Terminal-Bench 4.0, shortest of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “Build and apply a five-day ERP/MES/WMS production plan”

Longer

5.23× longer

Worked 423% past the request, 21 min 10 s over.

Asked for
5 minutes
Worked
26 min 10 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 0 of 100. Graded during the run.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
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
26 min 10 s (1,570 s)
Ratio
5.23× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
Did not pass
It did not pass the task's tests. The grader returned 0. Pass rule: The task's tests pass.
Score
0 of 100
Graded during the run. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
ty7gjb46b7
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)5 minutes26 min 10 s5.23× longer
Middle20 minutes38 min 9 s1.91× longer
Longest80 minutes32 min 19 s2.48× shorter
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra5 minutes5 min 35 s1.12× longer
GPT 5.6 Sol5 minutes5 min 58 s1.19× longer

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Data and citation

Upstream: Merrill et al., 2026 (ICLR)