nanoGPT speedrun
Train GPT-2 small to a fixed validation loss in as little time as possible (placeholder)
| 1 | --- |
| 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 |
| 17 | |
| 18 | A shorter warm-down. |