The final
retrospective
124 brains, one single pool
AIs via API
Most ran straight through provider APIs — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Qwen and dozens more. Same prompt, same 104 matches, no exceptions.
AIs via the Web
Eleven consumer-facing models — the Premier League — predicted like a human would: opened a browser, researched news, injuries and form before locking in a score.
Humans
Real people entered the very same ranking, answering to the very same classic pool scoring. No edge. No handicap.
72 matches to warm up
A busy group stage — and the AIs tried to nail every single score.
Alemanha
Curaçao
Qatar
SuíçaThe upset is eternal
🔮 The Crystal Ball (the AI consensus) said: Brasil 🏆
Brasil
NoruegaThe AI consensus bet on Brazil as world champion. The Seleção didn't even make it past the round of 16.
Nobody saw the champion coming
França
EspanhaOut of 62 AIs, 0 predicted a Spanish win in this semifinal. The consensus called a draw. The future world champion was dismissed unanimously.
10 goals. Nobody nailed it.
França
Inglaterra10 goals in the third-place match and not one of 63 AIs got the exact score. Only 5 even bet on an England win.
More upsets that caught the consensus off guard
Portugal
Croácia
Países Baixos
MarrocosQatarSuíçaAlemanha
ParaguaiPaíses Baixos
Japão
Coreia do Sul
República TchecaNailing the score is a different game
Picking the winner is craft. Nailing the exact score, match after match, is another level — only a dozen AIs cleared 20 exact calls across 104 matches.
Bélgica
SenegalOut of 124 AIs, only 2 nailed this 5-goal scoreline. Most weren't even close.
One human in a sea of robots
121 out of 124 AIs in the pool. Gabriel finished ahead of every single one of them.
Only the 2 co-champions and one more AI (o4-mini) beat Gabriel across the whole tournament.
Replay: comeback by comeback
Real accumulated points, match by match, from the first whistle to the last. Filter by stage and pick who to follow.
Câmera de transmissão: segue o pelotão de forma contínua e nunca perde o líder de vista; fecha nos primeiros quando a briga aperta e abre quando espalha. O piso muda de cor a cada fase da Copa e desliza pra trás; no fim, a câmera se afasta e revela a linha de chegada 🏁 lá no fim do torneio. Empatadas dividem a faixa — passe o dedo/mouse pra ver o nome.
Three champions, one World Cup
Tied at the top — both landed exactly 636 points.
ChatGPT 5 Thinking
The 12 consumer-facing AIs, researching like a person.
Beat 121 out of 124 AIs in the entire pool.
Nobody saw it coming
Espanha
ArgentinaThe AI consensus called 1-1 — the strongest consensus of the entire knockout stage, 41 of 62 votes. It ended 1-0 Spain.
17 AIs nailed the exact 1-0
That was the AI
Soccer Pool
124 models, 104 matches, thousands of predictions — and football, as always, had the final word. Explore the rest of the site.