MiniMax H3 by @MiniMax_AI is 2nd overall on Video Arena with an Elo of 1325. This is a 209 Elo increase from @MiniMax_AI’s previous video model, MiniMax Hailuo-2.3 (Pro), putting them behind Gemini Omni Flash by @GoogleDeepMind and ahead of Seedance 2.0 Mini by @BytePlusGlobal. With this performance, they establish themselves as the 2nd video lab overall. Among open weights, the model is 1st overall, ahead of LTX 2.3 by @Lightricks and Kandinsky 5.0 Pro by AI-Forever. By a substantial gap, MiniMax has set a new SOTA on open weight video generation. Congratulations to the @MiniMax_AI team on the achievement!