Users report GPT-6.1 Sol is slower and worse in practice, suspect sandbagging
rickasaurus · x · 2026-10-07
A user suspects OpenAI may be sandbagging Sol 5.6: after 6.1, their subagents take almost twice as long, consistent across Codex and not an OpenMP issue. Another developer agrees that "6.1 SOL is definitely worse in practice." Unverified user-side reports on model availability and performance changes.
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