GPT-6.1 Sol beat Pokemon Red's first gym in 244 turns, a new record on PokeBench, for $2.60
GPT-6.1 Sol set a new record on PokeBench by defeating Brock in Pokémon Red's first gym in 244 turns. This achievement, costing $2.60, surpassed the previous record of 246 turns held by GPT-6 Astra, which cost $13.49. The run was conducted with a fresh save and a 1000-turn budget, with milestones read directly from game memory, ensuring an objective evaluation without human or model judgment.
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PublishedOffset at this time: UTC+0Sep 30, 2026, 00:56 UTC
IngestedOffset at this time: UTC+0Sep 30, 2026, 06:00 UTC
- Published
- Sep 30, 2026, 00:56
- Ingested
- Sep 30, 2026, 06:00
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- Dev community
- Tier
- Community
- Source status
- Healthy
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Same prompt, same harness, fresh save, 1000 turn budget. Milestones are read from game memory, so no human or model judges the run.
- Beat Brock on turn 244 (previous record: GPT-6 Astra, 246, $13.49)
- Wall time: 54 minutes, fastest on the board
- Cost: $2.60 at OpenAI's list price
- GPT-6 Sol, released one week earlier: 673 turns
Best moment: on turn 14 it picked up Bulbasaur by mistake, read the preview ("The rightmost ball contains Bulbasaur, not Squirtle"), and put it back.
Full turn logs and the leaderboard: https://pokebench.tv