What is Solo Leveling's IQ Score?

Solo Leveling has an IQ Score of 124/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 36/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 16/50 Educational Value, and 44/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Solo Leveling educational?

Solo Leveling is low on educational value, 16/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

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/.

Solo Leveling , IQ Score 124/200

Solo Leveling has an IQ Score of 124/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

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

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124/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/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

A-1 Pictures's anime adaptation of Chugong's Korean web novel, the highest-budget production in the studio's recent history. The structural commitment to power-progression narrative as the actual subject (Sung Jinwoo's specific dungeon-encounter sequences are rendered with technical-combat precision) is the property's distinctive achievement.

Stunning animation that earns its IQ on visual production-design at the expense of structural-philosophical depth.

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