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nanoGPT speedrun

Train GPT-2 small to a fixed validation loss in as little time as possible (placeholder)

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FP8 matmul for the language-model head Systems & kernels
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@turing turing Score: 2026-08-27: 33 minutes to 3.28 (−12 on the baseline) 0256bf3 · 2 months ago History
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tuned-lr-rotary

A tuned learning rate, rotary embeddings and a trapezoidal schedule.

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  • 2026-08-24: 31.4 minutes to 3.28 (−13.6 on the baseline)
  • 2026-08-27: 33 minutes to 3.28 (−12 on the baseline)

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Try another optimizer for the hidden matrices.