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Image Editing Face & Identity Preservation Photorealism Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Bald man challenge

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A targeted edit test. Adding a realistic head of hair requires a believable hairline and texture while keeping the face, expression, and lighting unchanged. Common failures are wig-like or pasted-on hair and subtle changes to the underlying face.

Voters judged on
Natural Hairline Hair Texture Identity Preservation Lighting Consistency
How voting works
The brief Every model got the same image and edit instruction
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Edit instruction
“Give the person a full, thick head of natural hair with realistic texture, density, and a natural hairline. Preserve facial features and lighting.”
The leaderboard

Challenge rankings

36 models · ranked by blind vote

Through time: how it evolved
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Nano Banana
score 30.1
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Nano Banana Pro
score 28.9
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Nano Banana 2
score 27.2
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Grok Imagine Image
score 24.2
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Qwen Image Edit 2511
score 23.8
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Seedream 5.0 Lite
score 22.5
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Grok Imagine Image Pro
score 22.2
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FLUX.2 [max]
score 20.8
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Z-Image Turbo
score 20.6
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GPT Image 1.5
score 19.7
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Seedream 4.5
score 19.6
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FLUX.2 [pro]
score 16.5
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Reve Image 1.0
score 16.2
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Vidu Q2
score 16.1
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Wan 2.6
score 14.6
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FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
score 14.2
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Nano Banana 2 Lite
score 13.3
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Seedream 4.0
score 12.2
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P-Image Edit
score 10.1
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FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo
score 9.5
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Wan 2.7
score 8.7
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Qwen Image Edit 2509
score 7.9
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GPT Image 1 Mini
score 7.9
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FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]
score 7.9
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FLUX.2 [dev]
score 1.8
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Bria FIBO
score 0.0
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GPT Image 1
score -0.9
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HiDream E1
awaiting votes
0
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Wan 2.5 (Preview)
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Wan 2.7 Pro
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HiDream I1 Full
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FLUX.2 [klein] 9B
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FLUX.2 [flex]
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FLUX.2 [dev] Flash
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FLUX.1 Kontext [max]
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FLUX.1 Kontext [dev]
awaiting votes
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Head to head 4 matchups

Notable battles

The matchups worth a second look from this challenge's blind voting: the closest rivalries, the biggest upsets (a lower seed taking down a favorite), and the clashes at the top of the board. Each bar shows how the community split its votes.

FLUX.2 [pro] Nano Banana
50% 50%
Qwen Image Edit 2511 Grok Imagine Image Pro
50% 50%
FLUX.2 [max] Seedream 5.0 Lite
0% 0%
Vidu Q2 Grok Imagine Image
100% 0%
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The archive

Through time

How Bald man challenge has evolved, release by release.

2025 to 2026· 2 reigns· 36 models
The Reign Chain
2 reigns

How the crown changed hands

Every model that has held #1 on this challenge, in order. Click any era to travel through time.

  1. Edited result
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    Inception
    Reve Image 1.0
    Mar 2025 → Oct 2025
    reigned 7 mo
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    Current
    Gemini 2.5 Flash Image
    Oct 2025 → today
    reigned 9 mo · overtook Reve Image 1.0

Generation history

36 models · newest first
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  6. 31 more models Mar 2025 – Jan 2026 Show