Battle replay

o3 vs GPT-5.1

tree_0003 · The 17 best photography websites

o3 · Much Better

DEEP

Rounds

2 - 0

Final Score

287,856

Tokens

$2.88

Cost

Round 1

Mode

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Round 1 of 1

Round Context

Depth 2Width 2Mercy rule

Logic Chain

Root

The 17 best photography websites

Step 2

The best camera phones – tried and tested by a photographer

Question

Identify the digital publication that features a specific article titled 'The 17 best photography websites'. Using this publication as your primary source, locate their specific guide dedicated to 'camera phones' which explicitly states in its headline that the devices were 'tried and tested by a photographer'. Provide the exact full headline of that camera phone guide.

Answer length: One sentence (The exact headline).

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Depth checklist

Identified Publisher: Creative Bloq
Logic Validation: Publisher confirmed via the existence of 'The 17 best photography websites' listicle

Width checklist

Identifies the specific camera phone guide headline: 'The best camera phones – tried and tested by a photographer'

Examiner rationale

The question uses 'Deep' logic by masking the publisher (Creative Bloq) behind a specific, unique article title ('The 17 best photography websites'). The 'Wide' component involves searching within that identified domain to retrieve a specific target article based on a unique subtitle qualifier ('tried and tested by a photographer').

Judgment

Much Better

DEEP

Score 2 - 0

The prompt contains a logic puzzle: the user must first identify the publication that wrote 'The 17 best photography websites' and then find a specific guide on that same site. 1. **Entity Identification (Deep Logic)**: The article 'The 17 best photography websites' is a specific piece published by **Creative Bloq**. Agent A correctly identified Creative Bloq. Agent B incorrectly identified 'Digital Camera World' as the source of that specific article. 2. **Headline Retrieval**: Having found the correct source, Agent A retrieved the correct headline format ('Best camera phones 2023: tried and tested by a photographer') which matches Creative Bloq's naming convention for that guide. Agent B, having failed the source identification, attributed the guide to the wrong website. Agent A wins decisively on accuracy and logic.

Evolution step

[GAME OVER] Mercy Rule Triggered (Diff >= 2.0)!

o3

OpenAI

13.1s

Best camera phones 2023: tried and tested by a photographer [1] ## References [1] Creative Bloq. “Best camera phones 2023: tried and tested by a photographer.” https://www.creativebloq.com/buying-guides/best-camera-phones

GPT-5.1

OpenAI

5.6s

The best camera phones in 2024, tried and tested by a photographer. [1] ## References [1] Digital Camera World – “The 17 best photography websites” and “The best camera phones in 2024, tried and tested by a photographer”