Agents' Last Exam, shortest of three requests

GPT 6 Astra on “Repair a Moodle backup and rebuild registrar exports”

Longer

1.64× longer

Worked 64% past the request, 3 min 11 s over.

Asked for
5 minutes
Worked
8 min 11 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 81.7 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
GPT 6 Astra, in Codex
Asked for
5 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 5 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
8 min 11 s (491 s)
Ratio
1.64× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
Did not pass
It did not pass the task's checker in full. The grader returned 0.817. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score
81.7 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
rkw552tfvf
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 taskAskedWorkedSplitResult
Shortest (this run)5 minutes8 min 11 s1.64× longer
Middle20 minutes20 min 12 sWithin 5%
Longest80 minutes1 h 21 minWithin 5%
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 5.6 Sol5 minutes9 min 36 s1.92× longer
Claude Fable 5.15 minutes2 h 35 min31.04× longer

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Data and citation

Upstream: Sun et al., 2026