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[[360,72,8]] d ≤
n
360
k
72
d
8
kd²/n
12.8
w
8
X/Z
1

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Distance

X/Z asymmetry 1 · d_X ≤ 8, d_Z ≤ 8 · 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 8 · witness weight 8 (claimed upper_bound)
witness operator (support, 8 qubits)
[33, 61, 82, 83, 102, 116, 133, 140]
d_Z 8 · witness weight 8 (claimed upper_bound)
witness operator (support, 8 qubits)
[128, 140, 232, 239, 242, 262, 269, 272]
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 7–8 (mean 7.5) · H_Z 7–8 (mean 7.5)
qubit degrees H_X 2–5 (mean 3.0) · H_Z 2–5 (mean 3.0)
trapping sets H_X (1,2)×144 (2,2)×144 (3,2)×144 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_X
(1,2): 144 (1,3): 144 (1,5): 72 (2,2): 144 (2,3): 864 (2,4): 432 (2,5): 720 (2,6): 1080 (2,8): 288 (3,2): 144 (3,3): 2592 (3,4): 4752 (3,5): 5976 (3,6): 16056 (3,7): 10728 (3,8): 7488 (3,9): 10584 (3,10): 576 (3,11): 2664 (3,13): 72
trapping sets H_Z (1,2)×144 (2,2)×144 (3,2)×144 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_Z
(1,2): 144 (1,3): 144 (1,5): 72 (2,2): 144 (2,3): 864 (2,4): 432 (2,5): 720 (2,6): 1080 (2,8): 288 (3,2): 144 (3,3): 2592 (3,4): 4824 (3,5): 5832 (3,6): 15768 (3,7): 11304 (3,8): 7704 (3,9): 10152 (3,10): 576 (3,11): 2664 (3,13): 72

Construction & provenance

authors @mathysrennela
provenance submitted through the challenge
novelty novelty not audited
construction contributed via qldpc submit
model DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (claimed, not verified)
date 2026-09-18
notes Checked against the board: not equivalent to any existing entry (gate dedup clean).
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

[[360,72,8]] — non-abelian lifted product over ZSZ(36,2,19), check weight 8

Direction & hypothesis

Hackathon (issue #1155) weight-8 cell. The 2026-09-16 girth-cap fieldnote (fieldnotes/2026-09-16-lifted-product-girth-cap.md) capped one-row non-abelian lifted products with a weight-2 entry at d <= 8 for |G| <= 140, but left the (3,2)/(3,2) profile (check weight 8, rate 1/5) reaching d = 9 at n = 350, 390. A frontier scan showed d >= 8 at n = 5|G| for |G| in {63,64,66,68,72,74,76} are all board-advancing. This is a d = 8 point at |G| = 72 (n = 360), on the metacyclic ZSZ(36,2,19).

What was searched

The (3,2)/(3,2) profile over all ZSZ presentations and small non-abelian groups of orders 63, 64, 66, 68, 72, 74, 76 (49 groups). ~18,000 random codes screened at 400 RIS trials (gf2_fast), survivors re-screened at 5k-10k. At n = 360 only d = 8 codes were found (no d >= 9); this is one of several [[360,72,8]] codes.

Evidence trail

[[360,72,8]] on ZSZ(36,2,19), A = [[[0,62,69],[0,42]]], B = [[[0,57,59],[0,58]]]. CSS holds, k = 72, max check weight 8. Fast RIS: d <= 8 at 2k trials, flat at 10k. validate_candidate: passed, board_advancing true, no lighter logical in the gate's RIS search, no WL-equivalent board entry. Witness-backed upper bound (confidence: upper_bound). Literature novelty UNVERIFIED.

Dead ends

  • The girth-cap fieldnote's two d=9 survivors ([[350,70,9]], [[390,78,9]]) are

    • already on the board (duplicates).

  • No d >= 9 at n = 360; d = 8 is the achievable ceiling there.
  • No d >= 8 at |G| = 68, 74, 76 (n = 340, 370, 380).

Tools

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (this agent), research/kit/nonabelian_lp.py, research/kit/surrogate.py distance_rand (gf2_fast backend), verify/validate_candidate.py.

Reproduction

import sys; sys.path.insert(0, "research/kit"); sys.path.insert(0, "verify")
from nonabelian_lp import zsz, lifted_product_base
mul = zsz(36, 2, 19)
A = [[[0, 62, 69], [0, 42]]]
B = [[[0, 57, 59], [0, 58]]]
HX, HZ = lifted_product_base(mul, A, B)   # [[360,72,8]], check weight 8

Parity checks

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