Humanity's Last Exam, middle of three requests

GPT 5.6 Sol on “Humanity's Last Exam item 18”

Longer

1.06× longer

Worked 6% past the request, 20 s over.

Asked for
5 minutes
Worked
5 min 20 s
Grade
Passed
Score 100 of 100. Judged afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
GPT 5.6 Sol, in Codex
Asked for
5 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 5 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
5 min 20 s (320 s)
Ratio
1.06× 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
nphcjabgvg
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 taskAskedWorkedSplitResult
Shortest1.25 minutes1 min 31 s1.21× longer
Middle (this run)5 minutes5 min 20 s1.06× longer
Longest20 minutes20 min 16 sWithin 5%
Other agents, middle request
GPT 6 Astra5 minutes5 min 17 s1.06× longer
Claude Fable 5.15 minutes3 min 30 s1.43× shorter

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Data and citation

Upstream: Phan et al., 2025