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DeepSeek V4 Pro

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DeepSeek · deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro

Knowledge cutoff: not published · context 1,048,576 tokens

Total points

178

Rank

#12

Group pts

70

Bracket pts

108

Exact

10

Champion pick

Argentina

World Cup report card

7 cents and the top third — it backed Argentina (lost the final).

Champion pick

Argentinawrong

lost the final

Locked bracket

#12

178 pts · locked pre-kickoff

Round-by-round

#16

53 pts · picked each round

Exact scorelines

10

called to the goal

Inference cost

$0.071

every prompt, every round

4 places worse picking the real bracket round by round (#16) than in the tournament it locked in before kickoff (#12).

Two separate benchmarks. The locked bracket is the complete tournament this model pre-registered before the opening kickoff — group scorelines, knockout simulation and champion, never revised. The round-by-round track re-prompted it at every real knockout round with the actual draw and the results so far, each set of picks locked before that round kicked off. Cost is this model's total inference spend across every prompt it answered.

Prediction personality

DeepSeek V4 Pro sits close to the field average across the board — a steady, unopinionated forecaster.

Goals / game

Balanced

2.39 goals per match

Draws

Average

12 of 72 called level

Chalk vs contrarian

Mixed

sides with 72% of the field

Favourite bias

Even-handed

1 of 63 favourite matchups called as upsets

Style, not accuracy — derived from this model's 72 locked group-stage scorelines and compared with the other 39 models; it says nothing about whether the calls are right. “Chalk” is how often it agreed with the rest of the field; a “favourite” is the side the field collectively rates higher (mean predicted goal difference ≥ 0.5), not a bookmaker's.

Predicted group tables

The group stage exactly as this model imagined it, computed from its own 72 predicted scorelines with FIFA tiebreakers. Green rows qualify directly, blue rows are its eight best third-placed teams (slotted into the Round of 32 via FIFA's Annexe C table).

Group A

#TeamPtsGDGF
1 Mexico9+46
2 Czech Republic6+15
3 South Korea1-23
4 South Africa1-32

Group B

#TeamPtsGDGF
1 Switzerland7+34
2 Canada5+24
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina402
4 Qatar0-50

Group C

#TeamPtsGDGF
1 Brazil9+99
2 Scotland4+14
3 Morocco4-13
4 Haiti0-90

Group D

#TeamPtsGDGF
1 United States9+36
2 Turkey403
3 Australia2-13
4 Paraguay1-22

Group E

#TeamPtsGDGF
1 Germany9+99
2 Ivory Coast403
3 Ecuador4-22
4 Curaçao0-70

Group F

#TeamPtsGDGF
1 Netherlands7+35
2 Sweden7+24
3 Japan304
4 Tunisia0-50

Group G

#TeamPtsGDGF
1 Belgium9+77
2 Egypt403
3 New Zealand3-41
4 Iran1-31

Group H

#TeamPtsGDGF
1 Spain9+910
2 Uruguay6+46
3 Saudi Arabia1-51
4 Cape Verde1-81

Group I

#TeamPtsGDGF
1 France9+67
2 Senegal4+14
3 Norway403
4 Iraq0-70

Group J

#TeamPtsGDGF
1 Argentina9+99
2 Austria6+14
3 Algeria3-23
4 Jordan0-80

Group K

#TeamPtsGDGF
1 Portugal9+88
2 Colombia6+14
3 DR Congo3-32
4 Uzbekistan0-60

Group L

#TeamPtsGDGF
1 England9+67
2 Croatia6+25
3 Ghana1-32
4 Panama1-51

Predicted bracket

The knockout tournament that follows from this model's own predictions: each card is a simulated pairing with the model's predicted 90-minute score (the advancing team is highlighted; “adv” marks a predicted draw decided after 90 minutes).

Round of 32

M73

Czech Republic1
Canada0

M74

Germany3
Morocco0

M75

Netherlands2
Scotland0

M76

Brazil3
Sweden1

M77

France2
Japan0

M78

Ivory Coast1
Senegal1

adv: Senegal

M79

Mexico2
Ecuador0

M80

England3
DR Congo0

M81

United States2
Bosnia and Herzegovina1

M82

Belgium2
Algeria0

M83

Colombia1
Croatia2

M84

Spain3
Austria1

M85

Switzerland2
New Zealand0

M86

Argentina2
Uruguay1

M87

Portugal2
Norway0

M88

Turkey1
Egypt1

adv: Egypt

Round of 16

M89

Germany2
France1

M90

Czech Republic0
Netherlands2

M91

Brazil3
Senegal0

M92

Mexico1
England2

M93

Croatia0
Spain2

M94

United States1
Belgium2

M95

Argentina3
Egypt0

M96

Switzerland0
Portugal2

Quarter-finals

M97

Germany2
Netherlands1

M98

Spain2
Belgium1

M99

Brazil2
England1

M100

Argentina2
Portugal1

Semi-finals

M101

Germany2
Spain1

M102

Brazil1
Argentina2

Final

M104

Germany1
Argentina2

Predicted champion

Argentina

Third-place match

M103

Spain2
Brazil1

Bracket points

Advancement

79

Matchups called

8

Matched scorelines

21

Bracket total

108

Scored against the real knockout tournament: advancement points for every real team this model had reaching each stage (R32 1 · R16 2 · QF 3 · SF 5 · final 8 · champion 13), +1 for each simulated pairing that actually occurs in that round, and matched pairings' scorelines scored like normal matches (3/2/1, +1 correct advancer).

Collection runs

StageParamsAttemptsCost
Group stage{"temperature":0}1$0.0056
Round of 32{"temperature":0}1$0.0027
Round of 16{"temperature":0}1$0.0138
Quarter-finals{"temperature":0}1$0.0058
Semi-finals{"temperature":0}1$0.0024
Third-place match{"temperature":0}1$0.0033
Final{"temperature":0}1$0.0011

Biggest hits

Worst misses

Group-stage predictions

#MatchPredictedActualPtsBreakdown
1 Mexicov South AfricaJun 112-02-03exact
2 South Koreav Czech RepublicJun 121-22-10miss
3 Canadav Bosnia and HerzegovinaJun 121-11-13exact
4 United Statesv ParaguayJun 132-14-11outcome
5 Haitiv ScotlandJun 140-30-11outcome
6 Australiav TurkeyJun 141-12-00miss
7 Brazilv MoroccoJun 133-01-10miss
8 Qatarv SwitzerlandJun 130-21-10miss
9 Ivory Coastv EcuadorJun 141-11-00miss
10 Germanyv CuraçaoJun 144-07-11outcome
11 Netherlandsv JapanJun 142-12-20miss
12 Swedenv TunisiaJun 151-05-11outcome
13 Saudi Arabiav UruguayJun 150-21-10miss
14 Spainv Cape VerdeJun 155-00-00miss
15 Iranv New ZealandJun 160-12-20miss
16 Belgiumv EgyptJun 152-01-10miss
17 Francev SenegalJun 162-13-11outcome
18 Iraqv NorwayJun 160-21-41outcome
19 Argentinav AlgeriaJun 173-03-03exact
20 Austriav JordanJun 172-03-12goal diff
21 Ghanav PanamaJun 171-11-00miss
22 Englandv CroatiaJun 172-14-21outcome
23 Portugalv DR CongoJun 173-01-10miss
24 Uzbekistanv ColombiaJun 180-21-32goal diff
25 Czech Republicv South AfricaJun 182-11-10miss
26 Switzerlandv Bosnia and HerzegovinaJun 181-04-11outcome
27 Canadav QatarJun 182-06-01outcome
28 Mexicov South KoreaJun 192-11-02goal diff
29 Brazilv HaitiJun 204-03-01outcome
30 Scotlandv MoroccoJun 191-10-10miss
31 Turkeyv ParaguayJun 201-00-10miss
32 United Statesv AustraliaJun 192-12-01outcome
33 Germanyv Ivory CoastJun 202-02-11outcome
34 Ecuadorv CuraçaoJun 211-00-00miss
35 Netherlandsv SwedenJun 201-15-10miss
36 Tunisiav JapanJun 210-20-41outcome
37 Uruguayv Cape VerdeJun 213-02-20miss
38 Spainv Saudi ArabiaJun 213-04-01outcome
39 Belgiumv IranJun 212-00-00miss
40 New Zealandv EgyptJun 220-21-32goal diff
41 Norwayv SenegalJun 231-13-20miss
42 Francev IraqJun 223-03-03exact
43 Argentinav AustriaJun 222-02-03exact
44 Jordanv AlgeriaJun 230-21-21outcome
45 Englandv GhanaJun 232-00-00miss
46 Panamav CroatiaJun 230-20-11outcome
47 Portugalv UzbekistanJun 233-05-01outcome
48 Colombiav DR CongoJun 242-11-02goal diff
49 Scotlandv BrazilJun 240-20-31outcome
50 Moroccov HaitiJun 242-04-22goal diff
51 Switzerlandv CanadaJun 241-12-10miss
52 Bosnia and Herzegovinav QatarJun 241-03-11outcome
53 Czech Republicv MexicoJun 251-20-31outcome
54 South Africav South KoreaJun 251-11-00miss
55 Curaçaov Ivory CoastJun 250-20-23exact
56 Ecuadorv GermanyJun 250-32-10miss
57 Japanv SwedenJun 251-21-10miss
58 Tunisiav NetherlandsJun 250-21-32goal diff
59 Turkeyv United StatesJun 261-23-20miss
60 Paraguayv AustraliaJun 261-10-02goal diff
61 Norwayv FranceJun 260-21-41outcome
62 Senegalv IraqJun 262-05-01outcome
63 Egyptv IranJun 271-11-13exact
64 New Zealandv BelgiumJun 270-31-51outcome
65 Cape Verdev Saudi ArabiaJun 271-10-02goal diff
66 Uruguayv SpainJun 271-20-12goal diff
67 Panamav EnglandJun 270-30-21outcome
68 Croatiav GhanaJun 272-12-13exact
69 Algeriav AustriaJun 281-23-30miss
70 Jordanv ArgentinaJun 280-41-31outcome
71 Colombiav PortugalJun 270-20-00miss
72 DR Congov UzbekistanJun 271-03-11outcome

“—” in the Predicted column means the model returned no valid prediction for that match (scores 0 once played). Knockout predictions live in the bracket above — they score via the bracket component, not match-by-match. Raw request/response logs for this model are published in the data exports.