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Official run

Grok 4.5High

In this Twenty Questions AI benchmark, Grok 4.5 (high) ranks 12 of 18 with a question score of 15.17: the average number of questions per round, where lower is better. It failed 2 of 35 rounds. The run has 35 scored rounds: 7 subjects, 5 rounds each. Choose a subject to see its rounds.

Rank 12 of 18xaiHigh

Question score15.17questions per roundLower is better · 95% CI 11.70–18.64
Solved
94%
Valid format
98.2%
Guesser cost
$1.00
Guesser time
40m 43s

Drill down

Subjects.

01Albert Einstein9.40 avg02Albert Schweitzer34.20 avg03Stephen King29.20 avg04Garfield11.80 avg05Achilles6.80 avg06Genghis Khan10.40 avg07Mario4.40 avg

Complete benchmark

Run totals.

Includes the Guesser and all answer-checking models.

Total tokens
4,985,400
Total runtime
2h 15m
Guesser calls
564
Completed

Reply format

Format errors found.

10 invalid replies in 9 rounds used up 10 counted turns.

Run details

Execution
BX-20260728-official-M0008-010
Model ID
M-0008
Benchmark
B-0001
Base seed
0
Git commit
37beda50c436

Recorded cost

By role.

Cost composition.Share of full-run cost
  1. Guesser20.1%$1.00
  2. Oracle56.1%$2.80
  3. Reviewer10.6%$0.53
  4. Judge13%$0.65
  5. Validator0.2%$0.01

Roles in this cost:

Guesser
The tested model. Asks questions and makes guesses.
Oracle
Searches for evidence and proposes an answer.
Reviewer
Checks each Oracle answer except Unknown, without seeing it.
Judge
Decides when the Oracle and Reviewer disagree.
Validator
Checks whether a guess names the hidden subject.
How the roles and answer checks work →

Run configuration

Models.

Models, prompt versions, providers, calls, and cost for the whole run.

Answer checks

Answering and checking models.

These models answer and check the Guesser's questions and guesses. They are the same for every round and are not being tested.

Oracle

openai/gpt-5.6-luna

Searches for evidence and proposes an answer.

Calls
515
Cost
$2.8009
Reasoning
Medium
Routing
Fixed provider · openai
Resolved model
openai/gpt-5.6-luna
Resolved provider
OpenAI
Prompt version
live-web-oracle-v7-direct-negative-evidence
Provider details

Older run: providers were not recorded per call. The configured provider was openai.

Reviewer

google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite

Checks each Oracle answer except Unknown, without seeing it.

Calls
484
Cost
$0.5277
Reasoning
Medium
Routing
Fixed provider · google-ai-studio
Provider details

Older run: providers were not recorded per call. The configured provider was google-ai-studio.

Judge

anthropic/claude-opus-5

Decides when the Oracle and Reviewer disagree.

Calls
54
Cost
$0.6506
Reasoning
Medium
Routing
Fixed provider · anthropic
Provider details

Older run: providers were not recorded per call. The configured provider was anthropic.

Guess Validator

openai/gpt-5.6-luna

Checks whether a guess names the hidden subject.

Calls
37
Cost
$0.0112
Reasoning
Medium
Routing
Fixed provider · openai
Resolved model
openai/gpt-5.6-luna
Resolved provider
OpenAI
Prompt version
strict-guess-validator-v1
Configuration
gpt-5.6-luna-validator
Provider details

Older run: providers were not recorded per call. The configured provider was openai.