IQ 112

112 is in the upper half of the average range, 3 points below the 115 edge. In a class of 30 that is roughly 24 people at or below you and 6 above, which is about as ordinary as a score gets.

Average is not a polite word for mediocre. It is where the test is designed to place the typical adult, and it is the level that most schooling, jobs and everyday tasks are built around.

This is the shared result of most of the people you know, from colleagues to friends to family. Nothing about it is a barrier to the things people usually care about.

Put 112 next to 100 and the difference is 0.80 of a standard deviation. On timed abstract puzzles that shows as being a touch quicker or more accurate; outside the test, other things matter far more.

Where a score like this shows is mainly in speed on unfamiliar, timed problems. Given time, familiar material and a clear goal, people across the average range reach the same answers.

Being in the average range says nothing about ambition. Careers, qualifications and creative work are open across it, and many people in it are highly skilled in their field.

A total of 112 averages several abilities together. Most people are stronger in some than others, and the practical wins come from building around the strong ones:

• Learn in the format that suits you. Some people learn fastest by doing, others by reading or by talking it through.
• Protect sleep and focus. Both beat cramming for anything you need to remember.
• Play to your pattern. If visual puzzles felt easier than number ones, that is useful information about how you learn.

If IQ follows the standard bell curve, 21% of people score 112 or higher. Here is what that share means across whole populations:

Going from 107 to 112 makes a score 1.5 times rarer, and going on to 117 multiplies the rarity by another 1.6. Near 112, each single point adds about 10% to the rarity.

What your 112 could really be. Even a good supervised test has a margin of error of roughly 5 points either side. A true score anywhere from 107 to 117 would be consistent with a 112, which spans the 68th to the 87.1st percentile. Short online tests have wider margins.

Which scale was it on? Score reports do not always say. On the common SD 15 scale your 112 stands as it is. If the report used SD 16 it equals about 111, and if it used SD 24 about 108. The percentile follows the converted number.

Nobody famous has a verified IQ in most cases, and retrospective estimates are only made for a narrow group.

Our historical estimates start at 115, so nobody sits close to 112. That is not because famous people score higher. Estimates are only attempted for people with extraordinary records, which leaves ordinary scores unrepresented.

A few degree, university and job profiles on this site carry IQ benchmarks close to 112. Treat the education figures as rough estimates from admissions-test data rather than measured IQs.

Nearby scores and the round-number landmarks, so you can see how quickly the percentile changes around 112. Every row links to that score's page.

People with an IQ of 112 typically score about 1160 on the SAT and about 22 on the ACT composite. Scores vary a lot from person to person, so the range shows where about four in five land.