Competition shows humans are still better than AI at coding – just

File picture of computer programmer. ‘At the current state, humans – top humans, to be clear – are still much better at reasoning and solving complex problems,’ says Psyho. Photograph: Marcelo Mayo/Alamy

Computers have taken the crown in chess, Go and poker, but when it comes to competitive coding, humans still have the edge – just.

Przemysław Dębiak, a Polish coder and mind sports champion, narrowly clinched a victory over OpenAI’s entrant in the AtCoder World Tour Finals 2025 in Tokyo earlier this month. The elite coder, however, who goes by the online name Psyho, predicts he may be the last human to win the prestigious title given the incredible pace of technological progress.