Sakana ALE-Bench, shortest of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “AtCoder Heuristic Contest 16”

Shorter

2.77× shorter

Stopped at 36% of the time asked, 6 min 23 s short.

Asked for
10 minutes
Worked
3 min 37 s
Grade
Performance 1461
Graded during the run.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
Asked for
10 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.”
Worked
3 min 37 s (217 s)
Ratio
0.36× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
18,456,826,844
Raw score on the private test cases, in each problem's own units; also reports rank against human contest entrants. No official pass rule.
Score
Performance 1461
Graded during the run. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
5dmnyrdoq2
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)10 minutes3 min 37 s2.77× shorter
Middle40 minutes12 min 2 s3.32× shorter
Longest150 minutes1 h 1 min2.47× shorter
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra10 minutes10 min 15 sWithin 5%
GPT 5.6 Sol10 minutes18 min 7 s1.81× longer

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Data and citation

Upstream: Imajuku et al., 2025