rewirebio.iobenchmarks
Evidence and investigation

Contested results

Where one study disagrees with what other studies report for the same models, and what we are doing to resolve each case.

These are automatic leads, not findings of error. Each release, a check compares how every study ranks the models it shares with other studies. It flags a study that reverses the order the others agree on, or whose gap to a shared reference model lies well outside theirs. Different tasks, populations or metrics often explain a flag.

A flag never hides a result. Flagged results stay in every table, page and download, marked Contested. A result is withheld only when a reviewer marks it disputed.

How the check works, and how each follow-up is recorded: discrepancies between studies.

In this release

  • 220open
  • 0settled
  • 1resolved
  • 1high severity
  • 12medium severity
  • 208low severity

Release 2026-10-23-5347695500ed · 221 findings in all · rules version 3

Findings

Status: All · Open · Settled · Resolved

Severity: All · High · Medium · Low

State: All · Not yet reviewed · Confirmed error

207 findings match, most severe first.

MutationAssessor and MutFormer: An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers reverses the order

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • Ordering reversal
  • Different tasks across studies

An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers ranks MutationAssessor above MutFormer in 5 of 5 comparisons; other studies rank MutFormer above MutationAssessor in 7 of 7.

Livesey and Marsh 2025 ranks MutFormer above MutationAssessor in all 7 of its comparisons. An openly licensed benchmark… ranks MutationAssessor above MutFormer in all 5 comparisons that are not ties (1 is a tie).

Comparisons in which each paper scores MutFormer or MutationAssessor higherLivesey and Marsh 2025: MutFormer higher in 7, MutationAssessor higher in 0, 0 ties. An openly licensed benchmark… (disagrees): MutFormer higher in 0, MutationAssessor higher in 5, 1 tie.Livesey and Marsh 20257 MutFormer higher7Disagrees: An openly licensed benchmark…An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers1 tie15 MutationAssessor higher5
MutFormer higherTieMutationAssessor higher
Compared
MutationAssessor, MutFormer

Not reviewed yet.

ESM-1v and Tranception: ProteinGym AMFR assay-level Spearman comparison reverses the order

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • Ordering reversal
  • Different tasks across studies

ProteinGym AMFR assay-level Spearman comparison ranks Tranception above ESM-1v in 14 of 17 comparisons; other studies rank ESM-1v above Tranception in 7 of 7.

Livesey and Marsh 2025 ranks ESM-1v above Tranception in all 7 of its comparisons. ProteinGym AMFR assay-level Spearman… ranks Tranception above ESM-1v in 14 of its 19 comparisons and ESM-1v higher in 3; 2 are ties.

Comparisons in which each paper scores ESM-1v or Tranception higherLivesey and Marsh 2025: ESM-1v higher in 7, Tranception higher in 0, 0 ties. ProteinGym AMFR assay-level Spearman… (disagrees): ESM-1v higher in 3, Tranception higher in 14, 2 ties.Livesey and Marsh 20257 ESM-1v higher7Disagrees: ProteinGym AMFR assay-level Spearman…ProteinGym AMFR assay-level Spearman comparison3 ESM-1v higher32 tie214 Tranception higher14
ESM-1v higherTieTranception higher
Compared
ESM-1v, Tranception

Not reviewed yet.

MutFormer and MutPred: An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers reverses the order

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • Ordering reversal
  • Different tasks across studies

An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers ranks MutPred above MutFormer in 6 of 6 comparisons; other studies rank MutFormer above MutPred in 6 of 7.

Livesey and Marsh 2025 ranks MutFormer above MutPred in 6 of its 7 comparisons and MutPred higher in 1. An openly licensed benchmark… ranks MutPred above MutFormer in all 6 of its comparisons.

Comparisons in which each paper scores MutFormer or MutPred higherLivesey and Marsh 2025: MutFormer higher in 6, MutPred higher in 1, 0 ties. An openly licensed benchmark… (disagrees): MutFormer higher in 0, MutPred higher in 6, 0 ties.Livesey and Marsh 20256 MutFormer higher61 MutPred higher1Disagrees: An openly licensed benchmark…An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers6 MutPred higher6
MutFormer higherTieMutPred higher
Compared
MutFormer, MutPred

Not reviewed yet.

LRT and M-CAP: Comprehensive assessment of computational algorithms in predicting cancer driver mutations reverses the order

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • Ordering reversal
  • Different tasks across studies

Comprehensive assessment of computational algorithms in predicting cancer driver mutations ranks LRT above M-CAP in 16 of 20 comparisons; other studies rank M-CAP above LRT in 9 of 11.

2 papers rank M-CAP above LRT in 9 of their 11 comparisons and LRT higher in 2. Comprehensive assessment… ranks LRT above M-CAP in 16 of its 20 comparisons and M-CAP higher in 4.

Comparisons in which each paper scores M-CAP or LRT higher2 other papers: M-CAP higher in 9, LRT higher in 2, 0 ties. Comprehensive assessment… (disagrees): M-CAP higher in 4, LRT higher in 16, 0 ties.2 other papers9 M-CAP higher92 LRT higher2Disagrees: Comprehensive assessment…Comprehensive assessment of computational algorithms in predicting cancer driver mutations4 M-CAP higher416 LRT higher16
M-CAP higherTieLRT higher
Compared
LRT, M-CAP

Not reviewed yet.

MuSE and NeuSomatic: A benchmarking study of individual somatic variant callers and voting-based ensembles for whole-exome sequencing reverses the order

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • Ordering reversal
  • Different tasks across studies

A benchmarking study of individual somatic variant callers and voting-based ensembles for whole-exome sequencing ranks MuSE above NeuSomatic in 3 of 3 comparisons; other studies rank NeuSomatic above MuSE in 86 of 100.

2 papers rank NeuSomatic above MuSE in 86 of their 101 comparisons and MuSE higher in 14; 1 is a tie. A benchmarking study of individual… ranks MuSE above NeuSomatic in all 3 comparisons that are not ties (3 are ties).

Comparisons in which each paper scores NeuSomatic or MuSE higher2 other papers: NeuSomatic higher in 86, MuSE higher in 14, 1 tie. A benchmarking study of individual… (disagrees): NeuSomatic higher in 0, MuSE higher in 3, 3 ties.2 other papers86 NeuSomatic higher861 tie14 MuSE higher14Disagrees: A benchmarking study of individual…A benchmarking study of individual somatic variant callers and voting-based ensembles for whole-exome sequencing3 tie33 MuSE higher3
NeuSomatic higherTieMuSE higher
Compared
MuSE, NeuSomatic

Not reviewed yet.

MutFormer and BayesDel: An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers reverses the order

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • Ordering reversal
  • Different tasks across studies

An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers ranks BayesDel above MutFormer in 6 of 6 comparisons; other studies rank MutFormer above BayesDel in 6 of 7.

Livesey and Marsh 2025 ranks MutFormer above BayesDel in 6 of its 7 comparisons and BayesDel higher in 1. An openly licensed benchmark… ranks BayesDel above MutFormer in all 6 of its comparisons.

Comparisons in which each paper scores MutFormer or BayesDel higherLivesey and Marsh 2025: MutFormer higher in 6, BayesDel higher in 1, 0 ties. An openly licensed benchmark… (disagrees): MutFormer higher in 0, BayesDel higher in 6, 0 ties.Livesey and Marsh 20256 MutFormer higher61 BayesDel higher1Disagrees: An openly licensed benchmark…An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers6 BayesDel higher6
MutFormer higherTieBayesDel higher
Compared
MutFormer, BayesDel

Not reviewed yet.

CADD and FATHMM: Comprehensive assessment of computational algorithms in predicting cancer driver mutations reverses the order

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • Ordering reversal
  • Different tasks across studies

Comprehensive assessment of computational algorithms in predicting cancer driver mutations ranks FATHMM above CADD in 10 of 10 comparisons; other studies rank CADD above FATHMM in 11 of 13.

3 papers rank CADD above FATHMM in 11 of their 13 comparisons and FATHMM higher in 2. Comprehensive assessment… ranks FATHMM above CADD in all 10 of its comparisons.

Comparisons in which each paper scores CADD or FATHMM higher3 other papers: CADD higher in 11, FATHMM higher in 2, 0 ties. Comprehensive assessment… (disagrees): CADD higher in 0, FATHMM higher in 10, 0 ties.3 other papers11 CADD higher112 FATHMM higher2Disagrees: Comprehensive assessment…Comprehensive assessment of computational algorithms in predicting cancer driver mutations10 FATHMM higher10
CADD higherTieFATHMM higher
Compared
CADD, FATHMM

Not reviewed yet.

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Resolved

Findings the check no longer makes, kept with their follow-up history: usually because a confirmed error led us to withdraw the results involved.