51.5% of matchups won
340 matchups
Elo 1487
tracked 2025/05/28 → 2026/09/21
mission: Advance mathematics and astronomy · Mathematics and Astronomy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing53%
picked as helping wellbeing
288 matchups
42%
picked as hurting wellbeing
52 matchups
On balance people see it as helping.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Al-Biruni
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58.2% wins · 11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
02
Johannes Kepler
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38.0% wins · German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
03
Archimedes
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66.9% wins · Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
04
Ptolemy
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48.6% wins · 2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
05
Galileo Galilei
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70.4% wins · Italian polymath (1564–1642)
Known for
- Introduced algebra
- Hindu-Arabic numerals
- Astronomical tables
- Geographic coordinates
- Solved quadratic equations
Based on 340 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/21. Full rankings ·
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