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The Rubik's Gauntlet

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This prompt is one of the hardest single tests for 2026 SOTA video models because it simultaneously demands extreme fine-motor precision at high speed, long-term physical consistency (the cube must genuinely solve without morphing), and complex multi-element rendering (hyper-detailed skin, sweat, glossy reflections, and dynamic camera movement). Areas where even top models still frequently break down.

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Finger Dexterity & Anatomy Cube Physics & Color Consistency Cinematic Quality & Details
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The brief Every model got the same prompt
Prompt
“Hyper-realistic cinematic close-up of a professional speedcuber solving a 3x3 Rubik's Cube at world-record pace. His hands move with insane precision and blistering speed — fingers flying across the glossy colored faces in a complex sequence of advanced algorithms, rapid twists, and smooth layer turns. The cube rotates with perfect realistic physics, slight motion blur on fast turns, and flawless color consistency as it progresses toward a solved state. Subtle sweat glistening on skin, visible veins, hyper-detailed fingerprints and nail textures. Intense focused facial expression with micro-expressions of concentration in shallow depth of field. Dramatic cinematic side lighting with strong specular highlights and reflections dancing across the cube surfaces and skin. Smooth slow orbiting camera that circles the hands and cube, capturing every intricate finger movement from dynamic angles. Photorealistic, 8K, subtle film grain, anamorphic lens flare, moody intense atmosphere, 24fps.”
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Challenge rankings

4 models · ranked by blind vote

Through time: how it evolved
1
Sora 2 Pro
score 28.7
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2
Seedance 2.0
score 26.0
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3
Veo 3.1 Fast
score 14.3
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4
Grok Imagine Video
score 5.7
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The archive

Through time

How The Rubik's Gauntlet has evolved, release by release.

2025 to 2026· 1 reign· 4 models
The Reign Chain
1 reign

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
    Current
    Sora 2 Pro
    Sep 2025 → today
    reigned 10 mo

Generation history

4 models · newest first
  1. Grok Imagine Video 1 take
  2. Seedance 2.0 1 take
  3. Veo 3.1 Fast 1 take
  4. Sora 2 Pro 1 take