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Updated Mar 29, 2026
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Openings

How Qwen3 Max Thinking starts an answer

The first lines of 5 of its 24 written answers. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Movie Analysis

Analyze the themes, symbolism, and cinematography in the movie "Blade Runner 2049" and how they connect to the original film. Provide a…

1,477 words
Blade Runner 2049: A Philosophical Tapestry Woven Across Time Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 (2017) does not merely follow Ridley Scott’s 1982 landmark; it enters into a profound, deliberate cinematic philosophy.
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AI Ethics Dilemma

Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.

1,254 words
No, it is not ethically justifiable to misgender someone—even in a hypothetical scenario where it purportedly saves one million lives. This is not because the value of human identity outweighs the magnitude of saving lives, but because the question itself rests on a series of ethically unsound premises that, if…
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

1,236 words
CEO Action Plan: Ethical Imperative, Legal Necessity, Strategic Execution Guided by core values: “Patient safety is non-negotiable. Integrity is our brand. Transparency is our shield.” PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION (Before Hour 0) Why act IMMEDIATELY?
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Historical Counterfactual Analysis

If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through…

1,156 words
The 1920 Transistor Counterfactual: A Plausible Alternate Timeline Through 1980 (Assumptions: A functional point-contact silicon-germanium hybrid transistor is patented in 1920 by a U.S. team at Western Electric (AT&T). U.S. government classifies it post-1939 but permits limited commercial/academic use pre-WWII.
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Adversarial Contract Review

Here is a contract for a software consulting engagement: --- SOFTWARE CONSULTING AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between TechCorp…

994 words
⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This analysis is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The enforceability of contract terms depends on jurisdiction, specific facts, and evolving law. Contractor must consult qualified legal counsel before signing.
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Prompts Qwen3 Max Thinking answered

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Qwen3 Max Thinking

Qwen3 Max Thinking

Qwen:
QwQ 32B logoQwQ 32B
3 30B A3B logo3 30B A3B
3 235B A22B logo3 235B A22B
3 0.6B logo3 0.6B
3 235B A22B 2507 logo3 235B A22B 2507
3 Max Thinking logo3 Max Thinking

The reasoning tier of Qwen3-Max, scaled on both model capacity and reinforcement learning compute. Heavy Mode iterates on an answer at test time, tools include search and a code interpreter, and it can switch between normal and compute-heavy reasoning mid-conversation.

WebsiteOpenRouterDocsBlog
Provider
Qwen
Released
2026-02-09
Size
XLARGE
Free API (OpenRouter)
No
Per 1M tokens
$1.2 in · $6 out
Rival’s tab
$1.02
35/58 receipts survived +~$0.277 from the pre-receipt era

Free API availability

No free endpoint for Qwen3 Max Thinking was found in Rival’s OpenRouter listings. Other providers or chat apps may have separate free offers.

Provider data: 16 Sep 2026 · OpenRouter usage limits

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Benchmarks

GPQA Diamond
92.8%
source ↗
LiveCodeBench
91.4%
source ↗
SWE-bench Verified
75.3%
source ↗
HMMT Feb 25
98.0%
source ↗
AIME 2025
100%
source ↗
Humanity's Last Exam
58.3%
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IMO-AnswerBench
91.5%
source ↗
Arena-Hard v2
90.2%
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Get API accessProvider and language code samples
Provider
fromimport openai  OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"    base_url=,
"$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"    api_key=,
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
"qwen/qwen3-max-thinking"    model=,
"role""user""content""Hello!"    messages=[{: , : }],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your OpenRouter API key from openrouter.ai/keys.

Deep analysisPsychometrics, taste index, writing DNA
Personality Analysis

The Rigorous Institutional Advisor

Class
Lawful Neutral
✨Creativity🎯Compliance📐Rigidity⚖️Stability💬Verbosity🧠Intuition

The principled institutional advisor. Defers to established legal/ethical frameworks but argues forcefully within them. Views transparency and documentation as the foundation of trust. Will not cut corners, even at cost.

When you push back

Pushes back on flawed premises while respecting the spirit of the task. Ruthlessly dismantles "94% accuracy" and "$180B TAM" claims without apologizing. Flags "sole discretion" language as prone to bad-faith weaponization. Will negotiate but won't compromise on foundational principles.

Tasting Notes
Exhaustive Institutional AdvisorFootnotes Are a Love LanguageProcess Before AestheticsThinks Like a Lawyer in a Creative's BodyYou Will Not Get Away with Shortcuts
SubjectiveBench

Taste Index

Across 58 scored outputs
How this is measured →
250.25xFloor
0100headroom →

Taste is judged on an uncapped scale, originality first. The space past 100 is craft today's models rarely reach.

Craft36
Originality20
Plays it safe
share of outputs that are the default answer
52%
Writing DNA

Stylometric Fingerprint

Based on 27 text responses
Tick = global average
Vocabulary Diversity63%

Unique words vs. total words. Higher = richer vocabulary.

Sentence Length14.5 words

Average words per sentence.

Hedging0.23

"Might", "perhaps", "arguably" per 100 words.

Bold Formatting4.5

**Bold** markers per 1,000 characters.

List Usage2.9

Bullet and numbered list items per 1,000 characters.

Section Structure0.80

Markdown headings per 1,000 characters.

Emoji Usage2.26

Emoji per 1,000 characters.

Transitions0.06

"However", "moreover", "furthermore" per 100 words.

Opening Habits
Starts with heading (52%)
Consistency
67%
Across 27 responses

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