diff --git a/src/apps/opportunities/src/utils/marathon-match.utils.spec.ts b/src/apps/opportunities/src/utils/marathon-match.utils.spec.ts
index 817a08422..28948f0dc 100644
--- a/src/apps/opportunities/src/utils/marathon-match.utils.spec.ts
+++ b/src/apps/opportunities/src/utils/marathon-match.utils.spec.ts
@@ -225,6 +225,35 @@ describe('Marathon Match challenge detail utilities', () => {
             .toEqual({ finalScore: 80, provisionalScore: undefined })
     })
 
+    it.each([
+        { testStatus: 'IN_PROGRESS' },
+        { testStatus: 'PENDING' },
+        { testStatus: 'RUNNING' },
+        { testProgress: 0.5 },
+        { testProgress: 50 },
+        { testProgressDetails: { progress: 0.2, status: 'PROCESSING' } },
+    ])('withholds provisional placeholders and stale fallbacks for %j', metadata => {
+        expect(marathonSubmissionScores({
+            id: 'pending',
+            initialScore: 88,
+            provisionalScore: 99,
+            reviewSummation: [{ aggregateScore: 0, isProvisional: true, metadata }],
+        }).provisionalScore)
+            .toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it.each([0, 42.5, -1])('preserves completed provisional score %s', score => {
+        expect(marathonSubmissionScores({
+            id: 'finished',
+            reviewSummation: [{
+                aggregateScore: score,
+                isProvisional: true,
+                metadata: { testProgress: score < 0 ? 0 : 1, testStatus: score < 0 ? 'FAILED' : 'COMPLETED' },
+            }],
+        }).provisionalScore)
+            .toBe(score)
+    })
+
     it('matches community-app final-score release timing and completed non-MM gating', () => {
         const finalSubmission = { finalScore: 98.98, id: 'final' }
         expect(shouldShowFinalSubmissionScores({
diff --git a/src/apps/opportunities/src/utils/marathon-match.utils.ts b/src/apps/opportunities/src/utils/marathon-match.utils.ts
index 1203afc36..6e4499de3 100644
--- a/src/apps/opportunities/src/utils/marathon-match.utils.ts
+++ b/src/apps/opportunities/src/utils/marathon-match.utils.ts
@@ -285,6 +285,26 @@ function systemSummationIsComplete(summation: ChallengeReviewSummation): boolean
     return true
 }
 
+/**
+ * Withholds provisional placeholders while the latest scorer run is unfinished.
+ * Failed scores remain visible; completed legacy rows may omit progress metadata.
+ * @param summation Latest provisional review summation, if available.
+ * @returns Whether the aggregate and legacy score fallbacks must be hidden.
+ * @throws Does not throw.
+ */
+function provisionalScoreIsPending(summation?: ChallengeReviewSummation): boolean {
+    const metadata = summation?.metadata ?? {}
+    const details = metadata.testProgressDetails
+    const detailRecord = details && typeof details === 'object' && !Array.isArray(details)
+        ? details as Record<string, unknown>
+        : {}
+    const status = testStatusValue(metadata.testStatus ?? detailRecord.status)
+    const progress = testProgressValue(metadata.testProgress ?? detailRecord.progress)
+
+    return status === 'Cancelled' || status === 'In progress'
+        || (status !== 'Failed' && progress !== undefined && progress < 100)
+}
+
 /**
  * Identifies Marathon Match challenges across v6 names, catalog IDs, and tags.
  *
@@ -342,7 +362,7 @@ export function marathonDashboardIsEnabled(challenge: ChallengeOpportunity): boo
 /**
  * Resolves provisional and final Marathon Match scores, preferring the latest
  * phase-specific review summation over legacy submission-level fields.
- * Cancelled phase scores, including placeholder aggregates, are not displayed.
+ * Unfinished provisional and cancelled phase scores, including legacy fallbacks, are not displayed.
  *
  * @param submission Review API submission with modern or legacy score fields.
  * @returns resolved provisional and final scores.
@@ -353,7 +373,7 @@ export function marathonSubmissionScores(
 ): MarathonSubmissionScores {
     const provisional = latestPhaseSummation(submission, 'provisional')
     const final = latestPhaseSummation(submission, 'final')
-    const provisionalScore = testStatusValue(provisional?.metadata?.testStatus) === 'Cancelled'
+    const provisionalScore = provisionalScoreIsPending(provisional)
         ? undefined
         : finiteScore(provisional?.aggregateScore)
             ?? finiteScore(submission.provisionalScore)