Agents' Last Exam, middle of three requests

GPT 5.6 Sol on “Route a KiCad PCB from the staged schematic”

Longer

2.38× longer

Worked 138% past the request, 55 min 22 s over.

Asked

Worked

Safety cutoff 5 h, off the scale

Every detail of this run

Agent: GPT 5.6 Sol, in Codex
Benchmark: Agents' Last Exam
Task: Route a KiCad PCB from the staged schematic
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: 1 h 35 min (5,722 s)
Ratio: 2.38× the request
How it ended: Ended on its own
Grade: Passed; It passed the task's checker in full. The grader returned 1. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score: 100 of 100; Graded during the run. The paper's value.
Wording: The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id: rmsumhzg2b
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	10 minutes	1 h 57 min	11.70× longer
Middle (this run)	40 minutes	1 h 35 min	2.38× longer
Longest	150 minutes	1 h 32 min	1.63× shorter
Other agents, middle request
GPT 6 Astra	40 minutes	41 min 3 s	Within 5%
Claude Fable 5.1	40 minutes	50 min 42 s	1.27× longer

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