What is Project Hail Mary's IQ Score?

Project Hail Mary has an IQ Score of 179/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 46/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 44/50 Educational Value, and 44/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Project Hail Mary educational?

Project Hail Mary is strong on educational value, 44/50 on TVI's rubric, which covers academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Project Hail Mary , IQ Score 179/200

Project Hail Mary has an IQ Score of 179/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

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179/ 200

Masterclass

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

Cinematic Score/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Adaptation of Andy Weir's bestselling novel about an amnesiac astronaut who must save Earth from an extinction-level threat using science and an unlikely alien alliance. Exceptional cognitive demands from the scientific problem-solving that drives every plot beat, the protagonist literally thinks his way through astrophysics, molecular biology, and xenolinguistics.

High educational value from the accessible treatment of real science. The Weir formula of optimistic hard sci-fi delivers tremendous entertainment through relentless ingenuity.

Where to Watch

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