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TIS-100 Bench: Image Test Pattern 4
NEXUS.12.534.4 Medium Image generation Built-in puzzle ·
Generate a fourth fixed target image. Coordinate control and pixel generation must fit together within the grid.
In TIS-100 puzzle, with 30 minutes to find a working program and keep improving it, without seeing the community leaderboard . 15 of 16 models solved it. No model found a new Pareto-frontier point beyond the community leaderboard.
15 / 16 models solved it
1,222 best LLM cycles (1,166 community)
0 new frontier points
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Image Test Pattern 4: cycles against instructions for the community frontier and each model’s frontier points 1,049 2,703 6,962 17,930 46,181 13 23 41 75 136 Cycles (log scale) Instructions Opus 5.5: 2,281 cycles, 4 nodes, 26 instructions Opus 5.5: 1,290 cycles, 8 nodes, 65 instructions Opus 5.5: 1,434 cycles, 8 nodes, 41 instructions Opus 5.5: 1,222 cycles, 9 nodes, 37 instructions Opus 5.5: 3,632 cycles, 3 nodes, 29 instructions Opus 5.5: 1,563 cycles, 5 nodes, 38 instructions Opus 5.5: 1,794 cycles, 4 nodes, 29 instructions Opus 5.5: 1,614 cycles, 4 nodes, 32 instructions Opus 5.5: 2,062 cycles, 4 nodes, 28 instructions Fable 5.1: 2,278 cycles, 4 nodes, 24 instructions Fable 5.1: 1,768 cycles, 4 nodes, 31 instructions Fable 5.1: 1,344 cycles, 8 nodes, 52 instructions Fable 5.1: 1,543 cycles, 4 nodes, 35 instructions Fable 5.1: 1,399 cycles, 6 nodes, 39 instructions Fable 5.1: 1,399 cycles, 4 nodes, 43 instructions Fable 5.1: 1,471 cycles, 4 nodes, 39 instructions GPT-6.1 Sol: 3,704 cycles, 3 nodes, 26 instructions GPT-6.1 Sol: 2,278 cycles, 4 nodes, 24 instructions GPT-6.1 Sol: 2,008 cycles, 4 nodes, 25 instructions GPT-6.1 Sol: 1,363 cycles, 4 nodes, 31 instructions GPT-6.1 Sol: 2,897 cycles, 3 nodes, 28 instructions GPT-6.1 Sol: 1,401 cycles, 3 nodes, 29 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 1,706 cycles, 3 nodes, 26 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 2,485 cycles, 2 nodes, 24 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 1,915 cycles, 2 nodes, 25 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 1,870 cycles, 2 nodes, 26 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 2,410 cycles, 3 nodes, 23 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 1,605 cycles, 3 nodes, 28 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 1,460 cycles, 4 nodes, 32 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 1,382 cycles, 4 nodes, 35 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 1,517 cycles, 3 nodes, 30 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 1,513 cycles, 3 nodes, 33 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 1,840 cycles, 3 nodes, 24 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 1,795 cycles, 3 nodes, 25 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 1,672 cycles, 3 nodes, 27 instructions Gemini 4 Argon: 1,580 cycles, 3 nodes, 29 instructions Kimi K3.1 Pro: 1,383 cycles, 3 nodes, 36 instructions Kimi K3.1 Pro: 2,332 cycles, 4 nodes, 26 instructions Kimi K3.1 Pro: 2,013 cycles, 5 nodes, 30 instructions GPT-6 Astra: 2,278 cycles, 4 nodes, 24 instructions GPT-6 Astra: 1,391 cycles, 4 nodes, 29 instructions GPT-6 Astra: 1,391 cycles, 3 nodes, 30 instructions GPT-6 Astra: 41,983 cycles, 2 nodes, 24 instructions GPT-6 Astra: 2,365 cycles, 2 nodes, 27 instructions GPT-6 Astra: 1,827 cycles, 2 nodes, 28 instructions GPT-6 Astra: 1,780 cycles, 2 nodes, 29 instructions GPT-6 Astra: 1,397 cycles, 3 nodes, 25 instructions Gemini 3.8 Flash: 1,433 cycles, 7 nodes, 48 instructions Gemini 3.8 Flash: 1,613 cycles, 4 nodes, 32 instructions Gemini 3.8 Flash: 1,793 cycles, 4 nodes, 29 instructions Gemini 3.8 Flash: 2,331 cycles, 4 nodes, 26 instructions Sonnet 5.5: 2,280 cycles, 4 nodes, 24 instructions Sonnet 5.5: 1,489 cycles, 6 nodes, 41 instructions Sonnet 5.5: 1,453 cycles, 6 nodes, 43 instructions Sonnet 5.5: 1,667 cycles, 6 nodes, 39 instructions Grok 4.7: 1,556 cycles, 5 nodes, 62 instructions Grok 4.7: 4,191 cycles, 4 nodes, 50 instructions DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 2,453 cycles, 5 nodes, 61 instructions DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 1,704 cycles, 5 nodes, 66 instructions DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 2,568 cycles, 5 nodes, 60 instructions DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 1,712 cycles, 5 nodes, 65 instructions DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 1,743 cycles, 5 nodes, 64 instructions GLM-5.3: 1,769 cycles, 4 nodes, 36 instructions GLM-5.3: 1,724 cycles, 4 nodes, 37 instructions Muse Wonder 1.0: 2,144 cycles, 9 nodes, 123 instructions Muse Wonder 1.0: 1,950 cycles, 9 nodes, 124 instructions Muse Wonder 1.0: 2,517 cycles, 6 nodes, 79 instructions Muse Wonder 1.0: 2,384 cycles, 6 nodes, 84 instructions Muse Wonder 1.0: 2,210 cycles, 6 nodes, 85 instructions Muse Spark 1.3: 1,984 cycles, 7 nodes, 94 instructions Muse Spark 1.3: 2,278 cycles, 4 nodes, 24 instructions Muse Spark 1.3: 2,010 cycles, 4 nodes, 25 instructions Haiku 5.5: 2,010 cycles, 4 nodes, 25 instructions gpt-6-luna: 2,430 cycles, 11 nodes, 98 instructions gpt-6-luna: 2,500 cycles, 11 nodes, 94 instructions gpt-6-luna: 2,354 cycles, 11 nodes, 101 instructions Community leaderboard Nodes are not shown; lower is better on both axes.
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Opus 5.5 Fewest cycles 1,222 cycles · 9 nodes · 37 instructions NEXUS.12.534.4.1222-9-37.txt on GitHub
Node 0 MOV 0, DOWN
MOV 2, DOWNNode 2 MOV 0, DOWN
MOV 2, DOWNNode 3 MOV 1, RIGHT
MOV 3, RIGHTNode 4 MOV -1, RIGHT
MOV DOWN, RIGHT
MOV 15, ACC
L: MOV LEFT, RIGHT
SUB 1
JNZ L
MOV -1, RIGHT
MOV DOWN, RIGHT
MOV 15, ACC
M: MOV UP, RIGHT
SUB 1
JNZ MNode 5 MOV LEFT, DOWN
MOV RIGHT, DOWNNode 6 MOV 0, LEFT
MOV 15, ACC
L: MOV UP, LEFT
SUB 1
JNZ L
MOV 0, LEFT
MOV 0, LEFT
MOV 15, ACC
M: MOV DOWN, LEFT
SUB 1
JNZ M
MOV 0, LEFTNode 10 MOV 1, UP
MOV 3, UPGPT-6 Astra Fewest nodes 1,780 cycles · 2 nodes · 29 instructions NEXUS.12.534.4.1780-2-29.txt on GitHub
Node 8 MOV 67 ACC
MOV 0 RIGHT
MOV 1 RIGHT
L: MOV 2 RIGHT
MOV 3 RIGHT
MOV 0 RIGHT
MOV 1 RIGHT
SUB 1
JGZ L
O: MOV 1 RIGHT
MOV 0 RIGHT
MOV 3 RIGHT
MOV 2 RIGHT
JMP ONode 9 MOV 0 DOWN
MOV ACC DOWN
SAV
MOV 10 ACC
L: MOV LEFT DOWN
MOV LEFT DOWN
MOV LEFT DOWN
SUB 1
JGZ L
MOV -1 DOWN
SWP
SUB 16
JNZ E
MOV -17 ACC
E: ADD 18Gemini 4 Argon Fewest instructions 2,410 cycles · 3 nodes · 23 instructions NEXUS.12.534.4.2410-3-23.txt on GitHub
Node 5 MOV 75, ACC
O: MOV 1, DOWN
MOV 0, DOWN
MOV 3, DOWN
MOV 2, DOWN
SUB 1
JGZ O
E: MOV 0, DOWN
MOV 1, DOWN
MOV 2, DOWN
MOV 3, DOWN
JMP ENode 8 ADD 19
R: SUB 2
MOV ACC, RIGHT
JGZ RNode 9 MOV 0, DOWN
MOV LEFT, DOWN
MOV 30, ACC
L: MOV UP, DOWN
SUB 1
JGZ L
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