AgentTime

Task 11 of 14 in ProgramBench

lfos/calcurse

Astra's three runs followed the request (25 min 14 s, 1 h 40 min and 6 h 41 min). Sol's runs landed furthest from the request (23 min 42 s, 1 h 41 min and 13 min 54 s).

Benchmark
ProgramBench
Upstream id lfos__calcurse.49180d5
Asked for
25, 100 and 400 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 [25 | 100 | 400] 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: 25, 100 and 400 min.

The three sentences in full

Shortest25 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 25 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Middle100 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 100 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Longest400 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 400 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Every run on this task

AgentShortestMiddleLongest
Astra 25 min 14 s Within 5% Ending not labelled yet 1 h 40 min Within 5% Ending not labelled yet 6 h 41 min Within 5% Did not pass, 79 of 100
Sol 23 min 42 s 1.05× shorter Ending not labelled yet 1 h 41 min Within 5% Ending not labelled yet 13 min 54 s 28.79× shorter Did not pass, 0 of 100
Fable 8 min 41 s 2.88× shorter Did not pass, 51.5 of 100 2 h 16 min 1.36× longer Stopped by an error 5 h 23 min 1.24× shorter Did not pass, 95.6 of 100

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

Read before quoting: 2 notes
  1. 1 run was stopped by AgentTime, so its time is a lower bound. Details
  2. 4 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