The best score in the history of one of the most difficult exams in the country has been obtained by a 41-year-old doctor with an academic record of 6.7. That phrase simply explains why MIR 2026 has become a detective film.
While the MIR Spain Association (AME) has requested an audit from the Ministry and there is anonymous testimony that accuses the applicant of copying, the interested party denies it and offers herself to any verification.
It’s morbid. It’s juicy. But it is much more than that.
A statistical anomaly… According to the AME, the Ministry’s history shows that there is an anomalous pattern. In 2025, the best position with a record of 6.75 was 1458. In 2024, it was 1374. This year, that position is 1. We have to go to 2021 to find something that high and it fell below 200th place.
But the anomalies do not stop there. According to the AME, the first four positions have records below 8 and no, it is not normal. Something strange had been seen at MIR 2025, but now the situation has become generalized.
That is to say, the problem goes beyond whether number 1’s colleagues believe that she has copied or not.
…which shows a systemic problem. And, although the Ministry has not yet commented on the matter, the truth is that the problems are piling up. MIR 2026 is already accumulating delays in the admission lists, errors in the academic scales, several resignations from the committee of experts, etc., etc., etc. However, the “most difficult exam in Spain” has had problems for years.
And it’s not even a Spanish problem. Last year, Argentina found a 33.6% increase in top grades with no apparent correlation to previous academic records. 141 applicants were forced to retake the exam and, although none of them achieved their previous score, there were about 20 who were reported by the Ministry.
The interesting thing about all this is the questions that remain open. Because if widespread fraud is demonstrated, this is not about a suspicious person, it is about an entire evaluation system that has entered into crisis; that must be reinvented from the roots.
Can we examine today in the same way as before?
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