ProgramBench, shortest of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “o2sh/onefetch”

Shorter

2.20× shorter

Stopped at 46% of the time asked, 8 min 10 s short.

Asked for
15 minutes
Worked
6 min 50 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 51.2 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
Benchmark
ProgramBench
Asked for
15 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 15 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
6 min 50 s (410 s)
Ratio
0.46× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
Did not pass
It did not pass every hidden test. The grader returned 0.512. Pass rule: Resolved: every hidden test passes.
Score
51.2 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
mbh4s363pk
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
Shortest (this run)15 minutes6 min 50 s2.20× shorter
Middle60 minutes25 min 3 s2.40× shorter
Longest250 minutes27 s557.62× shorter
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra15 minutes15 min 16 sWithin 5%
GPT 5.6 Sol15 minutes17 min 28 s1.16× longer

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Data and citation

Upstream: Yang et al., 2026