GPT-6 Astra
Openai · released 2026-09-03 · route gpt-6-astra · Model profile · Chess results
Results
- Score
- 7695%: 64 to 88
- Grids solved
- 32 of 42
- Blank cells filled correctly
- 94.0%
- Wrong cells / empty cells / changed a given / no grid
- 9 / 0 / 1 / 0
- Broke the rules (complete grid repeating a digit)
- 9
- Near misses (three cells or fewer wrong)
- 0
- Average stated confidence
- 100%
- Average confidence when it had not solved it
- 100%
- Sure but wrong (90% or more, unsolved)
- 10
- Calibration (Brier, lower is better)
- 0.238
- API-equivalent cost per grid
- $0.453
- API-equivalent cost per solved grid
- $0.595
- Seconds per grid
- 226
- Tokens per grid (in / out)
- 27,660 / 6,987
- Reasoning tokens per grid
- 6,614
- Retries for an unreadable reply
- 0
- Aborted on our side (not counted)
- 0
By tier
| Tier | Needs | Solved | Output tokens | Seconds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cozy | Singles only | 5 of 6 | 2,768 | 96 |
| Gentle | Scanning | 4 of 6 | 4,133 | 130 |
| Steady | Locked candidates | 5 of 6 | 10,358 | 325 |
| Tricky | Hidden pairs and triples | 4 of 6 | 5,546 | 183 |
| Devious | Wings and fish | 4 of 6 | 8,886 | 296 |
| Expert | Deep wings and fish | 6 of 6 | 5,917 | 207 |
| Beyond | No human technique finishes it | 4 of 6 | 11,303 | 344 |
Cells by the technique they needed
Each blank cell is tagged with the simplest technique that fills it, given everything a solver could fill before it.
| Technique | Cells | Filled correctly |
|---|---|---|
| Last free cell | 432 | 98.2% |
| Scanning | 674 | 95.7% |
| Locked candidates | 274 | 98.2% |
| Hidden pairs and triples | 258 | 84.1% |
| Wings and fish | 165 | 90.9% |
| Deep wings and fish | 181 | 100.0% |
| Search | 249 | 85.9% |
Every answer
Cozy #1Solved 50 of 50 cells100% sure · 1,797 tokens · $0.151Cozy #2Solved 48 of 48 cells100% sure · 3,141 tokens · $0.304Cozy #3Wrong cells 41 of 49 cells100% sure · 4,855 tokens · $0.358Cozy #4Solved 50 of 50 cells100% sure · 2,923 tokens · $0.262Cozy #5Solved 49 of 49 cells100% sure · 1,845 tokens · $0.208Cozy #6Solved 39 of 39 cells100% sure · 2,048 tokens · $0.138Gentle #1Wrong cells 48 of 56 cells100% sure · 3,896 tokens · $0.311Gentle #2Solved 51 of 51 cells100% sure · 5,579 tokens · $0.353Gentle #3Solved 52 of 52 cells100% sure · 3,848 tokens · $0.342Gentle #4Wrong cells 33 of 51 cells100% sure · 2,681 tokens · $0.250Gentle #5Solved 56 of 56 cells100% sure · 5,908 tokens · $0.500Gentle #6Solved 52 of 52 cells100% sure · 2,887 tokens · $0.260Steady #1Solved 53 of 53 cells100% sure · 3,710 tokens · $0.348Steady #2Solved 53 of 53 cells100% sure · 3,227 tokens · $0.237Steady #3Wrong cells 43 of 49 cells100% sure · 2,359 tokens · $0.179Steady #4Solved 54 of 54 cells100% sure · 13,044 tokens · $0.700Steady #5Solved 53 of 53 cells100% sure · 11,426 tokens · $0.606Steady #6Solved 54 of 54 cells100% sure · 28,379 tokens · $1.49Tricky #1Solved 55 of 55 cells100% sure · 5,754 tokens · $0.473Tricky #2Wrong cells 46 of 57 cells100% sure · 5,801 tokens · $0.380Tricky #3Wrong cells 26 of 57 cells100% sure · 5,110 tokens · $0.341Tricky #4Solved 54 of 54 cells100% sure · 6,032 tokens · $0.390Tricky #5Solved 55 of 55 cells100% sure · 6,078 tokens · $0.525Tricky #6Solved 56 of 56 cells100% sure · 4,500 tokens · $0.282Devious #1Solved 55 of 55 cells100% sure · 13,165 tokens · $0.786Devious #2Wrong cells 40 of 55 cells100% sure · 11,490 tokens · $0.658Devious #3Solved 49 of 49 cells100% sure · 15,585 tokens · $0.965Devious #4Solved 40 of 40 cells100% sure · 3,833 tokens · $0.356Devious #5Solved 47 of 47 cells100% sure · 4,585 tokens · $0.264Devious #6Changed a given digit 53 of 54 cells100% sure · 4,657 tokens · $0.325Expert #1Solved 58 of 58 cells100% sure · 11,374 tokens · $0.699Expert #2Solved 53 of 53 cells100% sure · 2,708 tokens · $0.170Expert #3Solved 54 of 54 cells100% sure · 4,814 tokens · $0.380Expert #4Solved 57 of 57 cells100% sure · 4,921 tokens · $0.326Expert #5Solved 58 of 58 cells100% sure · 8,503 tokens · $0.460Expert #6Solved 54 of 54 cells100% sure · 3,180 tokens · $0.274Beyond #1Wrong cells 48 of 60 cells100% sure · 6,586 tokens · $0.377Beyond #2Wrong cells 34 of 57 cells100% sure · 7,619 tokens · $0.466Beyond #3Solved 56 of 56 cells100% sure · 20,556 tokens · $1.09Beyond #4Solved 57 of 57 cells100% sure · 12,496 tokens · $0.823Beyond #5Solved 59 of 59 cells100% sure · 5,950 tokens · $0.359Beyond #6Solved 57 of 57 cells100% sure · 14,610 tokens · $0.858