Task guide · Hard tier
The Weekend Planner (Hard): which AI should you use?
Travel: book a three-city weekend for two across three time zones and a clock change, under an all-in budget hidden in fare rules, hotel fees and a foreign currency.
The same six everyday jobs at real-world volume (a week of invoices, a 300-row sheet, a three-city trip…), where one slip fails the job. All Hard jobs · Normal version
Title: contested (no model is clearly ahead yet)
Up is better quality, left is cheaper per success. Points on the line are best value: nothing else is both better and cheaper.
Your champion
Best quality Cheapest that works Fastest that works Balanced
- 1. GPT-6.1 Sol (could be 1–6)
- 2. Claude Sonnet 5.5 (could be 1–6)
- 3. Qwen3.8 Max (could be 1–6)
- 4. DeepSeek V4 Pro (could be 1–6)
- 5. Gemini 4 Argon (could be 1–6) · fell for a trap at least once, so ranked below models that never did
- 6. Mistral Large 4 (could be 1–6) · fell for a trap at least once, so ranked below models that never did
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Scorecard
| Model | Pass | Quality | Traps avoided | All 3 right | Cost per pass | Model time | Honest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4 Pro Early read · n=3 | 0% (0%–100%) | 0% | 100% | 0% (0 of 3) | never passes | 611.3 s | 0% |
| Gemini 4 Argon Early read · n=3 | 33% (0%–100%) | 87% | 83% | 0% (1 of 3) | $0.17 | 43.6 s | 67% |
| Qwen3.8 Max Early read · n=3 | 33% (0%–100%) | 96% | 100% | 0% (1 of 3) | $0.62 | 602.2 s | 33% |
| GPT-6.1 Sol Early read · n=3 | 100% (0%–100%) | 100% | 100% | 100% (3 of 3) | $0.03 | 36.5 s | 100% |
| Mistral Large 4 Early read · n=3 | 67% (0%–100%) | 91% | 89% | 0% (2 of 3) | $0.10 | 283.8 s | 67% |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 Early read · n=3 | 100% (0%–100%) | 100% | 100% | 100% (3 of 3) | $0.19 | 65.9 s | 100% |
For tasks like this
Example task card (variant 1). Traps, named in advance: go over budget once taxes, bag, seat, resort fees, city tax and currency are counted; book a flight that misses a time window once converted to local time; book a flight that only fits its window if the clock change is ignored; book a fare that doesn't allow the checked bag; book a hotel that can't be cancelled for free 48 hours before check-in; book the hotel whose foreign-currency price only looks cheap.
Plan a long weekend for Rae and Ada: from Ashby Cross to Saltmere, on to Kestrel Bay, and back home. Friday 2026-10-30: fly Ashby Cross to Saltmere, leaving at or after 12:00 Ashby Cross time (Rae works until noon) and landing in Saltmere by 20:00 Saltmere time for a dinner booking. Saturday 2026-10-31: fly Saltmere to Kestrel Bay, leaving no earlier than 10:00 Saltmere time and landing in Kestrel Bay by 18:00 Kestrel Bay time for a concert. Sunday 2026-11-01: fly Kestrel Bay to Ashby Cross, landing in Ashby Cross by 21:00 Ashby Cross time. Ada checks one bag on every flight, and they want assigned seats together on all three. Book one hotel in Saltmere for Friday night and one in Kestrel Bay for Saturday night (1 night each), each one they can still cancel for free up to 48 hours before check-in (a free-cancellation deadline earlier than that, such as 3 days before, isn't flexible enough). The budget is $1590.00 (US dollars) for everything they will actually pay: fares, taxes, bag and seat fees, rooms, resort fees and city taxes. Book it all, then add the trip to their shared calendar.
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