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OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol solves Rubik's Cube via text reasoning

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A user demonstrated that GPT-5.6 Sol, a frontier language model from OpenAI, can solve a Rubik's Cube using only text-based reasoning. The model successfully solved the cube in 750 seconds without relying on external solvers or programmatic simulators, indicating significant advancements in spatial reasoning and long-horizon state tracking for LLMs. This achievement challenges previous benchmarks that showed a 0% pass rate for leading LLMs on similar tasks, highlighting the rapid evolution of AI capabilities. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates LLMs can now handle complex spatial reasoning and long-horizon state tracking, potentially impacting fields requiring such capabilities.

RANK_REASON Demonstration of a specific capability (Rubik's Cube solving) by a frontier LLM, challenging prior benchmarks. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol solves Rubik's Cube via text reasoning

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Willing_Plate_5417 ·

    Solving Rubix with text based reasoning models

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A few months ago, CubeBench reported something pretty striking: leading LLMs achieved a <strong>0.00% pass rate on its long-horizon Rubik’s Cube tasks</strong>.</p> <p>The paper used the cube as a test of exactly the things language models were t…

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