# One Training Trick Raised FrontierMath Performance Sixfold Overnight by Emad Mostaque > "Starting August 29th, OpenAI had a new type of model training. They had an existing model that they figured out a trick with that made it go from 10% on FrontierMath, a benchmark, to 60% overnight, and [it] just started solving these math problems one after the other." > **— Emad Mostaque**, *Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording and precise locator:** [7:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsdcF7EEvhM&t=460s) — Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026. - **Exact reconciled source object:** “Starting August 29th, OpenAI had a new type of model training. They had an existing model that they figured out a trick with that made it go from 10% on FrontierMath, a benchmark, to 60% overnight, and [it] just started solving these math problems one after the other.” - **Editorial status:** The poster preserves the source-faithful object, including visible bracketed repairs and omissions where present. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit|AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit]] preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument. - **Weekly promotion dossier:** [[research/Weekly Reminder Hunt - 2026-10-02|Weekly Reminder Hunt — October 2, 2026]] records why this object was selected for permanent promotion. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War|The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Emad Mostaque|Emad Mostaque]] - [[wiki/Accelerated Science|Accelerated Science]] - [[wiki/AI Progress|AI Progress]] - [[wiki/Compute Race|Compute Race]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Starting August 29th, OpenAI had a new type of model training. They had an existing model that they figured out a trick with that made it go from 10% on FrontierMath, a benchmark, to 60% overnight, and [it] just started solving these math problems one after the other." — Emad Mostaque, Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-mostaque-one-training-trick-raised-frontiermath-performance-sixfold ```