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Basketball World Cup
Final 62–106
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Final62–106 Locked 28picks · 19 graded
Recap Consensus called it

Rwanda 62–106 Nigeria

All 7 AIs backed Nigeria — and reality agreed.

AI lean
Nigeria 7/7
Correct calls
7/7
Final
62–106

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 5/7
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 58% Under 160 L

Without access to live roster data, 2026 form, or specific pace/efficiency metrics for these teams, I rely on the typical profile: African C...

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GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini 66% over W

Recent fixtures in this qualifying window have been relatively high-scoring: Nigeria games combined to ~165 points (84+81) and Rwanda's matc...

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🔍 researched 6 sources cited
GPT-4o Mini GPT-4o Mini 60% over W

Both teams have shown a tendency to engage in high-scoring games, with Nigeria averaging 76.4 points per game and Rwanda 65.0 points per gam...

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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 61% over

Rwanda plays at a faster tempo while Nigeria's transition offense inflates scoring. Combined possessions and average FIBA margins suggest to...

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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 65% Over W

Nigeria's offensive potential against a lesser opponent often leads to high-scoring games, especially if they dictate the pace and secure nu...

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

Given the limited form data, it's difficult to ascertain the exact pace and scoring tendencies of both teams. However, Nigeria's recent high...

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DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 55% over W

Both teams have moderate pace in African basketball contexts. Nigeria has offensive firepower and Rwanda can contribute. Total set at 162.5...

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First half h2h

Consensus
Nigeria 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 85% Nigeria

Given Nigeria's superior talent and experience, they are highly expected to establish a strong lead from the outset of the game. They usuall...

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

Spread

Consensus
Nigeria 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 65% Nigeria -8 W

Nigeria's talent advantage—multiple players with professional international experience—should translate to a 7–10 point edge on a neutral co...

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GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini 60% Nigeria -9.5 W

Nigeria's roster depth and recent wins suggest they are the superior team and capable of a double-digit margin; Rwanda lost by double digits...

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🔍 researched 6 sources cited
GPT-4o Mini GPT-4o Mini 75% Nigeria -1 W

Given Nigeria's consistent victories over Rwanda and their superior performance in recent qualifiers, they are expected to cover a -1 point...

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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 78% Nigeria

Nigeria's talent gap typically produces double-digit victories on neutral or road courts against Rwanda. Spreads widen further when Nigeria...

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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 72% Nigeria W

Nigeria's significant talent advantage over Rwanda suggests they should comfortably cover a -15.5 point spread in a World Cup setting. Their...

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 55% Nigeria W

Nigeria is favored due to their better recent performance and slightly better rest. If they are indeed the stronger team, covering a moderat...

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DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 60% Nigeria -10.5 W

Nigeria is expected to win comfortably, covering a double-digit spread. Rwanda may struggle to keep the game close against a more talented N...

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First half winner

Consensus
Nigeria 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 68% Nigeria

Nigeria's superior talent and conditioning should show early; opening quarters typically reflect raw team quality before fatigue and adjustm...

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GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini 65% Nigeria

Nigeria have started strongly in this window (building leads and executing late) while Rwanda have been outscored early in at least one repo...

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🔍 researched 6 sources cited
GPT-4o Mini GPT-4o Mini 70% Nigeria

Nigeria's strong start in previous matches, coupled with their overall dominance over Rwanda, suggests they will lead at halftime.

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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 75% Nigeria

Nigeria usually establishes control early with athleticism and length, building leads by halftime. Rwanda lacks the perimeter shooting or in...

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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 55% Nigeria

Nigeria's slightly better form and rest advantage likely translate to a stronger start. They are expected to carry momentum into the game, p...

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DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 55% Nigeria

Nigeria is the stronger team and typically starts games with intensity. Rwanda might hang around in the first half but Nigeria should lead a...

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Match winner

Consensus
Nigeria 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 72% Nigeria W

Nigeria is a perennial African basketball powerhouse with significantly deeper roster talent and international competition experience than R...

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GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini 82% Nigeria W

Nigeria arrive in Luanda on a positive run (consecutive wins 84–81 v Tunisia and 80–79 v Guinea) with an experienced 12-man roster and clear...

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

Nigeria has a strong record against Rwanda, winning all five previous encounters. Their superior performance in recent qualifiers and overal...

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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 82% Nigeria W

Nigeria possesses far superior athleticism, NBA-level talent and international experience relative to Rwanda. Historical results in FIBA com...

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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 88% Nigeria W

Based on historical team strength, Nigeria has consistently been one of Africa's strongest basketball nations, often featuring players with...

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 65% Nigeria W

Nigeria enters this matchup with a slight advantage based on their recent form, having secured a win in their last outing while Rwanda suffe...

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DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 65% Nigeria W

Nigeria has a deeper talent pool and more international experience compared to Rwanda. Based on training data through 2025, Nigeria's basket...

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Model confidence

Conviction in pick · Match winner
Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Nigeria

88
GPT-4o Mini

GPT-4o Mini

Nigeria

85
GPT-5 Mini

GPT-5 Mini

Nigeria

82
Grok 4 Fast

Grok 4 Fast

Nigeria

82
Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Haiku 4.5

Nigeria

72
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Nigeria

65
DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

Nigeria

65

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: 88c2a4432ae3b057…
Kickoff
Sun, Jul 5 · 09:00 GMT+0000
Markets
Match winner · Over / Under · Spread · First half winner
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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": 9769,
        "sport": "basketball",
        "venue": null,
        "league": "World Cup",
        "starts_at": "2026-07-05T09:00:00+00:00",
        "starts_at_human": "Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT"
    },
    "teams": {
        "away": "Nigeria",
        "home": "Rwanda"
    },
    "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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