Agents' Last Exam, middle of three requests

GPT 5.6 Sol on “Repair a Moodle backup and rebuild registrar exports”

Longer

1.07× longer

Worked 7% past the request, 1 min 23 s over.

Asked for
20 minutes
Worked
21 min 23 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 86.7 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
GPT 5.6 Sol, in Codex
Asked for
20 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 20 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
21 min 23 s (1,283 s)
Ratio
1.07× 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 0.867. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score
86.7 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
vo572y5ref
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 taskAskedWorkedSplitResult
Shortest5 minutes9 min 36 s1.92× longer
Middle (this run)20 minutes21 min 23 s1.07× longer
Longest80 minutes7 min 52 s10.17× shorter
Other agents, middle request
GPT 6 Astra20 minutes20 min 12 sWithin 5%
Claude Fable 5.120 minutes12 min 16 s1.63× shorter

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Data and citation

Upstream: Sun et al., 2026