Canclude

Meet the cansultants

Every canclusion runs through the same rubric — five criteria, integer sub-scores from 0 to 10, weighted into a single decimal. The criteria, weights, and anchor language were meticulously shaped by our cansultants, then handed to a vision model that judges your crush against them. Same photo, same score, every time.

The cansultants

  • The containment-and-flatness purist — believes a clean circle tells you everything.
  • The seal-and-symmetry absolutist — a flush pull-tab over an open aperture is not a closed seal, and they will not be moved on this point.
  • The aesthetic committee — they don't agree.

The criteria

Each criterion is judged independently on a 0–10 integer scale. Anchors describe what each level means.

Containment

40%

How closely the crushed can's silhouette, viewed from above, traces a perfect circle. Containment is the most demanding criterion — preserving the cylinder's structural integrity through a crush is the hardest part of the craft. Any flare, asymmetric extension, label material extending past the circle, or visible tearing reduces the score.

  • 10Perfect circle. The crushed can's outline traces a clean circular shape with no flare, no asymmetric extension, no material protruding past the circle on any side.
  • 7-9Near-circle. Slight irregularity in the outline; minor bulge or flare on one edge but the overall silhouette is unmistakably circular.
  • 4-6Visibly non-circular. One or more sides notably extend past the circular footprint; the silhouette reads as oval, distorted, or clearly flared.
  • 1-3Mostly uncontained. Significant material extends well past the original cylindrical footprint; the outline is clearly irregular and non-circular.
  • 0Completely uncontained. The can has burst, splayed, or flattened with no resemblance to its original cylindrical form.

Seal

15%

How closed the can's drinking aperture (the oval slot in the lid that the pull-tab opens) is after the crush. Pull-tab position is NOT seal — the tab is the lever that opens the aperture, but the aperture itself is what's being scored. A flush pull-tab over a still-open aperture is not a closed seal.

  • 10Aperture fully crushed shut; no opening visible at all.
  • 7-9Aperture mostly closed; small slit, sliver, or pinhole visible.
  • 4-6Aperture partially closed; opening reduced but clearly present and visible.
  • 1-3Aperture largely open; original opening shape mostly intact.
  • 0Aperture fully open and unaffected by the crush.

Symmetry

15%

How level the crushed can's top face sits relative to the ground. A perfect-symmetry crush has the top face parallel to the surface — no high side, no low side, no wedge. Tilt or wedge-shaped crushes (one side notably higher than the other) score lower.

  • 10Top face perfectly level with the ground; no visible tilt or wedge.
  • 7-9Mostly level with minor tilt; one side slightly higher than the other.
  • 4-6Visibly wedged; one side notably higher than the other, with a clear high and low side.
  • 1-3Strong wedge or tilt; the can is closer to leaning than lying flat.
  • 0Effectively on its side; the 'top' is no longer the highest face of the crush.

Flatness

20%

How thoroughly compressed the can is, evaluated against the practical contained-compression limit. Flatness is paired with containment: a perfectly contained can cannot be pancake-flat without breaking containment, so its flatness ceiling is the contained limit. A high-containment crush at its limit scores flatness 9–10 even with visible remaining height. Score against the contained-compression limit, not against zero.

  • 10At the contained-compression limit. For high-containment crushes (containment 8+), this is visible but minimal remaining height — the can has been worked as far as the cylinder allows. For low-containment crushes, this would have to be near-pancake.
  • 7-9Heavily compressed; clear effort and significant downward work; modest room to compress further within containment.
  • 4-6Moderately compressed; meaningful work done but more compression was clearly achievable.
  • 1-3Lightly crushed; most original height remains.
  • 0No meaningful compression.

Aesthetic

10%

Overall craft and visual pleasingness — the model's judgment.

  • 10Beautiful, intentional, satisfying form.
  • 7-9Nice looking; minor blemishes.
  • 4-6Unremarkable.
  • 1-3Ugly, jagged, or sloppy.
  • 0Mangled beyond aesthetic merit.

The math

Your overall is a weighted average of the sub-scores, rounded to one decimal place (half-up). The same photo always produces the same score: we cache by the image's pixel hash, scoped to your account or session.

The tiers

The cansultants group the decimal score into five named tiers. Tier names are the verdict you take with you.

Verdicts

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