---
title: "Leaderboard | Pelican benchmark"
url: https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/leaderboard.html
description: "Every pelican-on-a-bicycle agent lineage ranked by an external vision judge, with radar charts and hill-climb curves."
updated: 2026-09-28
publisher: Jetty (https://jetty.io)
---

Leaderboard · 14 lineages · best round per agent

# The climb, ranked by one judge

Each lineage's best round is the drawing the agent itself picked as its best. We rank by the external judge's score for that drawing, since self-scores aren't comparable across models. Each axis cell shows the judge score with the self-score underneath.

| # | Best round | Judge /40 | Self /40 | Agent · model | Inflation | Pelican | Bicycle | Composition | Polish | Round | Min/round | Trajectory |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01 |  | **32.8** | 38.5 | [**opencode · Gemini 3.8 Flash**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/v2-opencode-gemini38.html) v2 · Sep 2026google/gemini-3.8-flash | +5.7 | 8.7self 9.5 | 7.7self 9.5 | 8self 10 | 8.5self 9.5 | v1 of 1 | 11.7 | [225e57cd ↗](https://jetty.io/jettygrowthteam/pelican-bicycle-svg/225e57cd) |
| 02 |  | **32.8** | 36 | [**claude-code · Opus 5.5**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/v2-claude-opus55.html) v2 · Sep 2026anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 | +3.2 | 8.5self 9 | 8self 9 | 8.3self 10 | 8self 8 | v3 of 5 | 4.6 | [35c47f4e ↗](https://jetty.io/jettygrowthteam/pelican-bicycle-svg/35c47f4e) |
| 03 |  | **31.7** | 37 | [**hermes · Jev Router**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/v2-hermes-jev.html) v2 · Sep 2026typesafe/jev-router | +5.3 | 8self 9 | 7.7self 9 | 8.3self 10 | 7.7self 9 | v4 of 5 | 2.2 | [3ba61c00 ↗](https://jetty.io/jettygrowthteam/pelican-bicycle-svg/3ba61c00) |
| 04 |  | **29.8** | 40 | [**gemini-cli · Gemini 3.5 Flash**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/gemini-cli.html) v1 · May 2026gemini-3.5-flash | +10.2 | 7.3self 10 | 7self 10 | 7.5self 10 | 8self 10 | v1 of 10 | 3 | [f5cd6a31 ↗](https://jetty.io/jettyio/pelican-bicycle-svg/f5cd6a31) |
| 05 |  | **29.3** | 40 | [**opencode · Gemini 3.5 Flash**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/opencode.html) v1 · May 2026google/gemini-3.5-flash | +10.7 | 8self 10 | 6.2self 10 | 7.5self 10 | 7.7self 10 | v2 of 10 | 4 | [660d2a66 ↗](https://jetty.io/jettyio/pelican-bicycle-svg/660d2a66) |
| 06 |  | **28.8** | 34 | [**hermes · Fusion router**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/hermes-fusion.html) v1 · May 2026openrouter/fusion | +5.2 | 7.3self 8 | 6.7self 8 | 7.7self 10 | 7.2self 8 | v1 of 3 | 13.9 | [2d0c10c4 ↗](https://jetty.io/jettyio/pelican-bicycle-svg/2d0c10c4) |
| 07 |  | **28.7** | 36 | [**claude-code · Opus 4.7**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/claude-opus.html) v1 · May 2026claude-opus-4-7 | +7.3 | 7.5self 9 | 6.3self 9 | 7.7self 9 | 7.2self 9 | v3 of 10 | 5 | [d4a107dc ↗](https://jetty.io/jettyio/pelican-bicycle-svg/d4a107dc) |
| 08 |  | **28.3** | 36 | [**opencode · Fusion router**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/opencode-fusion.html) v1 · May 2026openrouter/fusion | +7.7 | 7self 9 | 6.8self 9 | 7.3self 9 | 7.2self 9 | v2 of 3 | 7.1 | [bfa3612b ↗](https://jetty.io/jettyio/pelican-bicycle-svg/bfa3612b) |
| 09 |  | **28.2** | 39.5 | [**hermes · Gemini 3.5 Flash**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/hermes-flash.html) v1 · May 2026openrouter/google/gemini-3.5-flash | +11.3 | 6self 9.5 | 8self 10 | 6.8self 10 | 7.3self 10 | v9 of 10 | 4.3 | [e6d4548b ↗](https://jetty.io/jettyio/pelican-bicycle-svg/e6d4548b) |
| 10 |  | **28** | 38 | [**opencode · GPT-5.6 Terra**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/v2-opencode-gpt56.html) v2 · Sep 2026openai/gpt-5.6-terra | +10 | 7.2self 10 | 6.5self 9 | 7.2self 10 | 7.2self 9 | v1 of 5 | 1.5 | [ccbdd583 ↗](https://jetty.io/jettygrowthteam/pelican-bicycle-svg/ccbdd583) |
| 11 |  | **27.3** | 36.5 | [**hermes · GLM 5.1**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/hermes-glm51.html) v1 · May 2026openrouter/z-ai/glm-5.1 | +9.2 | 6.5self 9.5 | 7.3self 9.5 | 7self 8.5 | 6.5self 9 | v2 of 10 | 5.6 | [4b324d80 ↗](https://jetty.io/jettyio/pelican-bicycle-svg/4b324d80) |
| 12 |  | **26.2** | 37 | [**claude-code · Sonnet 4.6**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/claude-sonnet.html) v1 · May 2026claude-sonnet-4-6 | +10.8 | 5.8self 9 | 7self 9 | 7self 10 | 6.3self 9 | v5 of 11 | 6.9 | [7ddc3c19 ↗](https://jetty.io/jettyio/pelican-bicycle-svg/7ddc3c19) |
| 13 |  | **25.3** | 36 | [**claude-code · Sonnet 5**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/v2-claude-sonnet5.html) v2 · Sep 2026anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 | +10.7 | 7.5self 9 | 5self 9 | 6.5self 8 | 6.3self 10 | v4 of 5 | 5.9 | [240351f2 ↗](https://jetty.io/jettygrowthteam/pelican-bicycle-svg/240351f2) |
| 14 |  | **24** | 36 | [**hermes · Sonnet 4.6**](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/hermes-sonnet.html) v1 · May 2026openrouter/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | +12 | 7.2self 9 | 5.2self 9 | 5.7self 9 | 6self 9 | v5 of 10 | 5.1 | [8969a1a0 ↗](https://jetty.io/jettyio/pelican-bicycle-svg/8969a1a0) |

Min/round: median wall-clock minutes per v2 round; for v1 lineages, the published first-run duration. Inflation = self-score minus judge score. Trajectory links open the Jetty run that produced the best round.

## Compare one agent against the field

Pick an agent to highlight it. Everyone else stays in gray, so you can see where an agent sits in the pack without fourteen overlapping colors.

Highlightopencode · Gemini 3.8 Flash (v2)claude-code · Opus 5.5 (v2)hermes · Jev Router (v2)gemini-cli · Gemini 3.5 Flashopencode · Gemini 3.5 Flashhermes · Fusion routerclaude-code · Opus 4.7opencode · Fusion routerhermes · Gemini 3.5 Flashopencode · GPT-5.6 Terra (v2)hermes · GLM 5.1claude-code · Sonnet 4.6claude-code · Sonnet 5 (v2)hermes · Sonnet 4.6

### Self-scores by axis

What each agent gave its own best round (0–10)

selected agent, self-scoreother agents

### Judge scores by axis

The external judge on the same drawings (0–10)

selected agent, judgeother agents

### The hill climb, round by round

Score out of 40 for each round's final drawing. The selected agent shows both its self-score and the judge's score; gray lines are the other agents' judge scores. Use ←/→ on the chart to step through rounds.

selected agent, self-scoreselected agent, judgeother agents, judge

Show as table

| Agent | v1 | v2 | v3 | v4 | v5 | v6 | v7 | v8 | v9 | v10 | v11 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| opencode · Gemini 3.8 Flash · self | 38.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| opencode · Gemini 3.8 Flash · judge | 32.8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| claude-code · Opus 5.5 · self | 35 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| claude-code · Opus 5.5 · judge | 32.7 | 33 | 32.8 | 33 | 33.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| hermes · Jev Router · self | 36 | 35 | 34.5 | 37 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| hermes · Jev Router · judge | 29.8 | 31.5 | 30.7 | 31.7 | 30.8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| gemini-cli · Gemini 3.5 Flash · self | 40 | 38.5 | 38.4 | 40 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 38.7 | 40 | 37.5 | 39.2 | – |
| gemini-cli · Gemini 3.5 Flash · judge | 29.8 | 31 | 29.3 | 31.7 | 32.3 | 30.5 | 31 | 31.7 | 32 | 31.2 | – |
| opencode · Gemini 3.5 Flash · self | 39.5 | 40 | 39 | 40 | 38.6 | 38.7 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 40 | – |
| opencode · Gemini 3.5 Flash · judge | 28.2 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 29 | 29 | 30.2 | 30.2 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 26.8 | – |
| hermes · Fusion router · self | 34 | 34 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| hermes · Fusion router · judge | 28.8 | 27.7 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| claude-code · Opus 4.7 · self | 33 | 35 | 36 | 32 | 34.5 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 33.5 | 34 | – |
| claude-code · Opus 4.7 · judge | 29 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 29.7 | 28 | 27.3 | 27.5 | 27 | 28 | 27.7 | – |
| opencode · Fusion router · self | 34 | 36 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| opencode · Fusion router · judge | 29.3 | 28.3 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| hermes · Gemini 3.5 Flash · self | 39 | 38 | 37 | 39 | 38.8 | 38 | 38.5 | 38 | 39.5 | 38.5 | – |
| hermes · Gemini 3.5 Flash · judge | 28.5 | 28.2 | 26.5 | 28.7 | 30 | 26.8 | 27 | 26.3 | 28.2 | 26.5 | – |
| opencode · GPT-5.6 Terra · self | 38 | 37.2 | 38 | 37.5 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| opencode · GPT-5.6 Terra · judge | 28 | 27.5 | 27.2 | 27.3 | 29.8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| hermes · GLM 5.1 · self | 32 | 36.5 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 34.5 | 36 | 34 | 33 | 36.5 | – |
| hermes · GLM 5.1 · judge | 28.7 | 27.3 | 28.8 | 28.7 | 27.7 | 25.7 | 25 | 24.7 | 24.2 | 25.7 | – |
| claude-code · Sonnet 4.6 · self | 31 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 35 | 35 |
| claude-code · Sonnet 4.6 · judge | 26.5 | 25.2 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 27.7 | 26.3 | 25.8 | 28 | 25.3 |
| claude-code · Sonnet 5 · self | 28 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| claude-code · Sonnet 5 · judge | 26.5 | 27.3 | 27 | 25.3 | 26.2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| hermes · Sonnet 4.6 · self | 32 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | – |
| hermes · Sonnet 4.6 · judge | 26.5 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 22.2 | 19.2 | 18 | 18.7 | 19.8 | – |

## One radar per agent

Self-score against judge score on the four rubric axes, for each agent's best round. A big amber shape around a small violet one means the agent was generous with itself.

agent self-scoreexternal judge

### [opencode · Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/v2-opencode-gemini38.html)

v2 · round v1 · judge 32.8 · self 38.5

### [claude-code · Opus 5.5](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/v2-claude-opus55.html)

v2 · round v3 · judge 32.8 · self 36

### [hermes · Jev Router](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/v2-hermes-jev.html)

v2 · round v4 · judge 31.7 · self 37

### [gemini-cli · Gemini 3.5 Flash](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/gemini-cli.html)

v1 · round v1 · judge 29.8 · self 40

### [opencode · Gemini 3.5 Flash](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/opencode.html)

v1 · round v2 · judge 29.3 · self 40

### [hermes · Fusion router](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/hermes-fusion.html)

v1 · round v1 · judge 28.8 · self 34

### [claude-code · Opus 4.7](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/claude-opus.html)

v1 · round v3 · judge 28.7 · self 36

### [opencode · Fusion router](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/opencode-fusion.html)

v1 · round v2 · judge 28.3 · self 36

### [hermes · Gemini 3.5 Flash](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/hermes-flash.html)

v1 · round v9 · judge 28.2 · self 39.5

### [opencode · GPT-5.6 Terra](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/v2-opencode-gpt56.html)

v2 · round v1 · judge 28 · self 38

### [hermes · GLM 5.1](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/hermes-glm51.html)

v1 · round v2 · judge 27.3 · self 36.5

### [claude-code · Sonnet 4.6](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/claude-sonnet.html)

v1 · round v5 · judge 26.2 · self 37

### [claude-code · Sonnet 5](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/v2-claude-sonnet5.html)

v2 · round v4 · judge 25.3 · self 36

### [hermes · Sonnet 4.6](https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/agents/hermes-sonnet.html)

v1 · round v5 · judge 24 · self 36

Show as table

| Agent | Round | Pelican self | Bicycle self | Composition self | Polish self | Pelican judge | Bicycle judge | Composition judge | Polish judge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| opencode · Gemini 3.8 Flash | v1 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 8 | 8.5 |
| claude-code · Opus 5.5 | v3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8.5 | 8 | 8.3 | 8 |
| hermes · Jev Router | v4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.7 |
| gemini-cli · Gemini 3.5 Flash | v1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7.3 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 |
| opencode · Gemini 3.5 Flash | v2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 |
| hermes · Fusion router | v1 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 7.2 |
| claude-code · Opus 4.7 | v3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 7.2 |
| opencode · Fusion router | v2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.2 |
| hermes · Gemini 3.5 Flash | v9 | 9.5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6.8 | 7.3 |
| opencode · GPT-5.6 Terra | v1 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| hermes · GLM 5.1 | v2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 9 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 7 | 6.5 |
| claude-code · Sonnet 4.6 | v5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5.8 | 7 | 7 | 6.3 |
| claude-code · Sonnet 5 | v4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7.5 | 5 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| hermes · Sonnet 4.6 | v5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6 |

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Source: https://evaljetty.com/pelicans/leaderboard.html · Evals by Jetty · Run your own evals: https://jetty.io/?utm_source=evaljetty&utm_medium=llms