Chalkboard Menu
VoteThis challenge forces models to use one consistent handwritten style across an entire dense menu instead of defaulting to clean printed text for the smaller details, a very common failure that reveals how well they actually understand and maintain stylistic coherence.
Voters judged on
Text Accuracy
Handwriting Consistency
Legibility
Chalk Realism
Prompt
“Handwritten-style chalkboard menu in a cozy café, all text rendered in the exact same realistic chalk handwriting style with natural variations in letter size, slight slant, and chalk texture — no printed or digital fonts anywhere on the board.
Title at the top in elegant cursive chalk handwriting: ‘TODAY’S SPECIALS – APRIL 30, 2026’.
Below it, three menu items also in the same handwritten chalk style: ‘Truffle Mushroom Risotto – $24’, ‘Grilled Octopus with Lemon & Herbs – $28’, ‘Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – $9’.
At the very bottom, smaller text in the identical handwritten chalk style (slightly smaller but still clearly legible with the same handwriting characteristics): ‘All items made fresh daily • Ask about our gluten-free options’.
Warm ambient café lighting, visible chalk dust and smudges, realistic handwriting imperfections, no clean printed text anywhere.”
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Challenge rankings
58 models · ranked by blind vote
Through time: how it evolved
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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
Seedream 5.0 Lite
50%
50%
DALL-E 3
Qwen Image 2.0 Pro
50%
50%
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium
Qwen Image 2512
100%
0%
Wan 2.6
FLUX.1 [dev]
0%
100%
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The archive
Through time
How Chalkboard Menu has evolved, release by release.
2022 to 2026·
4 reigns·
58 models
The Reign Chain
4 reigns
How the crown changed hands
Every model that has held #1 on this challenge, in order. Click any era to travel through time.
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R01Inception
DALL-E 2 Apr 2022 → Oct 2023reigned 1.5 yrs -
R02
DALL-E 3 Oct 2023 → Oct 2025reigned 2.0 yrs · overtook DALL-E 2 -
R03
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Oct 2025 → Dec 2025reigned 2 mo · overtook DALL-E 3 -
R04Current
Seedream 4.5 Dec 2025 → todayreigned 10 mo · overtook Gemini 2.5 Flash Image
Generation history
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Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image 2 takes
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Recraft V4.1 3 takes
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Recraft V4.1 Pro 3 takes
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GPT Image 2 3 takes
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Wan 2.7 3 takes
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