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Models2026-08-27 · source-backed
fal's post-trained MiniMax H3 Max scored 1,341 Elo on Design Arena's image-to-video leaderboard on August 26, ahead of the base model it was trained from and every other entrant. Co-optimized with fal's inference stack, a 5-second 768p clip renders in under 3 seconds, and standard H3 on fal's stack runs about 15x faster than MiniMax's own inference (fal). Post-training plus serving optimization beating the originating lab is a pattern I expect to see more of, because the serving company has tighter feedback on what latency actually costs.
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