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The NanoGPT record falls to 116.4 seconds on a one-line change

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The NanoGPT speedrun record fell again to 116.4 seconds, 2.9 seconds faster from a single-line code change.

Reported metric: 116.4 s

Reporting date: 2025-12-27 (not necessarily the event date)

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The NanoGPT speedrun breaks two minutes at 119.3 seconds

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The NanoGPT record falls to 116.4 seconds on a one-line change
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2025-12-27
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2025-12-27-nanogpt-116s
Claim: The NanoGPT speedrun record fell again to 116.4 seconds, 2.9 seconds faster from a single-line code change.
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- Welcome to December 27, 2025 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-december-27-2025
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