ProgramBench, shortest of three requests

GPT 6 Astra on “facebook/zstd”

Within 5%

Worked 102% of the time asked, within 5% of it.

Asked

Worked

Safety cutoff 5 h, off the scale

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Agent: GPT 6 Astra, in Codex
Benchmark: ProgramBench
Task: facebook/zstd
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: 10 min 12 s (612 s)
Ratio: 1.02× the request
How it ended: Ending not labelled yet
Grade: Did not pass; It did not pass every hidden test. The grader returned 0.737. Pass rule: Resolved: every hidden test passes.
Score: 73.7 of 100; Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording: The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id: c32mrwhu26
Data release: 26 Sep 2026

The other requests for GPT 6 Astra on this task, and the other agents at this request
Astra on this task	Asked	Worked	Result
Shortest (this run)	10 minutes	10 min 12 s	Within 5%
Middle	40 minutes	40 min 35 s	Within 5%
Longest	150 minutes	2 h 32 min	Within 5%
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 5.6 Sol	10 minutes	17 min 51 s	1.78× longer
Claude Fable 5.1	10 minutes	8 min 50 s	1.13× shorter

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