HUSTLE SIM BENCHMARK · FRESH START

Qwen3.5 9B on Fresh start run 1

Reached $1M earned in 15h 18m of game time, against 17m 30s for the game's best line (Best income per dollar) from the same start. All of Qwen3.5 9B's runs.

RESULTReached the goal

GAME TIME15h 18m

BEST LINE17m 30s

SCORE2

DECISIONS13

REFUSED5 of 32

MODEL TIME0.8 min

COSTlocal, no list price

TOKENS IN / OUT15,016 / 259

REQUESTS13

Lifetime earnings at each decisionWhat the run had earned each time the model was asked, on a log scale. Dashed lines mark the goal and the game time the best game strategy needed from the same start.

The game's strategies on this run

Player	Game time to the goal	Score
Qwen3.5 9B	15h 18m	2
Best income per dollar	17m 30s	100
Deepen first	19m 49s	88
Cheapest thing available	29m 30s	59
Chase speed milestones	44m 28s	39
Unguided (seed 3)	12h 31m	2
Automate everything	13h 55m	2
Collect first	17h 15m	2
Unguided (seed 1)	18h 29m	2
Unguided (seed 2)	1d 15h	1
Perks before levels	3d 23h	0

Every decision

Where the run stood when the model was asked, the actions it gave, what each cost or why the game refused it, and how far the clock moved while it saved up. The run file carries an arcade-session/1 envelope: the seed, start and these actions replay this exact run at Hustle Sim commit a295bad.


<actions>
BRAINSTORM
PICK plasma
</actions>
<actions>
LEVEL 1 MAX
BRAINSTORM
PICK dogwalking
</actions>
<actions>
LEVEL 1 MAX
PICK plasma
</actions>
<actions>
LEVEL 2 MAX
</actions>
<actions>
LEVEL 2 MAX
PERK 2 juice
LEVEL 1 MAX
</actions>
<actions>
WAIT 1m
LEVEL 2 NEXT
</actions>
<actions>
PICK delivery
LEVEL 2 MAX
</actions>
<actions>
LEVEL 2 MAX
HELPER plasma
WAIT 30s
</actions>
<actions>
PERK 2 premium
LEVEL 1 10
</actions>
<actions>
LEVEL 10
BOOST 2
PERK 1 cash
BRAINSTORM
</actions>
<actions>
PICK delivery
WAIT 1h
</actions>
<actions>
LEVEL 3 NEXT
BRAINSTORM
PICK delivery
</actions>
<actions>
PICK clipping
LEVEL 3 NEXT
WAIT 10m
</actions>

Decision	Clock	Earned	Income	Actions	Clock moved
1	0s	$0$100 cash	$0/s0 hustles	BRAINSTORM$100 PICK plasmarefused: there is no idea to pick: BRAINSTORM first	5s	Reply <actions> BRAINSTORM PICK plasma </actions>
2	5s	$0$0 cash	by hand1 hustle	LEVEL 1 MAX$4 BRAINSTORM$25 PICK dogwalkingrefused: dogwalking is not one of the ideas on offer	22s	Reply <actions> LEVEL 1 MAX BRAINSTORM PICK dogwalking </actions>
3	27s	$30$1 cash	by hand1 hustle	LEVEL 1 MAX$5 PICK plasma	2s	Reply <actions> LEVEL 1 MAX PICK plasma </actions>
4	29s	$34$0 cash	by hand2 hustles	LEVEL 2 MAX$9	4s	Reply <actions> LEVEL 2 MAX </actions>
5	33s	$46$3 cash	by hand2 hustles	LEVEL 2 MAX$10 PERK 2 juice$225 LEVEL 1 MAX$11	1m 10s	Reply <actions> LEVEL 2 MAX PERK 2 juice LEVEL 1 MAX </actions>
6	1m 43s	$290$1 cash	by hand2 hustles	WAIT 1m LEVEL 2 NEXT$2,112	6m 42s	Reply <actions> WAIT 1m LEVEL 2 NEXT </actions>
7	8m 25s	$2,401$0 cash	by hand2 hustles	PICK deliveryrefused: there is no idea to pick: BRAINSTORM first LEVEL 2 MAX$370	24s	Reply <actions> PICK delivery LEVEL 2 MAX </actions>
8	8m 49s	$2,781$10 cash	by hand2 hustles	LEVEL 2 MAX$433 HELPER plasma$200 WAIT 30s	1m 07s	Reply <actions> LEVEL 2 MAX HELPER plasma WAIT 30s </actions>
9	9m 56s	$3,726$322 cash	$12/s2 hustles	PERK 2 premium$750 LEVEL 1 10$153	49s	Reply <actions> PERK 2 premium LEVEL 1 10 </actions>
10	10m 45s	$4,313$6 cash	$15/s2 hustles	LEVEL 10refused: you do not own a hustle called 10 BOOST 2$73 PERK 1 cash$150 BRAINSTORM$1,500	1m 39s	Reply <actions> LEVEL 10 BOOST 2 PERK 1 cash BRAINSTORM </actions>
11	12m 24s	$6,101$71 cash	$18/s2 hustles	PICK delivery WAIT 1h	1h 00m	Reply <actions> PICK delivery WAIT 1h </actions>
12	1h 12m	$71,906$65,876 cash	$18/s3 hustles	LEVEL 3 NEXT$30,492 BRAINSTORM$4,500 PICK deliveryrefused: delivery is not one of the ideas on offer	5s	Reply <actions> LEVEL 3 NEXT BRAINSTORM PICK delivery </actions>
13	1h 12m	$72,015$30,993 cash	$18/s3 hustles	PICK clipping LEVEL 3 NEXT WAIT 10mnot run: the goal was reached	14h 06m	Reply <actions> PICK clipping LEVEL 3 NEXT WAIT 10m </actions>