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revfrontier
confirmedPython · CPUModel behavior & reasoningJuly 6, 2026
the question
How long a list can a small model reverse, and does CoT help?
what came out
Reversal is pure tracking, no comparisons: it collapses after ~5 elements by dropping numbers, and CoT does not extend the frontier -- it hurts the capable model. A 2nd whole-list refutation of when step-by-step helps. Exact oracle.
method & receipts
- Result: confirmed
- Reproducible — one script re-runs the whole thing from scratch.
- Independently reviewed — an adversarial review pass, kept in the repo.
- Machine-readable claims — every reported number, in a checkable file.
- Tested — a correctness/benchmark suite ships alongside the code.
→ read the code and re-run it
github.com/v-code01/revfrontier