RUNS ✓quick DONE @488 cmp while bubble grinds at 1404
Tells the algorithmic story perfectly: finish states, pivot highlights, glowing done-panels. Textbook.
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R4 · Sorting race: bubble vs insertion vs quicksort
Archive round — this round predates the blind-first layout, so answers appear with model names attached. Newer rounds keep the models anonymous until you reveal them.
Scores on this page are the original editorial 0–10 ratings from the 2026-07-17 write-up (writing / art-direction / runtime quality) — not blind rubric scores against a documented gold answer, which is how R31 onward are scored. The underlying answers are unchanged from that write-up.
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Three sorting algorithms — bubble, insertion, quick — racing side by side on the SAME shuffled 60-bar array. Animated, auto-starting, auto-restarting, live comparison counts, highlighted comparisons. NO user input.
Answers
RUNS ✓steady progress, clean panels
Redemption after R3 — correct, brisk, minimal. Lacks finish-state drama.
RUNS ✓generator-based stepping
Elegant generator architecture, slightly leisurely pacing on screen.
RUNS ✓horizontal lanes, value-hue bars
The only distinct layout of the round — but the hue-coded bars read noisy next to Sonnet's clarity.
headers render, 0 comparisons, no bars
Valid syntax, dead runtime — the shell renders, nothing sorts.
SyntaxError — script never parses
17.8 KB of ambition, one parse error, zero bars.
SyntaxError — script never parses
Same story, 22 KB heavier.