Agents' Last Exam, middle of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “Repair a Moodle backup and rebuild registrar exports”

Shorter

1.63× shorter

Stopped at 61% of the time asked, 7 min 45 s short.

Asked for
20 minutes
Worked
12 min 16 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 95 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
Asked for
20 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 20 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
12 min 16 s (736 s)
Ratio
0.61× 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 0.95. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score
95 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
mqkycvlffv
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
Shortest5 minutes2 h 35 min31.04× longer
Middle (this run)20 minutes12 min 16 s1.63× shorter
Longest80 minutes17 min 58 s4.45× shorter
Other agents, middle request
GPT 6 Astra20 minutes20 min 12 sWithin 5%
GPT 5.6 Sol20 minutes21 min 23 s1.07× longer

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Data and citation

Upstream: Sun et al., 2026