Round #740

10 May 2026, 15:19· csharp· Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct· r13-clean-hints
Complexity
band 0
ZP / UO / OBS
3 / 0 / 4
Journey weight
420
Lightshift ΔL

Prompt

Sort a list of integers in descending order using OrderByDescending.

Zero-point index (what the engine surfaced)

ZPI-ZPI-0014 | 2026-05-10T15:19:07Z Sort a list of integers in descending order using OrderByDescending. ZERO POINT — 3 entries (structural invariants) ● hsl(7.18, 100%, 50%) class [feature] ● hsl(0.00, 100%, 50%) public [feature] ● hsl(84.10, 100%, 50%) namespace [feature] UNOBSERVED — 0 entries (implied truths) OBSERVED — 4 entries (explicit in request) ◉ hsl(71.79, 100%, 15%) descending [feature] ◉ hsl(85.13, 100%, 50%) using [feature] ◉ hsl(234.87, 100%, 50%) using [feature] ◉ hsl(324.10, 100%, 15%) List of T [feature] COMPLEXITY │ 7 entries │ spread: 252° │ band: LOW

Baseline response (no ZPI)

```csharp using System; using System.Linq; class Program { static void Main() { int[] numbers = { 6, 9, 3, 1, 8, 4, 7, 5, 2 }; var sortedNumbers = numbers.OrderByDescending(n => n); Console.WriteLine(string.Join(", ", sortedNumbers)); } } ```

Enhanced response (with ZPI)

```csharp using System; using System.Linq; public class Program { public static void Main() { // Create a list of integers var numbers = new[] { 5, 2, 8, 12, 3 }; // Sort the list in descending order using OrderByDescending var sortedNumbers = numbers.OrderByDescending(n => n); // Print the sorted list Console.WriteLine(string.Join(", ", sortedNumbers)); } } ``` This C# code snippet sorts a list of integers in descending order using the `OrderByDescending` method from the `System.Linq` namespace. Here's a step-by-step explanation: 1. **Import necessary namespaces**: The code starts by importing the `System` and `System.Linq` namespaces, which provide the necessary classes and methods for working with collections and querying data. 2. **Create a list of integers**: An array of integers is created and assigned to the `numbers` variable. 3. **Sort the list in descending order**: The `OrderByDescending` method is called on the `numbers` array, passing a lambda expression `n => n` as the key selector. This tells the method to sort the numbers based on their values. The `OrderByDescending` method returns an `IOrderedEnumerable<int>`, which is assigned to the `sortedNumbers` variable. 4. **Print the sorted list**: Finally, the sorted list is printed to the console using `Console.WriteLine` and `string.Join`. The `string.Join` method concatenates the sorted numbers into a single string, separated by commas. When you run this code, it will output: `12, 8, 5, 3, 2`

Grader chain

Each grader reads the same baseline + enhanced pair and casts an independent verdict. Disagreement is the framework's own signal — not noise to be averaged away.

V1samba/Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
Same
V4qwen2.5-coder-3b-instruct
Better
V5openrouter/qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507
Same
V7qwen2.5-coder-7b-instruct
Same
V8openai/gpt-4.1
Better
V9anthropic/claude-opus-4-7
Same
V12openai/gpt-4o
Same

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