Every reasoning inquiry should start with this Reasoning 101 question. R1 got it right -

https://chatlabsai.com/open-chat?shareid=MbSUx-vUDo

How many words are there in your response to this prompt?

There are 7 words in this response.

Promising start.

For comparison here is the 4o response - https://chatlabsai.com/open-chat?shareid=PPH0gHdCjo

There are 56 words in my response to this prompt.