Task 3 of 14 in ProgramBench

rcoh/angle-grinder

Sol's three runs followed the request (14 min 58 s, 1 h and 4 h 11 min). Fable's runs landed furthest from the request (13 min 44 s and 33 min 49 s).

Benchmark
ProgramBench
Upstream id rcoh__angle-grinder.9c2fc88
Asked for
15, 60 and 250 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 [15 | 60 | 250] 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: 15, 60 and 250 min.

The three sentences in full

Shortest15 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 15 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Middle60 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 60 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Longest250 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 250 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Every run on this task

Read before quoting. 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