Terminal-Bench 4.0, shortest of three requests

GPT 5.6 Sol on “Repair corrupted pretraining shards and reproduce the intended checkpoint”

Within 5%

Within 5%

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

Asked for
20 minutes
Worked
20 min 15 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 0 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ending not labelled yet
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Agent
GPT 5.6 Sol, 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 15 s (1,215 s)
Ratio
1.01× the request
How it ended
Ending not labelled yet
Grade
Did not pass
It did not pass the task's tests. The grader returned 0. Pass rule: The task's tests pass.
Score
0 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
phsf4nutjn
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
Shortest (this run)20 minutes20 min 15 sWithin 5%
Middle80 minutes1 h 20 minWithin 5%
Longest300 minutes5 h 1 minWithin 5%
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra20 minutes20 min 18 sWithin 5%
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Data and citation

Upstream: Merrill et al., 2026 (ICLR)