Heart rate estimation leaderboard

WESAD: MAE (BPM)

Name: WESAD MAE (BPM) leaderboard: heart rate estimation
Creator: ChatPPG

2 reported results for heart rate estimation on WESAD, ranked by MAE (BPM). Top reported: ECG-PPG JEPA 345M (4.58). Every row cites its source publication.

This page ranks every result ChatPPG has recorded for heart rate estimation on WESAD, measured by Mean absolute HR error (BPM) (lower is better). Each number is copied from the publication cited in its row, and ranks apply only within this dataset and metric.

Heart rate estimation: WESAD, Mean absolute HR error (BPM). Reported rankings; evaluation protocols may differ.
Rank	Method & evaluation	Mean absolute HR error (BPM)↓ Lower is better
1	ECG-PPG JEPA 345M ECG-PPG JEPA 345M (linear probe) Evaluation details LOSO, frozen encoder (KDD'26 Table 2)	4.58
2	GPT-PPG GPT-PPG: a GPT-based foundation model for photoplethysmography signals Evaluation details GPT-1B fine-tuned (MOFT), LOSO; arXiv v1 Table 2 Reported as of: 2026-10-11	4.98

Rows are ranked only within this task × dataset × metric. Protocols can differ; read each method's evaluation details before comparing. Latest reported row: 2026-10-11.

About the dataset

WESAD: Wearable Stress and Affect Detection

Subjects: 15
Signals: ppg, ecg, accel, skin-temp, eda, resp
Licence: Scientific, non-commercial use with credit to the owners

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Data and submissions

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APA

ChatPPG. (2026). WESAD MAE (BPM) leaderboard: heart rate estimation [Data set]. ChatPPG Research Hub. https://chatppg.com/research/leaderboards/hr-estimation/wesad-mae-bpm

BibTeX

@misc{chatppg_hr_estimation_wesad_mae_bpm,
  author       = {{ChatPPG}},
  title        = {{WESAD MAE (BPM) leaderboard: heart rate estimation}},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = oct,
  howpublished = {\url{https://chatppg.com/research/leaderboards/hr-estimation/wesad-mae-bpm}},
  note         = {ChatPPG Research Hub}
}

CITATION.cff

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message: "If you use this resource, please cite it as below."
type: dataset
title: "WESAD MAE (BPM) leaderboard: heart rate estimation"
authors:
  - name: "ChatPPG"
url: "https://chatppg.com/research/leaderboards/hr-estimation/wesad-mae-bpm"
date-released: "2026-10-16"