I find it baffling that anyone would take these benchmarks seriously. The methodology is not transparent, and some of the tests completely unfair, like those in

I find it baffling that anyone would take these benchmarks seriously. The methodology is not transparent, and some of the tests completely unfair, like those in German or about specific niche German topics. The author readily acknowledges that these tests are his personal interests, which is totally fair. But that it would rise to the top of that subreddit and now HN as a general measure of quality of any kind is indicative of the lack of reliable benchmarks out there.