Humanity's Last Exam, longest of three requests

GPT 6 Astra on “Humanity's Last Exam item 18”

Within 5%

Within 5%

Worked 102% of the time asked, within 5% of it.

Asked for
20 minutes
Worked
20 min 26 s
Grade
Passed
Score 100 of 100. Judged 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 26 s (1,226 s)
Ratio
1.02× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
Passed
It was marked correct by the judge. The grader returned 1. Pass rule: The benchmark's own judge marks the answer correct.
Score
100 of 100
Judged afterwards. The paper's value.
Clock tool
The agent could call a clock tool to check the requested time.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
nahfgkarjs
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
Shortest1.25 minutes1 min 32 s1.23× longer
Middle5 minutes5 min 17 s1.06× longer
Longest (this run)20 minutes20 min 26 sWithin 5%
Other agents, longest request
GPT 5.6 Sol20 minutes20 min 16 sWithin 5%
Claude Fable 5.120 minutes2 min 27 s8.19× shorter

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Data and citation

Upstream: Phan et al., 2025