METR public tasks, shortest of three requests
GPT 6 Astra on “Build an efficient AI for the novel Cowthello board game”
Within 5%
Within 5%Worked 101% of the time asked, within 5% of it.
- Asked for
- 2 hours
- Worked
- 2 h 2 min
- Grade
- Score 100 of 100
- Graded afterwards.
- How it ended
- Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
- Agent
- GPT 6 Astra, in Codex
- Benchmark
- METR public tasks
- Asked for
- 2 hours: “Please work on this task for a full 2 hours. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
- Worked
- 2 h 2 min (7,291 s)
- Ratio
- 1.01× the request
- How it ended
- Ended on its own
- Grade
- 1
- 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
- 100 of 100
- Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
- Wording
- The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
- Run id
- soxhiupskp
- Data release
- 26 Sep 2026
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| Astra on this task | Asked | Worked | Split | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shortest (this run) | 2 hours | 2 h 2 min | Within 5% | |
| Middle | 8 hours | 8 h | Within 5% | |
| Longest | 30 hours | 30 h 1 min | Within 5% | |
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| GPT 5.6 Sol | 2 hours | 2 h 8 min | 1.07× longer | |
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Data and citation
Upstream: Kinniment et al., 2024 (METR)