Agents' Last Exam, shortest of three requests

GPT 6 Astra on “Redesign and validate a Flowable supply-disruption workflow”

Longer

1.10× longer

Worked 10% past the request, 47 s over.

Asked for
8 minutes
Worked
8 min 47 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 90.1 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
GPT 6 Astra, in Codex
Asked for
8 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 8 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
8 min 47 s (527 s)
Ratio
1.10× 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 0.901. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score
90.1 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
cf5zaa2ras
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 taskAskedWorkedSplitResult
Shortest (this run)8 minutes8 min 47 s1.10× longer
Middle30 minutes30 min 21 sWithin 5%
Longest125 minutes2 h 7 minWithin 5%
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 5.6 Sol8 minutes59 min 33 s7.44× longer
Claude Fable 5.18 minutes34 min4.25× longer

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Data and citation

Upstream: Sun et al., 2026