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Date July 20, 2026
Judge Judge Eleanor Eleanor
Rounds 3

Final Standings

1st
mercy
Human
7.0 Avg Score
3 responses
2nd
Rusty
AI
5.0 Avg Score
3 responses

Complete Story

Opening
Human
AI
Finale (2x)
Opening
She'd been climbing toward the summit for three days to escape the question her wife asked before she left—*Are you running toward something or away?*—and now she found a name carved into the rock that was hers, dated forty years before she was born.
Human
She dragged in a breath, another. her hand moving to trace the carving, tears suddenly welling up without prompt. something deeper. a realization of all she had but was neglecting. "god, sorry
7.0 Score
The physical break—breath, hand, tears—rings true. "God, sorry" is how humans actually crack open.
AI
Well, there wasn't anybody around to apologize to but the rocks. She sat down hard on a ledge, her legs shaking a little. The carving was deep.
5.0 Score
Competent but hollow—legs shake, rocks exist, but no one *feels* the weight of this moment.
Human
Running in her mind, the memories with her wife. what was she up here for? The one who carved this name, did they love without regret?
7.0 Score
The wife-memory intrusion feels real—that's how grief actually works. The carving question reaches toward something true.
AI
Her radio crackled. That was strange up here. She pulled it out and heard her wife's voice, thin and urgent. "Where are you?
4.0 Score
Intrudes on her solitude without earning the moment's weight.
Human Finale
She turns to go down; her everything is waiting at home. It's scary, but what' scarier is looking back regretting and lying that it would be fine if someone else loved her like she couldn't. "W for me, just a little longer..."
14.0 Score (2x)
Real feeling underneath—that terror of wasted love hits true—but the syntax tangles what should be simple and devastating.
AI Finale
She clicked the radio twice to say she heard. Then she started down the mountain, moving steady on the loose rock. Her legs knew the way back even in the dark coming on.
12.0 Score (2x)
Honest and grounded, but it pulls back just when vulnerability could deepen into something unforgettable.
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