How the score works
Last updated 2026-10-28
This page explains exactly how the free attractiveness test turns a photo into a number, so you can judge the result for yourself. Nothing here is secret, and nothing in the score is random.
1. Finding your face
Your browser runs Google's open-source MediaPipe Face Landmarker, which places 478 points on the face it finds: eyes, brows, nose, lips, jaw and the outline of the face. The model file and the code are served from this website and run on your device. Your photo is not uploaded. Before measuring, we rotate the points so your eyes are level, which removes head tilt from the result.
2. Eight measurements
| Feature | Weight | How it is measured | Full marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symmetry | 22% | Each right-side point is mirrored across the face's midline and compared with its left-side partner (14 pairs), as a share of face width | Perfect mirror |
| Facial thirds | 14% | Brow-to-nose-base height over nose-base-to-chin height | 0.88–1.03 |
| Face proportion | 12% | Upper-forehead-to-chin height over cheekbone width | 1.08–1.28 |
| Eye spacing | 12% | Distance between the inner eye corners over average eye width | 1.00–1.45 |
| Jaw angle | 12% | Angle at each jaw corner between the cheekbone and the chin | 120°–140° |
| Canthal tilt | 10% | Angle of the line from the inner to the outer eye corner | 0° to +7° |
| Nose width | 10% | Nose width over the distance between the inner eye corners | 0.90–1.15 |
| Lip balance | 8% | Lower lip height over upper lip height | 1.3–2.0 |
Inside its range a feature gets full marks; outside it, marks fall off in a straight line. Your score is4 + 6 × (weighted sum)², rounded to one decimal, so it runs from 4.0 to 10.0. Squaring the sum means near misses still cost you a little: a weighted sum of 0.85 gives 8.3, and 0.75 gives 7.4.
3. Why the ranges look different from textbook ratios
A face mesh does not see your hairline, and its eye-corner points sit a little inside the corners an artist would draw. Textbook rules such as "the eyes are one eye width apart" or the golden ratio would therefore misjudge almost everyone. We measured the model's own average face with the same code and centred the ranges on it. That matches decades of research: faces close to the population average, and symmetric faces, are consistently rated as more attractive (Langlois & Roggman, 1990; Rhodes, 2006).
4. What the score cannot see
- Expression, skin, hair, style, voice and personality, which shape attraction more than geometry does.
- Who is looking. Taste differs between people and cultures.
- Your real face. A wide-angle selfie lens, a close camera, hard side light or a turned head can move the score by a point or more.
Use it as a fun, specific description of one photo. It is not a judgment of your worth, and it is not medical or cosmetic advice. We will never suggest surgery or treatment.
5. Who can use it
The test is for adults (18+), and only for your own photo.