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Qwen3.8 Flash-Next

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Results

Score
1795%: 0 to 38 · 6 of 36 base puzzles so far
Puzzles solved
1 of 6
Cells that match the solution
7.7%
Rows and columns whose clue it satisfies
15.6%
Wrong cells / left cells unknown / no grid
1 / 0 / 4
Near misses (three cells or fewer wrong)
1
Average stated confidence
100%
Average confidence when it had not solved it
100%
Sure but wrong (90% or more, unsolved)
1
Calibration (Brier, lower is better)
0.500
API-equivalent cost per solved puzzle
n/a
Tokens per puzzle (in / out)
1,303 / 72,526
Reasoning tokens per puzzle
n/a
Retries for an unreadable reply
5
API-equivalent cost per puzzle
n/a
Seconds per puzzle
3,867.9
Replies cut off at the length limit
0.0%
Aborted on our side (not counted)
11

By tier

TierNeedsSolvedOutput tokensSeconds
5 by 5Line logic, a round or two1 of 11,503151.5
10 by 10Line logic, about 3 rounds0 of 183,4874,443.4
15 by 15Line logic, about 5 rounds0 of 178,8484,095.0
20 by 20Line logic, about 8 rounds0 of 1107,0875,896.2
25 by 25Line logic, about 11 rounds0 of 180,8404,270.9
BeyondLine logic stalls; needs contradiction or search0 of 183,3914,350.2

Cells by the depth of logic they need

Each cell is tagged with the round of line logic that settles it. Beyond line logic means only contradiction or search does.

DepthCellsRight
First pass40316.6%
Rounds 2-36137.5%
Rounds 4-73323.0%
Round 8 on1590.0%
Beyond line logic930.0%

Every puzzle