Agents' Last Exam, shortest of three requests

GPT 5.6 Sol on “Build a clean retail SQLite warehouse from messy inputs”

Longer

1.23× longer

Worked 23% past the request, 1 min 9 s over.

Asked

Worked

Safety cutoff 2 h 40 min, off the scale

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Agent: GPT 5.6 Sol, in Codex
Benchmark: Agents' Last Exam
Task: Build a clean retail SQLite warehouse from messy inputs
Asked for: 5 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 5 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked: 6 min 9 s (369 s)
Ratio: 1.23× the request
How it ended: Ended on its own
Grade: Did not pass; It did not pass the task's checker in full. The grader returned 0.833. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score: 83.3 of 100; Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording: The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id: bijseqqjyo
Data release: 26 Sep 2026

The other requests for GPT 5.6 Sol on this task, and the other agents at this request
Sol on this task	Asked	Worked	Result
Shortest (this run)	5 minutes	6 min 9 s	1.23× longer
Middle	20 minutes	20 min 17 s	Within 5%
Longest	80 minutes	1 h 26 min	1.08× longer
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra	5 minutes	5 min 9 s	Within 5%
Claude Fable 5.1	5 minutes	13 min 10 s	2.63× longer

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