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Man and Car in California

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Combines two references (a person and a car) into one believable driving scene. It checks whether the model keeps the man’s identity and the car’s appearance while placing them convincingly on the coastline with matched lighting and perspective.

Voters judged on
Identity Preservation Scene Compositing Lighting Match Photorealism
How voting works
The brief Every model got the same image and edit instruction
Source
Edit instruction
“Make a photo of the man driving the car down the California coastline”
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Challenge rankings

28 models · ranked by blind vote

Through time: how it evolved
1
GPT Image 1.5
score 29.5
0
2
Nano Banana Pro
score 29.2
0
3
Qwen Image Edit 2511
score 27.4
1
4
Wan 2.6
score 26.8
0
5
Nano Banana 2
score 26.6
-1
6
Nano Banana
score 26.4
0
7
FLUX.2 [pro]
score 25.8
0
8
FLUX.2 [flex]
score 24.7
0
9
FLUX.2 [max]
score 24.4
0
10
Seedream 4.5
score 22.2
0
11
Seedream 5.0 Lite
score 19.0
0
12
Wan 2.5 (Preview)
score 17.7
0
13
Qwen Image Edit 2509
score 17.5
0
14
FLUX.2 [klein] 9B
score 17.4
0
15
Grok Imagine Image
score 17.3
0
16
Nano Banana 2 Lite
score 15.8
0
17
Vidu Q2
score 15.4
0
18
FLUX.2 [dev]
score 14.7
0
19
FLUX.2 [dev] Flash
score 14.6
0
20
FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
score 14.5
0
21
Seedream 4.0
score 13.4
1
22
FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo
score 11.8
0
23
Grok Imagine Image Pro
score 11.1
0
24
Wan 2.7
score 11.0
0
25
GPT Image 1
score 10.3
0
26
P-Image Edit
score 10.0
0
27
Wan 2.7 Pro
score 7.9
0
28
GPT Image 1 Mini
score -0.8
0
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.

GPT Image 1.5 Qwen Image Edit 2511
66% 32%
Nano Banana Pro Nano Banana 2
50% 50%
FLUX.2 [pro] FLUX.2 [max]
50% 50%
Nano Banana Vidu Q2
0% 100%
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The archive

Through time

How Man and Car in California has evolved, release by release.

2025 to 2026· 7 reigns· 28 models
The Reign Chain
7 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. R01
    Inception
    GPT Image 1
    Mar 2025 → Sep 2025
    reigned 6 mo
  2. R02
    Seedream 4.0
    Sep 2025 → Sep 2025
    reigned 1 mo · overtook GPT Image 1
  3. R03
    Qwen Image Edit 2509
    Sep 2025 → Sep 2025
    reigned 1 mo · overtook Seedream 4.0
  4. R04
    Wan 2.5 (Preview)
    Sep 2025 → Oct 2025
    reigned 1 mo · overtook Qwen Image Edit 2509
  5. R05
    Gemini 2.5 Flash Image
    Oct 2025 → Nov 2025
    reigned 1 mo · overtook Wan 2.5 (Preview)
  6. R06
    Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview
    Nov 2025 → Dec 2025
    reigned 1 mo · overtook Gemini 2.5 Flash Image
  7. R07
    Current
    GPT Image 1.5
    Dec 2025 → today
    reigned 10 mo · overtook Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview

Generation history

28 models · newest first
Show full history 23
  1. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image 3 takes
  2. Wan 2.7 3 takes
  3. Wan 2.7 Pro 3 takes
  4. Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview 3 takes
  5. Seedream 5.0 Lite 3 takes
  6. 23 more models Mar 2025 – Jan 2026 Show