Task 7 of 10 in WildClawBench

Find a shortest coauthorship chain between two scholars

Fable's three runs landed closest to the request (26 min 6 s, 26 min 29 s and 25 min 27 s). Sol worked 1 h 20 min, 1 h 20 min and 1 h 20 min whatever it was asked.

Benchmark
WildClawBench
Upstream id 04_Search_Retrieval_task_1_google_scholar_search
Asked for
2, 8 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 | 8 | 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, 8 and 40 min.

The three sentences in full

Shortest2 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 2 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Middle8 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 8 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

Read before quoting. 6 runs were stopped by AgentTime, so their time is a lower bound. Details

Data and citation

Upstream: Ding et al., 2026