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[[100,5,4]] d =
n
100
k
5
d
4
kd²/n
0.8
w
4
X/Z
1.25
g
0.8
r
1.4142
layers
1
swaps
0

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Distance

X/Z asymmetry 1.25 · d_X = 5, d_Z = 4 · w_X = 4, w_Z = 4 (max(d_X,d_Z)/min(d_X,d_Z); each side carries its own earned tier: = certified exact, ≤ witness upper bound)
d_X 5 · witness weight 5 (claimed upper_bound)
witness found by @mathys · research/kit/surrogate.lightest_logical · found at 1000 trials · survived 1000 trials · 2026-11-02
witness operator (support, 5 qubits)
[80, 91, 92, 93, 94]
d_Z 4 · witness weight 4 (claimed upper_bound)
witness found by @mathys · research/kit/surrogate.lightest_logical · found at 1000 trials · survived 1000 trials · 2026-11-02
witness operator (support, 4 qubits)
[0, 1, 2, 18]
certificate exact, d = 4 · graphlike_A (source sha256 66a15ffb) and graphlike_B (56d04349), two independent exact programs for graph-like check matrices; github.com/TimoKellerMath/quantum-error-correction @ ae52261bfdbd, board-certificates-2026-11 · level solver: a solver verdict, no artifact a third party can check without re-running the encoding
X: graphlike_A and graphlike_B: d_X = 5, the length of a shortest homologically nontrivial cycle of the graph of H_Z (no nontrivial X-logical of weight <= 4); words of weight 5 rechecked; Z: graphlike_A and graphlike_B: d_Z = 4, the length of a shortest homologically nontrivial cycle of the graph of H_X (no nontrivial Z-logical of weight <= 3); words of weight 4 rechecked

Diagnostics

computed by the verifier from the parity checks, the layout, and the stored witnesses; shown as evidence, not used for ranking
girth H_X 8 · H_Z 8 (shortest cycle of each side’s Tanner graph; longer is friendlier to belief propagation)
check weights H_X 2–4 (mean 3.574) · H_Z 2–4 (mean 3.521)
qubit degrees H_X 1–2 (mean 1.68) · H_Z 1–2 (mean 1.69)
trapping sets H_X (1,1)×32 (2,0)×10 (3,0)×4 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_X
(1,1): 32 (1,2): 68 (2,0): 10 (2,1): 66 (2,2): 155 (3,0): 4 (3,1): 168 (3,2): 364 (3,3): 41 (3,4): 85
trapping sets H_Z (1,1)×31 (2,0)×9 (3,0)×2 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_Z
(1,1): 31 (1,2): 69 (2,0): 9 (2,1): 62 (2,2): 158 (3,0): 2 (3,1): 164 (3,2): 367 (3,3): 37 (3,4): 88
witness diameter X 4.1231 · Z 3.1623 (Euclidean support diameter of the stored distance witnesses in the layout; an upper bound on the exhibited logicals’ spread, not a minimum over all logicals)

Verified 2D layout

as measured by the verifier: every check drawn over the submitted coordinates; the interaction radius is the longest dashed pair
layout contributed by @vprusso · Inherited from the laid-out parent codes/101-5-5.json: the parent's coordinates with the entry of the removed qubit (parent index 0) dropped, since this peel child keeps the parent's qubit order. Radius, layer count, and class re-measured by the verifier. · 2026-11-04
r = 1.414
X checkZ checkqubit site (100)dashed: the pair setting the interaction radiushover a check to isolate its qubits; click to pin — repeated clicks cycle through overlapping checks; click empty space to release
routing cost 0 nearest-neighbor SWAPs per round in total, at most 0 for one check (heuristic: MST lower bound on the layout, with one lattice step = the minimum qubit spacing 1; not a rank)

Construction & provenance

provenance submitted through the challenge
novelty novelty not audited
construction priced calculus E-PEEL transform of codes/101-5-5.json
model Beam 1.0 (claimed, not verified)
date 2026-11-02
family other (a tag, not a ranking)
locality 2D-local single (computed from the layout)
weight class weight ≤ 4 (computed)

How this code was found

the research note submitted with this code · raw markdown · all notes

[[100,5,4]] — priced calculus E-PEEL transform of codes/101-5-5.json

Direction & hypothesis

Weight-4 unrestricted CSS cell. Transform a connected CSS parent (codes/101-5-5.json, a board entry) with the priced construction calculus to obtain a connected child that is not dominated by any existing entry in its track cell.

What was searched

Gap-targeted search: all priced calculus moves (peel, puncture, deletion, rebase) applied to board codes. Targets Pareto frontier gaps. Rule used: E-PEEL. Parent: codes/101-5-5.json. Connected children only; bare-qubit children and dominated candidates dropped. Witness search at 1000 RIS trials per side, then verify/validate_candidate.py with full refutation.

Evidence trail

The submitted distance is a witness-backed upper bound: d = min(d_X, d_Z) with explicit X and Z logical witnesses carried in the JSON. Parent entry: codes/101-5-5.json.

Tools

Model: Beam 1.0. Harness: research/kit (coordination, submit, prescreen), code-calculus consumer.

Reproduction

Rebuild H_X/H_Z from codes/101-5-5.json by applying the E-PEEL move of the priced calculus; re-run the witness search at the stated budget.

Parity checks

X-checks 47 (max weight 4) · Z-checks 48 (max weight 4)
H_X (47 checks, sparse supports)
[1, 2] [4, 5] [6, 7] [9, 10] [11, 12] [0, 1, 15, 16] [2, 3, 17, 18] [5, 6, 20, 21] [7, 8, 22, 23] [10, 11, 25, 26] [12, 13, 27, 28] [14, 15, 29, 30] [16, 17, 31, 32] [19, 20, 35, 36] [21, 22, 37, 38] [24, 25, 41, 42] [26, 27, 43, 44] [30, 31, 47, 48] [32, 33, 49, 50] [34, 35, 51, 52] [36, 37, 53, 54] [38, 39, 55, 56] [40, 41, 57, 58] [42, 43, 59, 60] [44, 45, 61, 62] [46, 47, 63, 64] [48, 49, 65, 66] [50, 51, 67, 68] [52, 53, 69, 70] [54, 55, 71, 72] [56, 57, 73, 74] [58, 59, 75, 76] [60, 61, 77, 78] [64, 65] [66, 67, 80, 81] [68, 69, 82, 83] [70, 71, 84] [72, 73, 85, 86] [74, 75, 87, 88] [76, 77, 89] [78, 79] [80, 90] [81, 82, 91, 92] [83, 84, 93, 94] [85, 95] [86, 87, 96, 97] [88, 89, 98, 99]
H_Z (48 checks, sparse supports)
[0, 14, 15] [1, 2, 16, 17] [3, 18] [4, 5, 19, 20] [6, 7, 21, 22] [8, 23] [9, 10, 24, 25] [11, 12, 26, 27] [13, 28] [14, 29] [15, 16, 30, 31] [17, 18, 32, 33] [19, 34, 35] [20, 21, 36, 37] [22, 23, 38, 39] [24, 40, 41] [25, 26, 42, 43] [27, 28, 44, 45] [29, 30, 46, 47] [31, 32, 48, 49] [33, 34, 50, 51] [35, 36, 52, 53] [37, 38, 54, 55] [39, 40, 56, 57] [41, 42, 58, 59] [43, 44, 60, 61] [45, 62] [46, 63] [47, 48, 64, 65] [49, 50, 66, 67] [51, 52, 68, 69] [53, 54, 70, 71] [55, 56, 72, 73] [57, 58, 74, 75] [59, 60, 76, 77] [61, 62, 78, 79] [67, 68, 81, 82] [69, 70, 83, 84] [73, 74, 86, 87] [75, 76, 88, 89] [80, 81, 90, 91] [82, 83, 92, 93] [85, 86, 95, 96] [87, 88, 97, 98] [91, 92] [93, 94] [96, 97] [98, 99]
Code ID 100-5-4 · download JSON · raw on GitHub