Agents' Last Exam, shortest of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “Find near-best-known routes for three CVRP instances”

Longer

1.34× longer

Worked 34% past the request, 1 min 21 s over.

Asked for
4 minutes
Worked
5 min 21 s
Grade
Passed
Score 100 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
Asked for
4 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 4 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
5 min 21 s (321 s)
Ratio
1.34× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
Passed
It passed the task's checker in full. The grader returned 1. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score
100 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
4orai4ysft
Data release
26 Sep 2026
The other requests for Claude Fable 5.1 on this task, and the other agents at this request
Fable on this taskAskedWorkedSplitResult
Shortest (this run)4 minutes5 min 21 s1.34× longer
Middle15 minutes9 min 56 s1.51× shorter
Longest60 minutes46 min 25 s1.29× shorter
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra4 minutes4 min 43 s1.18× longer
GPT 5.6 Sol4 minutes11 min 34 s2.89× longer

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Data and citation

Upstream: Sun et al., 2026