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[[146,18,14]] d ≤
n
146
k
18
d
14
kd²/n
24.164
w
8
X/Z
1

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Distance

X/Z asymmetry 1 · d_X ≤ 14, d_Z ≤ 14 · w_X = 8, w_Z = 8 (max(d_X,d_Z)/min(d_X,d_Z); each side carries its own earned tier: = certified exact, ≤ witness upper bound)
d_X 14 · witness weight 14 (claimed upper_bound)
witness found by @mathysrennela · research/kit/surrogate.lightest_logical · found at 2000 trials · survived 2000 trials · 2026-10-12
witness operator (support, 14 qubits)
[0, 1, 14, 21, 29, 65, 95, 96, 103, 119, 129, 135, 136, 145]
d_Z 14 · witness weight 14 (claimed upper_bound)
witness found by @mathysrennela · research/kit/surrogate.lightest_logical · found at 2000 trials · survived 2000 trials · 2026-10-12
witness operator (support, 14 qubits)
[4, 27, 29, 38, 43, 44, 47, 78, 94, 99, 108, 114, 132, 145]
certificate none yet · distance stands as a self-certified upper bound (d ≤)

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 6 · H_Z 6 (shortest cycle of each side’s Tanner graph; longer is friendlier to belief propagation)
check weights H_X 8 · H_Z 8
qubit degrees H_X 3–5 (mean 4.0) · H_Z 3–5 (mean 4.0)
trapping sets H_X (1,3)×73 (2,4)×219 (3,3)×73 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_X
(1,3): 73 (1,5): 73 (2,4): 219 (2,6): 1095 (2,8): 730 (3,3): 73 (3,5): 1022 (3,7): 10366 (3,9): 24236 (3,11): 9490 (3,13): 730
trapping sets H_Z (1,3)×73 (2,4)×219 (3,3)×73 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_Z
(1,3): 73 (1,5): 73 (2,4): 219 (2,6): 1095 (2,8): 730 (3,3): 73 (3,5): 1022 (3,7): 10366 (3,9): 24236 (3,11): 9490 (3,13): 730

Construction & provenance

authors Lee, Gideon
provenance literature baseline
construction Two-block group-algebra code C(a,b) over C73 = SmallGroup(73, 1) (order 73), elements numbered as in GAP Elements(SmallGroup(order,id)) with element 0 the identity. n = 2|G| = 146; H_X = [L(a)|R(b)], H_Z = [R(b)^T|L(a)^T]; a = {0, 1, 16, 56, 64}, b = {0, 13, 42} as element indices. Check weight 8. Parameters and blocks taken from the public code database of arXiv:2610.13880v1 (Lee, 'Bicycle Race'), github.com/gideonlsx/bicycle-race.
model Mimo-V2.6-Flash (claimed, not verified)
reference arXiv:2610.13880
date 2026-10-12
notes Parameters and construction taken from the public database of arXiv:2610.13880v1. Distance is an upper bound certified by the witnesses attached here. Parameters and blocks taken from the public code database of arXiv:2610.13880v1 (Lee, 'Bicycle Race'), github.com/gideonlsx/bicycle-race @ aed705a, CC BY 4.0; rebuilt here with the repo's own group data. Distance is an upper bound certified by the attached witnesses, not the paper's exact distance.
family generalized bicycle (a tag, not a ranking)
locality unrestricted (computed from the layout)
weight class weight ≤ 8 (computed)

How this code was found

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

[[146,18,14]] — two-block group-algebra code over C73

Direction & hypothesis

Cell weight-8 x unrestricted, CSS board. The argument is coverage, not discovery: this code is published in arXiv:2610.13880v1 (Lee, "Bicycle Race"), and nothing on the board occupied this (n, k, d, w) point. It advances the four-axis Pareto frontier by moving into a cell that was empty at these parameters.

What was searched

Not a search for new codes. The arXiv:2610.13880v1 database (github.com/gideonlsx/bicycle-race @ aed705a, CC BY 4.0, 12,448 records) was rebuilt here from its group and block data, then screened against every CSS entry on main under the site's Pareto rule (n <=, k >=, d >=, w <= with at least one strict) within the same weight class. Records whose parameters the paper already tabulates, and candidates claimed by other open filings, were removed first. Distances were re-searched locally:

  • X side: research/kit/surrogate.lightest_logical at 2,000 trials
  • Z side: research/kit/surrogate.lightest_logical at 2,000 trials

Evidence trail

Witness-backed upper bound, not an exact distance. The attached X and Z operators were found by the searches above and re-checked by the verifier's own criteria (in ker(opposite) and outside rowspace(own)). verify/validate_candidate.py reports passed: true and board_advancing: true, with d_only_gain: false.

The paper states an exact distance for this record, verified there with a second exact engine plus GAP rebuild and independent upper-bound attacks. That exactness is not claimed here; the board records what the witness certifies.

Dead ends

  • Direct sums of two board codes: rejected, CONTRIBUTING.md requires a single

    • connected Tanner graph and a connected stabilizer group.

  • Fitting a single-layer 2D layout to reach the local-2d cells: searched with

    • research/local2d/fold_layout.search_layout, best radii 10–13 against a ceiling of 4.0, so these codes stay unrestricted.

  • Hypergraph products of two parents from this pool: connectivity passes, but n

    • multiplies (two ~250-qubit parents give n = 80,010).

Tools

Model: Mimo-V2.6-Flash (self-reported, provenance.model), driving OpenCode. Rebuild: research/kit/group_algebra.build_2bga from the database's data/groups.jsonl Cayley table. Witness search: research/kit/surrogate (numpy backend, 2,000 trials/side screening) with the gf2_fast accelerator for longer runs. Gate: research/kit/coordination.py gate, which runs verify/validate_candidate.py unchanged. Search run by @mathysrennela.

Reproduction

from group_algebra import build_2bga
# a and b are element indices from github.com/gideonlsx/bicycle-race @ aed705a data/codes.jsonl
HX, HZ = build_2bga(mul, a, b)   # mul from data/groups.jsonl, n = 2|G| = 146

Parameters are also spelled out in provenance.construction of codes/146-18-14.json.

Parity checks

X-checks 73 (max weight 8) · Z-checks 73 (max weight 8)
H_X (73 checks, sparse supports)
[0, 9, 17, 57, 72, 73, 104, 133] [0, 1, 10, 18, 58, 74, 105, 134] [1, 2, 11, 19, 59, 75, 106, 135] [2, 3, 12, 20, 60, 76, 107, 136] [3, 4, 13, 21, 61, 77, 108, 137] [4, 5, 14, 22, 62, 78, 109, 138] [5, 6, 15, 23, 63, 79, 110, 139] [6, 7, 16, 24, 64, 80, 111, 140] [7, 8, 17, 25, 65, 81, 112, 141] [8, 9, 18, 26, 66, 82, 113, 142] [9, 10, 19, 27, 67, 83, 114, 143] [10, 11, 20, 28, 68, 84, 115, 144] [11, 12, 21, 29, 69, 85, 116, 145] [12, 13, 22, 30, 70, 73, 86, 117] [13, 14, 23, 31, 71, 74, 87, 118] [14, 15, 24, 32, 72, 75, 88, 119] [0, 15, 16, 25, 33, 76, 89, 120] [1, 16, 17, 26, 34, 77, 90, 121] [2, 17, 18, 27, 35, 78, 91, 122] [3, 18, 19, 28, 36, 79, 92, 123] [4, 19, 20, 29, 37, 80, 93, 124] [5, 20, 21, 30, 38, 81, 94, 125] [6, 21, 22, 31, 39, 82, 95, 126] [7, 22, 23, 32, 40, 83, 96, 127] [8, 23, 24, 33, 41, 84, 97, 128] [9, 24, 25, 34, 42, 85, 98, 129] [10, 25, 26, 35, 43, 86, 99, 130] [11, 26, 27, 36, 44, 87, 100, 131] [12, 27, 28, 37, 45, 88, 101, 132] [13, 28, 29, 38, 46, 89, 102, 133] [14, 29, 30, 39, 47, 90, 103, 134] [15, 30, 31, 40, 48, 91, 104, 135] [16, 31, 32, 41, 49, 92, 105, 136] [17, 32, 33, 42, 50, 93, 106, 137] [18, 33, 34, 43, 51, 94, 107, 138] [19, 34, 35, 44, 52, 95, 108, 139] [20, 35, 36, 45, 53, 96, 109, 140] [21, 36, 37, 46, 54, 97, 110, 141] [22, 37, 38, 47, 55, 98, 111, 142] [23, 38, 39, 48, 56, 99, 112, 143] [24, 39, 40, 49, 57, 100, 113, 144] [25, 40, 41, 50, 58, 101, 114, 145] [26, 41, 42, 51, 59, 73, 102, 115] [27, 42, 43, 52, 60, 74, 103, 116] [28, 43, 44, 53, 61, 75, 104, 117] [29, 44, 45, 54, 62, 76, 105, 118] [30, 45, 46, 55, 63, 77, 106, 119] [31, 46, 47, 56, 64, 78, 107, 120] [32, 47, 48, 57, 65, 79, 108, 121] [33, 48, 49, 58, 66, 80, 109, 122] [34, 49, 50, 59, 67, 81, 110, 123] [35, 50, 51, 60, 68, 82, 111, 124] [36, 51, 52, 61, 69, 83, 112, 125] [37, 52, 53, 62, 70, 84, 113, 126] [38, 53, 54, 63, 71, 85, 114, 127] [39, 54, 55, 64, 72, 86, 115, 128] [0, 40, 55, 56, 65, 87, 116, 129] [1, 41, 56, 57, 66, 88, 117, 130] [2, 42, 57, 58, 67, 89, 118, 131] [3, 43, 58, 59, 68, 90, 119, 132] [4, 44, 59, 60, 69, 91, 120, 133] [5, 45, 60, 61, 70, 92, 121, 134] [6, 46, 61, 62, 71, 93, 122, 135] [7, 47, 62, 63, 72, 94, 123, 136] [0, 8, 48, 63, 64, 95, 124, 137] [1, 9, 49, 64, 65, 96, 125, 138] [2, 10, 50, 65, 66, 97, 126, 139] [3, 11, 51, 66, 67, 98, 127, 140] [4, 12, 52, 67, 68, 99, 128, 141] [5, 13, 53, 68, 69, 100, 129, 142] [6, 14, 54, 69, 70, 101, 130, 143] [7, 15, 55, 70, 71, 102, 131, 144] [8, 16, 56, 71, 72, 103, 132, 145]
H_Z (73 checks, sparse supports)
[0, 13, 42, 73, 74, 89, 129, 137] [1, 14, 43, 74, 75, 90, 130, 138] [2, 15, 44, 75, 76, 91, 131, 139] [3, 16, 45, 76, 77, 92, 132, 140] [4, 17, 46, 77, 78, 93, 133, 141] [5, 18, 47, 78, 79, 94, 134, 142] [6, 19, 48, 79, 80, 95, 135, 143] [7, 20, 49, 80, 81, 96, 136, 144] [8, 21, 50, 81, 82, 97, 137, 145] [9, 22, 51, 73, 82, 83, 98, 138] [10, 23, 52, 74, 83, 84, 99, 139] [11, 24, 53, 75, 84, 85, 100, 140] [12, 25, 54, 76, 85, 86, 101, 141] [13, 26, 55, 77, 86, 87, 102, 142] [14, 27, 56, 78, 87, 88, 103, 143] [15, 28, 57, 79, 88, 89, 104, 144] [16, 29, 58, 80, 89, 90, 105, 145] [17, 30, 59, 73, 81, 90, 91, 106] [18, 31, 60, 74, 82, 91, 92, 107] [19, 32, 61, 75, 83, 92, 93, 108] [20, 33, 62, 76, 84, 93, 94, 109] [21, 34, 63, 77, 85, 94, 95, 110] [22, 35, 64, 78, 86, 95, 96, 111] [23, 36, 65, 79, 87, 96, 97, 112] [24, 37, 66, 80, 88, 97, 98, 113] [25, 38, 67, 81, 89, 98, 99, 114] [26, 39, 68, 82, 90, 99, 100, 115] [27, 40, 69, 83, 91, 100, 101, 116] [28, 41, 70, 84, 92, 101, 102, 117] [29, 42, 71, 85, 93, 102, 103, 118] [30, 43, 72, 86, 94, 103, 104, 119] [0, 31, 44, 87, 95, 104, 105, 120] [1, 32, 45, 88, 96, 105, 106, 121] [2, 33, 46, 89, 97, 106, 107, 122] [3, 34, 47, 90, 98, 107, 108, 123] [4, 35, 48, 91, 99, 108, 109, 124] [5, 36, 49, 92, 100, 109, 110, 125] [6, 37, 50, 93, 101, 110, 111, 126] [7, 38, 51, 94, 102, 111, 112, 127] [8, 39, 52, 95, 103, 112, 113, 128] [9, 40, 53, 96, 104, 113, 114, 129] [10, 41, 54, 97, 105, 114, 115, 130] [11, 42, 55, 98, 106, 115, 116, 131] [12, 43, 56, 99, 107, 116, 117, 132] [13, 44, 57, 100, 108, 117, 118, 133] [14, 45, 58, 101, 109, 118, 119, 134] [15, 46, 59, 102, 110, 119, 120, 135] [16, 47, 60, 103, 111, 120, 121, 136] [17, 48, 61, 104, 112, 121, 122, 137] [18, 49, 62, 105, 113, 122, 123, 138] [19, 50, 63, 106, 114, 123, 124, 139] [20, 51, 64, 107, 115, 124, 125, 140] [21, 52, 65, 108, 116, 125, 126, 141] [22, 53, 66, 109, 117, 126, 127, 142] [23, 54, 67, 110, 118, 127, 128, 143] [24, 55, 68, 111, 119, 128, 129, 144] [25, 56, 69, 112, 120, 129, 130, 145] [26, 57, 70, 73, 113, 121, 130, 131] [27, 58, 71, 74, 114, 122, 131, 132] [28, 59, 72, 75, 115, 123, 132, 133] [0, 29, 60, 76, 116, 124, 133, 134] [1, 30, 61, 77, 117, 125, 134, 135] [2, 31, 62, 78, 118, 126, 135, 136] [3, 32, 63, 79, 119, 127, 136, 137] [4, 33, 64, 80, 120, 128, 137, 138] [5, 34, 65, 81, 121, 129, 138, 139] [6, 35, 66, 82, 122, 130, 139, 140] [7, 36, 67, 83, 123, 131, 140, 141] [8, 37, 68, 84, 124, 132, 141, 142] [9, 38, 69, 85, 125, 133, 142, 143] [10, 39, 70, 86, 126, 134, 143, 144] [11, 40, 71, 87, 127, 135, 144, 145] [12, 41, 72, 73, 88, 128, 136, 145]
Code ID 146-18-14 · download JSON · raw on GitHub