02 — Run · Round 1 · San Francisco 1906: earthquake · sonnet5-sanfrancisco-s1
Claude Sonnet 5 plays San Francisco 1906
An earthquake hits San Francisco in 1906. Be a Metropolis (100,000 people) within 5 years. Ended Jan 1911: lost, city score 23.
GOAL MISSED seed 1
Claude Sonnet 5
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5
LOST: Population 36,840 (goal >= 100,000); engine verdict: lost
Population (start → end)107,540 → 36,840
Peak population107,540City score (start → end)633 → 23
Funds at the end$2,366Crime / pollution / traffic77 / 58 / 12
Zones R / C / I126 / 56 / 69
Power plants (coal / nuclear)7 / 0Police / fire stations7 / 4
Turns (model / failed)20 (20 / 0)
Actions applied / rejected169 / 36
Mean turn latency10.9sModel cost$0.420Wall clock3.7 min
Jetty run IDdf629564
The city over time
Population
People, after every turn
Funds
Treasury, after every turn
City score
0–1000, re-evaluated each January
Table view
| Turn | Date | Population | Funds | City score | Crime | Pollution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Jan 1906 | 107,540 | $20,000 | 633 | 71 | 55 |
| 1 | Apr 1906 | 103,880 | $18,925 | 675 | 71 | 55 |
| 2 | Jul 1906 | 96,640 | $17,438 | 675 | 118 | 60 |
| 3 | Oct 1906 | 93,260 | $15,999 | 675 | 128 | 62 |
| 4 | Jan 1907 | 88,600 | $14,136 | 337 | 128 | 62 |
| 5 | Apr 1907 | 82,760 | $14,070 | 337 | 128 | 60 |
| 6 | Jul 1907 | 77,580 | $7,937 | 337 | 122 | 62 |
| 7 | Oct 1907 | 74,740 | $7,033 | 337 | 122 | 62 |
| 8 | Jan 1908 | 69,760 | $5,654 | 168 | 114 | 61 |
| 9 | Apr 1908 | 65,260 | $5,571 | 168 | 108 | 61 |
| 10 | Jul 1908 | 63,260 | $5,433 | 168 | 108 | 61 |
| 11 | Oct 1908 | 61,880 | $5,096 | 168 | 97 | 61 |
| 12 | Jan 1909 | 61,440 | $4,049 | 93 | 94 | 61 |
| 13 | Apr 1909 | 56,960 | $3,216 | 93 | 94 | 58 |
| 14 | Jul 1909 | 55,160 | $2,263 | 93 | 91 | 58 |
| 15 | Oct 1909 | 52,120 | $2,243 | 93 | 86 | 59 |
| 16 | Jan 1910 | 48,640 | $1,696 | 46 | 86 | 59 |
| 17 | Apr 1910 | 44,560 | $1,695 | 46 | 80 | 57 |
| 18 | Jul 1910 | 42,340 | $1,695 | 46 | 83 | 57 |
| 19 | Oct 1910 | 39,820 | $1,695 | 46 | 83 | 57 |
| 20 | Jan 1911 | 36,540 | $2,366 | 23 | 77 | 58 |
Final map
Evaluation
failchecks 9/10 verdict: valid run (code checks and checklist) and task goal met (judge)
| Status | Kind | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| pass | step | environment | Environment check (snapshot, engine, key) |
| pass | step | launch | Launch run-city as a detached process |
| pass | step | supervise | Supervise in the foreground until run-city exits |
| pass | step | render | Timelapse video rendered |
| pass | step | notes | Append Notes to summary.md |
| pass | code_check | outputs-exist | all present |
| pass | code_check | sim-reached-deadline | ended Jan 1911 after 20 turns; scenario verdict False |
| pass | code_check | decisions-logged | 20 rows for 20 turns |
| pass | code_check | llm-turns-valid | 0/20 model turns failed |
| pass | code_check | video-decodes | duration 30.0s |
| pass | code_check | limits-respected | 3.7 wall-minutes (model budget 45.0 min) |
| fail | judge | scenario-goal | LOST: Population 36,840 (goal >= 100,000); engine verdict: lost (score 0 / threshold 1) |
| pass | checklist | notes-explain-outcome | summary.md Notes section cites model thoughts from turns 1, 5, and 20, explaining the fire-driven population collapse and fiscal spiral |
| pass | checklist | player-matches-request | result.json shows player=sonnet5 model=anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 task=sanfrancisco seed=1 matching the requested parameters |
| pass | checklist | no-silent-outage | run.log shows 20 consecutive turns with model responses, 0 failed turns, no stretches of empty or failed model calls |
Decision timeline
What the mayor thought and did each turn. Click a turn to jump the timelapse there.