I'm a bit late with the pelicans because I was live-blogging the keynote: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/29/openai-devday-2026-liv...

Here they are for GPT-6.1-Sol: https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht...

They're not notably different from the GPT-6 family pelicans: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-pelicans-gr...

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thefourthchime 30 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I'm late with Pac-Man as well..

GPT 6.1 Sol — 91, ~9 min, $0.51 https://jonclegg.github.io/pacman-bakeoff/#gpt-6.1-sol

Opus 5.5 — 99, ~9 min, $2.00 https://jonclegg.github.io/pacman-bakeoff/#claude-opus-5-5

GPT 6 Astra — 87, ~10 min, $2.42 https://jonclegg.github.io/pacman-bakeoff/#gpt-6-astra

Opus still plays the best. Sol is almost as good and way cheaper. Astra costs the most, scores the least of the three, and the UI is full of slop copy and design.

Full gallery: https://jonclegg.github.io/pacman-bakeoff/

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agar 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Did Medium not get a response, or is this a display issue?

Interesting that High got the render order correct, with the back leg behind the bike, while xhigh and max have both legs on the same side of the bicycle. Astra only got this right on Max.

	▲	UnboundedContex an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I always notice this too. Getting it right seems (psychologically for me anyway) to be a big part of "a good pelican" whenever I look at these. But doesn't always seem to correlate with increasing intelligence of models (measured via benchmarks, experience with the model etc.). It's not frontier pelican without the back leg behind the bike frame IMO.
	▲	simonw an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Sorry about that, markdown bug, now fixed.
	▲	dankben 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Let's be honest, they're all guessing when it comes to rendering order

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nicolamanzini 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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