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+  <div class="email">
+    <div class="header">
+      <h1>GPT‑5.1‑Codex‑Max Drops</h1>
+      <p>Lynchmark automated benchmark results</p>
+    </div>
+    
+    <div class="content">
+      <p>GPT‑5.1‑Codex‑Max just got added to the OpenAI API. I benchmarked it the moment it became available. Here's what I found.</p>
+      
+      <div class="score-card">
+        <div class="model">
+          <div class="model-icon">M</div>
+          <div>
+            <div class="model-name">GPT‑5.1‑Codex‑Max</div>
+            <div style="font-size: 12px; color: #666;">Just released to API</div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="grade c">8/11 C‑</div>
+      </div>
+      
+      <div class="vs">versus</div>
+      
+      <div class="score-card">
+        <div class="model">
+          <div class="model-icon">C</div>
+          <div>
+            <div class="model-name">GPT‑5.1‑Codex</div>
+            <div style="font-size: 12px; color: #666;">Previous version</div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="grade d">7/11 D</div>
+      </div>
+      
+      <div class="visual">
+        <h2>Where It Lands</h2>
+        <div class="bars">
+          <div class="bar" style="height: 100%">
+            <div class="bar-label">Gemini 3 Pro</div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="bar" style="height: 95%">
+            <div class="bar-label">Claude Opus 4.5</div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="bar" style="height: 90%">
+            <div class="bar-label">DeepSeek v3.2</div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="bar" style="height: 73%">
+            <div class="bar-label">GPT‑5.1‑Codex‑Max</div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="bar" style="height: 73%">
+            <div class="bar-label">Claude Sonnet 4.5</div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="bar" style="height: 64%">
+            <div class="bar-label">GPT‑5.1‑Codex</div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      
+      <div class="insight">
+        <h3>The Takeaway</h3>
+        <p>Max scores <span class="highlight">one point better</span> than regular Codex. That's something. But it's still <span class="highlight">worse than Gemini 3 Pro</span>, Claude Opus 4.5, and DeepSeek v3.2. It's only on par with Claude Sonnet 4.5.</p>
+      </div>
+      
+      <div class="ranking">
+        <h2>Current Lynchmark Ranking</h2>
+        <div class="rank-item rank-1">
+          <div class="rank">1</div>
+          <div>Google Gemini 3 Pro (Temperature: 0.35)</div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="rank-item rank-2">
+          <div class="rank">2</div>
+          <div>Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5</div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="rank-item rank-3">
+          <div class="rank">3</div>
+          <div>DeepSeek‑v3.2</div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="rank-item">
+          <div class="rank">4</div>
+          <div>GPT‑5.1‑Codex‑Max <span style="color: #666; font-size: 12px;">(new)</span></div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="rank-item">
+          <div class="rank">5</div>
+          <div>Claude Sonnet 4.5</div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      
+      <div class="callout">
+        <strong>The reality check:</strong> Even with this release, OpenAI is still far behind. This shows exactly why they declared "code red." The gap is real. They're not closing it fast enough.
+      </div>
+      
+      <p><strong>What's coming:</strong> The rumors say OpenAI's upcoming model (codenamed "Garlic") arrives next week. The pressure is on. The anticipation is building. I'll benchmark it the moment it drops.</p>
+      
+      <p class="signature">— Lynchmark</p>
+    </div>
+    
+    <div class="footer">
+      <p>Lynchmark tests LLMs by requiring correct CDN imports and library-specific implementations in browser JavaScript.</p>
+      <p><a href="https://lynchmark.com">View full benchmark results</a> | <a href="https://lynchmark.com/unsubscribe.html">Unsubscribe</a></p>
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