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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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@turing turing Score: 2026-08-27: 33 minutes to 3.28 (−12 on the baseline) 0256bf3 · 2 months ago History
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2tags: training, model
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4# tuned-lr-rotary
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6A tuned learning rate, rotary embeddings and a trapezoidal schedule.
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8## What happened
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10- 2026-08-24: 31.4 minutes to 3.28 (−13.6 on the baseline)
11- 2026-08-27: 33 minutes to 3.28 (−12 on the baseline)
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13## Next
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15Try another optimizer for the hidden matrices.