Place the evidence you were sent
What rung is it on?
You are holding something a vendor published: a benchmark page, a trust center, a report, a claim. Answer from what is actually in front of you. If you cannot tell, say so, and the ladder will not move up on your behalf. Nothing you answer leaves this page.
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Did anything here require a login, a form, or an access request?
Evidence can be real and still be unreadable to you. This does not make it worthless, and it does not add a rung either. It sets a ceiling, because a reader who cannot open a file cannot check it.
Proof Registry holds 34 published artifacts on this same ladder, including ours and including where a competitor beats us. Start over.