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Wan 2.6

Arena score
23.3

Text-to-Image

Rank
#24

of 62 ranked

Stars

3.5 of 5

Speed
Slow
Reliability
Excellent
Price
$0.0300 / video
Top 2 in Image-to-Video

Especially good for Photorealism and Aesthetics.

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Arena / Gallery

Standout work

The model at its best across 4 more challenges.

Man and Car in California
Feb 5, 2026
Isometric Miniature Diorama Scenes
Feb 5, 2026
Victorian Greenhouse Oasis
Feb 5, 2026
Studio Ghibli Anime Style
Feb 5, 2026
Arena / Performance

Speed & reliability

Measured across every provider serving this model, last 30 days.

Generation speed
47.6s median
P50 47.6s P95 tail 1m 53s
Reliability
100.0% success
excludes user errors
Arena / Skills

Skills

The shape of this model's strengths, and the categories it ranks strongest in.

Skill signature

Where Wan 2.6 earns its score, percentile-shaped across its skills.

Top skills
  1. 1
    Backgrounds & Scenes 28.5
    Image Editing
    65%
  2. 2
    Adding & Editing Objects 26.1
    Image Editing
    69%
  3. 3
    People & Poses 25.7
    Image Editing
    76%
  4. 4
    Aesthetics 24.5
    Image Editing
    65%
  5. 5
    Lighting, Shadows & Materials 23.8
    Image Editing
    56%
Arena / Gallery

By skill

Every challenge Wan 2.6 entered, grouped by the skill it tests and led by its strongest lanes. Scroll a lane to see them all; open a stack to compare its takes.

Backgrounds & Scenes
2 challenges · 65% wins
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Adding & Editing Objects
3 challenges · 69% wins
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People & Poses
1 challenge · 76% wins
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Aesthetics
15 challenges · 56% wins
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Lighting, Shadows & Materials
5 challenges · 56% wins
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3D Imaging & Modeling
2 challenges · 61% wins
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Photorealism
14 challenges · 53% wins
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Prompt Adherence
13 challenges · 33% wins
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Preservation
9 challenges · 47% wins
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Human Fidelity
2 challenges · 33% wins
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Text Rendering
7 challenges · 30% wins
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Creativity
8 challenges · 35% wins
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Artistic Restyling
2 challenges · 39% wins
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Face & Identity
3 challenges · 28% wins
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Product, Branding & Commercial
6 challenges · 20% wins
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Motion Quality
2 challenges · 33% wins
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Physics & Realism
2 challenges · 33% wins
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Camera Control
1 challenge · 10% wins
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Scenes & Atmospherics
1 challenge · 10% wins
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