NanoGPT Speedrun Frontier

Aug 23, 2026 05:14 AM - 2 hours ago 1

We ran 153 autonomous runs crossed 18 frontier models connected the nanoGPT optimizer speedrun.

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Share of the quality grounds spread closedhuman grounds 100%0%20%40%60%80%100%0d1d2d4d7d9dFable 5Opus 5Kimi K3 · prime-agentKimi K3Opus 4.8GPT-5.6 SolGPT-5.6 Sol ProSonnet 5GPT-5.6 LunaGrok 4.5Qwen3.8 MaxGLM 5.2DeepSeek V4 ProGPT-5.6 TerraGrok 4.6Muse Spark 1.2Muse Spark 1.1GPT-5.5Kimi K2.7Agent clip (days)

Share of the quality grounds spread closed0%20%40%60%80%100%0d1d2d4d7d9dFable 5Opus 5Kimi K3 · prime-agentKimi K3Opus 4.8GPT-5.6 SolGPT-5.6 Sol ProSonnet 5GPT-5.6 LunaGrok 4.5Qwen3.8 MaxGLM 5.2DeepSeek V4 ProGPT-5.6 TerraGrok 4.6Muse Spark 1.2Muse Spark 1.1GPT-5.5Kimi K2.7Agent clip (days)

All modelsBest validated consequence for each model

1Fable 52,72681.7% closed

claude-code · high@24H 3,0108.7d

2Opus 52,92053.6% closed

claude-code · max@24H 3,0452.9d

3Kimi K32,93052.2% closed

prime-agent · max@24H 3,1253.6d

4Kimi K32,97445.8% closed

kimi-code · max@24H 3,1355.1d

5Opus 4.83,01839.4% closed

claude-code · max@24H 3,1803.0d

6GPT-5.6 Sol3,04235.9% closed

codex · xhigh@24H 3,1606.1d

7GPT-5.6 Sol Pro3,05833.6% closed

codex · xhigh@24H 3,1003.4d

8Sonnet 53,10526.8% closed

claude-code · max@24H 3,1202.0d

9GPT-5.6 Luna3,11026.1% closed

codex · xhigh@24H 3,1701.9d

10Grok 4.53,12024.6% closed

grok-cli · xhigh@24H 3,1602.7d

11Qwen3.8 Max3,12024.6% closed

qwen-code · max@24H 3,2251.9d

12GLM 5.23,15020.3% closed

pi · high@24H 3,2001.8d

13DeepSeek V4 Pro3,20512.3% closed

claude-code · max@24H 3,2051.1d

14GPT-5.6 Terra3,21411.0% closed

codex · xhigh@24H 3,2141.1d

15Grok 4.63,22010.1% closed

grok-cli · xhigh0.6d

16Muse Spark 1.23,2308.7% closed

muse-code · xhigh0.6d

17Muse Spark 1.13,2328.4% closed

pi · max@24H 3,2403.7d

18GPT-5.53,2348.1% closed

codex · xhigh@24H 3,2341.1d

19Kimi K2.73,2407.2% closed

kimi-code · max@24H 3,2401.6d

20GLM 5.3no record

claude-code · xhigh

ModelHarnessTraces

Equal-budget comparison

Give each model's champion last tally the aforesaid assets fund and comparison the champion validated grounds it reached wrong that budget.

6hBudget of 24 hours9d

ModelRecordHuman 2,600Baseline 3,290

Gray runs ended earlier the selected budget

Open Traces to research 41 curated afloat supplier trajectories, including instrumentality calls, subagents, and scratchpads.

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