes Kepler
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38.0% wins · German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
05
Nicolaus Copernicus
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51.0% wins · Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)
Known for
- Almagest writing
- Geography development
- Astrological influence
- Harmonics theory
- Optics contributions
Based on 3,214 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/19. Full rankings ·
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