METR public tasks, longest of three requests

GPT 5.6 Sol on “Build an efficient AI for the novel Cowthello board game”

Shorter

4.90× shorter

Stopped at 20% of the time asked, 23 h 53 min short.

Asked

Worked

Safety cutoff 60 h, off the scale

Every detail of this run

Agent: GPT 5.6 Sol, in Codex
Benchmark: METR public tasks
Task: Build an efficient AI for the novel Cowthello board game
Asked for: 30 hours: “Please work on this task for a full 30 hours. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked: 6 h 7 min (22,033 s)
Ratio: 0.20× the request
How it ended: Stopped by an error
Grade: 0; Cowthello: win rate against 3 bots, divided by a 70% target and capped at 1. Complex Payments: share of held-out feature tests passed. No official pass rule.
Score: 0 of 100; Nothing to grade, counted as 0. The paper's value.
Wording: The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id: q3yngmsffq
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 task	Asked	Worked	Result
Shortest	2 hours	2 h 8 min	1.07× longer
Middle	8 hours	8 h 1 min	Within 5%
Longest (this run)	30 hours	6 h 7 min	4.90× shorter
Other agents, longest request
GPT 6 Astra	30 hours	30 h 1 min	Within 5%
Claude Fable 5.1	30 hours	8 h 26 min	3.56× shorter

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