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bix-18-q1

Question

In a P. aeruginosa swarming analysis, what is the mean circularity measurement for the genotype showing the largest mean area?

Accepted answer
(0.07,0.08)
Domain
general

Comparison

Pass counts and token totals across the same three replicates.

AgentGalaxy-API codeOpen-ended code
Codex GPT-5.53/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
2.42M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
141.8K total
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
3.19M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
200.4K total
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
6.51M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
213.9K total
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
4.10M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
246.0K total
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Codesuperseded3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
3.10M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
329.5K total

Execution condition

Galaxy-API code with skills

Codex GPT-5.5

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Csv To TabularDatamash summarycolony morphology summary
Total tokens
647.1K
Output
4.9K
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Select trailing rowsGroup and aggregatecolony morphology summary
Total tokens
1.10M
Output
4.6K
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Csv To TabularDatamash summarycolony morphology summary
Total tokens
679.3K
Output
6.1K

Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Csv To TabularGroup and aggregateShow Tail1colony morphology summary
Total tokens
1.52M
Output
7.0K
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Datamash summaryCsv To Tabularcolony morphology summary
Total tokens
740.5K
Output
5.5K
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Group and aggregateRemove headercolony morphology summary
Total tokens
920.4K
Output
5.5K

Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Csv To TabularDatamash summarycolony morphology summary
Total tokens
1.43M
Output
13.1K
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Group and aggregateFilter Tabularcolony morphology summary
Total tokens
1.72M
Output
17.5K
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Csv To TabularDatamash summarycolony morphology summary
Total tokens
3.37M
Output
19.4K

DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

3 primary replicates
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Datamash summary
Total tokens
712.1K
Output
8.0K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Csv To TabularGroup and aggregateRemove header
Total tokens
1.81M
Output
15.1K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Group and aggregateRemove headerSort rowsShow Beginning1Select columnscolony morphology summary
Total tokens
1.58M
Output
12.2K

DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude CodeSuperseded

3 primary replicates
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Group and aggregateRemove headercolony morphology summary
Total tokens
614.9K
Output
8.9K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Group and aggregateDatamash summary
Total tokens
1.02M
Output
10.6K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Group and aggregateDatamash summary
Total tokens
1.46M
Output
17.8K

Execution condition

Open-ended code with skills

Codex GPT-5.5

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysiscolony morphology summary
Total tokens
45.0K
Output
697
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysiscolony morphology summary
Total tokens
48.6K
Output
641
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysiscolony morphology summary
Total tokens
48.2K
Output
535

Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
71.8K
Output
513
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
71.6K
Output
555
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
57.0K
Output
560

Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
80.5K
Output
930
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
65.8K
Output
899
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
67.6K
Output
1.3K

DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

3 primary replicates
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysiscolony morphology summarymean summary
Total tokens
74.8K
Output
1.6K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysiscolony morphology summarymean summary
Total tokens
77.9K
Output
3.5K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysismean summarycolony morphology summary
Total tokens
93.3K
Output
2.1K

DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude CodeSuperseded

3 primary replicates
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysiscolony morphology summary
Total tokens
117.8K
Output
1.1K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysiscolony morphology summary
Total tokens
93.7K
Output
1.1K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.076
Workflow
Local analysismean summarycolony morphology summary
Total tokens
118.0K
Output
1.3K

bix-18-q1 · October 2026 · three additional replicates

GPT-5.6 Sol · token optimization

Galaxy-API code, high reasoning, Fast service. Previous runs are retained above.

Open-ended code averaged 0.07M tokens; previous website Galaxy averaged 1.06M; the new Galaxy runs averaged 0.51M, or 7.65× Open-ended code. Each mean covers three replicates of this same task with GPT-5.6 Sol.

Cached input is already included in input tokens. Full nested tool/job evidence is in each HF run's galaxy_execution_records.tar.gz, with an accompanying member index.

Optimization overview and all 150 runs