ProgramBench, shortest of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “luajit/luajit”

Longer

1.42× longer

Worked 42% past the request, 5 min 13 s over.

Asked for
12.5 minutes
Worked
17 min 43 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 79.3 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
Benchmark
ProgramBench
Asked for
12.5 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 12.5 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
17 min 43 s (1,063 s)
Ratio
1.42× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
Did not pass
It did not pass every hidden test. The grader returned 0.793. Pass rule: Resolved: every hidden test passes.
Score
79.3 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
cv5o6xe64v
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)12.5 minutes17 min 43 s1.42× longer
Middle50 minutes6 h 40 min8.00× longer
Longest200 minutes6 h 40 min2.00× longer
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra12.5 minutes12 min 41 sWithin 5%
GPT 5.6 Sol12.5 minutes18 min 17 s1.46× longer

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Data and citation

Upstream: Yang et al., 2026