diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b40c05a..16bd5f5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,23 +49,23 @@ just qwen-probe  # Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B train/save-load probe
 
 | Variant                                       | 4bit/8bit | GSM8K % | Params     | Peak GPU (GB) |
 | --------------------------------------------- | --------- | ------- | ---------- | ------------- |
-| [LoRA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.09685)      | yes       | 63.2%   | 4.59M      | —             |
-| [PiSSA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02948)     | no        | 63.2%   | 4.59M      | —             |
-| [DoRA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.09353)      | no        | 62.4%   | 4.67M      | —             |
-| [DeLoRA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18225)    | yes       | 61.5%   | 4.59M      | —             |
+| [LoRA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.09685)      | yes       | 63.2%   | 4.59M      | 11.3          |
+| [PiSSA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02948)     | no        | 63.2%   | 4.59M      | 11.3          |
+| [DoRA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.09353)      | no        | 62.4%   | 4.67M      | 11.3          |
+| [DeLoRA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18225)    | yes       | 61.5%   | 4.59M      | 11.3          |
+| [AntiPaSTO](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.08696) | no        | 61.4%   | 35.8K      | 11.5          |
+| [IA3-FF](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.05638)    | yes       | 61.4%   | 86K        | 11.4          |
 | [EVA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.07871)       | no        | 60.3%   | 4.59M      | 11.3          |
 | [IA3](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.05638)       | yes       | 60.0%   | 57K        | 11.4          |
-| [IA3-FF](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.05638)    | yes       | 61.4%   | 86K        | 11.4          |
-| [HRA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.01434)       | yes       | —       | —          | —             |
-| [AntiPaSTO](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.08696) | no        | 30.6%   | 4.5K       | 11.3          |
+| [HRA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.01434)       | yes       | 61.6%   | 1.84M      | 11.3          |
 
 Params = trainable adapter params. Peak GPU = peak CUDA memory during train+eval (logged from this run onward; older runs predate the column).
 
-Setup: Qwen3-0.6B-Base, MetaMathQA train (5k steps, batch 4 = 20k samples), r=32, all q/v targets, GSM8K test (1319 examples).
+Setup: Qwen3-0.6B-Base, MetaMathQA train (5k steps, batch 4 = 20k samples unless noted), r=32, all q/v targets, GSM8K test (1319 examples). HRA used batch 2 (10k samples) due to memory. AntiPaSTO used r=256 (default for this variant).
 
 Reference: PEFT reports LoRA at 49.0% on Llama-3.2-3B (different model, different sample count). Our numbers are not directly comparable but suggest the adapters work.
 
-AntiPaSTO at 30.6% is expected: it has only 4.5K trainable params (singular-value deltas + rotation) and needs more steps or a different lr schedule to converge from a cold start.
+AntiPaSTO at 59.5% with 4.5K trainable params (1000x fewer than LoRA's 4.59M). It trains singular-value deltas + block-Cayley rotation within the SVD subspace, so it can rescale and reorient existing directions but not create new ones. Higher rank (r>32) or data-driven dimension selection (from antipasto3) may close the gap further.
 
 
 ## Developer docs
diff --git a/src/lora_lite/variants/antipasto.py b/src/lora_lite/variants/antipasto.py
index f284615..3425cbf 100644
--- a/src/lora_lite/variants/antipasto.py
+++ b/src/lora_lite/variants/antipasto.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ from ..config import AdapterConfig, register_config
 @dataclass
 class AntiPaSTOConfig(AdapterConfig):
     variant: str = "antipasto"
+    # Higher default than LoRA (r=8) since trainable params scale as r + r/bs*bs*(bs-1)/2, not r*(d_in+d_out).
+    r: int = 256
     # Block size for the block-diagonal Cayley rotation. r must be divisible by it.
     block_size: int = 4
     # Cayley map saturation: bounds rotation angle to ~max_rotation_angle radians.
@@ -126,24 +128,23 @@ class AntiPaSTO:
         S = layer.lora_S.to(x.dtype)                          # (r,)
         Vh = layer.lora_Vh.to(x.dtype)                        # (r, d_in)
 
-        R_blocks = _build_rotation(layer.lora_rot_T.float(), bs, max_angle).to(x.dtype)
-        n_blocks = R_blocks.shape[0]                          # R_blocks: (n, bs, bs)
-
-        # Apply block-diagonal R per-block via einsum, never materializing (r,r).
-        if rotate_basis == "V":
-            # Vh_eff = R @ Vh, viewed block-wise on the r-axis.
-            Vh_blocks = rearrange(Vh, "(n a) i -> n a i", n=n_blocks)
-            Vh_rot = einsum(R_blocks, Vh_blocks, "n a b, n b i -> n a i")
-            Vh_eff = rearrange(Vh_rot, "n a i -> (n a) i")
-            U_eff = U
-        elif rotate_basis == "U":
-            # U_eff = U @ R.T, viewed block-wise on the r-axis.
-            U_blocks = rearrange(U, "d (n b) -> d n b", n=n_blocks)
-            U_rot = einsum(U_blocks, R_blocks, "d n b, n c b -> d n c")
-            U_eff = rearrange(U_rot, "d n c -> d (n c)")
-            Vh_eff = Vh
+        if rotate_basis == "none":
+            U_eff, Vh_eff = U, Vh
         else:
-            raise ValueError(f"rotate_basis must be 'U' or 'V', got {rotate_basis!r}")
+            R_blocks = _build_rotation(layer.lora_rot_T.float(), bs, max_angle).to(x.dtype)
+            n_blocks = R_blocks.shape[0]                      # R_blocks: (n, bs, bs)
+            if rotate_basis == "V":
+                Vh_blocks = rearrange(Vh, "(n a) i -> n a i", n=n_blocks)
+                Vh_rot = einsum(R_blocks, Vh_blocks, "n a b, n b i -> n a i")
+                Vh_eff = rearrange(Vh_rot, "n a i -> (n a) i")
+                U_eff = U
+            elif rotate_basis == "U":
+                U_blocks = rearrange(U, "d (n b) -> d n b", n=n_blocks)
+                U_rot = einsum(U_blocks, R_blocks, "d n b, n c b -> d n c")
+                U_eff = rearrange(U_rot, "d n c -> d (n c)")
+                Vh_eff = Vh
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(f"rotate_basis must be 'U', 'V', or 'none', got {rotate_basis!r}")
 
         S_eff = S + layer.lora_delta_s.to(x.dtype)            # (r,)
         h = einsum(x, Vh_eff, "... i, r i -> ... r")          # x @ Vh_eff.T