YC-Bench, longest of three requests
GPT 5.6 Sol on “Run the current one-year startup simulation, official seed 3”
Shorter
2.06× shorterStopped at 49% of the time asked, 1 h 4 min short.
- Asked for
- 125 minutes
- Worked
- 1 h 1 min
- Grade
- Final funds $1,505,803.16
- Graded afterwards.
- How it ended
- Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
- Agent
- GPT 5.6 Sol, in Codex
- Benchmark
- YC-Bench
- Asked for
- 125 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 125 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
- Worked
- 1 h 1 min (3,640 s)
- Ratio
- 0.49× the request
- How it ended
- Ended on its own
- Grade
- 1505803.16
- Final company funds in US dollars, starting from $200,000 (negative if the company goes bankrupt). No official pass rule.
- Score
- Final funds $1,505,803.16
- Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
- Wording
- The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
- Run id
- ifw4r2fjsn
- Data release
- 26 Sep 2026
Related runs
| Sol on this task | Asked | Worked | Split | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shortest | 8 minutes | 14 min 1 s | 1.75× longer | |
| Middle | 30 minutes | 30 min 14 s | Within 5% | |
| Longest (this run) | 125 minutes | 1 h 1 min | 2.06× shorter | |
| Other agents, longest request | ||||
| GPT 6 Astra | 125 minutes | 2 h 13 min | 1.06× longer | |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | 125 minutes | 1 h 3 min | 1.99× shorter | |
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Data and citation
Upstream: He et al., 2026