Terminal-Bench 4.0, longest of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “Port an Excel/VBA service-desk app to React, FastAPI, and SQLite”

Shorter

3.70× shorter

Stopped at 27% of the time asked, 1 h 49 min short.

Asked for
150 minutes
Worked
40 min 33 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 0 of 100. Graded during the run.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
Asked for
150 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 150 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
40 min 33 s (2,433 s)
Ratio
0.27× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
Did not pass
It did not pass the task's tests. The grader returned 0. Pass rule: The task's tests pass.
Score
0 of 100
Graded during the run. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
kvxsw43xg7
Data release
26 Sep 2026
The other requests for Claude Fable 5.1 on this task, and the other agents at this request
Fable on this taskAskedWorkedSplitResult
Shortest10 minutes28 min2.80× longer
Middle40 minutes27 min 39 s1.45× shorter
Longest (this run)150 minutes40 min 33 s3.70× shorter
Other agents, longest request
GPT 6 Astra150 minutes2 h 31 minWithin 5%
GPT 5.6 Sol150 minutes2 h 31 minWithin 5%

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Data and citation

Upstream: Merrill et al., 2026 (ICLR)