TUA-Bench, shortest of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “Extract presenter photos”

Within 5%

Worked 105% of the time asked, within 5% of it.

Asked

Worked

Safety cutoff 1 h 20 min, off the scale

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Agent: Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
Benchmark: TUA-Bench
Task: Extract presenter photos
Asked for: 2.5 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.”
Worked: 2 min 38 s (158 s)
Ratio: 1.05× the request
How it ended: Stopped by an error
Grade: Passed; It completed the task in full. The grader returned 1. Pass rule: Full completion: a reward of 1 on the final state.
Score: 100 of 100; Graded during the run. The paper's value.
Wording: The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id: 7vcqphcq5e
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 task	Asked	Worked	Result
Shortest (this run)	2.5 minutes	2 min 38 s	Within 5%
Middle	10 minutes	4 min 30 s	2.22× shorter
Longest	40 minutes	5 min 7 s	7.81× shorter
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra	2.5 minutes	2 min 51 s	1.14× longer
GPT 5.6 Sol	2.5 minutes	2 min 47 s	1.11× longer

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