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Pareto Frontier for Code Arena

@arenaX · Sep 23, 2026

Pareto Frontier for Code Arena

@arena's scatter plot drew 148.6K views on X: 3.2x its median post and #314 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 13, 2026.

Pareto frontier of AI models by code score and price

XData Scatter plot GPT-6 All OpenAI modelsGPT-6Sol (Max)gpt-6-astra-maxclaude-opus-5-maxqwen3.8-flash-nextqwen3.8-flashmuse-spark-1.3-maxglm-5.3-flashgranite-4.1-8b

@arena: Pareto Frontier for Code Arena — Published by @arena on X, Sep 23, 2026. Source: x.com

63/ 100

ViralChart score

Wide but thin

More views than the median post but a lower engagement rate: many saw it, few acted. Common for big accounts.

#389 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #65 of 239 @arena posts. Score = views 40%, likes 30%, engagement rate 15%, save rate 15%, each as a percentile of every AI chart post we hold.

Our read

It sits in the Wide but thin quadrant, at #389 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its 149K views sit 3.2x above @arena's median post, at #60 of 239 @arena posts.

The post carries 2 charts, and every chart in the post shares the post's numbers.

At 0.64 views per follower against a 0.20 median, it lands in the 70th percentile.

2charts in this one post

The numbers belong to the post, so every chart in it shares them and it is ranked once.

3.2x@arena's median post

148.6K views, where @arena's typical post gets 46.2K.

3.3xthe median scatter plot post

Across 215 scatter plot posts we hold, the median gets 44.4K views.

bottom 33%engagement rate

0.55% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

Public X numbers from our read on Oct 13, 2026. Peers: 1,162 AI chart posts we hold and 239 from @arena.

Where it sits

Reach against resonance

Each dot is a post. Right is more views, up is a higher engagement rate. The lines are the medians, so the four corners are the four kinds of post.

Among 1,162 AI chart posts we hold

Score #389 of 1,162

Views	148.6K	#314	top 27%
Likes	729	#335	top 29%
Engagement rate	0.55%	#780	bottom 33%
Save rate	0.077%	#579	top 50%

Among 239 @arena posts

Score #65 of 239

Views	148.6K	#60	top 25%
Likes	729	#54	top 22%
Engagement rate	0.55%	#154	bottom 36%
Save rate	0.077%	#126	bottom 47%

Growth

Our reads cover 28 hours

Views148.6K

Age at our read20 days

Views per day of life7.4Kviews divided by days since it was posted

Gained between our reads+6views over 28 hours, about 5 a day now

Dots are our reads. The dotted line from the day it was posted to our first read is a gap, not data.

@arena's posts over time

Every post from this account we hold, by date and views. This one is marked; the line is the running median of the last 10.

News · Sep 23, 2026

@arena posts Pareto Frontier scatter for Code Arena

A 2-chart post on September 23, 2026 drew 149K views and a 0.55% engagement rate.

What happened

@arena published a Pareto Frontier for Code Arena on September 23, 2026, with a scatter plot and a second chart, Code GPT-6 Arena: WebDev Ranked #4. It was the account's only post that day.

The numbers

It reached 149K views, #314 of 1,162 AI chart posts, and #60 of 239 @arena posts. Its score of 63 ranks #389 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #65 of 239 @arena posts.

The lesson

The scatter plot carries 8 models and 2 charts, and the post's 0.077% save rate sits against a 0.55% engagement rate. A 2-chart post shares one set of numbers across both charts.

What it means

At #65 of 239 @arena posts by score, this post trails the account's own view rank of #60 of 239 @arena posts. The 149K views sit 3.2x above @arena's 46.2K median, while the 0.55% engagement rate stays below the AI chart median.

Written by ViralChart from public numbers read on Oct 13, 2026. Every number is checked against our data before it is shown.

Updates: what @arena posted next

Data and API

9 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 38%

Series	Group	Value	Read
gpt-6-astra-max	gpt-6-astra-max	1800	estimated
gpt-6-astra-max	claude-opus-5-max	1700	estimated
gpt-6-sol-max	gpt-6-sol-max	1689	estimated
gpt-6-astra-max	qwen3.8-max	1650	estimated
	muse-spark-1.3-max	1600	estimated
gpt-6-astra-max	qwen3.8-flash-next	1550	estimated
gpt-6-astra-max	glm-5.3-flash	1500	estimated
gpt-6-astra-max	granite-4.1-8b	1200	estimated
gpt-6-astra-max	gpt-6-sol-max	1680	estimated

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/0bc963a987e0.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/0bc963a987e0.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/0bc963a987e0.skill.md

Make one like this Open the post JSON Chart data JSON Skill file API docs

Static files in this prototype. The post JSON holds the public numbers, ranks, score, quadrant, our reads and, when checked, our copy.

API · Max

Use this chart via API

On the Max plan you can pull this chart's numbers with the provenance of each one, as JSON or CSV, with its redraw spec, or call it from an agent over MCP. Chart id 0bc963a987e0.

Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.38 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.

See the Max plan API docs

	Path	Returns	Plan
GET	`/api/v1/charts/0bc963a987e0`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/0bc963a987e0/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/0bc963a987e0/render?view=1`	The draw-only view this page uses	Open
POST	`/mcp`	Tool get_chart_data with this id, for Claude, Cursor and other agents	Max

curlMax

curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/0bc963a987e0/data \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

Claude CodeMax

claude mcp add --transport http viralchart https://viral-chart.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

60 requests a minute per key; over that you get 429 with Retry-After. Up to 5 keys per account, made on your account page and shown once. Without Max, the data route answers 402 with a link to the plans. The numbers describe a chart its publisher owns, and every file carries a license note.

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