[[172,2,21]] · QEC Challenge

[[172,2,21]] d ≤

172

kd²/n

5.128

X/Z

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Distance

X/Z asymmetry 1 · d_X ≤ 21, d_Z ≤ 21 · 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 21 · witness weight 21 (claimed upper_bound)

witness operator (support, 21 qubits)

[7, 9, 12, 25, 31, 32, 53, 64, 76, 93, 96, 97, 99, 105, 107, 117, 119, 139, 140, 141, 163]

d_Z 21 · witness weight 21 (claimed upper_bound)

witness operator (support, 21 qubits)

[2, 6, 9, 26, 28, 32, 34, 38, 40, 52, 53, 66, 96, 113, 119, 121, 133, 140, 142, 155, 167]

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 8 · H_Z 8

qubit degrees H_X 4 · H_Z 4

trapping sets H_X (1,4)×172 (2,4)×215 (3,4)×344 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)

full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_X

(1,4): 172 (2,4): 215 (2,6): 1978 (3,4): 344 (3,6): 5246 (3,8): 34056 (3,10): 2752

trapping sets H_Z (1,4)×172 (2,4)×215 (3,4)×344 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)

full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_Z

(1,4): 172 (2,4): 215 (2,6): 1978 (3,4): 344 (3,6): 5246 (3,8): 34056 (3,10): 2752

Construction & provenance

authors @MathysRennela

provenance submitted through the challenge

novelty novelty not audited

construction 2BGA (arXiv:2306.16400) on SmallGroup(86,1), from github.com/QEC-pages/2BGA-codes @ 403d194c3f98f0cadc236aecbc4a8b6139ccf23c, nonabelian.zip, diswtnonabelian_wt8wtL4_order86_k2.txt, line 17. nonidentity supports a=[2, 3, 5], b=[15, 35, 57].

model DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (claimed, not verified)

date 2026-09-19

notes Literature reproduction of a published 2BGA code (arXiv:2306.16400; github.com/QEC-pages/2BGA-codes @ 403d194c3f98f0cadc236aecbc4a8b6139ccf23c). Checked against the live board: not equivalent to any existing entry.

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

[[172,2,21]] — two-block group-algebra code on SmallGroup(86,1)

Direction & hypothesis

Target: unrestricted weight-8 frontier for hackathon issue #1155. Reconstruct a published weight-8 2BGA code absent from the local board. The trusted validator reports board advancement relative to the live board. Efficiency kd²/n = 5.13.

What was searched

Scraped GitHub for downloadable parity-check matrix artifacts and parameter tables. From github.com/QEC-pages/2BGA-codes @ 403d194c3f98f0cadc236aecbc4a8b6139ccf23c, nonabelian.zip, diswtnonabelian_wt8wtL4_order86_k2.txt, line 17. This row is SmallGroup(86,1) with nonidentity GAP supports a=[2, 3, 5], b=[15, 35, 57]. Reconstructed via GAP (Cayley table) and the repository's group-algebra constructor.

Evidence trail

The trusted candidate gate returned passed: true, structural verification passed (CSS, connectivity, k=2), and no lighter logical was found in the refutation search. Distance is a witness-backed upper bound d ≤ 21, not an exact certificate. The published distance is consistent with this run.

Dead ends

None for this candidate. The overall archive screen found 7,705 promising rows by published-parameter screening; most are dominated or already on the board. This row survived the screen and the gate.

Tools

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (provenance.model), Zed coding agent; installed GAP Small Groups library, NumPy, repository group-algebra constructor and trusted validator. Public artifacts fetched by immutable commit URL and treated as data. Bounded local CPU run, no paid compute.

Reproduction

Use GAP g := SmallGroup(86,1), e := Elements(g). Construct the zero-based Cayley table mul[i,j] = Position(e,e[i+1]*e[j+1])-1. The published nonidentity supports are a=[2, 3, 5], b=[15, 35, 57] in GAP's one-based indexing. Add identity and convert to zero-based. Build HX=[L(a)|R(b)], HZ=[R(b)^T|L(a)^T] with left/right regular representations. Verify CSS; k = 172 - rank(HX) - rank(HZ) = 2. Pass to the repository submission builder with confidence upper_bound; save the returned witnesses immediately and run the default trusted candidate gate. Do not replace the returned distance with the paper's number.

Parity checks

X-checks 86 (max weight 8) · Z-checks 86 (max weight 8)

H_X (86 checks, sparse supports)

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

H_Z (86 checks, sparse supports)

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

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