Open Weights, Open Season

Sep 28 – Oct 4 / Ends in 5d 20:42:07

Prize pool: $5,000
Entry credits: $25
Entrants: 58
Allowed models: Any Z.ai model
Any DeepSeek model
Any Qwen model
Hermes 4 405b

Sponsored by Fictional Forge. The sponsor funds prizes and entry credits and has no influence on rankings.

Challenge board

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Rank 1Leila OkaforProPrize-eligible98.8M tokensHermes 4 405b
Rank 2Aiko NakamuraPrize-eligible52M tokensHermes 4 405b
Rank 3Hugo OkaforPrize-eligible49.3M tokensHermes 4 405b

Open Weights, Open Season board, ranked by verified tokens on allowed models
Rank	Builder	Tokens	Requests	Top models	Streak
1No change	Leila OkaforProPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	98.8M	2,908	Hermes 4 405bQwen3.8 Max	49d streak
2No change	Aiko NakamuraPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	52M	7,926	Hermes 4 405b	8d streak
3No change	Hugo OkaforPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	49.3M	1,285	Hermes 4 405b	40d streak
4No change	Idris KowalskiPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	44.8M	1,447	Hermes 4 405b	17d streak
5No change	Nina LindqvistPrize-eligibleGLM 5.3	43.3M	2,470	GLM 5.3Hermes 4 405b	32d streak
6No change	Anon-D247Prize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	35.9M	4,316	Hermes 4 405b	36d streak
7No change	Nina TanakaProPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	28.7M	2,033	Hermes 4 405b	15d streak
8No change	Emeka NovakPrize-eligibleDeepseek V4 Pro	21.7M	835	Deepseek V4 ProHermes 4 405b	6d streak
9No change	Rosa NovakProPrize-eligibleDeepseek V4 Pro	15.2M	384	Deepseek V4 ProHermes 4 405b	50d streak
10No change	Hana KowalskiProPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	9.6M	708	Hermes 4 405b	4d streak
11No change	Ines MoreauPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	8M	273	Hermes 4 405b	33d streak
12No change	Idris NakamuraProPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	7.2M	428	Hermes 4 405b	7d streak
13No change	Aiko TanakaPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	4.1M	344	Hermes 4 405b	2d streak
14No change	Nina AdeyemiPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	3.5M	128	Hermes 4 405b	38d streak
15No change	Nina RossiPrize-eligibleQwen3.8 Max	3.1M	362	Qwen3.8 MaxHermes 4 405b	12d streak
16No change	Soren AdeyemiPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	2.6M	123	Hermes 4 405b	No streak
17No change	Ayla AdeyemiProPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	2M	207	Hermes 4 405bGLM 5.3	24d streak
18No change	Mira MensahPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	1.7M	63	Hermes 4 405b	21d streak
19No change	Luca ChenPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	1.6M	60	Hermes 4 405b	42d streak
20No change	Hana OkaforProPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	1.5M	40	Hermes 4 405b	4d streak
21No change	Lena IbarraPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	1.5M	69	Hermes 4 405b	22d streak
22No change	Idris HaddadPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	1.3M	45	Hermes 4 405b	58d streak
23No change	Theo RossiPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	1.3M	67	Hermes 4 405b	50d streak
24No change	Oskar FischerPrize-eligibleGLM 5.3	1.3M	34	GLM 5.3Hermes 4 405b	2d streak
25No change	Chloe LindqvistPrize-eligibleDeepseek V4 Pro	1M	65	Deepseek V4 ProHermes 4 405b	24d streak
26No change	Kai VargaProPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	955.7K	38	Hermes 4 405b	No streak
27No change	Anon-CCFAProPrize-eligibleGLM 5.3	946.8K	38	GLM 5.3Hermes 4 405b	33d streak
28No change	Luca RossiPrize-eligibleGLM 5.3	868K	33	GLM 5.3Hermes 4 405b	22d streak
29No change	Noor SilvaPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	634.9K	22	Hermes 4 405b	1d streak
30No change	Dev LindqvistPrize-eligibleGLM 5.3	576.9K	63	GLM 5.3Hermes 4 405b	2d streak
31No change	Sofia FischerPrize-eligibleDeepseek V4 Pro	515.7K	43	Deepseek V4 ProHermes 4 405b	No streak
32No change	Aiko OkaforPrize-eligibleDeepseek V4 Pro	462.3K	11	Deepseek V4 ProHermes 4 405b	1d streak
33No change	Kai CostaProPrize-eligibleDeepseek V4 Pro	441.9K	39	Deepseek V4 ProHermes 4 405b	No streak
34No change	Vera NovakPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	409.5K	11	Hermes 4 405b	11d streak
35No change	Rosa HaddadPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	368.5K	13	Hermes 4 405bQwen3.8 Max	1d streak
36No change	Lena DuarteProPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	335.7K	13	Hermes 4 405b	9d streak
37No change	Dev TanakaPrize-eligibleGLM 5.3	323.4K	14	GLM 5.3Hermes 4 405b	1d streak
38No change	Arjun TanakaPrize-eligibleGLM 5.3	298.9K	14	GLM 5.3Hermes 4 405b	2d streak
39No change	Hugo VargaProPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	284.4K	16	Hermes 4 405b	1d streak
40No change	Malik IbarraProPrize-eligibleQwen3.8 Max	276.2K	13	Qwen3.8 MaxHermes 4 405b	21d streak
41No change	Chloe AdeyemiPrize-eligibleQwen3.8 Max	272K	9	Qwen3.8 MaxHermes 4 405b	5d streak
42No change	Priya ChenPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	270K	6	Hermes 4 405bGLM 5.3	22d streak
43No change	Emeka LindqvistPrize-eligibleGLM 5.3	217.5K	6	GLM 5.3Hermes 4 405b	No streak
44No change	Vera TanakaProPrize-eligibleQwen3.8 Max	206.9K	20	Qwen3.8 MaxHermes 4 405b	33d streak
45No change	Malik RossiPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	202.6K	6	Hermes 4 405b	5d streak
46No change	Ines DuartePrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	196.8K	9	Hermes 4 405b	11d streak
47No change	Yuki RossiProPrize-eligibleQwen3.8 Max	195.3K	28	Qwen3.8 MaxHermes 4 405b	32d streak
48No change	Emeka IbarraHermes 4 405b	193.4K	7	Hermes 4 405b	6d streak
49No change	Vera IbarraProPrize-eligibleGLM 5.3	186.8K	8	GLM 5.3Hermes 4 405b	5d streak
50No change	Clara HaddadPrize-eligibleHermes 4 405b	169.4K	6	Hermes 4 405b	6d streak

About this challenge

A week on open-weight models. Pick GLM, DeepSeek, Qwen, or Hermes and see how far they take you. Entry credits are on the sponsor.

Rules summary

Only verified OpenRouter usage through the app on Any Z.ai model, Any DeepSeek model, Any Qwen model, Hermes 4 405b counts.
Tokens count from Sep 28 (or the day you join, if later) through Oct 4, UTC.
Each entrant's score is capped at 1B tokens.
Eligible entrants get $25 in sponsor credits while the sponsor budget lasts.
No purchase necessary: sponsor credits alone are enough to compete.

Full contest rules

Join in the app

Open YoloSesh on your desktop and sign in with GitHub.
Go to Challenges and pick Open Weights, Open Season.
Accept the challenge rules and claim $25 in entry credits, then ship with an allowed model.

Fictional Forge sponsors this challenge and has no say in rankings.