diff --git a/OpenNest.Engine/Fill/DefaultFillComparer.cs b/OpenNest.Engine/Fill/DefaultFillComparer.cs
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+using OpenNest.Geometry;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace OpenNest.Engine.Fill
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Ranks fill results by count first, then density.
+    /// This is the original scoring logic used by DefaultNestEngine.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class DefaultFillComparer : IFillComparer
+    {
+        public bool IsBetter(List<Part> candidate, List<Part> current, Box workArea)
+        {
+            if (candidate == null || candidate.Count == 0)
+                return false;
+
+            if (current == null || current.Count == 0)
+                return true;
+
+            return FillScore.Compute(candidate, workArea) > FillScore.Compute(current, workArea);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenNest.Engine/IFillComparer.cs b/OpenNest.Engine/IFillComparer.cs
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+using OpenNest.Geometry;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace OpenNest.Engine
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Determines whether a candidate fill result is better than the current best.
+    /// Implementations must be stateless and thread-safe.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IFillComparer
+    {
+        bool IsBetter(List<Part> candidate, List<Part> current, Box workArea);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenNest.Tests/FillComparerTests.cs b/OpenNest.Tests/FillComparerTests.cs
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+using OpenNest.Engine;
+using OpenNest.Engine.Fill;
+using OpenNest.Geometry;
+
+namespace OpenNest.Tests;
+
+public class DefaultFillComparerTests
+{
+    private readonly IFillComparer comparer = new DefaultFillComparer();
+    private readonly Box workArea = new(0, 0, 100, 100);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void NullCandidate_ReturnsFalse()
+    {
+        var current = new List<Part> { TestHelpers.MakePartAt(0, 0, 10) };
+        Assert.False(comparer.IsBetter(null, current, workArea));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void EmptyCandidate_ReturnsFalse()
+    {
+        var current = new List<Part> { TestHelpers.MakePartAt(0, 0, 10) };
+        Assert.False(comparer.IsBetter(new List<Part>(), current, workArea));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void NullCurrent_ReturnsTrue()
+    {
+        var candidate = new List<Part> { TestHelpers.MakePartAt(0, 0, 10) };
+        Assert.True(comparer.IsBetter(candidate, null, workArea));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void HigherCount_Wins()
+    {
+        var candidate = new List<Part>
+        {
+            TestHelpers.MakePartAt(0, 0, 10),
+            TestHelpers.MakePartAt(20, 0, 10),
+            TestHelpers.MakePartAt(40, 0, 10)
+        };
+        var current = new List<Part>
+        {
+            TestHelpers.MakePartAt(0, 0, 10),
+            TestHelpers.MakePartAt(20, 0, 10)
+        };
+        Assert.True(comparer.IsBetter(candidate, current, workArea));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SameCount_HigherDensityWins()
+    {
+        var candidate = new List<Part>
+        {
+            TestHelpers.MakePartAt(0, 0, 10),
+            TestHelpers.MakePartAt(12, 0, 10)
+        };
+        var current = new List<Part>
+        {
+            TestHelpers.MakePartAt(0, 0, 10),
+            TestHelpers.MakePartAt(50, 0, 10)
+        };
+        Assert.True(comparer.IsBetter(candidate, current, workArea));
+    }
+}