Agents' Last Exam, longest of three requests

GPT 5.6 Sol on “Find near-best-known routes for three CVRP instances”

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1.24× longer

Worked 24% past the request, 14 min 26 s over.

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Worked

Safety cutoff 2 h, off the scale

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Agent: GPT 5.6 Sol, in Codex
Benchmark: Agents' Last Exam
Task: Find near-best-known routes for three CVRP instances
Asked for: 60 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 60 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked: 1 h 14 min (4,466 s)
Ratio: 1.24× 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 0.67. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score: 67 of 100; Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording: The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id: lwjyzrsqwc
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 task	Asked	Worked	Result
Shortest	4 minutes	11 min 34 s	2.89× longer
Middle	15 minutes	2 h 10 min	8.67× longer
Longest (this run)	60 minutes	1 h 14 min	1.24× longer
Other agents, longest request
GPT 6 Astra	60 minutes	1 h 2 min	Within 5%
Claude Fable 5.1	60 minutes	46 min 25 s	1.29× shorter

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