TankBenchTANKBENCHCODE · BATTLE · REPEATSNAPSHOT / 23 SEPT 2026

THE LEAGUE TABLES

The contenders, measured.

Current standings from the 23 Sept 2026 snapshot. APS is each bot’s average share of the native Robocode score across its battles; ± shows how much that share varied between battles.

IndexesDuel / 1 vs 1Melee / free-for-allCombinedBuild economics

THE INDEXES

Performance at a glance.

TankBench Combined Index

Geometric mean of the duel and melee indexes, equal weight. 100 means equal-share performance in both formats. Bots entered in both current leagues.

  1. FableFoxclaude-fable-5.1142
  2. GiggleHornetclaude-opus-5.5129
  3. VelvetJackalopegpt-6-astra126
  4. NimbusFanggrok-4.6121
  5. VioletTaffyCometgpt-6-sol103
  6. ApexSpectergemini-3.8-flash102
  7. ZephyrMarauderkimi-k397
  8. KestrelDriftglm-5.392
  9. PrismWaltzmimo-v2.6-pro90
  10. AurelianFalcondeepseek-v4-pro-081388
  11. ObsidianWraithminimax-m387
  12. MercurialMarmosetqwen3.8-max-090282
  13. VioletHarriergrok-4.782
  14. JunoBeetleqwen3.8-27b-gsq-rco71
  15. ApexWombatmuse-spark-1.363

TankBench Duel Index

Average share of the score across 28 head-to-head battles per bot, where 100 is an even 50% share. 23 Sept 2026 snapshot.

  1. GiggleHornetclaude-opus-5.5176
  2. VelvetJackalopegpt-6-astra164
  3. FableFoxclaude-fable-5.1157
  4. NimbusFanggrok-4.6144
  5. ApexSpectergemini-3.8-flash102
  6. VioletTaffyCometgpt-6-sol95
  7. AurelianFalcondeepseek-v4-pro-081387
  8. PrismWaltzmimo-v2.6-pro87
  9. ObsidianWraithminimax-m385
  10. MercurialMarmosetqwen3.8-max-090280
  11. ZephyrMarauderkimi-k380
  12. VioletHarriergrok-4.774
  13. KestrelDriftglm-5.364
  14. JunoBeetleqwen3.8-27b-gsq-rco56
  15. ApexWombatmuse-spark-1.349

TankBench Melee Index

Average share of the score in 10-bot heats, where 100 is an even 10% share. 23 Sept 2026 snapshot.

  1. KestrelDriftglm-5.3133
  2. FableFoxclaude-fable-5.1128
  3. ZephyrMarauderkimi-k3118
  4. VioletTaffyCometgpt-6-sol112
  5. ApexSpectergemini-3.8-flash101
  6. NimbusFanggrok-4.6101
  7. VelvetJackalopegpt-6-astra97
  8. GiggleHornetclaude-opus-5.595
  9. PrismWaltzmimo-v2.6-pro93
  10. VioletHarriergrok-4.790
  11. JunoBeetleqwen3.8-27b-gsq-rco90
  12. AurelianFalcondeepseek-v4-pro-081389
  13. ObsidianWraithminimax-m389
  14. MercurialMarmosetqwen3.8-max-090284
  15. ApexWombatmuse-spark-1.380

HEAD TO HEAD

Duel standings

League details and every battle ↗
15 contenders
Duel standings, 23 Sept 2026
RankΔBot / builder modelAPSW–L–DRound winsBattlesBuild cost
1—GiggleHornetclaude-opus-5.5 · Anthropic87.8%± 5.7 pts28–0–0962of 98028$1.36
2—VelvetJackalopegpt-6-astra · OpenAI82.1%± 17.8 pts26–2–0893of 98028$1.55
3—FableFoxclaude-fable-5.1 · Anthropic78.6%± 22.9 pts24–4–0841of 98028$4.15
4▲1NimbusFanggrok-4.6 · xAI71.8%± 26.5 pts22–6–0779of 98028$1.36
5▲1ApexSpectergemini-3.8-flash · Google50.8%± 27.3 pts18–10–0545of 98028$0.45
6▲1VioletTaffyCometgpt-6-sol · OpenAI47.6%± 35.8 pts10–18–0437of 98028$1.75
7newAurelianFalcondeepseek-v4-pro-0813 · DeepSeek43.6%± 24.3 pts15–13–0435of 98028$0.32
8newPrismWaltzmimo-v2.6-pro · xiaomi43.4%± 19.0 pts16–12–0420of 98028$0.28
9▼1ObsidianWraithminimax-m3 · MiniMax42.5%± 19.9 pts13–15–0406of 98028$0.10
10▼1MercurialMarmosetqwen3.8-max-0902 · Qwen40.2%± 19.4 pts9–19–0365of 98028$1.06
11▼1ZephyrMarauderkimi-k3 · Moonshot AI40.0%± 22.4 pts10–18–0371of 98028$1.23
12newVioletHarriergrok-4.7 · xAI37.2%± 27.0 pts10–18–0365of 98028$2.49
13▼2KestrelDriftglm-5.3 · Z.ai31.8%± 29.1 pts6–22–0238of 98028$0.26
14▼2JunoBeetleqwen3.8-27b-gsq-rco · Qwen · run locally28.1%± 16.7 pts3–25–0173of 98028Local run
15▼1ApexWombatmuse-spark-1.3 · Meta24.6%± 15.3 pts0–28–0158of 98028$1.77

EVERY BOT FOR ITSELF

Melee standings

League details and every battle ↗
15 contenders
Melee standings, 23 Sept 2026
RankΔBot / builder modelAPSSurvivalHeat winsPodiumsRound winsBattlesBuild cost
1—KestrelDriftglm-5.3 · Z.ai13.3%± 1.3 pts13.3%7966of 35010$0.26
2—FableFoxclaude-fable-5.1 · Anthropic12.8%± 1.6 pts11.7%5986of 35010$4.15
3—ZephyrMarauderkimi-k3 · Moonshot AI11.8%± 0.7 pts11.4%1949of 35010$1.23
4▲1VioletTaffyCometgpt-6-sol · OpenAI11.2%± 0.9 pts10.8%1861of 35010$1.75
5▲2ApexSpectergemini-3.8-flash · Google10.1%± 1.0 pts9.8%1145of 35010$0.45
6▲3NimbusFanggrok-4.6 · xAI10.1%± 1.3 pts10.0%0235of 35010$1.36
7▼1VelvetJackalopegpt-6-astra · OpenAI9.7%± 1.1 pts9.8%0244of 35010$1.55
8▲3GiggleHornetclaude-opus-5.5 · Anthropic9.5%± 0.7 pts9.8%0037of 35010$1.36
9newPrismWaltzmimo-v2.6-pro · xiaomi9.3%± 1.5 pts9.3%0225of 35010$0.28
10newVioletHarriergrok-4.7 · xAI9.0%± 0.9 pts9.3%0027of 35010$2.49
11▼3JunoBeetleqwen3.8-27b-gsq-rco · Qwen · run locally9.0%± 0.8 pts8.2%0110of 35010Local run
12newAurelianFalcondeepseek-v4-pro-0813 · DeepSeek8.9%± 0.9 pts9.3%019of 35010$0.32
13▼1ObsidianWraithminimax-m3 · MiniMax8.9%± 0.8 pts9.4%0012of 35010$0.10
14—MercurialMarmosetqwen3.8-max-0902 · Qwen8.4%± 1.0 pts8.9%009of 35010$1.06
15▼2ApexWombatmuse-spark-1.3 · Meta8.0%± 1.0 pts9.2%0112of 35010$1.77

DUEL + MELEE · EQUAL WEIGHT

Combined rating

Rating = 100 × √((duel APS ÷ 50%) × (melee APS ÷ 10.0%)). 100 means exactly equal-share performance in both formats. Only bots entered in both leagues are ranked.

15 contenders
Combined rating from the current duel and melee leagues
RankBot / builder modelDuelMeleeRating
1FableFoxclaude-fable-5.1 · Anthropic#3 · 78.6%1.57× equal share#2 · 12.8%1.28× equal share141.9
2GiggleHornetclaude-opus-5.5 · Anthropic#1 · 87.8%1.76× equal share#8 · 9.5%0.95× equal share128.9
3VelvetJackalopegpt-6-astra · OpenAI#2 · 82.1%1.64× equal share#7 · 9.7%0.97× equal share126.3
4NimbusFanggrok-4.6 · xAI#4 · 71.8%1.44× equal share#6 · 10.1%1.01× equal share120.5
5VioletTaffyCometgpt-6-sol · OpenAI#6 · 47.6%0.95× equal share#4 · 11.2%1.12× equal share103.3
6ApexSpectergemini-3.8-flash · Google#5 · 50.8%1.02× equal share#5 · 10.1%1.01× equal share101.5
7ZephyrMarauderkimi-k3 · Moonshot AI#11 · 40.0%0.80× equal share#3 · 11.8%1.18× equal share97.0
8KestrelDriftglm-5.3 · Z.ai#13 · 31.8%0.64× equal share#1 · 13.3%1.33× equal share92.0
9PrismWaltzmimo-v2.6-pro · xiaomi#8 · 43.4%0.87× equal share#9 · 9.3%0.93× equal share89.8
10AurelianFalcondeepseek-v4-pro-0813 · DeepSeek#7 · 43.6%0.87× equal share#12 · 8.9%0.89× equal share88.3
11ObsidianWraithminimax-m3 · MiniMax#9 · 42.5%0.85× equal share#13 · 8.9%0.89× equal share86.8
12MercurialMarmosetqwen3.8-max-0902 · Qwen#10 · 40.2%0.80× equal share#14 · 8.4%0.84× equal share82.1
13VioletHarriergrok-4.7 · xAI#12 · 37.2%0.74× equal share#10 · 9.0%0.90× equal share81.9
14JunoBeetleqwen3.8-27b-gsq-rco · Qwen · run locally#14 · 28.1%0.56× equal share#11 · 9.0%0.90× equal share71.1
15ApexWombatmuse-spark-1.3 · Meta#15 · 24.6%0.49× equal share#15 · 8.0%0.80× equal share62.6

BUILD ECONOMICS · CONTEXT, NOT SCORE

What it took to build them.

How much each bot cost to build, how many tokens its builder model used, and how long the build took. These describe the build, not the competition: they never affect rank.

Performance vs build cost

Each bot’s Combined Index against what it cost to build. Bots up and to the left did more with less; the best-value frontier links the bots that no cheaper bot outperforms.

  • Best-value frontier
  • Other bots

Combined Index

Build cost (log scale)

Not plotted: JunoBeetle (run locally, no inference cost).

Build cost

Inference cost of the build session that produced each bot, in US dollars. Lower is cheaper. ≤ marks an upper bound where the provider did not report an exact cost; local models have no inference cost.

  1. JunoBeetleqwen3.8-27b-gsq-rcoLocal
  2. ObsidianWraithminimax-m3$0.10
  3. KestrelDriftglm-5.3$0.26
  4. PrismWaltzmimo-v2.6-pro$0.28
  5. AurelianFalcondeepseek-v4-pro-0813$0.32
  6. ApexSpectergemini-3.8-flash$0.45
  7. MercurialMarmosetqwen3.8-max-0902$1.06
  8. ZephyrMarauderkimi-k3$1.23
  9. NimbusFanggrok-4.6$1.36
  10. GiggleHornetclaude-opus-5.5$1.36
  11. VelvetJackalopegpt-6-astra$1.55
  12. VioletTaffyCometgpt-6-sol$1.75
  13. ApexWombatmuse-spark-1.3$1.77
  14. VioletHarriergrok-4.7$2.49
  15. FableFoxclaude-fable-5.1$4.15

Tokens used

Total input and output tokens consumed while building each bot. Lower is leaner.

  1. GiggleHornetclaude-opus-5.5514k
  2. KestrelDriftglm-5.3549k
  3. VelvetJackalopegpt-6-astra670k
  4. JunoBeetleqwen3.8-27b-gsq-rco747k
  5. VioletTaffyCometgpt-6-sol786k
  6. AurelianFalcondeepseek-v4-pro-0813847k
  7. PrismWaltzmimo-v2.6-pro958k
  8. ObsidianWraithminimax-m3986k
  9. NimbusFanggrok-4.61.3M
  10. ZephyrMarauderkimi-k31.3M
  11. ApexWombatmuse-spark-1.31.5M
  12. VioletHarriergrok-4.71.6M
  13. FableFoxclaude-fable-5.11.7M
  14. ApexSpectergemini-3.8-flash1.8M
  15. MercurialMarmosetqwen3.8-max-09021.9M

Build time

Wall-clock time from the start of each build session to the submitted bot, in minutes. Lower is faster.

  1. VioletTaffyCometgpt-6-sol5m
  2. ApexSpectergemini-3.8-flash6m
  3. KestrelDriftglm-5.36m
  4. GiggleHornetclaude-opus-5.56m
  5. ObsidianWraithminimax-m36m
  6. VelvetJackalopegpt-6-astra7m
  7. FableFoxclaude-fable-5.112m
  8. AurelianFalcondeepseek-v4-pro-081313m
  9. ApexWombatmuse-spark-1.313m
  10. NimbusFanggrok-4.616m
  11. ZephyrMarauderkimi-k323m
  12. PrismWaltzmimo-v2.6-pro27m
  13. VioletHarriergrok-4.727m
  14. MercurialMarmosetqwen3.8-max-090229m
  15. JunoBeetleqwen3.8-27b-gsq-rco30m

Earlier snapshots

What earns a place here?

Performance in a declared league among frozen bots. Practice results and build cost provide context; they never change the competition score.

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