PaperBench, middle of three requests

GPT 5.6 Sol on “BAM”

Longer

1.21× longer

Worked 21% past the request, 4 min 7 s over.

Asked for
20 minutes
Worked
24 min 7 s
Grade
Score 71.4 of 100
Judged afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
GPT 5.6 Sol, in Codex
Benchmark
PaperBench
Task
BAM
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
24 min 7 s (1,447 s)
Ratio
1.21× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
0.714
Replication score: a weighted rubric of pass/fail leaf checks, 0 to 1, after a full reproduction attempt. No official pass rule.
Score
71.4 of 100
Judged afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
pxo5kktbae
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
Shortest5 minutes8 min 39 s1.73× longer
Middle (this run)20 minutes24 min 7 s1.21× longer
Longest80 minutes1 h 31 min1.14× longer
Other agents, middle request
GPT 6 Astra20 minutes20 min 10 sWithin 5%
Claude Fable 5.120 minutes11 min 17 s1.77× shorter

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Data and citation

Upstream: Starace et al., 2025