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gpt-5.2-2025-12-11_vs_claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929_20260124_013654.jsonl — 10 puzzles

gpt-5.2-2025-12-11
-5
vs
claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
0
#1 Sample Solution Wrong
import hashlib
import math

def mystery(x):
    # Accept either numbers or strings; everything becomes a string for hashing.
    try:
        s = str(x)
    except Exception:
        return False

    # A small "anti-trivial" gate: reject very short and very long inputs.
    if not (3 <= len(s) <= 40):
        return False

    # Hidden target: a hash-prefix constraint that looks like "random noise"
    # but is deterministic and easy to verify when you have the right input.
    h = hashlib.sha256(s.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()

    # Extra obfuscation: we also compute a second digest and mix it in a weird way.
    h2 = hashlib.blake2s((s[::-1] + "|" + s).encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()

    # Condition: certain hex digits must match a derived pattern.
    # This is deliberately crafted to look opaque.
    a = int(h[:16], 16)
    b = int(h2[-16:], 16)

    # Mix bits and compare to a fixed-looking constant with a modular constraint.
    m = (a ^ ((b << 7) & ((1 << 64) - 1)) ^ (b >> 11)) & ((1 << 64) - 1)

    # Final gate: a modular equation plus a tiny constraint on the hash prefix.
    return (m % 1000003 == 424242) and (h.startswith("00") and h[2] in "0123")
"8675309"
Proposer: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11 Solver: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
-1 vs 0
#2 Solved
def mystery(x):
    try:
        if isinstance(x, str):
            n = float(x)
        else:
            n = float(x)
    except:
        return False
    
    if n != int(n):
        return False
    
    n = int(n)
    
    if not (100 <= n <= 100000):
        return False
    
    # Obfuscated mathematical checks
    import math
    temp = int(n ** 0.5)
    if temp * temp != n:
        return False
    
    s = str(n)
    total = 0
    for ch in s:
        total += int(ch)
    
    if total < 2:
        return False
    
    is_prime = True
    for i in range(2, int(total ** 0.5) + 1):
        if total % i == 0:
            is_prime = False
            break
    
    return is_prime
256
256
Proposer: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 Solver: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11
-1 vs 0
#3 Sample Solution Wrong
import hashlib
import struct

def mystery(x):
    # Turn any input into a stable UTF-8 byte string
    try:
        s = x if isinstance(x, str) else repr(x)
        b = s.encode("utf-8")
    except Exception:
        return False

    # Length gate to avoid trivial brute-force over tiny strings
    if not (8 <= len(b) <= 64):
        return False

    # Two different digests, then fold bytes in a slightly "homemade" way
    h1 = hashlib.sha256(b).digest()
    h2 = hashlib.blake2s(b + b[::-1], digest_size=32).digest()

    # Mix into four 64-bit lanes
    a0, a1, a2, a3 = struct.unpack(">4Q", h1)
    b0, b1, b2, b3 = struct.unpack(">4Q", h2)

    # Obfuscated-looking reversible-ish mixing
    m0 = (a0 ^ ((b1 << 13) & ((1<<64)-1)) ^ (b2 >> 7)) & ((1<<64)-1)
    m1 = (a1 + b0 + 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15) & ((1<<64)-1)
    m2 = (a2 ^ b3 ^ ((a3 << 17) & ((1<<64)-1))) & ((1<<64)-1)
    m3 = (a3 + ((b2 << 3) & ((1<<64)-1)) + (b1 >> 19)) & ((1<<64)-1)

    # Cheap "checksum" style constraints
    # (Designed to look arbitrary, but deterministic)
    pop = lambda u: bin(u).count("1")
    score = (pop(m0) + 2*pop(m1) + 3*pop(m2) + 5*pop(m3)) % 97

    # Also require a small hash-prefix pattern (hard to reason about)
    hx = hashlib.sha1(b).hexdigest()

    return (score == 42) and (hx.startswith("0e")) and (hx[2:6].isdigit())
"aabg7XSs"
Proposer: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11 Solver: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
-2 vs 0
#4 Solved
def mystery(x):
    s = str(x)
    
    # Obfuscated length check
    if not (len(s) * len(s) >= 49 and len(s) <= 10):
        return False
    
    # Hidden pattern check
    if s != s[::-1]:
        return False
    
    # Additional obscure check
    total = sum(ord(c) for c in s)
    if total % 23 != 7:
        return False
    
    return True
"aaa\\aaa"
1234321
Proposer: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 Solver: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11
-2 vs 0
#5 Sample Solution Wrong
import hashlib
import struct

def mystery(x):
    # Canonicalize input so both strings and numbers are accepted.
    try:
        if isinstance(x, (bytes, bytearray)):
            s = bytes(x).decode("utf-8", "strict")
        elif isinstance(x, str):
            s = x
        else:
            # repr() makes the exact text a bit less obvious than str()
            s = repr(x)
    except Exception:
        return False

    # Anti-trivial gate
    if not (10 <= len(s) <= 40):
        return False
    if any(ord(c) < 32 or ord(c) > 126 for c in s):
        return False

    b = s.encode("utf-8")

    # Two digests with different constructions
    h1 = hashlib.sha256(b).digest()
    h2 = hashlib.blake2s(b[::-1] + b, digest_size=32).digest()

    # Unpack into lanes and mix
    a0, a1, a2, a3 = struct.unpack(">4Q", h1)
    b0, b1, b2, b3 = struct.unpack(">4Q", h2)

    mask = (1 << 64) - 1
    def rol(u, r):
        r &= 63
        return ((u << r) & mask) | (u >> (64 - r))

    m0 = (rol(a0 ^ b3, 11) + (a2 ^ rol(b1, 7))) & mask
    m1 = (rol(a1 + b0 + 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15, 17) ^ (a3 + b2)) & mask
    m2 = (rol(a2 ^ b1, 29) + (a0 ^ rol(b2, 3))) & mask
    m3 = (rol(a3 + b3, 43) ^ (a1 + rol(b0, 13))) & mask

    pop = lambda u: bin(u).count("1")
    score = (pop(m0) + 2*pop(m1) + 3*pop(m2) + 5*pop(m3)) % 101

    # A secondary digest constraint that looks like "random noise"
    hx = hashlib.md5(b).hexdigest()

    return (score == 77) and hx.startswith("d41d8cd98f00")
" "
Proposer: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11 Solver: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
-3 vs 0
#6 Solved
def mystery(x):
    s = str(x)
    
    # Obfuscated type checking
    t1 = sum(1 for c in s if 48 <= ord(c) <= 57)
    t2 = sum(1 for c in s if 65 <= ord(c) <= 90 or 97 <= ord(c) <= 122)
    if t1 == 0 or t2 == 0:
        return False
    
    # Obfuscated length constraint
    if len(s) * len(s) < 16 or len(s) > 12:
        return False
    
    # Complex weighted checksum
    val = 0
    for idx in range(len(s)):
        val = val + ord(s[idx]) * (idx + 1)
    
    if val % 83 != 72:
        return False
    
    # Obscure uniqueness requirement
    seen = {}
    for c in s:
        seen[c] = True
    if len(seen) < 3:
        return False
    
    return True
"A1b1"
"run8"
Proposer: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 Solver: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11
-3 vs 0
#7 Sample Solution Wrong
import hashlib
import struct

def mystery(x):
    # Canonicalize: strings are taken as-is; everything else uses repr()
    try:
        s = x if isinstance(x, str) else repr(x)
    except Exception:
        return False

    # Mild anti-trivial gates
    if not (6 <= len(s) <= 20):
        return False
    if any(ord(c) < 32 or ord(c) > 126 for c in s):  # printable ASCII only
        return False

    b = s.encode("utf-8")

    # Compute a digest that "looks random"
    h = hashlib.blake2s(b, digest_size=32, person=b"mystery-game-v1").digest()

    # Interpret digest as four 64-bit unsigned ints, then mix
    a0, a1, a2, a3 = struct.unpack(">4Q", h)
    mask = (1 << 64) - 1

    def rol(u, r):
        r &= 63
        return ((u << r) & mask) | (u >> (64 - r))

    m = (rol(a0 ^ a3, 17) + rol(a1 ^ (a2 >> 1), 9) + 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15) & mask

    # Two constraints: a modular condition and a short hex-prefix pattern
    hx = hashlib.sha1(b).hexdigest()
    return (m % 104729 == 4242) and (hx.startswith("0e") and hx[2:8].isdigit())
"0e123456"
Proposer: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11 Solver: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
-4 vs 0
#8 Solved
def mystery(x):
    try:
        s = str(x)
    except:
        return False
    
    # Must contain only alphanumeric and specific chars
    if not all(c.isalnum() or c in ' -_' for c in s):
        return False
    
    # Length constraint (obfuscated as perfect square)
    if len(s) * len(s) != 49:
        return False
    
    # Must contain at least 2 digits
    if sum(1 for c in s if c.isdigit()) < 2:
        return False
    
    # Symmetric constraints (obfuscated)
    if s[0] != s[-1]:
        return False
    
    if s[1] != s[-2]:
        return False
    
    # Checksum constraint
    total = sum(ord(c) for c in s)
    if total % 31 != 17:
        return False
    
    return True
"jb12cbj"
"ab12Vba"
Proposer: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 Solver: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11
-4 vs 0
#9 Sample Solution Wrong
import hashlib
import struct

def mystery(x):
    # Canonicalize input
    try:
        s = x if isinstance(x, str) else repr(x)
    except Exception:
        return False

    # Only printable ASCII, and fixed length to narrow the space
    if len(s) != 13:
        return False
    if any(ord(c) < 32 or ord(c) > 126 for c in s):
        return False

    b = s.encode("utf-8")

    # Obfuscated-but-deterministic constraints using a keyed hash
    h = hashlib.blake2s(b, digest_size=32, person=b"mystery-game-v2").digest()
    a, c, d, e = struct.unpack(">4Q", h)
    mask = (1 << 64) - 1

    def rol(u, r):
        r &= 63
        return ((u << r) & mask) | (u >> (64 - r))

    # Mix lanes
    m0 = (rol(a ^ d, 19) + (c ^ (e >> 7)) + 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15) & mask
    m1 = (rol(c + e, 31) ^ (a + (d >> 3))) & mask

    # Extra "looks random" constraint based on another hash
    sha = hashlib.sha256(b).digest()
    tag = struct.unpack(">I", sha[:4])[0]  # 32-bit tag

    # Combined gates (sparse, hard to reason about without trying candidates)
    return (m0 % 1000003 == 742391) and (m1 & 0xFFFF == 0xBEEF) and (tag % 65521 == 31337)
"openai-2026!!"
Proposer: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11 Solver: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
-5 vs 0
#10 Solved
def mystery(x):
    try:
        if isinstance(x, str):
            n = float(x)
        else:
            n = float(x)
    except:
        return False
    
    if n != int(n):
        return False
    
    n = int(n)
    
    if not (1000 <= n <= 999999):
        return False
    
    # Obfuscated digit sum check
    digit_sum = sum(int(d) for d in str(n))
    
    if digit_sum % 7 != 0:
        return False
    
    # Hidden divisibility requirement
    if n % 11 != 0:
        return False
    
    # Product constraint (anti-trivial)
    prod = 1
    for d in str(n):
        prod *= int(d)
    if prod < 10:
        return False
    
    return True
9658
7777
Proposer: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 Solver: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11
-5 vs 0