AgentTime

Task 9 of 10 in Sakana ALE-Bench

AtCoder Heuristic Contest 39

Astra's three runs followed the request (10 min 21 s, 40 min 37 s and 2 h 31 min). Fable's runs landed furthest from the request (6 min, 13 min 25 s and 1 h 13 min).

Benchmark
Sakana ALE-Bench
Upstream id ahc039
Asked for
10, 40 and 150 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 [10 | 40 | 150] 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: 10, 40 and 150 min.

The three sentences in full

Shortest10 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 10 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Middle40 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 40 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Longest150 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 150 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Every run on this task

AgentShortestMiddleLongest
Astra 10 min 21 s Within 5% Performance 3390 40 min 37 s Within 5% Performance 3390 2 h 31 min Within 5% Stopped by an error
Sol 12 min 25 s 1.24× longer Performance 2380 40 min 31 s Within 5% Performance 3390 2 h 32 min Within 5% Performance 3390
Fable 6 min 1.67× shorter Performance 2465 13 min 25 s 2.98× shorter Performance 2753 1 h 13 min 2.06× shorter Ending not labelled yet

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. 1 run on this task has an ending not labelled yet. It is timed and counted like every other run. Details

Data and citation

Upstream: Imajuku et al., 2025