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[[275,8,11]] d ≤
n
275
k
8
d
11
kd²/n
3.52
w
6
X/Z
1.09
g
0.055
r
4.0
layers
1
swaps
1770

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Distance

X/Z asymmetry 1.09 · d_X ≤ 12, d_Z ≤ 11 · w_X = 6, w_Z = 6 (max(d_X,d_Z)/min(d_X,d_Z); each side carries its own earned tier: = certified exact, ≤ witness upper bound)
d_X 12 · witness weight 12 (claimed upper_bound)
witness operator (support, 12 qubits)
[34, 59, 60, 94, 118, 119, 136, 148, 218, 220, 230, 242]
d_Z 11 · witness weight 11 (claimed upper_bound)
witness operator (support, 11 qubits)
[32, 39, 41, 43, 44, 51, 61, 171, 178, 179, 195]
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 2–6 (mean 5.112) · H_Z 2–6 (mean 5.143)
qubit degrees H_X 1–3 (mean 2.491) · H_Z 1–3 (mean 2.487)
trapping sets H_X (1,1)×43 (2,0)×10 (3,0)×23 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_X
(1,1): 43 (1,2): 54 (1,3): 178 (2,0): 10 (2,1): 70 (2,2): 174 (2,3): 269 (2,4): 1019 (3,0): 23 (3,1): 108 (3,2): 516 (3,3): 1418 (3,4): 2375 (3,5): 7876 (3,6): 262 (3,7): 1165
trapping sets H_Z (1,1)×46 (2,0)×12 (3,0)×20 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_Z
(1,1): 46 (1,2): 49 (1,3): 180 (2,0): 12 (2,1): 63 (2,2): 187 (2,3): 247 (2,4): 1033 (3,0): 20 (3,1): 130 (3,2): 490 (3,3): 1470 (3,4): 2234 (3,5): 8017 (3,6): 235 (3,7): 1179
witness diameter X 15.0 · Z 13.4536 (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
r = 4
X checkZ checkqubit site (275)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 1770 nearest-neighbor SWAPs per round in total, at most 8 for one check (heuristic: MST lower bound on the layout, with one lattice step = the minimum qubit spacing 1; not a rank)

Construction & provenance

authors @vprusso
provenance submitted through the challenge
novelty novelty not audited
construction Open-boundary planar bivariate-bicycle code (Liang, Eberhardt, Chen, arXiv:2504.08887) with f = x + x2 + y2 and g = 1 + x2 y + x2 y2 on a 12 x 12 grid (research/local2d/planar.py build_open_directional(12, 12), n = 288, k = 8), reduced to n = 275 by 13 restricted r=1 lattice grafts (arXiv:2504.08887 Sec. III E): a qubit lying in exactly one stabilizer of some type is removed together with that stabilizer, accepted only if k stays 8 and a NumPy RIS search screened at 500 fixed-seed trials and confirmed at 1500 fresh-seed trials finds nothing lighter than 12, followed by the weight-1 stabilizer cleanup of research/local2d/boundary_engine.py. Layout: a surviving qubit of unreduced index q = c*144 + i*12 + j sits at (i + j, j - i + c), one layer, spacing 1.
model Claude Claude Fable 5.1 (claimed, not verified)
date 2026-09-20
notes Derived from the flagship planar family at L = (12,12) by r=1 grafting; not an independent construction. Fresh-seed RIS ladder on the saved code: 5000 trials -> 11, 20000 trials -> 11. Claim: d <= 11, a witness-backed upper bound. Advances the weight-6 x local-2d-single board if the gate says so; novelty vs the literature unverified.
family bivariate bicycle (a tag, not a ranking)
locality 2D-local single (computed from the layout)
weight class weight ≤ 6 (computed)

How this code was found

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

[[275,8,11]] reduced single-layer planar bivariate-bicycle code, L = (12,12), r=1 grafts only

Direction & hypothesis

Target cell: weight-6 x local-2d-single. Its k = 8 entries are all the flagship open-boundary planar bivariate-bicycle family (f = x + x^2 + y^2, g = 1 + x^2 y + x^2 y^2, arXiv:2504.08887): the unreduced L = 8, 10, 12 lattices and r=1 grafted L = 13 to 16 lattices. The reductions of the smaller lattices on the board (n = 118, 169, 203, 265) use a merge-graft move whose checks exceed radius 4 in the single-layer layout, so they sit in the bilayer cell only. Restricted r=1 grafting removes a qubit together with the one stabilizer of some type that contains it, so every surviving check is a subset of an original one and the single-layer layout (i + j, j - i + c) keeps radius 4 exactly. Hypothesis: the L = 12 lattice grafts to n < 288 at unchanged k = 8 and d = 12. The run was driven against a floor of 12 (any n < 288 at d = 12 would dominate [[288,8,12]]), but the fresh-seed ladder on the saved code found a weight-11 logical, so the honest claim is d <= 11: the code is a new frontier point between the L = 11 reduction at d = 10 and [[288,8,12]], and dominates nothing.

Higher k is closed in this layout: mixed volume over every trinomial (f, g) pair fitting radius 4 under the checkerboard map, a shifted checkerboard, and an anisotropic stripe map never exceeds 8 (3522 to 3562 fitting pairs per map).

What was searched

Base code research/local2d/planar.py build_open_directional(12, 12), [[288,8]]. Grafting driver (staged with the candidate): candidates are qubits lying in exactly one X-stabilizer or one Z-stabilizer; order randomized with seed 1; a removal is kept iff k stays 8, a fixed-seed NumPy RIS screen at 500 trials finds nothing lighter than 12, and a fresh-seed confirm at 1500 trials agrees. 8 removals accepted, 26 rejected at the confirm rung (screen passed, confirm found weight [11]), then the weight-1 stabilizer cleanup of boundary_engine._cleanup. Final n = 275. Wall time 1053 s.

Evidence trail

Fresh-seed NumPy RIS ladder on the saved code: 5000 trials -> 11, 20000 trials -> 11. The witnesses in the submission are weight-12 (X) and weight-11 (Z) logicals, re-verified by the GF(2) stack. Claim: d <= 11, a witness-backed upper bound. Gate verdict (verify/validate_candidate.py): passed = True; labels: advances the weight-6 x local-2d-single board; literature novelty UNVERIFIED. Interaction radius 4.0, one layer, one qubit per site, max check weight 6. Advances the weight-6 x local-2d-single board; novelty vs the literature unverified.

Dead ends

The floor-12 chain itself is the main dead end here: 8 grafts each passed a 1500-trial fresh-seed confirm at 12, but the ladder on the saved code found 11 at 5000 trials, so the per-step confirm rung was too shallow for this lattice (26 of 34 attempted removals were already rejected at the confirm rung with weight 11). A second chain with screen 1500 / confirm 6000 is recorded in journal.md.

Rectangular lattices (10,11) and (11,12): d_rand 9 at n = 220 and 10 at n = 264 (300 trials), dominated by the reductions of the square lattices. Anisotropic single-layer layouts do not open k > 8 (mixed-volume enumeration above). Merge-graft moves were not attempted because they leave the single-layer radius-4 class.

Tools

Claude (Claude Code) as the agent in an unattended autoresearch run. Kit modules research/local2d/planar.py, research/local2d/boundary_engine.py (_cleanup, compute_k), research/kit/surrogate.py (NumPy RIS, no gf2_fast), research/kit/submit.py, and verify/validate_candidate.py as the only gate. Two worker threads on a shared machine.

Reproduction

The graft order is randomized, so the surviving qubit set is recorded by the coordinates in the submission: a qubit at (x, y) has c = (x + y) mod 2, j = (x + y - c) / 2, i = x - j, unreduced index c*144 + i*12 + j. Rebuild the base with

import sys; sys.path.insert(0, "research/local2d")
from planar import build_open_directional
HX, HZ = build_open_directional(12, 12)   # [[288,8]]

then delete the qubits absent from the layout together with the stabilizers that become the unique owner of a deleted qubit, and run boundary_engine._cleanup.

Parity checks

X-checks 134 (max weight 6) · Z-checks 133 (max weight 6)
H_X (134 checks, sparse supports)
[0, 137, 138] [1, 138, 139] [2, 139, 140] [3, 140, 141] [4, 141, 142] [5, 142, 143] [6, 143, 144] [7, 144, 145] [8, 145, 146] [9, 146, 147] [0, 11, 149, 150] [1, 12, 150, 151] [2, 13, 151, 152] [3, 14, 152, 153] [4, 15, 153, 154] [5, 16, 154, 155] [6, 17, 155, 156] [7, 18, 156, 157] [8, 19, 157, 158] [9, 20, 158, 159] [2, 11, 23, 136, 161, 162] [3, 12, 24, 137, 162, 163] [4, 13, 25, 138, 163, 164] [5, 14, 26, 139, 164, 165] [6, 15, 27, 140, 165, 166] [7, 16, 28, 141, 166, 167] [8, 17, 29, 142, 167, 168] [9, 18, 30, 143, 168, 169] [10, 19, 31, 144, 169, 170] [13, 23, 34, 148, 172, 173] [14, 24, 35, 149, 173, 174] [15, 25, 36, 150, 174, 175] [16, 26, 37, 151, 175, 176] [17, 27, 38, 152, 176, 177] [18, 28, 39, 153, 177, 178] [19, 29, 40, 154, 178, 179] [20, 30, 41, 155, 179, 180] [21, 31, 42, 156, 180, 181] [22, 32, 43, 157, 181, 182] [25, 34, 46, 160, 184, 185] [26, 35, 47, 161, 185, 186] [27, 36, 48, 162, 186, 187] [28, 37, 49, 163, 187, 188] [29, 38, 50, 164, 188, 189] [30, 39, 51, 165, 189, 190] [31, 40, 52, 166, 190, 191] [32, 41, 53, 167, 191, 192] [33, 42, 54, 168, 192, 193] [36, 46, 58, 171, 195, 196] [37, 47, 59, 172, 196, 197] [38, 48, 60, 173, 197, 198] [39, 49, 61, 174, 198, 199] [40, 50, 62, 175, 199, 200] [41, 51, 63, 176, 200, 201] [42, 52, 64, 177, 201, 202] [43, 53, 65, 178, 202, 203] [44, 54, 66, 179, 203, 204] [45, 55, 67, 180, 204, 205] [48, 58, 70, 183, 207, 208] [49, 59, 71, 184, 208, 209] [50, 60, 72, 185, 209, 210] [51, 61, 73, 186, 210, 211] [52, 62, 74, 187, 211, 212] [53, 63, 75, 188, 212, 213] [54, 64, 76, 189, 213, 214] [55, 65, 77, 190, 214, 215] [56, 66, 78, 191, 215, 216] [57, 67, 79, 192, 216, 217] [60, 70, 82, 194, 219, 220] [61, 71, 83, 195, 220, 221] [62, 72, 84, 196, 221, 222] [63, 73, 85, 197, 222, 223] [64, 74, 86, 198, 223, 224] [65, 75, 87, 199, 224, 225] [66, 76, 88, 200, 225, 226] [67, 77, 89, 201, 226, 227] [68, 78, 90, 202, 227, 228] [69, 79, 91, 203, 228, 229] [72, 82, 94, 206, 231, 232] [73, 83, 95, 207, 232, 233] [74, 84, 96, 208, 233, 234] [75, 85, 97, 209, 234, 235] [76, 86, 98, 210, 235, 236] [77, 87, 99, 211, 236, 237] [78, 88, 100, 212, 237, 238] [79, 89, 101, 213, 238, 239] [80, 90, 102, 214, 239, 240] [81, 91, 103, 215, 240, 241] [84, 94, 105, 218, 243, 244] [85, 95, 106, 219, 244, 245] [86, 96, 107, 220, 245, 246] [87, 97, 108, 221, 246, 247] [88, 98, 109, 222, 247, 248] [89, 99, 110, 223, 248, 249] [90, 100, 111, 224, 249, 250] [91, 101, 112, 225, 250, 251] [92, 102, 113, 226, 251, 252] [93, 103, 114, 227, 252, 253] [96, 105, 117, 230, 255, 256] [97, 106, 118, 231, 256, 257] [98, 107, 119, 232, 257, 258] [99, 108, 120, 233, 258, 259] [100, 109, 121, 234, 259, 260] [101, 110, 122, 235, 260, 261] [102, 111, 123, 236, 261, 262] [103, 112, 124, 237, 262, 263] [104, 113, 125, 238, 263, 264] [107, 117, 242, 265, 266] [108, 118, 243, 266, 267] [109, 119, 244, 267, 268] [110, 120, 128, 245, 268, 269] [111, 121, 129, 246, 269] [112, 122, 130, 247, 270] [113, 123, 131, 248, 270, 271] [114, 124, 132, 249, 271, 272] [115, 125, 250, 272, 273] [116, 126, 133, 251, 273, 274] [119, 254] [120, 255] [121, 256] [122, 128, 257] [123, 129, 258] [124, 130, 259] [125, 131, 260] [126, 132, 261] [127, 262] [128, 265] [129, 266] [130, 267] [131, 268] [132, 269] [133, 270] [134, 271] [135, 272]
H_Z (133 checks, sparse supports)
[23, 136, 148] [0, 24, 137, 149] [0, 1, 25, 138, 150, 160] [1, 2, 26, 139, 151, 161] [2, 3, 27, 140, 152, 162] [3, 4, 28, 141, 153, 163] [4, 5, 29, 142, 154, 164] [5, 6, 30, 143, 155, 165] [6, 7, 31, 144, 156, 166] [7, 8, 32, 145, 157, 167] [8, 9, 33, 146, 158, 168] [9, 10, 147, 159, 169] [10, 170] [34, 148, 160] [11, 35, 149, 161] [11, 12, 36, 150, 162, 171] [12, 13, 37, 151, 163, 172] [13, 14, 38, 152, 164, 173] [14, 15, 39, 153, 165, 174] [15, 16, 40, 154, 166, 175] [16, 17, 41, 155, 167, 176] [17, 18, 42, 156, 168, 177] [18, 19, 43, 157, 169, 178] [19, 20, 44, 158, 170, 179] [20, 21, 45, 159, 180] [21, 22, 181] [22, 182] [46, 160, 171] [23, 47, 161, 172] [23, 24, 48, 162, 173, 183] [24, 25, 49, 163, 174, 184] [25, 26, 50, 164, 175, 185] [26, 27, 51, 165, 176, 186] [27, 28, 52, 166, 177, 187] [28, 29, 53, 167, 178, 188] [29, 30, 54, 168, 179, 189] [30, 31, 55, 169, 180, 190] [31, 32, 56, 170, 181, 191] [32, 33, 57, 182, 192] [33, 193] [58, 171, 183] [34, 59, 172, 184] [34, 35, 60, 173, 185, 194] [35, 36, 61, 174, 186, 195] [36, 37, 62, 175, 187, 196] [37, 38, 63, 176, 188, 197] [38, 39, 64, 177, 189, 198] [39, 40, 65, 178, 190, 199] [40, 41, 66, 179, 191, 200] [41, 42, 67, 180, 192, 201] [42, 43, 68, 181, 193, 202] [43, 44, 69, 182, 203] [44, 45, 204] [45, 205] [70, 183, 194] [46, 71, 184, 195] [46, 47, 72, 185, 196, 206] [47, 48, 73, 186, 197, 207] [48, 49, 74, 187, 198, 208] [49, 50, 75, 188, 199, 209] [50, 51, 76, 189, 200, 210] [51, 52, 77, 190, 201, 211] [52, 53, 78, 191, 202, 212] [53, 54, 79, 192, 203, 213] [54, 55, 80, 193, 204, 214] [55, 56, 81, 205, 215] [56, 57, 216] [57, 217] [82, 194, 206] [58, 83, 195, 207] [58, 59, 84, 196, 208, 218] [59, 60, 85, 197, 209, 219] [60, 61, 86, 198, 210, 220] [61, 62, 87, 199, 211, 221] [62, 63, 88, 200, 212, 222] [63, 64, 89, 201, 213, 223] [64, 65, 90, 202, 214, 224] [65, 66, 91, 203, 215, 225] [66, 67, 92, 204, 216, 226] [67, 68, 93, 205, 217, 227] [68, 69, 228] [69, 229] [94, 206, 218] [70, 95, 207, 219] [70, 71, 96, 208, 220, 230] [71, 72, 97, 209, 221, 231] [72, 73, 98, 210, 222, 232] [73, 74, 99, 211, 223, 233] [74, 75, 100, 212, 224, 234] [75, 76, 101, 213, 225, 235] [76, 77, 102, 214, 226, 236] [77, 78, 103, 215, 227, 237] [78, 79, 104, 216, 228, 238] [79, 80, 217, 229, 239] [80, 81, 240] [81, 241] [105, 218, 230] [82, 106, 219, 231] [82, 83, 107, 220, 232, 242] [83, 84, 108, 221, 233, 243] [84, 85, 109, 222, 234, 244] [85, 86, 110, 223, 235, 245] [86, 87, 111, 224, 236, 246] [87, 88, 112, 225, 237, 247] [88, 89, 113, 226, 238, 248] [89, 90, 114, 227, 239, 249] [90, 91, 115, 228, 240, 250] [91, 92, 116, 229, 241, 251] [92, 93, 252] [93, 253] [117, 230, 242] [94, 118, 231, 243] [94, 95, 119, 232, 244, 254] [95, 96, 120, 233, 245, 255] [96, 97, 121, 234, 246, 256] [97, 98, 122, 235, 247, 257] [98, 99, 123, 236, 248, 258] [99, 100, 124, 237, 249, 259] [100, 101, 125, 238, 250, 260] [101, 102, 126, 239, 251, 261] [102, 103, 127, 240, 252, 262] [103, 104, 241, 253, 263] [104, 264] [106, 107, 128, 245, 257, 265] [107, 108, 129, 246, 258, 266] [108, 109, 130, 247, 259, 267] [109, 110, 131, 248, 260, 268] [110, 111, 132, 249, 261, 269] [112, 113, 133, 251, 263, 270] [113, 114, 134, 252, 264, 271] [114, 115, 135, 253, 272] [115, 116, 273] [116, 274]
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