nanoGPT speedrun
Train GPT-2 small to a fixed validation loss in as little time as possible (placeholder)
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| 2 | +issue: 5 | |
| 3 | +status: done | |
| 4 | +tags: model, training | |
| 5 | +--- | |
| 6 | +# sparse-attn-schedule | |
| 7 | + | |
| 8 | +Block-sparse attention with a batch-size schedule. | |
| 9 | + | |
| 10 | +## What happened | |
| 11 | + | |
| 12 | +- 2026-10-11: 4.66 minutes to 3.28 (−40.34 on the baseline) | |
| 13 | +- 2026-10-14: 4.9 minutes to 3.28 (−40.1 on the baseline) | |
| 14 | +- 2026-10-17: 3.95 minutes to 3.28 (−41.05 on the baseline) | |
| 15 | + | |
| 16 | +## Next | |
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| 18 | +A shorter warm-down. | |