Agents' Last Exam, middle of three requests

Claude Fable 5.1 on “Remediate MARC records and prepare a FOLIO overlay”

Longer

1.13× longer

Worked 13% past the request, 2 min 30 s over.

Asked for
20 minutes
Worked
22 min 30 s
Grade
Did not pass
Score 20 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
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
22 min 30 s (1,350 s)
Ratio
1.13× 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 0.2. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score
20 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
wn2vjx4jbn
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
Shortest5 minutes21 min 5 s4.22× longer
Middle (this run)20 minutes22 min 30 s1.13× longer
Longest80 minutes32 min 43 s2.45× shorter
Other agents, middle request
GPT 6 Astra20 minutes20 min 19 sWithin 5%
GPT 5.6 Sol20 minutes20 min 45 sWithin 5%

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Data and citation

Upstream: Sun et al., 2026