Agents' Last Exam, shortest of three requests

GPT 6 Astra on “Remediate MARC records and prepare a FOLIO overlay”

Longer

1.17× longer

Worked 17% past the request, 52 s over.

Asked for
5 minutes
Worked
5 min 52 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 20 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
GPT 6 Astra, in Codex
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
5 min 52 s (352 s)
Ratio
1.17× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
Did not pass
It did not pass the task's checker in full. The grader returned 0.2. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score
20 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
jhbyccu2wo
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)5 minutes5 min 52 s1.17× longer
Middle20 minutes20 min 19 sWithin 5%
Longest80 minutes1 h 20 minWithin 5%
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 5.6 Sol5 minutes24 min 38 s4.93× longer
Claude Fable 5.15 minutes21 min 5 s4.22× longer

See it on the chart. Transcripts are not published yet.

Data and citation

Upstream: Sun et al., 2026