Pace
−27 pts
Rushing costs marks
On 13 of 66 packs, the quickest quarter scored at least 10 points below the slowest quarter.
- Manufacturing−27 pts
- Police−27 pts
- Numerical Reasoning−27 pts
- Hudson−24 pts
- Accountancy−23 pts
Practice Aptitude Tests · Original data · 2026 edition
Aptitude Test Score Report 2026
How people really score on aptitude tests. Results from millions of completed practice sittings across 66 test types, publishers and industries, and what practice and pace do to a score.
By Guy Thornton, Founder · Figures as of 14 October 2026
66practice packs compared
67%average score
+5 ptstypical gain from practice
Aug 2020results recorded since
Every pack compared
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| Pack | Type | Average | Top quarter | Scored 80%+ | Practice gain | Rushing cost | Sittings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson | Publisher | 65% | 87% | 37% | +3 | −10 | 1,367,084 |
| Sova | Publisher | 64% | 87% | 38% | +7 | −13 | 1,070,029 |
| Analytical Reasoning | Test type | 66% | 90% | 43% | +2 | −14 | 891,288 |
| Cognitive Ability | Test type | 68% | 90% | 45% | +2 | −4 | 660,304 |
| Numerical Reasoning | Test type | 61% | 88% | 38% | +5 | −27 | 642,861 |
| Cut-e (AON) | Publisher | 60% | 75% | 22% | +8 | −3 | 622,046 |
| Diagrammatic Reasoning | Test type | 74% | 90% | 59% | +4 | −3 | 605,579 |
| Verbal Reasoning | Test type | 60% | 73% | 21% | +3 | 0 | 531,250 |
| Air Traffic | Industry | 58% | 73% | 20% | +6 | −5 | 509,980 |
| Korn Ferry | Publisher | 59% | 75% | 23% | +7 | −6 | 505,896 |
| Revelian | Publisher | 57% | 73% | 20% | +7 | −4 | 505,540 |
| Cappfinity | Publisher | 58% | 73% | 22% | +5 | −7 | 493,847 |
| Correctional Officer | Industry | 64% | 88% | 40% | +5 | −22 | 459,703 |
| Accountancy | Industry | 63% | 88% | 39% | +4 | −23 | 457,826 |
| Telecom & Media | Industry | 59% | 73% | 22% | +7 | −4 | 454,888 |
| Police | Industry | 65% | 90% | 44% | +3 | −27 | 415,095 |
| Manufacturing | Industry | 63% | 88% | 39% | +3 | −27 | 404,272 |
| Hudson | Publisher | 63% | 88% | 39% | +4 | −24 | 387,866 |
| CCAT | Publisher | 71% | 90% | 52% | +6 | −6 | 385,009 |
| Logical Reasoning | Test type | 72% | 90% | 55% | +4 | −5 | 376,481 |
| Clevry (Criterion) | Publisher | 67% | 88% | 33% | +5 | +4 | 299,829 |
| Prison Officer | Industry | 64% | 80% | 26% | +3 | −3 | 283,365 |
| Psytech | Publisher | 68% | 85% | 33% | +4 | −3 | 258,473 |
| Kenexa | Publisher | 64% | 80% | 26% | +8 | 0 | 252,887 |
| Abstract Reasoning | Test type | 76% | 90% | 60% | +3 | +2 | 227,737 |
| Teaching | Industry | 64% | 88% | 38% | +7 | −7 | 206,275 |
| Customer Service | Industry | 64% | 88% | 40% | +2 | −4 | 196,711 |
| Apprenticeships | Industry | 62% | 85% | 34% | +4 | −7 | 193,122 |
| Engineering | Industry | 62% | 85% | 33% | +6 | −3 | 192,759 |
| Banking | Industry | 62% | 87% | 34% | +6 | −6 | 190,693 |
| Public Sector | Industry | 56% | 75% | 22% | +8 | 0 | 184,341 |
| Talent Q | Publisher | 56% | 80% | 29% | +5 | −5 | 183,380 |
| Arctic Shores | Publisher | 67% | 90% | 44% | 0 | −9 | 183,022 |
| ACER | Publisher | 61% | 81% | 32% | +5 | −2 | 173,682 |
| Cubiks | Publisher | 66% | 88% | 41% | +9 | +5 | 165,960 |
| Consultancy | Industry | 58% | 80% | 29% | +4 | +1 | 160,949 |
| Retail | Industry | 61% | 85% | 33% | +6 | +4 | 154,626 |
| Law | Industry | 60% | 80% | 27% | +10 | −7 | 152,275 |
| SHL | Publisher | 66% | 90% | 42% | +4 | +4 | 150,367 |
| Firefighting | Industry | 58% | 80% | 25% | +4 | 0 | 147,218 |
| Train Driving | Industry | 63% | 85% | 35% | +4 | −9 | 145,192 |
| Aon | Publisher | 64% | 87% | 37% | +8 | −4 | 142,930 |
| Pilot | Industry | 65% | 88% | 39% | +6 | −15 | 142,809 |
| Management | Industry | 69% | 88% | 42% | +5 | −2 | 134,770 |
| Saville Assessment | Publisher | 63% | 87% | 35% | +3 | −7 | 134,765 |
| Situational Judgement | Test type | 72% | 83% | 26% | +7 | +3 | 128,321 |
| Thomas International | Publisher | 64% | 83% | 34% | +7 | +2 | 126,944 |
| Bus Driving | Industry | 61% | 80% | 29% | +9 | −6 | 126,320 |
| Financial Reasoning | Test type | 62% | 90% | 40% | +9 | −21 | 125,728 |
| CBP Officer | Industry | 66% | 90% | 45% | +7 | −16 | 125,025 |
| Nursing | Industry | 57% | 75% | 23% | +11 | −1 | 124,242 |
| Pharmaceutical | Industry | 66% | 85% | 34% | +8 | +10 | 121,367 |
| Sales | Industry | 63% | 87% | 35% | +6 | −9 | 117,820 |
| Administration | Industry | 65% | 90% | 40% | +8 | +2 | 115,696 |
| Mechanical Reasoning | Test type | 74% | 100% | 47% | −1 | +25 | 112,868 |
| Basic Numeracy | Test type | 82% | 95% | 72% | −1 | −2 | 111,980 |
| Cabin Crew | Industry | 63% | 83% | 32% | +8 | 0 | 111,451 |
| Armed Forces | Industry | 59% | 81% | 30% | +10 | +6 | 97,174 |
| Probation Officer | Industry | 69% | 90% | 46% | +2 | −1 | 87,266 |
| Traffic Enforcement Agent | Industry | 69% | 90% | 49% | +9 | −10 | 68,968 |
| Matrigma | Publisher | 73% | 90% | 55% | +3 | −4 | 66,856 |
| Watson Glaser | Publisher | 69% | 80% | 34% | +7 | +11 | 66,033 |
| School Safety Agent | Industry | 72% | 90% | 50% | +5 | 0 | 61,513 |
| Spatial Reasoning | Test type | 79% | 90% | 66% | −1 | +2 | 42,815 |
| Inductive Reasoning | Test type | 68% | 82% | 37% | 0 | +20 | 38,500 |
| Deductive Reasoning | Test type | 67% | 80% | 34% | +6 | +20 | 38,008 |
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What the results show
The patterns behind the table.
Practice
+5 pts
Practice helps almost everywhere
On 61 of 66 packs, people scored higher on their fifth test than their first. These packs gained most.
- Nursing+11 pts
- Armed Forces+10 pts
- Law+10 pts
- Financial Reasoning+9 pts
- Bus Driving+9 pts
Difficulty
20%
The hardest packs to score highly on
Share of sittings that scored 80% or more. The lowest five packs.
- Air Traffic20%
- Revelian20%
- Verbal Reasoning21%
- Public Sector22%
- Telecom & Media22%
Season
+35%
October is the busiest month
Practice peaks in autumn, 35% above a typical month. December is the quietest.
Spread
How all sittings scored
41% of all sittings scored 80% or more. Only 15% scored under 40%.
By type
Average score by kind of pack
The typical pack average for each group. Industry packs mix several kinds of test.
- Test types 14 packs70%
- Publishers 21 packs64%
- Industries 31 packs63%
Method
Completed sittings only; repeats count separately. Packs share some tests, so pack totals overlap. Practice gain: first to fifth test, for the same people, who took five or more. Rushing cost: quickest quarter against slowest on the same test.