ProgramBench, shortest of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “ninja-build/ninja”

Longer

11.30× longer

Worked 11.3 times as long as asked, 1 h 43 min over.

Asked for
10 minutes
Worked
1 h 53 min
Grade
Did not pass
Score 93.1 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
Benchmark
ProgramBench
Asked for
10 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 10 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
1 h 53 min (6,783 s)
Ratio
11.30× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
Did not pass
It did not pass every hidden test. The grader returned 0.931. Pass rule: Resolved: every hidden test passes.
Score
93.1 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
qe2j5ifr7q
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 taskAskedWorkedSplitResult
Shortest (this run)10 minutes1 h 53 min11.30× longer
Middle40 minutes26 min 59 s1.48× shorter
Longest200 minutes1 h 38 min2.05× shorter
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra10 minutes10 min 18 sWithin 5%
GPT 5.6 Sol10 minutes23 min 54 s2.39× longer

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Data and citation

Upstream: Yang et al., 2026