ProgramBench, middle of three requests

GPT 6 Astra on “ninja-build/ninja”

Within 5%

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

Asked

Worked

Safety cutoff 6 h 40 min, off the scale

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Agent: GPT 6 Astra, in Codex
Benchmark: ProgramBench
Task: ninja-build/ninja
Asked for: 40 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 40 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked: 40 min 21 s (2,421 s)
Ratio: 1.01× the request
How it ended: Ending not labelled yet
Grade: Did not pass; It did not pass every hidden test. The grader returned 0.898. Pass rule: Resolved: every hidden test passes.
Score: 89.8 of 100; Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording: The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id: qn4zpoqbey
Data release: 26 Sep 2026

The other requests for GPT 6 Astra on this task, and the other agents at this request
Astra on this task	Asked	Worked	Result
Shortest	10 minutes	10 min 18 s	Within 5%
Middle (this run)	40 minutes	40 min 21 s	Within 5%
Longest	200 minutes	3 h 21 min	Within 5%
Other agents, middle request
GPT 5.6 Sol	40 minutes	40 min 17 s	Within 5%
Claude Fable 5.1	40 minutes	26 min 59 s	1.48× shorter

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