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[[44,2,10]] d =
n
44
k
2
d
10
kd²/n
4.545
w
8
X/Z
1
g
0.0157
r
4.1231
layers
2
swaps
98

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Distance

X/Z asymmetry 1 · d_X = 10, d_Z = 10 · 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 10 · witness weight 10 (claimed upper_bound)
witness operator (support, 10 qubits)
[1, 2, 5, 13, 19, 24, 25, 30, 31, 37]
d_Z 10 · witness weight 10 (claimed upper_bound)
witness operator (support, 10 qubits)
[0, 14, 16, 20, 21, 31, 32, 33, 37, 39]
certificate exact, d = 10 · scipy/HiGHS MILP
X: no logical < 10 exists; Z: no logical < 10 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 8 · H_Z 8
qubit degrees H_X 4 · H_Z 4
trapping sets H_X (1,4)×44 (2,2)×22 (3,4)×660 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_X
(1,4): 44 (2,2): 22 (2,4): 154 (2,6): 242 (3,4): 660 (3,6): 2288 (3,8): 1980 (3,10): 44
trapping sets H_Z (1,4)×44 (2,2)×22 (3,4)×660 (smallest syndrome weight at each size, connected sets of up to 3 qubits)
full (size, syndrome weight): count census for H_Z
(1,4): 44 (2,2): 22 (2,4): 154 (2,6): 242 (3,4): 660 (3,6): 2288 (3,8): 1980 (3,10): 44
witness diameter X 5.099 · Z 5.099 (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
layout contributed by @dorakingx · Simulated annealing over site assignments on an integer grid with the repo's own research/local2d/fold_layout.search_layout (max-diameter objective, several bounding boxes and seeds); single layer at radius 4 tried first, then two layers at 7. Radius and per-site occupancy re-measured with the verifier's rule. · 2026-10-02
r = 4.123
check (X = Z, self-dual)qubit site (23)2 qubits stacked (2 layers)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 98 nearest-neighbor SWAPs per round in total, at most 4 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 @MathysRennela
provenance submitted through the challenge
novelty novelty not audited
construction 2BGA (arXiv:2306.16400) on SmallGroup(22,2), from github.com/QEC-pages/2BGA-codes @ 403d194c3f98f0cadc236aecbc4a8b6139ccf23c, abelian.zip, diswtabelian_wt8wtL4_order22_k2.txt, line 1. nonidentity supports a=[3, 5, 10], b=[3, 5, 20].
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 2D-local bilayer (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

[[44,2,10]] — two-block group-algebra code on SmallGroup(22,2)

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 = 4.55.

What was searched

Scraped GitHub for downloadable parity-check matrix artifacts and parameter tables. From github.com/QEC-pages/2BGA-codes @ 403d194c3f98f0cadc236aecbc4a8b6139ccf23c, abelian.zip, diswtabelian_wt8wtL4_order22_k2.txt, line 1. This row is SmallGroup(22,2) with nonidentity GAP supports a=[3, 5, 10], b=[3, 5, 20]. 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 ≤ 10, 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(22,2), 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=[3, 5, 10], b=[3, 5, 20] 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 = 44 - 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 22 (max weight 8) · Z-checks 22 (max weight 8)
H_X (22 checks, sparse supports)
[0, 15, 18, 20, 22, 27, 40, 42] [1, 14, 19, 21, 23, 26, 41, 43] [0, 2, 17, 20, 22, 24, 29, 42] [1, 3, 16, 21, 23, 25, 28, 43] [0, 2, 4, 19, 22, 24, 26, 31] [1, 3, 5, 18, 23, 25, 27, 30] [2, 4, 6, 21, 24, 26, 28, 33] [3, 5, 7, 20, 25, 27, 29, 32] [1, 4, 6, 8, 26, 28, 30, 35] [0, 5, 7, 9, 27, 29, 31, 34] [3, 6, 8, 10, 28, 30, 32, 37] [2, 7, 9, 11, 29, 31, 33, 36] [5, 8, 10, 12, 30, 32, 34, 39] [4, 9, 11, 13, 31, 33, 35, 38] [7, 10, 12, 14, 32, 34, 36, 41] [6, 11, 13, 15, 33, 35, 37, 40] [9, 12, 14, 16, 34, 36, 38, 43] [8, 13, 15, 17, 35, 37, 39, 42] [11, 14, 16, 18, 23, 36, 38, 40] [10, 15, 17, 19, 22, 37, 39, 41] [13, 16, 18, 20, 25, 38, 40, 42] [12, 17, 19, 21, 24, 39, 41, 43]
H_Z (22 checks, sparse supports)
[0, 2, 4, 19, 22, 24, 26, 31] [1, 3, 5, 18, 23, 25, 27, 30] [2, 4, 6, 21, 24, 26, 28, 33] [3, 5, 7, 20, 25, 27, 29, 32] [1, 4, 6, 8, 26, 28, 30, 35] [0, 5, 7, 9, 27, 29, 31, 34] [3, 6, 8, 10, 28, 30, 32, 37] [2, 7, 9, 11, 29, 31, 33, 36] [5, 8, 10, 12, 30, 32, 34, 39] [4, 9, 11, 13, 31, 33, 35, 38] [7, 10, 12, 14, 32, 34, 36, 41] [6, 11, 13, 15, 33, 35, 37, 40] [9, 12, 14, 16, 34, 36, 38, 43] [8, 13, 15, 17, 35, 37, 39, 42] [11, 14, 16, 18, 23, 36, 38, 40] [10, 15, 17, 19, 22, 37, 39, 41] [13, 16, 18, 20, 25, 38, 40, 42] [12, 17, 19, 21, 24, 39, 41, 43] [0, 15, 18, 20, 22, 27, 40, 42] [1, 14, 19, 21, 23, 26, 41, 43] [0, 2, 17, 20, 22, 24, 29, 42] [1, 3, 16, 21, 23, 25, 28, 43]
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