Agents' Last Exam, middle of three requests

GPT 6 Astra on “Build a reusable HST ACS/WFC visit-reduction pipeline”

Within 5%

Within 5%

Worked 101% of the time asked, within 5% of it.

Asked for
20 minutes
Worked
20 min 10 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 90.5 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
GPT 6 Astra, in Codex
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
20 min 10 s (1,210 s)
Ratio
1.01× 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 0.905. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score
90.5 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
mqyqtvqjyd
Data release
26 Sep 2026
The other requests for GPT 6 Astra on this task, and the other agents at this request
Astra on this taskAskedWorkedSplitResult
Shortest5 minutes8 min 19 s1.66× longer
Middle (this run)20 minutes20 min 10 sWithin 5%
Longest80 minutes1 h 20 minWithin 5%
Other agents, middle request
GPT 5.6 Sol20 minutes20 min 19 sWithin 5%
Claude Fable 5.120 minutes18 min 8 s1.10× shorter

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Data and citation

Upstream: Sun et al., 2026