Agents' Last Exam, shortest of three requests

GPT 5.6 Sol on “Find near-best-known routes for three CVRP instances”

Longer

2.89× longer

Worked 189% past the request, 7 min 34 s over.

Asked for
4 minutes
Worked
11 min 34 s
Grade
Passed
Score 100 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
4 minutes: “Please work on this task for a full 4 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.”
Worked
11 min 34 s (694 s)
Ratio
2.89× the request
How it ended
Ended on its own
Grade
Passed
It passed the task's checker in full. The grader returned 1. Pass rule: Full pass: a checker score of 1.
Score
100 of 100
Graded afterwards. The paper's value.
Wording
The standard sentence, used from 4 September 2026.
Run id
zfm5ikp764
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
Shortest (this run)4 minutes11 min 34 s2.89× longer
Middle15 minutes2 h 10 min8.67× longer
Longest60 minutes1 h 14 min1.24× longer
Other agents, shortest request
GPT 6 Astra4 minutes4 min 43 s1.18× longer
Claude Fable 5.14 minutes5 min 21 s1.34× longer

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Data and citation

Upstream: Sun et al., 2026