SAM3 refine: off vs on

332 frozen holdout photos (test-holdout-ids-canonical.json, frozen 2026-08-25), live unified pipeline, same day 2026-09-29. Each row: SAM3 off | SAM3 on | human ground truth. "err" = average line distance from the human line (% of image diagonal; a missed or extra stripe counts 5). Lower is better.

v26: SAM3 on made it BETTER (top 20)

61810429-f4cb-4bb2-b21e-8bfe08860d1b · change -1.55
69f09238270a835330087b8c · change -1.48
69bac4ee630c918d087bf580 · change -0.71
69e6c64b5e24eefa6fe383d3 · change -0.65
6a04bedf065edc0805862212 · change -0.56
6a2839a8814eb7b517af9a21 · change -0.55
f1753171-8e94-4ad0-9d43-baeabaa8aa29 · change -0.53
f8a02b2a-6548-474d-9515-e64a66f9dc1d · change -0.50
522f3e04-0242-482d-965d-dcd3aa7e02d7 · change -0.48
6a0b0cd2f1700585b2a2ea61 · change -0.48
45ac5c40-de3c-48a7-a2e4-4d2e35ffa295 · change -0.45
699715b67e37b6370385b8a3 · change -0.40
6a3a90bc1f2499a7cd5f8ab9 · change -0.37
903b76d3-792f-4f39-ae12-83c1058606db · change -0.35
69c44d5c8c718d5d543a2010 · change -0.34
a9b92597-14ce-45ab-9251-f7d5cb6f8421 · change -0.32
9a9bf03c-3ca7-4657-95df-27854f96ca1e · change -0.31
6e03a539-4d62-4013-9696-8c870c37ee82 · change -0.28
69957601443405551b9fa83f · change -0.28
0f6e6446-8fb8-455d-bfbe-de26f09eefd2 · change -0.27

v26: SAM3 on made it WORSE (top 20)

69a20e5040043e516bbf86eb · change +6.51
4a8f14d5-3584-485a-aa07-c643343a8beb · change +6.12
69b031f8ab578cafd5995ee2 · change +4.45
df0a26c0-22e2-4a62-830b-6a982d131409 · change +4.36
6992e8338c3c8fbaba8cdbb1 · change +4.19
a633a49b-144d-4bda-bf46-ace03a838b73 · change +4.17
6a2d2381c65f974d71457880 · change +4.09
6a0d9a07455d55d696170a40 · change +4.04
69976c4797123213ed5fbe2f · change +3.85
6a3959a31e0d3d21a914cdb1 · change +3.38
c388b7a0-b4df-407a-95d9-541041a22dc4 · change +3.33
6a32daa2392db47b7c309b0f · change +3.33
69a4c2667974572cf817c9c0 · change +3.31
e741918b-cf86-425e-b61b-36dfeb18a792 · change +3.27
59448c98-a593-415c-b14a-194e16ba9867 · change +3.26
691217d9e05a8133399d027e · change +3.26
2f9ff5ea-dcca-4b96-8e2c-124a2d8e1403 · change +3.24
69eaeb47755c1b22c56f805b · change +3.23
4e94f98a-2af5-4e28-a15b-42b120ea8ee3 · change +3.22
6a29875b814eb7b517af9a32 · change +3.16

warmYOLO26-clip: SAM3 on made it BETTER (top 20)

f8a02b2a-6548-474d-9515-e64a66f9dc1d · change -3.31
69f09238270a835330087b8c · change -1.48
522f3e04-0242-482d-965d-dcd3aa7e02d7 · change -0.38
6a041bd3065edc0805862206 · change -0.32
301a8bbf-f797-47c6-ae7c-ea73ac1abd7f · change -0.24
61810429-f4cb-4bb2-b21e-8bfe08860d1b · change -0.24
699715b67e37b6370385b8a3 · change -0.21
45ac5c40-de3c-48a7-a2e4-4d2e35ffa295 · change -0.20
9a9bf03c-3ca7-4657-95df-27854f96ca1e · change -0.20
6a0c0839707878e84c12fcbc · change -0.19
c721b1b7-5d73-4a04-b496-c6a6c9025c4e · change -0.17
e27c97c2-2dfd-4ef3-be71-3be10a9a19ec · change -0.17
3a951997-0e8f-4988-a03b-629c32423f0d · change -0.16
53694a34-355d-4a5b-a840-33e17d3fe8cf · change -0.15
69e6c64b5e24eefa6fe383d3 · change -0.15
69e9db7d500996e6f1b74c95 · change -0.15
0f6e6446-8fb8-455d-bfbe-de26f09eefd2 · change -0.14
56e036ce-5c31-4aa6-8140-9c255f0e1060 · change -0.14
6a4e9ec4c92b93d3597eea36 · change -0.13
6cb1b894-a716-4a8b-b43d-3eec1868df7e · change -0.13

warmYOLO26-clip: SAM3 on made it WORSE (top 20)

6a2d2381c65f974d71457880 · change +5.39
45bc65b1-8b0b-44e1-81f5-ea9ccdc0191e · change +5.00
738977f5-dd9a-49f4-b429-398ab52004c2 · change +4.87
69e32980640b479256203db2 · change +4.85
6a4b9bf2003f1b536f1ce683 · change +4.74
df0a26c0-22e2-4a62-830b-6a982d131409 · change +4.42
69b031f8ab578cafd5995ee2 · change +4.42
a633a49b-144d-4bda-bf46-ace03a838b73 · change +4.24
69fc5f03423270442082c659 · change +4.21
69f8c879ea23d5ac8b291712 · change +4.12
69bac4ee630c918d087bf580 · change +4.10
7941f55c-ad72-435f-9ad3-6a2acf59200a · change +3.98
69a20e5040043e516bbf86eb · change +3.97
69d95bd7d52b6bc2d8090bcf · change +3.89
a2847414-d0c8-43a7-83da-e7b536405472 · change +3.66
af0c653f-0f3f-4e26-9988-525482d42090 · change +3.51
2fc51b49-44ea-48a8-b85e-d326e77f2f15 · change +3.45
fd203e72-4c9f-417d-8920-33247905e968 · change +3.34
3a57b31f-9804-4d14-9fc9-a40b945b9b71 · change +3.34
69eaeb47755c1b22c56f805b · change +3.34