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title: Sol 6.1
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  A new image model tested in the channel's captured material with the Pelican
  Bench probe: Sol 6.1 rendered a decent pelican but a bicycle with a
  surprisingly deformed frame, with quality dropping below Sol 5.6 in
  cross-version comparison — though every render is a fresh roll of the dice,
  and the test ran at the unchecked default thinking level
  [^4ea892ae-0f54-5238-bece-6b5216fbd062@0].
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# Sol 6.1

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## Definition

A new image model tested in the channel's captured material with the Pelican Bench probe: Sol 6.1 rendered a decent pelican but a bicycle with a surprisingly deformed frame, with quality dropping below Sol 5.6 in cross-version comparison — though every render is a fresh roll of the dice, and the test ran at the unchecked default thinking level [^4ea892ae-0f54-5238-bece-6b5216fbd062@0].

**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].- 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.