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A motion-injection edit test. The model adds wind-driven movement (blowing hair, flying leaves) to a still photo while leaving the rest of the scene intact. The difficulty is making motion look physically plausible without distorting the subject or background.

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Motion Realism Hair & Cloth Dynamics Edit Localization Photorealism
How voting works
The brief Every model got the same image and edit instruction
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Edit instruction
“Add dynamic motion to this photo: make hair blow in the wind, add leaves flying, energetic and lively feel.”
The leaderboard

Challenge rankings

37 models · ranked by blind vote

Through time: how it evolved
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Wan 2.6
score 26.9
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Seedream 4.5
score 26.5
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GPT Image 1.5
score 24.6
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Nano Banana Pro
score 23.8
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Nano Banana
score 20.9
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FLUX.2 [max]
score 20.3
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Grok Imagine Image Pro
score 20.1
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Seedream 5.0 Lite
score 20.0
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Reve Image 1.0
score 19.9
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Qwen Image Edit 2511
score 17.6
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FLUX.2 [pro]
score 17.5
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Grok Imagine Image
score 17.0
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Seedream 4.0
score 13.5
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Vidu Q2
score 7.9
0
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P-Image Edit
score 7.9
0
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Wan 2.5 (Preview)
score 7.9
0
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Wan 2.7
score 7.9
0
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FLUX.2 [klein] 9B
score 7.9
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FLUX.2 [flex]
score 7.9
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Bria FIBO
score 7.4
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FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
score 0.7
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Z-Image Turbo
score 0.0
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FLUX.1 Kontext [max]
score 0.0
0
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Nano Banana 2 Lite
awaiting votes
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Nano Banana 2
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HiDream I1 Full
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OmniGen v2
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Qwen Image Edit 2509
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GPT Image 1 Mini
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GPT Image 1
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FLUX.2 [dev]
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Wan 2.7 Pro
awaiting votes
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HiDream E1
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FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo
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FLUX.2 [dev] Flash
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FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]
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FLUX.1 Kontext [dev]
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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.

Seedream 4.5 Wan 2.6
50% 50%
Nano Banana GPT Image 1.5
50% 50%
Reve Image 1.0 Grok Imagine Image
50% 50%
Nano Banana Pro Qwen Image Edit 2511
50% 50%
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The archive

Through time

How Golden Hour Stroll has evolved, release by release.

2025 to 2026· 5 reigns· 37 models
The Reign Chain
5 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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    Gemini 2.5 Flash Image
    Oct 2025 → Nov 2025
    reigned 1 mo · overtook Reve Image 1.0
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    Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview
    Nov 2025 → Dec 2025
    reigned 1 mo · overtook Gemini 2.5 Flash Image
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    Seedream 4.5
    Dec 2025 → Dec 2025
    reigned 1 mo · overtook Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview
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    Current
    Wan 2.6
    Dec 2025 → today
    reigned 8 mo · overtook Seedream 4.5

Generation history

37 models · newest first
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  3. Wan 2.7 Pro 3 takes
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  5. Seedream 5.0 Lite 3 takes
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  6. 32 more models Mar 2025 – Jan 2026 Show