gpt2-chatbot is not the only "mystery model" on LMSYS. Another is "deluxe-chat".
When asked about it in October last year, LMSYS replied [0] "It is an experiment we are running currently. More details will be revealed later"
One distinguishing feature of "deluxe-chat": although it gives high quality answers, it is very slow, so slow that the arena displays a warning whenever it is chosen as one of the competitors