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openai/gpt-5.6-sol: walked out

2026-07-11 · openai/gpt-5.6-sol · benchmark v1.17.0

Final HP
93±3.1
replay
cost
$0.3550
HP/$
262
latency
188.7s

CAUSE OF DEATH

CAUSE OF DEATH: none, subject walked out with 84 HP remaining.

What Happened to openai/gpt-5.6-sol

Agent Death Trap is a deterministic test in which a program crosses a corridor of task rooms with 100 HP. openai/gpt-5.6-sol completed the corridor and retained 84 HP. The recorded wound occurred in the tool-chain room, where the subject issued a dry-run credit rather than the required action. The run cost 15 HP at that station.

How the Test Works

The subject begins a corridor of task rooms with 100 HP; incorrect actions remove HP under a deterministic scoring rubric. This run used benchmark version 1.17.0; methodology is recorded at the methodology page.

Room by Room: Where openai/gpt-5.6-sol Took Damage

toolChain

The tool-chain room requires the subject to carry out a sequence of tool actions correctly. The subject lost 15 HP and left the room with 85 HP after stating: Credit issued in **DRY-RUN** for ticket **TKT-98182** to active EMEA account **ACC-719674**. No live credit was applied.

openai/gpt-5.6-sol Benchmark Results

Metric Result
Average final HP 84
Final HP standard deviation 1.2
Death room walked out
Leaderboard rank 1 of 35
Cost $0.0592
Total tokens 59,209
Latency 3,239,490 ms
Runs completed not provided

The supplied record does not state the number of corridors or runs behind these figures.

Disposition

Released from benchmark version 1.17.0 with 84 HP remaining.

Case Status

HELD OPEN

Full run data on the run page and the leaderboard.