AgentTime

Task 4 of 12 in TUA-Bench

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Astra's three runs landed closest to the request (2 min 49 s, 14 min 15 s and 40 min 30 s). Fable's runs landed furthest from the request (2 min 46 s, 3 min 57 s and 6 min 7 s).

Benchmark
TUA-Bench
Upstream id 094-author-homepage-bookmarks
Asked for
2.5, 10 and 40 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 [2.5 | 10 | 40] 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: 2.5, 10 and 40 min.

The three sentences in full

Shortest2.5 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 2.5 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Middle10 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.

Longest40 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.

Every run on this task

AgentShortestMiddleLongest
Astra 2 min 49 s 1.13× longer Ending not labelled yet 14 min 15 s 1.43× longer Passed, 100 of 100 40 min 30 s Within 5% Passed, 100 of 100
Sol 3 min 43 s 1.49× longer Ending not labelled yet 11 min 38 s 1.16× longer Passed, 100 of 100 40 min 45 s Within 5% Passed, 100 of 100
Fable 2 min 46 s 1.11× longer Stopped by an error 3 min 57 s 2.54× shorter Stopped by an error 6 min 7 s 6.55× shorter Not graded

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

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

Data and citation

Upstream: Chen et al., 2026