Terminal-Bench 4.0, shortest of three requests

GPT 6 Astra on “Recover an ordered cascade of historical sound changes”

Within 5%

Within 5%

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

Asked for
8 minutes
Worked
8 min 11 s
Grade
Passed
Score 100 of 100. Graded during the run.
How it ended
Ending not labelled yet
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 11 s (491 s)
Ratio
1.02× the request
How it ended
Ending not labelled yet
Grade
Passed
It passed the task's tests. The grader returned 1. Pass rule: The task's tests pass.
Score
100 of 100
Graded during the run. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
empws7cczk
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 11 sWithin 5%
Middle30 minutes30 min 50 sWithin 5%
Longest125 minutes2 h 5 minWithin 5%
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 5.6 Sol8 minutes33 min 8 s4.14× longer
Claude Fable 5.18 minutes35 min 35 s4.45× longer

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Data and citation

Upstream: Merrill et al., 2026 (ICLR)