AssistantBench, shortest of three requests

GPT 5.6 Sol on “AssistantBench validation task 12”

Longer

7.24× longer

Worked 624% past the request, 7 min 48 s over.

Asked for
1.25 minutes
Worked
9 min 3 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 1.8 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
GPT 5.6 Sol, in Codex
Asked for
1.25 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 1.25 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
9 min 3 s (543 s)
Ratio
7.24× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
Did not pass
It did not match the reference answer exactly. The grader returned 0.018. Pass rule: Exact match with the reference answer.
Score
1.8 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
jtb3m76o5y
Data release
26 Sep 2026
The other requests for GPT 5.6 Sol on this task, and the other agents at this request
Sol on this taskAskedWorkedSplitResult
Shortest (this run)1.25 minutes9 min 3 s7.24× longer
Middle5 minutes5 min 20 s1.07× longer
Longest20 minutes19 min 54 sWithin 5%
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Data and citation

Upstream: Yoran et al., 2024 (EMNLP)