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Claude Fable 5.1 on “Redesign and validate a Flowable supply-disruption workflow”

Shorter

1.87× shorter

Stopped at 53% of the time asked, 58 min 13 s short.

Asked for
125 minutes
Worked
1 h 7 min
Grade
Did not pass
Score 89.4 of 100. Graded afterwards.
How it ended
Ended on its own
Every detail of this run
Agent
Claude Fable 5.1, in Claude Code
Asked for
125 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 125 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
1 h 7 min (4,007 s)
Ratio
0.53× 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 0.894. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score
89.4 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
wha2w24wc4
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
Shortest8 minutes34 min4.25× longer
Middle30 minutes1 h 2 min2.07× longer
Longest (this run)125 minutes1 h 7 min1.87× shorter
Other agents, longest request
GPT 6 Astra125 minutes2 h 7 minWithin 5%
GPT 5.6 Sol125 minutes2 h 6 minWithin 5%

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Data and citation

Upstream: Sun et al., 2026