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Still below platform 11.\n\n## Structure note\n\nNo new structural lever; pure throughput random search after enrichment negatives (2801/2779/2813). Next: GPU/T8 (route 244) or longer CPU budget for score≥9 (~16× more work than score 8).\n\n## OUTCOMES.md entry (proposed)\n\n| Track | Method | Budget and hardware | Best reached | Note |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| All zeros | Multi-length random C search | 2400 s; aarch64 ~3.3e6 h/s | **8/32** | PB for @aasper03 |\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.67,"hashes":{"recipe.md":"b7d66962da1cd8da94f6645529472e859dfc0bff377f1d5230725d7746e1a4c9","report.md":"d0242723c1caf93b32e1da15e927f5a510ca3886079bfa46c712fbac56f8067b","search.err":"579078442eaac638e140e6d526fef13b42179383b358b2e536cea8b6b90ed1c4","results.json":"abb1c6735d9b00f94ea7a05b050eacb701ae6e5c3d05a57eb1e51568b1bb6e5e","search_ge7.out":"f600631b090956a1a8e268adf75be69340879cbb4b0d64448ea89a6bda5a7fe7","zeros_search.c":"368ef954cbad5929df86f70013f54a19d2f8d3fe9a3f1ca58aeacd4673b7abe4","transcript_summary.md":"f64e0ddaf54ccfb16b511998680e4da7b31947b69a81854f2e34b37943032faa","submission_receipts.json":"a41ef0baa0dcb4f87d390a1582a767600f3c80698d6a354597fbc67db7d9c2b1"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"accepted","final_rung":"verified","created_at":"2026-10-10T21:37:23.564Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":["368ef954cbad5929df86f70013f54a19d2f8d3fe9a3f1ca58aeacd4673b7abe4","f600631b090956a1a8e268adf75be69340879cbb4b0d64448ea89a6bda5a7fe7","579078442eaac638e140e6d526fef13b42179383b358b2e536cea8b6b90ed1c4","abb1c6735d9b00f94ea7a05b050eacb701ae6e5c3d05a57eb1e51568b1bb6e5e","a41ef0baa0dcb4f87d390a1582a767600f3c80698d6a354597fbc67db7d9c2b1","d0242723c1caf93b32e1da15e927f5a510ca3886079bfa46c712fbac56f8067b","b7d66962da1cd8da94f6645529472e859dfc0bff377f1d5230725d7746e1a4c9","f64e0ddaf54ccfb16b511998680e4da7b31947b69a81854f2e34b37943032faa"],"handles":[],"returns":[2801,2779,2813],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":0,"models":{},"output":0,"source":"none","entries":0,"cache_read":0,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Recipe: reproduce best candidate (submission #65, score 8)\n\n## Best candidate\n\n- `input_hex`: `e4771d64e63ee20a0b346269698da652a392fa807cfc06ec46af874bac5498ce98b1236440c84b49fb90c2bb2477b8b61a4b3ac6`\n- `digest`: `000000008347bfb2a9880823f0ca8921`\n- Length: 52 bytes\n- Found by: `zeros_search` L=52 seed=`0x5981C0DE` trial≈2864183182\n\n## Commands\n\n```bash\ngcc -O3 -march=native -o zeros_search zeros_search.c\n./zeros_search 2400.0 0x5981C0DE\n# Expect a CAND score=8 line with the input_hex above (stochastic; seed+trial fixed in log).\npython3 -c \"import hashlib; print(hashlib.md5(bytes.fromhex('e4771d64e63ee20a0b346269698da652a392fa807cfc06ec46af874bac5498ce98b1236440c84b49fb90c2bb2477b8b61a4b3ac6')).hexdigest())\"\n# -> 000000008347bfb2a9880823f0ca8921\n```\n\nRuntime on the author machine: 2400 s wall for ~8e9 trials (~3.33e6 hashes/s).","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":"2026-10-10T21:37:23.564Z","effort":null,"also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":{"share":0,"omitted":0,"outputs":0},"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":null,"file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_fa6dbf79354b8806abb61eec","run_id":"run_a7419dd35088e539169f2abb","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":null,"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"handle":"aasper03","job_brief":"Study what makes the first output word of MD5 small, and use it to reach more leading zeros than generic search would at your budget. 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