Hands test
Tying shoelaces
The prompt: “Close-up of adult hands tying the laces of a brown leather boot, natural window light, shallow depth of field”
Fingers crossing over each other is the single hardest thing for video models. Count the digits frame by frame.
Every model, same prompt
#1
OpenAI Sora 2
OpenAI
5.00/5 best on this prompt
Real-footage-quality contact with laces; no artifacts.
#2
Grok Video
xAI
4.17/5
Correct anatomy, but the knot morphs together unnaturally rather than being threaded.
#3
Kling 3.0
Kuaishou
4.17/5
Good finger anatomy, but the lace ties by morphing/fusing into a finished bow rather than real topological pulling.
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