diff --git a/project/paperbench/paperbench/metrics.py b/project/paperbench/paperbench/metrics.py
index d22a8cbe..8a82c01e 100644
--- a/project/paperbench/paperbench/metrics.py
+++ b/project/paperbench/paperbench/metrics.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def parse_entry_by_format(
             eval_run = EvaluationRun(seed=seed, paper_evaluations={})
             for data in filtered_paper_data.values():
                 # some evaluation runs may not have all papers evaluated
-                if seed == len(data):
+                if seed >= len(data):
                     continue
                 paper_eval = data[seed]["paper_eval"]
                 eval_run.paper_evaluations[paper_eval.paper_id] = paper_eval
diff --git a/project/paperbench/tests/unit/test_metrics.py b/project/paperbench/tests/unit/test_metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4160e63b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/paperbench/tests/unit/test_metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import json
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+import pytest
+
+import paperbench.metrics as metrics
+
+
+def _entry(paper_id: str, run_id: str, timestamp: str) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "record_type": "extra",
+        "timestamp": timestamp,
+        "data": {
+            "run_group_id": "group_agent",
+            "run_id": run_id,
+            "pb_result": {
+                "grader_success": True,
+                "grader_output": {"graded_task_tree": {"score": 1.0}},
+                "paper_id": paper_id,
+            },
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def test_parse_run_data_handles_papers_with_uneven_seed_counts(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        metrics.GradedTaskNode,
+        "from_dict",
+        lambda data: SimpleNamespace(score=data["score"]),
+    )
+
+    entries = [
+        _entry("paper-short", "short-1", "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"),
+        _entry("paper-long", "long-1", "2026-01-03T00:00:00Z"),
+        _entry("paper-long", "long-2", "2026-01-02T00:00:00Z"),
+        _entry("paper-long", "long-3", "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"),
+    ]
+    data_file = tmp_path / "runs.jsonl"
+    data_file.write_text("\n".join(json.dumps(entry) for entry in entries))
+
+    parsed = metrics.parse_run_data(tmp_path)
+
+    runs = parsed["agent"]
+    assert len(runs) == 3
+    assert set(runs[0].paper_evaluations) == {"paper-short", "paper-long"}
+    assert set(runs[1].paper_evaluations) == {"paper-long"}
+    assert set(runs[2].paper_evaluations) == {"paper-long"}