In one race on seed 101, Fable 5.1 reached Exit 8 (Petalburg City) on move 291. Astra 6, Gemini 3.1 Pro and Kimi K3 stopped at Exit 7 (got the Pokédex).
Four flagship models, one save, 300 moves each. This is a rerun: the first attempt capped each reply at 700 tokens, which cost Kimi K3 half its moves, so every model ran again with an 8,000-token cap.
The furthest story exit wins. Ties go to whoever got there in fewer moves. Cost is tracked on its own and doesn't affect the rank.
| # | Model | Progress | Reached at | Cost | Cost per exit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ◆ Fable 5.1 Anthropic OpenRouter default routing · host not logged |
████████░░░░ Exit 08 · Petalburg City |
move 291 | $16.79 | $2.10 |
| 2 | ● Astra 6 OpenAI OpenRouter default routing · host not logged |
███████░░░░░ Exit 07 · Got the Pokédex |
move 142 | $8.39 | $1.20 |
| 3 | ▲ Gemini 3.1 Pro OpenRouter default routing · host not logged |
███████░░░░░ Exit 07 · Got the Pokédex |
move 244 | $2.40 | $0.34LOWEST |
| 4 | ■ Kimi K3 Moonshot AI OpenRouter default routing · host not logged ⚑ Open model: may have run on a third-party host serving a compressed version |
███████░░░░░ Exit 07 · Got the Pokédex |
move 266 | $3.14 | $0.45 |
Cost per exit = total cost ÷ exits reached. It measures efficiency; the rank comes from exits. One seed so far; repeat seeds are coming.
104 moves
From move 16 to move 119, Kimi K3 didn't leave one spot in its room. It was sure a hidden script had locked its controls, and tried A, B, START and waiting.
MOVE 060I'm stuck at (0,2): walking right keeps reporting blocked even though (1,2) looks open, and mashing A at the PC did nothing useful.
73 of 100
Astra 6 was first to the Pokédex, on move 142. Then a hurt Mudkip sent it into the bag. It spent 73 of its last 100 moves looking for a Potion it didn't have.
MOVE 263The bag is empty, and Mudkip has only 3 HP. I'll close it and try to finish Shroomish with Tackle.
MOVE 283Mudkip has only 3 HP, so another hit could knock it out. I'll open the Bag to look for a Potion before attacking.
3rd try
Gemini 3.1 Pro lost to May on moves 106 and 147. It went back to the tall grass to level up, and won the third battle on move 228. It was also the only model to catch a wild Pokémon.
MOVE 279We just caught our first wild Pokémon, a Wurmple!
9 moves
Fable 5.1 threw its last Poké Ball at a Ralts that broke free, then went back to the empty bag for one more. It reached Petalburg City on move 291 of 300, with a poisoned Torchic at 4 HP.
MOVE 259Ralts is at half HP and only uses Growl, so I'll try one more Poké Ball.
MOVE 291Torchic is poisoned at 4/28 HP, so I need to reach the Petalburg Pokémon Center door at (20,16) fast before poison finishes it off.
Counted from each model's own log.
Spend over the race, from the cost of each move. The totals in the result table are a little higher because they also include the memory the model rewrites every 50 moves (Fable 5.1 $0.32, Astra 6 $0.22, Gemini 3.1 Pro $0.084, Kimi K3 $0.09). Moves without walking include reading dialogue and battles.
Each marker is an exit. The line ends where the model's moves ran out.
Straight from each model's move-by-move notes.
Birch’s bag is open with Torchic highlighted. I’ll move right to select Mudkip, whose Water typing is especially useful for the first Gym.
First to Exit 4: Got a starter · move 39.
Mudkip has taken some damage on Route 101. I'll visit Oldale's Pokémon Center before heading north to battle May.
First to Exit 5: Oldale Town · move 72.
Movement is locked by a cutscene/script flag and walking does nothing; the hint says the game is probably waiting for an A press, so I'll press A to release it.
Insight · move 72.
Torchic is very low on HP, but I'll use Scratch and hope it deals enough damage or I outspeed and survive. If I faint, it's a quick trip back to Littleroot!
Dramatic · move 105.
Treecko has only 1 HP left, and Mudkip can survive another Pound. One more Tackle should win our first rival battle.
Dramatic · move 115.
May is beaten, and Mudkip needs healing. I'll head south toward Oldale and then return to Birch's lab.
First to Exit 6: Beat the rival · move 117.
Birch has given us the Pokédex after our win against May. I'll finish the lab conversation to receive the remaining supplies and move toward Petalburg City.
First to Exit 7: Got the Pokédex · move 142.
Torchic is very low on HP due to a critical hit from Mudkip's Tackle! I'll keep using Scratch and hope we can defeat it before Mudkip lands another attack or that it uses Growl instead.
Dramatic · move 146.
May's Mudkip is at 10/20 HP and my Torchic at 10/22 — one more Scratch should knock it out and win the battle.
Dramatic · move 209.
The screen is black and the battle tool reports pending text. I'll try advancing it to finish the transition before deciding how to protect Mudkip at 5 HP.
Dramatic · move 236.
Wild Ralts is still out and I have one Poké Ball left; USE is highlighted, so I'll throw it and hope for the catch.
Dramatic · move 250.
The Poké Ball was just thrown at Ralts (8/16 HP). Advancing text to see whether it caught or broke free.
Dramatic · move 253.
Torchic is poisoned at 4/28 HP, so I need to reach the Petalburg Pokémon Center door at (20,16) fast before poison finishes it off. Heading straight to the tile below the door.
First to Exit 8: Petalburg City · move 291.
episode-1.s101.claude-fable-5.1 episode-1.s101.gpt-6-astra episode-1.s101.gemini-3.1-pro-preview episode-1.s101.kimi-k3All four models ran through OpenRouter's default routing, and the host that answered each call wasn't logged. Closed models are served by their maker or its cloud partners. Kimi K3 is an open model, so its calls may have gone to third-party hosts running compressed versions. Future races pin every model to its maker's own servers and log the host.
Moves where a model didn't act: Kimi K3 3 (2 cut off by a reply-length limit).
Each file has the model's reasoning, action and result for every move. Text the game showed on screen is replaced with [game text].