ProgramBench, shortest of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “mookid/diffr”

Longer

33.33× longer

Worked 33.3 times as long as asked, 8 h 5 min over.

Asked

Worked

Dashed line: safety cutoff at 8 h 20 min

Every detail of this run

Agent: Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
Benchmark: ProgramBench
Task: mookid/diffr
Asked for: 15 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 15 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked: 8 h 20 min (30,000 s)
Ratio: 33.33× the request
How it ended: Stopped by the safety cutoff
Grade: Did not pass; It did not pass every hidden test. The grader returned 0.921. Pass rule: Resolved: every hidden test passes.
Score: 92.1 of 100; Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording: The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id: pnuxqxd674
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 task	Asked	Worked	Result
Shortest (this run)	15 minutes	8 h 20 min	33.33× longer
Middle	60 minutes	54 min 17 s	1.11× shorter
Longest	250 minutes	2 h 16 min	1.84× shorter
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra	15 minutes	15 min 11 s	Within 5%
GPT 5.6 Sol	15 minutes	22 min 48 s	1.52× longer

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