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What actually moved the score

How NEET 2026 rank-holders prepared, what the result and cutoff data really say, and strategy grounded in practice numbers rather than motivation.

NEET 2026 rank-holders

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Every one of them practised on NEETprep. The figure on each card is the number of MCQs that student attempted. Tap the play badge to watch their interview.

Adi Dhingra, All India Rank 161 in NEET 2026
Adi Dhingra NEET 2026
AIR 161
Qs Practiced 25K
Shaurya Singla, All India Rank 174 in NEET 2026
Shaurya Singla NEET 2026
AIR 174
Qs Practiced 39K
Rudra Pattani, All India Rank 268 in NEET 2026
Rudra Pattani NEET 2026
AIR 268
Qs Practiced 10K
Sudipta Fouzdar, All India Rank 293 in NEET 2026
Sudipta Fouzdar NEET 2026
AIR 293
Qs Practiced 15K
Vaibhav Jindal, All India Rank 347 in NEET 2026
Vaibhav Jindal NEET 2026
AIR 347
Qs Practiced 8K
Ankit Raj, All India Rank 534 in NEET 2026
Ankit Raj NEET 2026
AIR 534
Qs Practiced 20K
Tests 150
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Mrinal K. Jha, All India Rank 4 in NEET 2025
Mrinal K. Jha NEET 2025
AIR 4
Qs Practiced 158k
Tests 280
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Aarav Agarwal, All India Rank 10 in NEET 2025
Aarav Agarwal NEET 2025
AIR 10
Qs Practiced 11k
Tests 95
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Rachit C., All India Rank 16 in NEET 2025
Rachit C. NEET 2025
AIR 16
Qs Practiced 22k
Tests 145
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Umaid Khan, All India Rank 21 in NEET 2025
Umaid Khan NEET 2025
AIR 21
Qs Practiced 32k
Tests 48
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Tanishq R., All India Rank 40 in NEET 2025
Tanishq R. NEET 2025
AIR 40
Qs Practiced 19k
Tests 120
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Neev Mit, All India Rank 58 in NEET 2025
Neev Mit NEET 2025
AIR 58
Qs Practiced 28k
Tests 165
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Raghav Goyal, All India Rank 87 in NEET 2025
Raghav Goyal NEET 2025
AIR 87
Qs Practiced 41k
Tests 198
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Exam updates and preparation strategy, both grounded in published data.

Strategy

What 13 NEET 2026 rank-holders have in common

Every one of them practised between 8,000 and 90,000 questions. The spread is more interesting than the average.

8 min read
Topper interview

“I stopped making notes in month three”

Uplakshya Goyal scored 711 of 720 from Jaipur, practising 90,000 MCQs on the way — more than any other rank-holder who prepared on NEETprep.

5 min read
Topper interview

A top-10 rank on a quarter of AIR 3’s practice

Aryan Dubey took All India Rank 7 from Uttar Pradesh, practising 22,000 MCQs on NEETprep — close to the median for the group.

4 min read
Topper interview

AIIMS Delhi on 12,000 questions

Madhvan Mahajan took All India Rank 44 from Chandigarh on 12,000 MCQs — below the median for this group, and a seat at AIIMS Delhi.

4 min read
Topper interview

What the median rank-holder actually did

Aditya Kumar took All India Rank 73 from Bihar on 20,000 MCQs — the exact median for this group, and the closest thing it has to a typical case.

4 min read
Topper interview

A national rank without a coaching classroom

Devesh S Agrawal took All India Rank 123 on 40,000 MCQs, studying from free video lectures rather than a coaching classroom.

4 min read
Exam update

NEET 2026 result: what the numbers say

11,21,185 qualified of 19,99,895 who appeared, after a cancelled paper and a June re-exam.

11 min read
Exam update

The cutoff jumped 69 marks — and it isn't about you

213 for UR in 2026 against 144 in 2025. The percentile rule never moved; the paper did.

13 min read
Exam update

NEET 2026: what the syllabus actually says

50 notified units, 97 chapters to study, and the pattern that decides how they're tested.

6 min read
Strategy

Reading the closing ranks without fooling yourself

Qualifying is a floor. Maulana Azad closed at rank 103 while over 11 lakh candidates qualified.

5 min read

Reading about NEET is not practising for it.

NEETprep is built around daily MCQ practice, exam-format tests and a rank predictor after every session — so you know where you stand while there's still time to move.

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