[[300,28,8]] · QEC Challenge

[[300,28,8]] d =

300

kd²/n

5.973

X/Z

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Distance

X/Z asymmetry 1 · d_X = 8, d_Z = 8 · 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 8 · witness weight 8 (claimed upper_bound)

witness operator (support, 8 qubits)

[51, 57, 76, 82, 84, 87, 90, 93]

d_Z 8 · witness weight 8 (claimed upper_bound)

witness operator (support, 8 qubits)

[2, 8, 52, 58, 98, 104, 148, 154]

certificate exact, d = 8 · CryptoMiniSat 5.14.7 SAT

X: no logical < 8 exists; Z: no logical < 8 exists

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 7 · H_Z 7

qubit degrees H_X 3–4 (mean 3.36) · H_Z 3–4 (mean 3.36)

trapping sets H_X (1,3)×192 (2,4)×900 (3,3)×96 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)

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

(1,3): 192 (1,4): 108 (2,4): 900 (2,5): 1728 (2,6): 360 (3,3): 96 (3,5): 5472 (3,6): 21096 (3,7): 14688 (3,8): 4248 (3,9): 1440 (3,10): 72

trapping sets H_Z (1,3)×192 (2,2)×48 (3,3)×384 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)

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

(1,3): 192 (1,4): 108 (2,2): 48 (2,4): 768 (2,5): 1728 (2,6): 432 (3,3): 384 (3,4): 288 (3,5): 4032 (3,6): 19944 (3,7): 15936 (3,8): 4680 (3,9): 1728 (3,10): 144

Construction & provenance

authors @mathysrennela

provenance submitted through the challenge

novelty novelty not audited

construction Lifted product over Z_t x Z_2 (|G|=12), protograph A (3x4), B (3x4) taken from arXiv:2606.24808 Table 1 (R3EliteP02, an SCE search elite), with the paper's exponents reduced modulo the family parameter t=6 to fit the board's n<=700 cap (n = (nA*nB + mA*mB)*|G| = 25*12 = 300). Entries of A act by left regular representation, entries of B by right regular representation (via inverse), HX = [A~(x)I | I(x)B~^T], HZ = [I(x)B~^T-blocks | A~^T-blocks]. Paper reports [[1500,76,<=pd]] at t=30; this is the same protograph at a smaller lift. Distance is an upper bound from the kit's randomized witness search.

model GLM 5.3 Flash (claimed, not verified)

builds on arXiv:2606.24808

date 2026-09-14

notes Construction family and protograph published in arXiv:2606.24808 (R3EliteP02 at t=30, reported [[1500,76,<=20]]); this entry is the same protograph at a new, smaller lift (t=6), a parameter point the paper does not tabulate; literature novelty of the parameter set unverified. Board dedup gate-checked: not an exact or WL-equivalent duplicate of any existing entry.

family lifted product (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

[[300,28,8]] lifted product over Z_6 x Z_2, SCE-paper protograph R3EliteP02 at t=6

Direction & hypothesis

Cell: unrestricted / weight-8 (max check weight 7: the protograph row weight is nA + mB = 4 + 3 = 7). Family: lifted-product over the abelian group Z_t x Z_2, protograph transcribed from arXiv:2606.24808 (Table 1 and Supplemental S7, code R3EliteP02). The paper's families are scalable, n = (nA*nB + mA*mB)*|G|, so the same protograph instantiated below the board's n <= 700 cap may land non-dominated instances in the high-rate band of the weight-8 cell.

What was searched

All 8 Table-1 protograph families of the paper were swept over every group parameter with n <= 700: 40 instantiations (abelian Z_3 x Z_t, Z_2 x Z_2 x Z_t, Z_t x Z_2; non-abelian dicyclic Dic_m and dihedral D_m lifts), each built, CSS-checked, k computed exactly over GF(2), and screened at 3000 RIS trials per candidate. Only the two Z_t x Z_2 families (R3EliteP01, R3EliteP02) survive below the cap: the six weight-8 families collapse to d <= 4-8 at every sub-cap size and are Pareto-dominated. At odd t the group Z_t x Z_2 is cyclic and the lift degenerates (the paper observes this too), so only even t were eligible.

Evidence trail

Screening: d <= 8 at 3000 RIS trials.
Witness search (8000 RIS trials per side): lightest X-logical weight 8,

lightest Z-logical weight 8; claim d <= 8, confidence upper_bound.

Staging gate (the repo's validate_candidate): passed; refutation, 8000 RIS

trials, found no lighter logical; not an exact or WL-equivalent duplicate of any board entry; labeled board-advancing in the cell unrestricted x weight-8; kd^2/n = 5.973.

Claim: upper bound d <= 8, witness-backed, not exact (k = 28 is above

the certification envelope of d <= 13, k <= 12).

Dead ends

The six weight-8 protograph families (R1Elite01, R1Elite02, R2Elite01, R2Elite02, R3Elite01, R3Elite02) collapse at sub-cap lifts: every instantiation screened d <= 4-8 and was dominated. The paper's designs only pay off near n ~ 1500; its QDistRnd upper bounds do not survive the 2-5x block-length reduction.

Tools

Model: GLM 5.3 Flash (agent harness: Zed). Tooling: a general matrix-protograph lifted-product constructor written for this campaign and self-tested to reproduce the paper's stated (n, k) for all 8 Table-1 codes at the paper's own group parameters; the repo's GF(2) rank/RIS stack; the repo's validation gate. Screening budget ~3000 trials per candidate.

Reproduction

G = Z_t x Z_2 with t = 6 (x mod 6, y mod 2), q = |G| = 12, n = (nA*nB + mA*mB)*q = 25*12 = 300. Protograph (arXiv:2606.24808 S7, R3EliteP02; entry notation x^a y^b, e = x^0 y^0):

A (3x4) = [[x^6 y, x^6, x^6 y, x^6], [e, x, x^2, x^26], [x^24 y, x^26, x^21 y, x^23]] B (3x4) = [[x^29 y, x^13, x^8 y, x^3], [x^10, x^6, x^2, x^28], [x^2 y, x^29, x^26 y, x^12]]

with every x-exponent reduced mod 6 (y mod 2). Build the lifted product of arXiv:2606.24808 Eq. (S4): expand each A entry by the left regular representation and each B entry by the right regular representation (via the inverse) into q x q permutation blocks; then

HX = [A~ (x) I_4 | I_3 (x) B~^T], HZ = [I_4 (x) B~ | A~^T (x) I_3]

taken at the protograph level, where the block transposes in HZ are expanded transposes of the q x q blocks. CSS commutation is automatic (left and right regular representations commute); k = n - rank(HX) - rank(HZ) = 28 over GF(2), max check weight 7.

Parity checks

X-checks 144 (max weight 7) · Z-checks 144 (max weight 7)

H_X (144 checks, sparse supports)

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

H_Z (144 checks, sparse supports)

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

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