PaperBench, shortest of three requests

GPT 6 Astra on “FRE”

Within 5%

Within 5%

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

Asked for
10 minutes
Worked
10 min 9 s
Grade
Score 44.6 of 100
Judged afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
GPT 6 Astra, in Codex
Benchmark
PaperBench
Task
FRE
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 9 s (609 s)
Ratio
1.02× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
0.446
Replication score: a weighted rubric of pass/fail leaf checks, 0 to 1, after a full reproduction attempt. No official pass rule.
Score
44.6 of 100
Judged afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
fv5tvuszzl
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)10 minutes10 min 9 sWithin 5%
Middle40 minutes41 min 39 sWithin 5%
Longest150 minutes2 h 31 minWithin 5%
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 5.6 Sol10 minutes6 min 27 s1.55× shorter
Claude Fable 5.110 minutes5 min 1 s1.99× shorter

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Data and citation

Upstream: Starace et al., 2025