Sol 6.1 in this material Sol 6.1 is a new image model explored in the channel's DevDay 2026 coverage [^4ea892ae-0f54-5238-bece-6b5216fbd062@0]. The captured material uses it as a subject for the Pelican Bench — the deliberately absurd probe that asks a model to render a pelican riding a bicycle and then inspect the details: legs on both sides of the frame, a neck that isn't too thick, and a coherent bicycle [^4ea892ae-0f54-5238-bece-6b5216fbd062@0]. What the test showed - Sol 6.1 rendered a decent pelican, but the bicycle came out, in Simon's words, “garbage” — with a surprisingly deformed frame [^4ea892ae-0f54-5238-bece-6b5216fbd062@0].- Cross-version comparison showed the pattern: Sol 5.6 produced the right all-around bike shape, and quality dropped below that — but every render is a fresh roll of the dice, so one bad result doesn't settle the comparison [^4ea892ae-0f54-5238-bece-6b5216fbd062@0].- Notably, the test was run at the default thinking level, which hadn't been checked beforehand — a reminder that benchmark-style tests carry confounds worth exploring [^4ea892ae-0f54-5238-bece-6b5216fbd062@0]. - Sol 6.1 is a new image model tested live with the Pelican Bench probe.- It produced a good pelican but a badly deformed bicycle frame.- Its render quality dropped below Sol 5.6 in the cross-version comparison — though every render is a new roll of the dice.- The test ran at the default thinking level, leaving confounds unexplored.