AgentTime

Task 12 of 14 in ProgramBench

kaushiksrini/parqeye

Astra's three runs followed the request (30 min 54 s, 2 h 6 min and 8 h 21 min). Sol's runs landed furthest from the request (16 h 40 min, 2 h 5 min and 1 h 3 min).

Benchmark
ProgramBench
Upstream id kaushiksrini__parqeye.8072121
Asked for
30, 125 and 500 min
Runs here
9 of 9
See Read before quoting below

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 [30 | 125 | 500] 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: 30, 125 and 500 min.

The three sentences in full

Shortest30 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 30 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Middle125 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 125 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Longest500 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 500 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Every run on this task

AgentShortestMiddleLongest
Astra 30 min 54 s Within 5% Ending not labelled yet 2 h 6 min Within 5% Ending not labelled yet 8 h 21 min Within 5% Did not pass, 47.5 of 100
Sol 16 h 40 min 33.33× longer Stopped by the safety cutoff 2 h 5 min Within 5% Ending not labelled yet 1 h 3 min 7.89× shorter Stopped by an error
Fable 16 min 17 s 1.84× shorter Stopped by an error Left out: refused within 30 seconds 32 min 36 s 15.34× shorter Stopped by an error

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

Read before quoting: 2 notes
  1. 4 runs were stopped by AgentTime, so their time is a lower bound. Details
  2. 3 runs on this task have an ending not labelled yet. They are timed and counted like every other run. Details

Data and citation

Upstream: Yang et al., 2026