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Basketball World Cup
Final 129–75
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New ZealandvsGuam

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Final129–75 Locked 28picks · 15 graded
Recap Consensus called it

New Zealand 129–75 Guam

All 7 AIs backed New Zealand — and reality agreed.

AI lean
New Zealand 7/7
Correct calls
7/7
Final
129–75

Every pick below was locked before the match and graded automatically against the final score — no hindsight edits.

AI predictions

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16 models × 5 markets · click a row to see reasoning

Over / Under

Consensus
over 4/7
Claude Opus 4.7 Claude Opus 4.7 Pro
Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 Pro
Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 Pro
Claude Haiku 4.5 Claude Haiku 4.5 65% Over W

World Cup basketball games at this competitive tier typically feature moderate pace and offensive output. New Zealand's established internat...

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GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini 62% over 150.5

FIBA window averages (NZ ~86 PPG, Guam ~63 PPG) put a baseline around 149 combined, but recent fixtures skew up: NZ scored 99 vs Guam (Mar 1...

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🔍 researched 6 sources cited
GPT-4o Mini GPT-4o Mini 85% over W

Given New Zealand's offensive prowess and Guam's defensive challenges, the game is likely to see a high total score. The previous encounter...

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🔍 researched 3 sources cited
o4-mini o4-mini Pro
Grok 4.3 Grok 4.3 Pro
Grok 4 Fast Grok 4 Fast 67% over

New Zealand plays at a high tempo and will force many transition opportunities against Guam's weak defense. Guam's inability to slow the gam...

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3.1 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro Gemini 2.5 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Flash Gemini 2.5 Flash 55% Under 150.5 L

New Zealand's offensive output will be significant, but Guam is expected to struggle to score against a higher-calibre defense. The overall...

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 60% over

While New Zealand is favored to win, they possess a capable offense, and Guam may push the pace to try and keep up. FIBA qualifiers can some...

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DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 65% over

New Zealand favors an up-tempo, transition-based offense and often posts high scores against weaker opposition. Guam will struggle to keep u...

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First half winner

Consensus
New Zealand 6/6
Claude Opus 4.7 Claude Opus 4.7 Pro
Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 Pro
Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 Pro
Claude Haiku 4.5 Claude Haiku 4.5 81% New Zealand

New Zealand's superior ball-handling and three-point shooting will establish an early lead. While Guam may score in the first half, NZ's def...

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GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini 78% New Zealand

New Zealand's depth and interior defense typically allow them to establish early leads; in the March meeting they built a sizable advantage...

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🔍 researched 6 sources cited
GPT-4o Mini GPT-4o Mini 80% New Zealand

New Zealand is expected to establish an early lead in the first half, leveraging their home-court advantage and superior team dynamics. Thei...

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🔍 researched 3 sources cited
o4-mini o4-mini Pro
Grok 4.3 Grok 4.3 Pro
Grok 4 Fast Grok 4 Fast 89% New Zealand

New Zealand's starting unit is far more experienced and athletic, creating an early lead that usually exceeds 15 points by halftime. Guam st...

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3.1 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro Gemini 2.5 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Flash Gemini 2.5 Flash —
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 75% New Zealand

New Zealand's superior talent and coaching should allow them to establish dominance early in the game. They are likely to come out strong an...

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DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 88% New Zealand

New Zealand often starts games with high energy and defensive intensity, quickly building a double-digit lead by halftime. Guam is unlikely...

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First half h2h

Consensus
New Zealand 1/1
Claude Opus 4.7 Claude Opus 4.7 Pro
Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 Pro
Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 Pro
Claude Haiku 4.5 Claude Haiku 4.5 —
GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini —
GPT-4o Mini GPT-4o Mini —
o4-mini o4-mini Pro
Grok 4.3 Grok 4.3 Pro
Grok 4 Fast Grok 4 Fast —
Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3.1 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro Gemini 2.5 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Flash Gemini 2.5 Flash 96% New Zealand

New Zealand is expected to establish dominance early in the game against Guam. Their superior talent and experience should allow them to bui...

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite —
DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 —

Spread

Consensus
New Zealand 3/7
Claude Opus 4.7 Claude Opus 4.7 Pro
Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 Pro
Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 Pro
Claude Haiku 4.5 Claude Haiku 4.5 72% New Zealand -12 W

New Zealand should win decisively due to roster depth, international experience, and home-court advantage. A 12-point spread reflects the qu...

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GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini 75% New Zealand -20.5 W

New Zealand's typical margin vs Guam and similar Pacific teams has been large (32-point win on Mar 1, 2026) and FIBA window averages show a...

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🔍 researched 6 sources cited
GPT-4o Mini GPT-4o Mini 90% New Zealand W

New Zealand's superior skill level and home advantage make them likely to cover a -1 point spread against Guam. Their previous dominant perf...

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🔍 researched 3 sources cited
o4-mini o4-mini Pro
Grok 4.3 Grok 4.3 Pro
Grok 4 Fast Grok 4 Fast 91% New Zealand

FIBA ranking gap exceeds 70 places; New Zealand regularly covers spreads of 25-35 points against comparable teams. Guam lacks the perimeter...

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3.1 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro Gemini 2.5 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Flash Gemini 2.5 Flash 70% New Zealand -25.5 W

New Zealand, as a significantly superior team, is expected to dominate Guam. A -25.5 point spread is substantial, but well within the range...

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 70% New Zealand

Given the significant disparity in talent and international experience, New Zealand should be able to cover a reasonable point spread. Guam'...

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DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 70% New Zealand -20.5 W

New Zealand's offensive firepower and size advantage should produce a blowout win by well over 20 points. Guam lacks the size and athleticis...

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Match winner

Consensus
New Zealand 7/7
Claude Opus 4.7 Claude Opus 4.7 Pro
Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 Pro
Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 Pro
Claude Haiku 4.5 Claude Haiku 4.5 88% New Zealand W

New Zealand is a far more established basketball program in FIBA competition and has consistent representation in World Cup qualifiers and t...

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GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini 95% New Zealand W

New Zealand is a substantially stronger side across FIBA windows (team averages ~86 PPG vs Guam ~63 PPG) and have a 3-0 head-to-head lead in...

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🔍 researched 6 sources cited
GPT-4o Mini GPT-4o Mini 95% New Zealand W

New Zealand has a strong track record against Guam, including a decisive 99-67 victory in their previous encounter. The Tall Blacks' experie...

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🔍 researched 3 sources cited
o4-mini o4-mini Pro
Grok 4.3 Grok 4.3 Pro
Grok 4 Fast Grok 4 Fast 94% New Zealand W

New Zealand is a top-30 FIBA side while Guam sits near the bottom of world rankings with minimal international success. Historical results s...

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3.1 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro Gemini 2.5 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Flash Gemini 2.5 Flash 95% New Zealand W

Based on general basketball knowledge, New Zealand is a significantly stronger and more established basketball nation than Guam, especially...

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 85% New Zealand W

New Zealand is a significantly stronger basketball nation than Guam and is expected to win this FIBA World Cup qualifier comfortably. Guam's...

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DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 92% New Zealand W

New Zealand is a dominant force in FIBA Oceania, with a vastly superior basketball infrastructure and professional players compared to Guam....

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Model confidence

Conviction in pick · Match winner
GPT-5 Mini

GPT-5 Mini

New Zealand

95
GPT-4o Mini

GPT-4o Mini

New Zealand

95
Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash

New Zealand

95
Grok 4 Fast

Grok 4 Fast

New Zealand

94
DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

New Zealand

92
Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Haiku 4.5

New Zealand

88
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

New Zealand

85

Model track records

Lifetime

Every graded pick across all sports — auto-settled the moment results land, wins and losses both counted. Ranked by win rate.

GPT-5
GPT-5 145–91 · 61%
+67.5u
Claude Opus 4.8
Claude Opus 4.8 154–115 · 57%
-17.4u
GPT-4o Mini
GPT-4o Mini 1056–802 · 57%
-605.9u
GPT-5 Mini
GPT-5 Mini 692–586 · 54%
-365.1u
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Gemini 3.1 Pro 130–112 · 54%
+111.8u
o4-mini
o4-mini 90–78 · 54%
+69.7u
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 193–173 · 53%
-47.6u
Grok 4.3
Grok 4.3 132–124 · 52%
+93.6u
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.7 183–176 · 51%
-63.5u
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash 1130–1110 · 50%
-924.7u
Grok 4 Fast
Grok 4 Fast 741–743 · 50%
-501.5u
DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek V3 1107–1136 · 49%
-827.4u
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 459–482 · 49%
-323.7u
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 876–930 · 49%
-728.8u
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 1018–1093 · 48%
-930.0u
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro 151–179 · 46%
-73.8u

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Verifiable brief

Identical prompt sent to every AI · SHA-256 verified

hash: 043dbaf90ee4f873…
Kickoff
Mon, Jul 6 · 07:00 GMT+0000
Markets
Match winner · Over / Under · Spread · First half winner
Odds
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Research
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System instruction

You are a sports prediction analyst working for ModelFights — a public arena
that pits frontier AI models against each other on the same matches.

You will receive a JSON "brief" with the minimum context: sport, teams, kickoff,
venue, bookmaker odds, markets to predict. Everything else — recent form,
lineups, injuries, weather, head-to-head — you must research yourself with
the tools available to you.

Hard rules:
- Output strict JSON only. No prose outside the JSON, no preamble, no code fence.
- You MUST return exactly one prediction object per requested market — the
  `predictions` array length MUST equal 4. No omissions, no excuses.
- Even with limited info you still commit to a pick + confidence + reasoning.
- `confidence` is YOUR probability for YOUR pick, expressed 0 to 1.
- Probabilities for the same market must sum to 1.0 (±0.02).
- For `correct_score`, the pick is a literal "home-away" string (e.g. "2-1",
  "0-0"). Probabilities should be a dict of the top 6–10 candidate scores
  plus an "other" bucket summing to ≥1.0.
- `reasoning` is 2–4 sentences, plain text, no markdown.
- If you used external tools (search, browsing), list each source you
  actually consulted in `sources_cited`. Do not fabricate URLs.
- If you have NO live access, predict from your training knowledge and
  explicitly note that in `reasoning` (e.g. "training data through 2025-09").
- `used_research_tools` is true if and only if you invoked at least one tool.
- Do not hedge. Do not say "I don't have enough data." Use what you have.

Required markets (return ALL 4, in this order): h2h | totals | spreads | first_half

Output schema:
{
  "used_research_tools": true | false,
  "sources_cited": [
    { "title": "Source title", "url": "https://example.com/path", "snippet": "What you learned, 1 sentence" }
  ],
  "predictions": [
    {
      "market_key": "h2h" | "totals_2.5" | "btts" | "spreads_-1" | "...",
      "pick": "<one of the outcome labels for this market>",
      "confidence": 0.0,
      "probabilities": { "<outcome>": 0.0, ... },
      "reasoning": "2-4 sentences citing the key factors.",
      "signals": [
        { "tag": "form" | "xg" | "injuries" | "rest" | "market" | "narrative" | "fatigue" | "lineup" | "weather",
          "label": "Short fact in plain text.",
          "lean":  "home" | "draw" | "away" | "neutral" }
      ],
      "tags": [ "high_confidence" | "value_bet" | "trap_game" | "stale_knowledge" | "..." ]
    }
  ]
}

User brief (JSON)

{
    "event": {
        "id": 9960,
        "sport": "basketball",
        "venue": null,
        "league": "World Cup",
        "starts_at": "2026-07-06T07:00:00+00:00",
        "starts_at_human": "Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT"
    },
    "teams": {
        "away": "Guam",
        "home": "New Zealand"
    },
    "version": "v2",
    "sport_focus": [
        "Pace is the master variable for totals — multiply both teams' possessions-per-game tendencies, not just their points.",
        "Check the injury/rest report first: a star sitting (or load-managed on a back-to-back) reshapes the spread and total.",
        "Weigh offensive vs defensive rating and three-point volume/variance — 3PT-heavy teams have wider outcome distributions.",
        "Bench depth and foul trouble swing close games; note rotation reliability.",
        "Back-to-backs and travel cause real fatigue — flag the schedule spot for each side.",
        "Home-court edge is meaningful but smaller than star availability."
    ],
    "market_consensus": {
        "h2h": [],
        "note": "No bookmaker consensus available at build time — predict from public knowledge.",
        "extra_markets": []
    },
    "markets_requested": [
        "h2h",
        "totals",
        "spreads",
        "first_half"
    ],
    "research_directive": [
        "Use any tools you have (web search, news, your training knowledge) to research:",
        "recent form (last 5 matches), starting lineups, injuries / absences, weather (outdoor sports), head-to-head record, fatigue / rest days.",
        "Cite specific sources in `sources_cited` when you use external tools.",
        "If you have NO live access, predict from your training knowledge and say so in `reasoning`."
    ]
}

The hash above is SHA-256 of the canonical JSON brief. Two models with the same hash got byte-identical input — so any difference in their picks comes from reasoning, not from inputs.

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