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What would Artemis's IQ be in real life? What percentile would he fall under?

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He would be in the top percentile. Anyone with an IQ over 135 or so is in the top 2%. While they do not mention it specifically in the books as far as I know, it is mentioned that he has the "highest IQ in Europe".

Depending on how you assess it, Goethe was the top mind in Europe and topped out at 210ish, so I would presume to guess that Artemis was a bit higher than that, so 225-250 range. (The top 5 European IQ's in order were Goethe, Einstein, Da Vinci, Maxwell and Newton).

As requested - Meta analysis that estimated IQ by either testing or by achievements in various fields, Encyclopedia of Human Thermodynamics.

As well as: Estimated IQ's

Most of these come out of a study published in the 1920's by Dr. Catherine Cox where they estimated IQ's of famous people by the age and accomplishments that they showed, and either use the study as a basis or use it as a springboard for their own estimations.

JohnP
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    You need to support your assertions about the IQs of historical figures with some evidence. Newton certainly never took an IQ test. – Christi Aug 17 '13 at 08:11
  • @Christi - There are many estimations for Goethe, Einstein etc. They are estimations based on accomplishments, but most of them agree within about a 10 point range. – JohnP Aug 17 '13 at 15:52