something is beyond me ? (2025)

You could say that, but it's probably better to say

I can't understand the results I got.
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If you say something is beyond you, there is a hint that you're not intelligent enough to understand it.

no, "is beyond me" is a very good slang.
It is very common.
It hints strongly the confusion.

we don't say 'the result given by the software'.
we call it 'results'. because, it is the given from anything/everything.

How you got that result is beyond me.

Awesome, I hope your teacher is not English natural, and you wow him with your naturalness.

Thanks to Riverby and Oahawhool!

Would anyone please tell me more about in which condition should the slang be used?

I think that you would be most unwise to use "beyond me" when writing to your professor. You should make it clear what your problem is. If you do not understand why the software gave a particular result when it manipulated the data that you gave it, then say so.

"I do not understand how the software gave (or came to) that result". If the lack of understanding is about the result of an experiment rather than the calculations made by the software, then say "I do not understand the results (or outcome) of the experiment"

If you say that the results are "beyond you" then the professor will not understand anything of your problem of understanding and may think that you lack the required capability for the course that you are studying.

Hello Amberouc

The expression 'It's beyond me' might be used when talking informally to friends who are not going to take it too literally, whatever the context.
I agree that it is unsuitable for somebody with whom you have a formal relationship, or in any context where you might want to avoid giving a sign of weakness in some way.

In this context, as Riverby and Andy have commented, it might suggest the results are literally beyond your comprehension but saying 'I don't understand' could also give that impression especially if the professor isn't friendly.

You could completely avoid the 'don't understand' language by putting it in a very different way.
Using the passive is one trick to make language seem impersonal and is very common in academic and formal discussion.
Something like this, although there is no passive here:

'These results were unexpected and it is not easy to find an explanation for them'.

However this is really a new thread and on this thread involves rewriting which we are not supposed to do, so I will leave it at that.

Hermione

Can "it's beyond me" be used in a context expressing "I cannot tolerate it"?

I don't know why it has happened to me. I cannot tolerate it. It's beyond me.

Does this work? Say I'm telling my son off after I learned he'd kicked his classmate.

"It's beyond me that you kicked Tom. How could you?"