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[[360,184,6]] d ≤
n
360
k
184
d
6
kd²/n
18.4
w
12
X/Z
1

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Distance

X/Z asymmetry 1 · d_X ≤ 6, d_Z ≤ 6 · w_X = 12, w_Z = 12 (max(d_X,d_Z)/min(d_X,d_Z); each side carries its own earned tier: = certified exact, ≤ witness upper bound)
d_X 6 · witness weight 6 (claimed upper_bound)
witness operator (support, 6 qubits)
[26, 30, 178, 179, 262, 274]
d_Z 6 · witness weight 6 (claimed upper_bound)
witness operator (support, 6 qubits)
[29, 89, 151, 244, 281, 305]
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 4 · H_Z 4 (shortest cycle of each side’s Tanner graph; longer is friendlier to belief propagation)
check weights H_X 12 · H_Z 12
qubit degrees H_X 3 · H_Z 3
trapping sets H_X (1,3)×360 (2,2)×210 (3,3)×5700 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_X
(1,3): 360 (2,2): 210 (2,4): 5520 (3,3): 5700 (3,5): 113320 (3,7): 15820
trapping sets H_Z (1,3)×360 (2,2)×210 (3,3)×5700 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_Z
(1,3): 360 (2,2): 210 (2,4): 5520 (3,3): 5700 (3,5): 113320 (3,7): 15820

Construction & provenance

authors @mathysrennela
provenance submitted through the challenge
novelty novelty not audited
construction Cornucopia code (Lu, Li & Deng, arXiv:2608.02773; block-convolutional CSS construction with the check matrices given in the Methods of arXiv:2610.19073): q=10, n=36q=360 data qubits in twelve 3x10 tiles L0..L5,R0..R5 plus nine 3x10 X-check and nine 3x10 Z-check tiles; HX=[A_(j-i)|B_(j-i)], HZ=[B-1_(i-j)|A-1_(i-j)] with the coordinate permutations A_p,B_p:(r,c)|->(rho(p,r),c+s[p]) on Z_3 x Z_10, row maps rho_A(0)=r+1, rho_A(1)=2r+2, rho_B(2)=r+1, rho_B(3)=2r+2 (identity otherwise), and column shifts sA=[6, 9, 6, 7, 5, 2], sB=[0, 8, 1, 8, 6, 1]. These shifts were found by a random shift search; the paper publishes instances only at q=7,16,25,29,49,64,79. Weight-12 checks, k=18q+4=184.
model MiMo-V2.6-Flash (claimed, not verified)
builds on arXiv:2608.02773, arXiv:2610.19073
date 2026-10-15
family other (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

[[360,184,6]] - Cornucopia code at q=10, a new member of the published family

Direction & hypothesis

Target: the weight-9plus x unrestricted cell on the CSS board (checks of weight 12, no 2D-local layout). The Cornucopia architecture paper (arXiv:2610.19073) closes by saying its construction "carries over to other codes of the family", and the family (Lu, Li & Deng, arXiv:2608.02773) is n = 36q, k = 18q + 4 with weight-12 checks - but the paper publishes instances only at q = 7, 16, 25, 29, 49, 64, 79, of which only q=7 and q=16 fit this board's n <= 700 cap and both are already board entries. So the unpublished block sizes under the cap, q = 4..19, were the opening: every one of them is a rate-1/2 point no CSS board entry can dominate (an entry dominating [[360,184,d]] would need n <= 360 and k >= 184, i.e. rate at least 0.511 at that size, and the board has none).

What was searched

The family's only free parameters are its 12 column shifts: check matrices HX = [A_(j-i) | B_(j-i)], HZ = [B^-1_(i-j) | A^-1_(i-j)] over Z_3 x Z_q coordinate permutations (row maps r+1 for A0 and B2, 2r+2 for A1 and B3, identity otherwise). CSS commutation holds for *every* shift choice: the only noncommuting row-map pairs, (A0,B3) and (A1,B2), enter block-row differences i'-i = 3 (mod 6), which never occur for i,i' in {0,1,2}; so the search is over shifts alone, with k recomputed exactly on every draw.

At q=10: 1200 uniformly random shift pairs, screened at 100 RIS trials each (accelerated backend); the top 24 re-measured at 4000; the top 4 re-measured at 100000; then the packaged candidate re-verified by submit.make_submission (5000 numpy trials/side) and by the submission CLI (800 python RIS + 300000 accelerated trials/side). Stage-1 reads at q=10: 2 -> 242, 4 -> 811, 6 -> 140. Seed 17 throughout the sweep, 0 for the CLI witness search. One design fact from the sweep: a read is the lightest logical *found*, so it is always >= the true d - stage-1 ranking cannot discard a better code, only fail to see how good it is.

Evidence trail

Ladder for this candidate (fast-RIS read -> numpy witness -> CLI):

  • stage reads at 100, 4000, 100000 fast-RIS trials: 6, 6, 6; packaging numpy witness search: 5000 trials/side -> d <= 6.
  • final claim: witness-backed upper bound d <= 6, not exact (the

    • exact tier needs the server MILP; k = 184 puts this beyond its envelope).

  • k = 184 = 18*10+4 recomputed by the verifier; CSS commutation checked;

    • max check weight 12.

  • Gate (verify/validate_candidate.py): passed: true, refuted: false

    • (its own refutation found no lighter logical), board_advancing: true, d_only_gain: false, dominated_by: [].

  • The 1200 draws at this q never read above 6; deeper stages confirmed

    • 6. kd^2/n = 18.4.

Dead ends

  • ~0.6% of random shift sets drop rank (k < 18q+4): the two

    • redundancies per check type are not always the only ones. Rejected on an exact GF(2) rank, not a heuristic. At q=10: 7 of 1200 draws.

  • At q=7 and q=16 the best random-shift reads (6 and 8) only *equal* the

    • published-instance board entries [[252,130,6]] and [[576,292,8]], so nothing was staged there: a tie is not a submission.

  • Across the whole campaign (q=4..19, 19,200 draws) no candidate anywhere read

    • above 8 at any depth: uniform random shifts do not reach d=9/10 under n <= 700; the published family first reaches d=10 at q=25 (n=900, over cap). A designed search (hill-climbing on the plateau of 8-reads) is the untried rung, a wider uniform sweep is not.

Tools

Model: MiMo-V2.6-Flash (matches provenance.model), driving an OpenCode agent harness. Repo tooling: research/kit/css.py (exact k, CSS check), research/kit/surrogate.py (RIS surrogate, fast backend verify/gf2_fast), research/kit/submit.py packaging, verify/validate_candidate.py (the trusted gate), ./qldpc submit (witness search, verifier, circuit tier). Compute: ~9 CPU-hours for the whole 16-q campaign; this q's share is the 1200+24*4000+4*100000 screened trials above.

Reproduction

Rebuild (H_X, H_Z) exactly: q = 10, n = 36q, data qubit (b,r,c) (index (3b+r)q+c, b = 0..5 tiles L, b = 6..11 tiles R, r in Z_3, c in Z_q); HX[(i,r,c), (j, A_(j-i)(r,c))] = 1 and on the R tile with B; HZ[(i,r,c), (j, B^-1_(i-j)(r,c))] = 1 and on the R tile with A; each A_p, B_p : (r,c) |-> (rho(p,r), c + s[p]) mod q with rho_A(0)=r+1, rho_A(1)=2r+2, rho_B(2)=r+1, rho_B(3)=2r+2, identity otherwise, and shifts sA = [6, 9, 6, 7, 5, 2], sB = [0, 8, 1, 8, 6, 1]. Weight-12 checks, k = 18q + 4. Verify: uv run python verify/qldpc_verify.py codes/360-184-6.json.

Parity checks

X-checks 90 (max weight 12) · Z-checks 90 (max weight 12)
H_X (90 checks, sparse supports)
[16, 59, 66, 97, 125, 152, 180, 218, 251, 298, 306, 331] [17, 50, 67, 98, 126, 153, 181, 219, 252, 299, 307, 332] [18, 51, 68, 99, 127, 154, 182, 210, 253, 290, 308, 333] [19, 52, 69, 90, 128, 155, 183, 211, 254, 291, 309, 334] [10, 53, 60, 91, 129, 156, 184, 212, 255, 292, 300, 335] [11, 54, 61, 92, 120, 157, 185, 213, 256, 293, 301, 336] [12, 55, 62, 93, 121, 158, 186, 214, 257, 294, 302, 337] [13, 56, 63, 94, 122, 159, 187, 215, 258, 295, 303, 338] [14, 57, 64, 95, 123, 150, 188, 216, 259, 296, 304, 339] [15, 58, 65, 96, 124, 151, 189, 217, 250, 297, 305, 330] [26, 49, 76, 107, 135, 162, 190, 228, 261, 288, 316, 341] [27, 40, 77, 108, 136, 163, 191, 229, 262, 289, 317, 342] [28, 41, 78, 109, 137, 164, 192, 220, 263, 280, 318, 343] [29, 42, 79, 100, 138, 165, 193, 221, 264, 281, 319, 344] [20, 43, 70, 101, 139, 166, 194, 222, 265, 282, 310, 345] [21, 44, 71, 102, 130, 167, 195, 223, 266, 283, 311, 346] [22, 45, 72, 103, 131, 168, 196, 224, 267, 284, 312, 347] [23, 46, 73, 104, 132, 169, 197, 225, 268, 285, 313, 348] [24, 47, 74, 105, 133, 160, 198, 226, 269, 286, 314, 349] [25, 48, 75, 106, 134, 161, 199, 227, 260, 287, 315, 340] [6, 39, 86, 117, 145, 172, 200, 238, 241, 278, 326, 351] [7, 30, 87, 118, 146, 173, 201, 239, 242, 279, 327, 352] [8, 31, 88, 119, 147, 174, 202, 230, 243, 270, 328, 353] [9, 32, 89, 110, 148, 175, 203, 231, 244, 271, 329, 354] [0, 33, 80, 111, 149, 176, 204, 232, 245, 272, 320, 355] [1, 34, 81, 112, 140, 177, 205, 233, 246, 273, 321, 356] [2, 35, 82, 113, 141, 178, 206, 234, 247, 274, 322, 357] [3, 36, 83, 114, 142, 179, 207, 235, 248, 275, 323, 358] [4, 37, 84, 115, 143, 170, 208, 236, 249, 276, 324, 359] [5, 38, 85, 116, 144, 171, 209, 237, 240, 277, 325, 350] [2, 46, 89, 96, 127, 155, 181, 210, 248, 281, 328, 336] [3, 47, 80, 97, 128, 156, 182, 211, 249, 282, 329, 337] [4, 48, 81, 98, 129, 157, 183, 212, 240, 283, 320, 338] [5, 49, 82, 99, 120, 158, 184, 213, 241, 284, 321, 339] [6, 40, 83, 90, 121, 159, 185, 214, 242, 285, 322, 330] [7, 41, 84, 91, 122, 150, 186, 215, 243, 286, 323, 331] [8, 42, 85, 92, 123, 151, 187, 216, 244, 287, 324, 332] [9, 43, 86, 93, 124, 152, 188, 217, 245, 288, 325, 333] [0, 44, 87, 94, 125, 153, 189, 218, 246, 289, 326, 334] [1, 45, 88, 95, 126, 154, 180, 219, 247, 280, 327, 335] [12, 56, 79, 106, 137, 165, 191, 220, 258, 291, 318, 346] [13, 57, 70, 107, 138, 166, 192, 221, 259, 292, 319, 347] [14, 58, 71, 108, 139, 167, 193, 222, 250, 293, 310, 348] [15, 59, 72, 109, 130, 168, 194, 223, 251, 294, 311, 349] [16, 50, 73, 100, 131, 169, 195, 224, 252, 295, 312, 340] [17, 51, 74, 101, 132, 160, 196, 225, 253, 296, 313, 341] [18, 52, 75, 102, 133, 161, 197, 226, 254, 297, 314, 342] [19, 53, 76, 103, 134, 162, 198, 227, 255, 298, 315, 343] [10, 54, 77, 104, 135, 163, 199, 228, 256, 299, 316, 344] [11, 55, 78, 105, 136, 164, 190, 229, 257, 290, 317, 345] [22, 36, 69, 116, 147, 175, 201, 230, 268, 271, 308, 356] [23, 37, 60, 117, 148, 176, 202, 231, 269, 272, 309, 357] [24, 38, 61, 118, 149, 177, 203, 232, 260, 273, 300, 358] [25, 39, 62, 119, 140, 178, 204, 233, 261, 274, 301, 359] [26, 30, 63, 110, 141, 179, 205, 234, 262, 275, 302, 350] [27, 31, 64, 111, 142, 170, 206, 235, 263, 276, 303, 351] [28, 32, 65, 112, 143, 171, 207, 236, 264, 277, 304, 352] [29, 33, 66, 113, 144, 172, 208, 237, 265, 278, 305, 353] [20, 34, 67, 114, 145, 173, 209, 238, 266, 279, 306, 354] [21, 35, 68, 115, 146, 174, 200, 239, 267, 270, 307, 355] [5, 32, 76, 119, 126, 157, 186, 211, 240, 278, 311, 358] [6, 33, 77, 110, 127, 158, 187, 212, 241, 279, 312, 359] [7, 34, 78, 111, 128, 159, 188, 213, 242, 270, 313, 350] [8, 35, 79, 112, 129, 150, 189, 214, 243, 271, 314, 351] [9, 36, 70, 113, 120, 151, 180, 215, 244, 272, 315, 352] [0, 37, 71, 114, 121, 152, 181, 216, 245, 273, 316, 353] [1, 38, 72, 115, 122, 153, 182, 217, 246, 274, 317, 354] [2, 39, 73, 116, 123, 154, 183, 218, 247, 275, 318, 355] [3, 30, 74, 117, 124, 155, 184, 219, 248, 276, 319, 356] [4, 31, 75, 118, 125, 156, 185, 210, 249, 277, 310, 357] [15, 42, 86, 109, 136, 167, 196, 221, 250, 288, 321, 348] [16, 43, 87, 100, 137, 168, 197, 222, 251, 289, 322, 349] [17, 44, 88, 101, 138, 169, 198, 223, 252, 280, 323, 340] [18, 45, 89, 102, 139, 160, 199, 224, 253, 281, 324, 341] [19, 46, 80, 103, 130, 161, 190, 225, 254, 282, 325, 342] [10, 47, 81, 104, 131, 162, 191, 226, 255, 283, 326, 343] [11, 48, 82, 105, 132, 163, 192, 227, 256, 284, 327, 344] [12, 49, 83, 106, 133, 164, 193, 228, 257, 285, 328, 345] [13, 40, 84, 107, 134, 165, 194, 229, 258, 286, 329, 346] [14, 41, 85, 108, 135, 166, 195, 220, 259, 287, 320, 347] [25, 52, 66, 99, 146, 177, 206, 231, 260, 298, 301, 338] [26, 53, 67, 90, 147, 178, 207, 232, 261, 299, 302, 339] [27, 54, 68, 91, 148, 179, 208, 233, 262, 290, 303, 330] [28, 55, 69, 92, 149, 170, 209, 234, 263, 291, 304, 331] [29, 56, 60, 93, 140, 171, 200, 235, 264, 292, 305, 332] [20, 57, 61, 94, 141, 172, 201, 236, 265, 293, 306, 333] [21, 58, 62, 95, 142, 173, 202, 237, 266, 294, 307, 334] [22, 59, 63, 96, 143, 174, 203, 238, 267, 295, 308, 335] [23, 50, 64, 97, 144, 175, 204, 239, 268, 296, 309, 336] [24, 51, 65, 98, 145, 176, 205, 230, 269, 297, 300, 337]
H_Z (90 checks, sparse supports)
[0, 39, 64, 112, 149, 152, 204, 218, 245, 273, 304, 351] [1, 30, 65, 113, 140, 153, 205, 219, 246, 274, 305, 352] [2, 31, 66, 114, 141, 154, 206, 210, 247, 275, 306, 353] [3, 32, 67, 115, 142, 155, 207, 211, 248, 276, 307, 354] [4, 33, 68, 116, 143, 156, 208, 212, 249, 277, 308, 355] [5, 34, 69, 117, 144, 157, 209, 213, 240, 278, 309, 356] [6, 35, 60, 118, 145, 158, 200, 214, 241, 279, 300, 357] [7, 36, 61, 119, 146, 159, 201, 215, 242, 270, 301, 358] [8, 37, 62, 110, 147, 150, 202, 216, 243, 271, 302, 359] [9, 38, 63, 111, 148, 151, 203, 217, 244, 272, 303, 350] [10, 49, 74, 102, 129, 162, 184, 228, 255, 283, 314, 341] [11, 40, 75, 103, 120, 163, 185, 229, 256, 284, 315, 342] [12, 41, 76, 104, 121, 164, 186, 220, 257, 285, 316, 343] [13, 42, 77, 105, 122, 165, 187, 221, 258, 286, 317, 344] [14, 43, 78, 106, 123, 166, 188, 222, 259, 287, 318, 345] [15, 44, 79, 107, 124, 167, 189, 223, 250, 288, 319, 346] [16, 45, 70, 108, 125, 168, 180, 224, 251, 289, 310, 347] [17, 46, 71, 109, 126, 169, 181, 225, 252, 280, 311, 348] [18, 47, 72, 100, 127, 160, 182, 226, 253, 281, 312, 349] [19, 48, 73, 101, 128, 161, 183, 227, 254, 282, 313, 340] [20, 59, 84, 92, 139, 172, 194, 238, 265, 293, 324, 331] [21, 50, 85, 93, 130, 173, 195, 239, 266, 294, 325, 332] [22, 51, 86, 94, 131, 174, 196, 230, 267, 295, 326, 333] [23, 52, 87, 95, 132, 175, 197, 231, 268, 296, 327, 334] [24, 53, 88, 96, 133, 176, 198, 232, 269, 297, 328, 335] [25, 54, 89, 97, 134, 177, 199, 233, 260, 298, 329, 336] [26, 55, 80, 98, 135, 178, 190, 234, 261, 299, 320, 337] [27, 56, 81, 99, 136, 179, 191, 235, 262, 290, 321, 338] [28, 57, 82, 90, 137, 170, 192, 236, 263, 291, 322, 339] [29, 58, 83, 91, 138, 171, 193, 237, 264, 292, 323, 330] [2, 30, 69, 94, 142, 179, 201, 234, 248, 275, 303, 334] [3, 31, 60, 95, 143, 170, 202, 235, 249, 276, 304, 335] [4, 32, 61, 96, 144, 171, 203, 236, 240, 277, 305, 336] [5, 33, 62, 97, 145, 172, 204, 237, 241, 278, 306, 337] [6, 34, 63, 98, 146, 173, 205, 238, 242, 279, 307, 338] [7, 35, 64, 99, 147, 174, 206, 239, 243, 270, 308, 339] [8, 36, 65, 90, 148, 175, 207, 230, 244, 271, 309, 330] [9, 37, 66, 91, 149, 176, 208, 231, 245, 272, 300, 331] [0, 38, 67, 92, 140, 177, 209, 232, 246, 273, 301, 332] [1, 39, 68, 93, 141, 178, 200, 233, 247, 274, 302, 333] [12, 40, 79, 104, 132, 159, 191, 214, 258, 285, 313, 344] [13, 41, 70, 105, 133, 150, 192, 215, 259, 286, 314, 345] [14, 42, 71, 106, 134, 151, 193, 216, 250, 287, 315, 346] [15, 43, 72, 107, 135, 152, 194, 217, 251, 288, 316, 347] [16, 44, 73, 108, 136, 153, 195, 218, 252, 289, 317, 348] [17, 45, 74, 109, 137, 154, 196, 219, 253, 280, 318, 349] [18, 46, 75, 100, 138, 155, 197, 210, 254, 281, 319, 340] [19, 47, 76, 101, 139, 156, 198, 211, 255, 282, 310, 341] [10, 48, 77, 102, 130, 157, 199, 212, 256, 283, 311, 342] [11, 49, 78, 103, 131, 158, 190, 213, 257, 284, 312, 343] [22, 50, 89, 114, 122, 169, 181, 224, 268, 295, 323, 354] [23, 51, 80, 115, 123, 160, 182, 225, 269, 296, 324, 355] [24, 52, 81, 116, 124, 161, 183, 226, 260, 297, 325, 356] [25, 53, 82, 117, 125, 162, 184, 227, 261, 298, 326, 357] [26, 54, 83, 118, 126, 163, 185, 228, 262, 299, 327, 358] [27, 55, 84, 119, 127, 164, 186, 229, 263, 290, 328, 359] [28, 56, 85, 110, 128, 165, 187, 220, 264, 291, 329, 350] [29, 57, 86, 111, 129, 166, 188, 221, 265, 292, 320, 351] [20, 58, 87, 112, 120, 167, 189, 222, 266, 293, 321, 352] [21, 59, 88, 113, 121, 168, 180, 223, 267, 294, 322, 353] [29, 32, 60, 99, 124, 172, 184, 231, 264, 278, 305, 333] [20, 33, 61, 90, 125, 173, 185, 232, 265, 279, 306, 334] [21, 34, 62, 91, 126, 174, 186, 233, 266, 270, 307, 335] [22, 35, 63, 92, 127, 175, 187, 234, 267, 271, 308, 336] [23, 36, 64, 93, 128, 176, 188, 235, 268, 272, 309, 337] [24, 37, 65, 94, 129, 177, 189, 236, 269, 273, 300, 338] [25, 38, 66, 95, 120, 178, 180, 237, 260, 274, 301, 339] [26, 39, 67, 96, 121, 179, 181, 238, 261, 275, 302, 330] [27, 30, 68, 97, 122, 170, 182, 239, 262, 276, 303, 331] [28, 31, 69, 98, 123, 171, 183, 230, 263, 277, 304, 332] [9, 42, 70, 109, 134, 162, 194, 221, 244, 288, 315, 343] [0, 43, 71, 100, 135, 163, 195, 222, 245, 289, 316, 344] [1, 44, 72, 101, 136, 164, 196, 223, 246, 280, 317, 345] [2, 45, 73, 102, 137, 165, 197, 224, 247, 281, 318, 346] [3, 46, 74, 103, 138, 166, 198, 225, 248, 282, 319, 347] [4, 47, 75, 104, 139, 167, 199, 226, 249, 283, 310, 348] [5, 48, 76, 105, 130, 168, 190, 227, 240, 284, 311, 349] [6, 49, 77, 106, 131, 169, 191, 228, 241, 285, 312, 340] [7, 40, 78, 107, 132, 160, 192, 229, 242, 286, 313, 341] [8, 41, 79, 108, 133, 161, 193, 220, 243, 287, 314, 342] [19, 52, 80, 119, 144, 152, 204, 211, 254, 298, 325, 353] [10, 53, 81, 110, 145, 153, 205, 212, 255, 299, 326, 354] [11, 54, 82, 111, 146, 154, 206, 213, 256, 290, 327, 355] [12, 55, 83, 112, 147, 155, 207, 214, 257, 291, 328, 356] [13, 56, 84, 113, 148, 156, 208, 215, 258, 292, 329, 357] [14, 57, 85, 114, 149, 157, 209, 216, 259, 293, 320, 358] [15, 58, 86, 115, 140, 158, 200, 217, 250, 294, 321, 359] [16, 59, 87, 116, 141, 159, 201, 218, 251, 295, 322, 350] [17, 50, 88, 117, 142, 150, 202, 219, 252, 296, 323, 351] [18, 51, 89, 118, 143, 151, 203, 210, 253, 297, 324, 352]
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