TUA-Bench, shortest of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “Name mountain photos”

Shorter

1.13× shorter

Stopped at 89% of the time asked, 10 s short.

Asked

Worked

Safety cutoff 50 min, off the scale

Every detail of this run

Agent: Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
Benchmark: TUA-Bench
Task: Name mountain photos
Asked for: 1.5 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 1.5 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked: 1 min 20 s (80 s)
Ratio: 0.89× the request
How it ended: Stopped by an error
Grade: Passed; It completed the task in full. The grader returned 1. Pass rule: Full completion: a reward of 1 on the final state.
Score: 100 of 100; Graded during the run. The paper's value.
Wording: The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id: w7jg2z4w7k
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 task	Asked	Worked	Result
Shortest (this run)	1.5 minutes	1 min 20 s	1.13× shorter
Middle	6 minutes	3 min 3 s	1.97× shorter
Longest	25 minutes	2 min 49 s	8.87× shorter
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra	1.5 minutes	1 min 50 s	1.22× longer
GPT 5.6 Sol	1.5 minutes	2 min 10 s	1.45× longer

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