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Task 5 of 12 in Agents' Last Exam

Repair a Moodle backup and rebuild registrar exports

Astra's three runs landed closest to the request (8 min 11 s, 20 min 12 s and 1 h 21 min). Fable's runs landed furthest from the request (2 h 35 min, 12 min 16 s and 17 min 58 s).

Benchmark
Agents' Last Exam
Upstream id education_info/moodle_gradebook_closeout_reconciliation
Asked for
5, 20 and 80 min
Runs here
9 of 9
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One task, asked three ways

  • Astra
  • Sol
  • Fable

One line per agent joins its three runs.

What we asked

Please work on this task for a full [5 | 20 | 80] minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

One sentence, sent three times with a different time: 5, 20 and 80 min.

The three sentences in full

Shortest5 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 5 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Middle20 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 20 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Longest80 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 80 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Every run on this task

AgentShortestMiddleLongest
Astra 8 min 11 s 1.64× longer Did not pass, 81.7 of 100 20 min 12 s Within 5% Did not pass, 86.7 of 100 1 h 21 min Within 5% Did not pass, 86.7 of 100
Sol 9 min 36 s 1.92× longer Did not pass, 95 of 100 21 min 23 s 1.07× longer Did not pass, 86.7 of 100 7 min 52 s 10.17× shorter Did not pass, 95 of 100
Fable 2 h 35 min 31.04× longer Stopped by an error 12 min 16 s 1.63× shorter Did not pass, 95 of 100 17 min 58 s 4.45× shorter Did not pass, 95 of 100

Each link opens one run: the time worked, then how it compared with the request.

Read before quoting. 1 run was stopped by AgentTime, so its time is a lower bound. Details

Data and citation

Upstream: Sun et al., 2026