diff --git a/rdagent/log/ui/utils.py b/rdagent/log/ui/utils.py
index 6c5a90e7..2f25f8b2 100644
--- a/rdagent/log/ui/utils.py
+++ b/rdagent/log/ui/utils.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from rdagent.core.utils import cache_with_pickle
 from rdagent.log.ui.conf import UI_SETTING
 from rdagent.log.utils import extract_json
 from rdagent.oai.llm_utils import md5_hash
+from rdagent.scenarios.kaggle.kaggle_crawler import get_metric_direction
 
 LITE = [
     "aerial-cactus-identification",
@@ -524,6 +525,7 @@ def compare(
     exp_list: list[str] = typer.Option(..., "--exp-list", help="List of experiment names.", show_default=False),
     output: str = typer.Option("merge_base_df.h5", help="Output summary file name."),
     hours: int | None = typer.Option(None, help="if None, use summary.pkl, else summary_{hours}h.pkl"),
+    select_best: bool = typer.Option(False, help="Select best experiment for each competition."),
 ):
     """
     Generate summary and base dataframe for given experiment list, and save to a summary file.
@@ -531,6 +533,23 @@ def compare(
     typer.secho(f"exp_list: {exp_list}", fg=typer.colors.GREEN)
     log_folders = [f"{UI_SETTING.amlt_path}/{exp}/combined_logs" for exp in exp_list]
     summary, base_df = get_summary_df(log_folders, hours=hours)
+    if select_best:
+
+        def apply_func(cdf: pd.DataFrame):
+            cp = cdf["Competition"].values[0]
+            md = get_metric_direction(cp)
+            # If SOTA Exp Score (valid) column is empty, return the first index
+            if cdf["SOTA Exp Score (valid)"].dropna().empty:
+                return cdf.index[0]
+            if md:
+                best_idx = cdf["SOTA Exp Score (valid)"].idxmax()
+            else:
+                best_idx = cdf["SOTA Exp Score (valid)"].idxmin()
+            return best_idx
+
+        best_idxs = base_df.groupby("Competition").apply(apply_func)
+        base_df = base_df[base_df.index.isin(best_idxs.values)]
+        summary = {k: v for k, v in summary.items() if k in best_idxs.values.tolist()}
     typer.secho(f"Summary keys: {list(summary.keys())}", fg=typer.colors.CYAN)
     typer.secho("Summary DataFrame:", fg=typer.colors.MAGENTA)
     typer.secho(str(base_df), fg=typer.colors.YELLOW)