PaperBench, shortest of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “BAM”

Longer

1.25× longer

Worked 25% past the request, 1 min 14 s over.

Asked

Worked

Safety cutoff 2 h 40 min, off the scale

Asked for: 5 minutes
Worked: 6 min 14 s
Grade: Grading…; The run's output is saved, but grading it needs GPU time for the benchmark's judge or evaluation, which has not run yet.
How it ended: Ending not labelled yet

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Agent: Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
Benchmark: PaperBench
Task: BAM
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 14 s (374 s)
Ratio: 1.25× the request
How it ended: Ending not labelled yet
Grade: Grading…; The run's output is saved, but grading it needs GPU time for the benchmark's judge or evaluation, which has not run yet.
Wording: The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id: cyknr2jhn6
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)	5 minutes	6 min 14 s	1.25× longer
Middle	20 minutes	11 min 17 s	1.77× shorter
Longest	80 minutes	22 min 1 s	3.63× shorter
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra	5 minutes	5 min 8 s	Within 5%
GPT 5.6 Sol	5 minutes	8 min 39 s	1.73× longer

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