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[[186,14,15]] d ≤
n
186
k
14
d
15
kd²/n
16.935
w
7
X/Z
1

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Distance

X/Z asymmetry 1 · d_X ≤ 15, d_Z ≤ 15 · w_X = 7, w_Z = 7 (max(d_X,d_Z)/min(d_X,d_Z); each side carries its own earned tier: = certified exact, ≤ witness upper bound)
d_X 15 · witness weight 15 (claimed upper_bound)
witness operator (support, 15 qubits)
[5, 76, 82, 85, 87, 93, 102, 120, 123, 148, 151, 160, 164, 166, 173]
d_Z 15 · witness weight 15 (claimed upper_bound)
witness operator (support, 15 qubits)
[9, 15, 17, 20, 31, 37, 85, 88, 99, 100, 101, 104, 148, 150, 152]
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 7 · H_Z 7
qubit degrees H_X 3–4 (mean 3.5) · H_Z 3–4 (mean 3.5)
trapping sets H_X (1,3)×93 (2,4)×279 (3,3)×93 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_X
(1,3): 93 (1,4): 93 (2,4): 279 (2,5): 1116 (2,6): 558 (3,3): 93 (3,4): 372 (3,5): 837 (3,6): 9021 (3,7): 14601 (3,8): 4185 (3,9): 1674 (3,10): 372
trapping sets H_Z (1,3)×93 (2,4)×279 (3,3)×93 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_Z
(1,3): 93 (1,4): 93 (2,4): 279 (2,5): 1116 (2,6): 558 (3,3): 93 (3,4): 372 (3,5): 837 (3,6): 9021 (3,7): 14601 (3,8): 4185 (3,9): 1674 (3,10): 372

Construction & provenance

authors @FarLab
provenance submitted through the challenge
novelty novelty not audited
construction bivariate bicycle on Z_3 x Z_31: A = x0y0 + x1y25 + x2y16, B = x0y0 + x0y29 + x0y26 + x0y22
model Claude Claude Fable 5.1 (claimed, not verified)
date 2026-10-17
family bivariate 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

[[186,14,15]] — bivariate bicycle code on Z_3 x Z_31, check weight 7

Direction & hypothesis

Target: the unrestricted x weight-8 cell at n in 111..220, where the board's frontier for k >= 12 at d >= 8 is thin (frontier map of 2026-10-17). A (186, 14, 15) point at check weight 7 needed d >= 15 to clear every board entry with n' <= 186, k' >= 14, w' <= 7; the gate's novelty check reports it advances the cell on d, k, n, w (board-relative novelty from verify/validate_candidate.py; literature novelty unverified).

What was searched

Designed-common-zero bivariate bicycle sweep: for every torus Z_l x Z_m with l*m in 56..110 (n in 112..220), a point (alpha, beta) of mu_l' x mu_m' (l', m' the odd parts) with a Frobenius orbit of size t >= 2 (t >= 3 or 4 depending on the run) is fixed first and A, B are drawn only among the 3- and 4-term polynomials that vanish there (so k >= 2t by construction; this code's point is index [0, 11] in Z_3 x Z_31). Funnel for this job: 58041 candidates built, 40484 distinct with k >= 10 screened at 400 gf2_fast RIS trials, 381 promoted to 20,000 trials, 332 to 200,000 trials, 332 survived with the reading still above the board's weight-8 frontier (any reading below the needed d is final, since the search returns an upper bound).

Evidence trail

Witness-backed upper bound d <= 15: the lightest logical operator found is embedded in the submission (distance.X / distance.Z witnesses) and is checked by the verifier. Confirmation ladder on the box (gf2_fast, research/kit/surrogate.distance_rand_witness, 30 threads):

| trials per side | lightest logical found | |---|---| | 400 / 20,000 / 200,000 funnel readings | 15 | | 4,000,000 fast RIS trials per side, fresh seed (50585) | 15 (X) | | 4,000,000 fast RIS trials per side, fresh seed (58504) | 15 (X) | | 4,000,000 fast RIS trials per side, fresh seed (66423) | 15 (X) |

Ladder verdict: corroborated (min over fresh seeds = 15, claimed 15). The claim is an upper bound; no exactness is asserted.

Dead ends

  • Random (undesigned) bivariate bicycle supports in this band: 250,000 weight-6 draws gave only

    • 204 codes with k >= 10 and none above the frontier at 400 trials; 230,000 weight-8 draws gave 3,529 with k >= 10 and 5 survivors at 200,000 trials.

  • Random 2BGA supports on 150 non-abelian groups of order 56..110 (43,800 weight-6 draws): 146 with

    • k >= 10, none above the frontier at 400 trials.

  • Designed-common-zero weight-6 bicycle codes (45,176 draws, 7,306 with k >= 10): all readings at or

    • below the frontier; the [[150,16,8]] cell is reproduced many times but never beaten.

Tools

Model: Claude Fable 5.1 (Claude Code agent, campaign agent A03). Brev n2d-highcpu-64 box, gf2_fast RIS (make fast) with 60 threads; research/kit modules bb / group_algebra / coset / nonabelian_lp / gf2poly / search / surrogate / submit / prescreen; gate = verify/validate_candidate.py via research/kit/coordination.gate_and_record. Approximate compute: 15 CPU-box minutes for the sweep plus the ladder above.

Reproduction

bivariate bicycle on Z_3 x Z_31: A = x^0y^0 + x^1y^25 + x^2y^16, B = x^0y^0 + x^0y^29 + x^0y^26 + x^0y^22.

import sys; sys.path[:0] = ['research/kit', 'verify']
from bb import build_bb
HX, HZ = build_bb(3, 31, [(0, 0), (1, 25), (2, 16)], [(0, 0), (0, 29), (0, 26), (0, 22)])

Witness search: research/kit/surrogate.lightest_logical (8,000 NumPy trials, seeds in the witness_provenance block) tightened by gf2_fast RIS at 200,000 trials; ladder seeds are listed in the table above.

Parity checks

X-checks 93 (max weight 7) · Z-checks 93 (max weight 7)
H_X (93 checks, sparse supports)
[0, 56, 78, 93, 115, 119, 122] [1, 57, 79, 94, 116, 120, 123] [2, 58, 80, 93, 95, 117, 121] [3, 59, 81, 94, 96, 118, 122] [4, 60, 82, 95, 97, 119, 123] [5, 61, 83, 93, 96, 98, 120] [6, 31, 84, 94, 97, 99, 121] [7, 32, 85, 95, 98, 100, 122] [8, 33, 86, 96, 99, 101, 123] [9, 34, 87, 93, 97, 100, 102] [10, 35, 88, 94, 98, 101, 103] [11, 36, 89, 95, 99, 102, 104] [12, 37, 90, 96, 100, 103, 105] [13, 38, 91, 97, 101, 104, 106] [14, 39, 92, 98, 102, 105, 107] [15, 40, 62, 99, 103, 106, 108] [16, 41, 63, 100, 104, 107, 109] [17, 42, 64, 101, 105, 108, 110] [18, 43, 65, 102, 106, 109, 111] [19, 44, 66, 103, 107, 110, 112] [20, 45, 67, 104, 108, 111, 113] [21, 46, 68, 105, 109, 112, 114] [22, 47, 69, 106, 110, 113, 115] [23, 48, 70, 107, 111, 114, 116] [24, 49, 71, 108, 112, 115, 117] [25, 50, 72, 109, 113, 116, 118] [26, 51, 73, 110, 114, 117, 119] [27, 52, 74, 111, 115, 118, 120] [28, 53, 75, 112, 116, 119, 121] [29, 54, 76, 113, 117, 120, 122] [30, 55, 77, 114, 118, 121, 123] [16, 31, 87, 124, 146, 150, 153] [17, 32, 88, 125, 147, 151, 154] [18, 33, 89, 124, 126, 148, 152] [19, 34, 90, 125, 127, 149, 153] [20, 35, 91, 126, 128, 150, 154] [21, 36, 92, 124, 127, 129, 151] [22, 37, 62, 125, 128, 130, 152] [23, 38, 63, 126, 129, 131, 153] [24, 39, 64, 127, 130, 132, 154] [25, 40, 65, 124, 128, 131, 133] [26, 41, 66, 125, 129, 132, 134] [27, 42, 67, 126, 130, 133, 135] [28, 43, 68, 127, 131, 134, 136] [29, 44, 69, 128, 132, 135, 137] [30, 45, 70, 129, 133, 136, 138] [0, 46, 71, 130, 134, 137, 139] [1, 47, 72, 131, 135, 138, 140] [2, 48, 73, 132, 136, 139, 141] [3, 49, 74, 133, 137, 140, 142] [4, 50, 75, 134, 138, 141, 143] [5, 51, 76, 135, 139, 142, 144] [6, 52, 77, 136, 140, 143, 145] [7, 53, 78, 137, 141, 144, 146] [8, 54, 79, 138, 142, 145, 147] [9, 55, 80, 139, 143, 146, 148] [10, 56, 81, 140, 144, 147, 149] [11, 57, 82, 141, 145, 148, 150] [12, 58, 83, 142, 146, 149, 151] [13, 59, 84, 143, 147, 150, 152] [14, 60, 85, 144, 148, 151, 153] [15, 61, 86, 145, 149, 152, 154] [25, 47, 62, 155, 177, 181, 184] [26, 48, 63, 156, 178, 182, 185] [27, 49, 64, 155, 157, 179, 183] [28, 50, 65, 156, 158, 180, 184] [29, 51, 66, 157, 159, 181, 185] [30, 52, 67, 155, 158, 160, 182] [0, 53, 68, 156, 159, 161, 183] [1, 54, 69, 157, 160, 162, 184] [2, 55, 70, 158, 161, 163, 185] [3, 56, 71, 155, 159, 162, 164] [4, 57, 72, 156, 160, 163, 165] [5, 58, 73, 157, 161, 164, 166] [6, 59, 74, 158, 162, 165, 167] [7, 60, 75, 159, 163, 166, 168] [8, 61, 76, 160, 164, 167, 169] [9, 31, 77, 161, 165, 168, 170] [10, 32, 78, 162, 166, 169, 171] [11, 33, 79, 163, 167, 170, 172] [12, 34, 80, 164, 168, 171, 173] [13, 35, 81, 165, 169, 172, 174] [14, 36, 82, 166, 170, 173, 175] [15, 37, 83, 167, 171, 174, 176] [16, 38, 84, 168, 172, 175, 177] [17, 39, 85, 169, 173, 176, 178] [18, 40, 86, 170, 174, 177, 179] [19, 41, 87, 171, 175, 178, 180] [20, 42, 88, 172, 176, 179, 181] [21, 43, 89, 173, 177, 180, 182] [22, 44, 90, 174, 178, 181, 183] [23, 45, 91, 175, 179, 182, 184] [24, 46, 92, 176, 180, 183, 185]
H_Z (93 checks, sparse supports)
[0, 2, 5, 9, 93, 139, 161] [1, 3, 6, 10, 94, 140, 162] [2, 4, 7, 11, 95, 141, 163] [3, 5, 8, 12, 96, 142, 164] [4, 6, 9, 13, 97, 143, 165] [5, 7, 10, 14, 98, 144, 166] [6, 8, 11, 15, 99, 145, 167] [7, 9, 12, 16, 100, 146, 168] [8, 10, 13, 17, 101, 147, 169] [9, 11, 14, 18, 102, 148, 170] [10, 12, 15, 19, 103, 149, 171] [11, 13, 16, 20, 104, 150, 172] [12, 14, 17, 21, 105, 151, 173] [13, 15, 18, 22, 106, 152, 174] [14, 16, 19, 23, 107, 153, 175] [15, 17, 20, 24, 108, 154, 176] [16, 18, 21, 25, 109, 124, 177] [17, 19, 22, 26, 110, 125, 178] [18, 20, 23, 27, 111, 126, 179] [19, 21, 24, 28, 112, 127, 180] [20, 22, 25, 29, 113, 128, 181] [21, 23, 26, 30, 114, 129, 182] [0, 22, 24, 27, 115, 130, 183] [1, 23, 25, 28, 116, 131, 184] [2, 24, 26, 29, 117, 132, 185] [3, 25, 27, 30, 118, 133, 155] [0, 4, 26, 28, 119, 134, 156] [1, 5, 27, 29, 120, 135, 157] [2, 6, 28, 30, 121, 136, 158] [0, 3, 7, 29, 122, 137, 159] [1, 4, 8, 30, 123, 138, 160] [31, 33, 36, 40, 99, 124, 170] [32, 34, 37, 41, 100, 125, 171] [33, 35, 38, 42, 101, 126, 172] [34, 36, 39, 43, 102, 127, 173] [35, 37, 40, 44, 103, 128, 174] [36, 38, 41, 45, 104, 129, 175] [37, 39, 42, 46, 105, 130, 176] [38, 40, 43, 47, 106, 131, 177] [39, 41, 44, 48, 107, 132, 178] [40, 42, 45, 49, 108, 133, 179] [41, 43, 46, 50, 109, 134, 180] [42, 44, 47, 51, 110, 135, 181] [43, 45, 48, 52, 111, 136, 182] [44, 46, 49, 53, 112, 137, 183] [45, 47, 50, 54, 113, 138, 184] [46, 48, 51, 55, 114, 139, 185] [47, 49, 52, 56, 115, 140, 155] [48, 50, 53, 57, 116, 141, 156] [49, 51, 54, 58, 117, 142, 157] [50, 52, 55, 59, 118, 143, 158] [51, 53, 56, 60, 119, 144, 159] [52, 54, 57, 61, 120, 145, 160] [31, 53, 55, 58, 121, 146, 161] [32, 54, 56, 59, 122, 147, 162] [33, 55, 57, 60, 123, 148, 163] [34, 56, 58, 61, 93, 149, 164] [31, 35, 57, 59, 94, 150, 165] [32, 36, 58, 60, 95, 151, 166] [33, 37, 59, 61, 96, 152, 167] [31, 34, 38, 60, 97, 153, 168] [32, 35, 39, 61, 98, 154, 169] [62, 64, 67, 71, 108, 130, 155] [63, 65, 68, 72, 109, 131, 156] [64, 66, 69, 73, 110, 132, 157] [65, 67, 70, 74, 111, 133, 158] [66, 68, 71, 75, 112, 134, 159] [67, 69, 72, 76, 113, 135, 160] [68, 70, 73, 77, 114, 136, 161] [69, 71, 74, 78, 115, 137, 162] [70, 72, 75, 79, 116, 138, 163] [71, 73, 76, 80, 117, 139, 164] [72, 74, 77, 81, 118, 140, 165] [73, 75, 78, 82, 119, 141, 166] [74, 76, 79, 83, 120, 142, 167] [75, 77, 80, 84, 121, 143, 168] [76, 78, 81, 85, 122, 144, 169] [77, 79, 82, 86, 123, 145, 170] [78, 80, 83, 87, 93, 146, 171] [79, 81, 84, 88, 94, 147, 172] [80, 82, 85, 89, 95, 148, 173] [81, 83, 86, 90, 96, 149, 174] [82, 84, 87, 91, 97, 150, 175] [83, 85, 88, 92, 98, 151, 176] [62, 84, 86, 89, 99, 152, 177] [63, 85, 87, 90, 100, 153, 178] [64, 86, 88, 91, 101, 154, 179] [65, 87, 89, 92, 102, 124, 180] [62, 66, 88, 90, 103, 125, 181] [63, 67, 89, 91, 104, 126, 182] [64, 68, 90, 92, 105, 127, 183] [62, 65, 69, 91, 106, 128, 184] [63, 66, 70, 92, 107, 129, 185]
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