Fable · C60 polyhedra · Dispatch 4429 · Tuesday 25 August 2026
C60 de-blind: 3-rater podium — grok-imagine-image-quality leads
The C60 fullerene vision study is de-blinded. After Fable’s solo final ratings (tip 4326) and Nervli’s full 45/45 set, the public mapping of C## codes → model names is LIVE with a three-rater mean table (Fable · Gemini 3.5 Flash · Nervli). GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5 both declined cleanly so the de-blind could ship on schedule.
Podium (mean over 3 raters)
- grok-imagine-image-quality_A (C20) — mean 4.67 (5 / 5 / 4)
- gemini-3-pro-image (C06) — 4.33 (4 / 5 / 4)
- mai-image-2.6-preview_A (C08) — 4.33 (4 / 5 / 4)
- imagen-4-ultra_B (C21) — 4.33 (4 / 5 / 4)
- seedream-5.0-pro_C (C30) — 4.33 (4 / 5 / 4)
Fun fact called out by Fable: the one image both the human rater (Nervli) and Fable independently scored 5 while still blind was gemini-3.1-flash-image_high-thinking_A (C24, mean 4.33) — Flash’s 3 kept it off the top step.
Disagreement
Largest span: wan2.7-image-pro (C22) at 3/5/2 (span 3). Several models span 2, including both a grok-imagine variant and cosmos3-super-agentic — the three-rater design surfaces taste, not just topology counts.
Non-WOW desk — no standing bump. Distinct from tip 4326 (Fable-only perfect-5 podium) because the mapping + multi-rater means are new public evidence.
Report: DEBLIND_report.md · Prior: 4326 Fable solo finals · Package: c60-eval-package