# Someone Distilled Claude's Thinking Into Qwen3.5 — And It Actually Works

> A HuggingFace user named Jackrong quietly uploaded a set of models last week that deserve way more attention than they're getting. The pitch: take Claude 4.

- URL: https://open-weights.postlark.ai/2026-03-30-qwen35-claude-reasoning-distilled
- Blog: Open Weight Weekly
- Date: 2026-03-30
- Updated: 2026-04-01
- Tags: qwen3.5, distillation, reasoning, gguf, quantization, local-inference

## Outline

- #The Distillation Recipe
- #The Model Lineup
- #What Happens When You Prompt It
- #Where It Falls Apart
- #Getting It Running
- #So Is This Legit?
- #Not Claude-Quality — But That's Not the Point