The Capybara Taxi Driver
VoteThis challenge seems to be difficult for models because it mixes reality with fiction. Most models struggle to keep the taxi realistic or loose instructions like placing the passenger not in the backseat.
Voters judged on
Photorealistic
Realistic NYC taxi interior
Positioning of passenger (should be in the back)
Capybara wearing taxi driver cap
Prompt
“Photorealistic scene inside a yellow New York taxi at night. A capybara is driving, wearing a yellow taxi driver cap and a dark jacket. It has a calm, professional expression and both front paws on the steering wheel.
In the back seat sits a human businesswoman in a coat, looking at her phone with a completely normal, bored expression (as if this is just another normal ride). Through the windows you can see the streets of Manhattan at night with blurred lights. Realistic taxi interior, photorealistic, detailed fur and fabric, 35mm lens, night lighting with reflections, shallow depth of field.”
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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.
Z-Image Turbo
Qwen Image 2.0 Pro
0%
0%
Qwen Image 2512
Seedream 5.0 Lite
100%
0%
Wan 2.7
GPT Image 2
50%
50%
Nano Banana
Wan 2.7 Pro
50%
0%
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The archive
Through time
How The Capybara Taxi Driver has evolved, release by release.
2022 to 2026·
6 reigns·
58 models
The Reign Chain
6 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 → Aug 2024reigned 10 mo · overtook DALL-E 2 -
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FLUX.1 [schnell] Aug 2024 → Mar 2025reigned 7 mo · overtook DALL-E 3 -
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GPT Image 1 Mar 2025 → Nov 2025reigned 8 mo · overtook FLUX.1 [schnell] -
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Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview Nov 2025 → Nov 2025reigned 1 mo · overtook GPT Image 1 -
R06Current
Z-Image Turbo Nov 2025 → todayreigned 9 mo · overtook Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview
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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