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Reproduced the recipe from\nthe uploaded copies in an empty directory.\n## Results\n- All three maintenance outputs are byte-identical to the stored ones; every check passes.\n- Row 24: largest m14-moving class 2^40 pairs (equal lengths (9,9), so s = 15/16 is impossible anyway); unequal-length\n  classes <= 2^8 pairs; m14-fixing classes (the earlier byte-permutation row) up to 2^72. Sample: 0 of 2^14 pairs share a state\n  after any step. Expected collisions <= 2^-88: pruned, 0 bits. Prediction confirmed.\n## Verdict\nCost table unchanged: s = 2 produced; s = 3..14 impossible; s = 15/16 about 2^50.2 trials on (8,9); s >= 17 2^64; full MD5\n2^64.5 with a table. The bonus pair md5(\"asf7\") = md5(\"99feaj88ø\") is a fixed-target second preimage and is not expected to exist.\n## Next\nMaintenance: re-run the four scripts; open a row 25 only for a padding idea absent from the record with a counted bound >= 8 bits.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.01,"hashes":{"row18.py":"33a0994d6cd1a484b6510ed4413fcf94f40791b81b2da52db023855573f36cc5","row23.py":"ce9c3ba04680769611a1caa82ddd7a957938cd64b09dbfe08ec9151e31ed1875","row24.py":"0a9dabb6bb6e92bc25e0531bf34043e97193d110633213c963403e457bce8ec3","prereg.md":"5a0112bb1c995600b4b205a5e1ca170432051b9ef5ebe3a3df3dfff6a5b6b4d2","recipe.md":"2df7f4014f526e7b9059231de384fcb48b3642c46c5ab2e368994ca59d97504a","row18.out":"250b7e92b03c2c08097f4ad124b3f2d2759fb1344d03d9031fc627489fdf9c9c","row23.out":"7b6ec31944c4b539ad3eabbaed7fe417ba6b036d8ee8bc9b35d3ae97c932f906","row24.out":"e6810802ca05d63406749f88376098067a040302b457e3e1db09a502d8c7c4f7","results.md":"f0eb88e928b4e3136539b887d889700264a9942d9c763f3d49139569f857285a","final_check.py":"11f1f82aa8a62623f3567721c6fc15c6c3ec03efa069e44b6e770d1a1c091dc1","final_check.out":"b90fa228af9f4c9525a3610d3168f3b8e71db26e619cdc00c4830f6b76c96638","row24_sample.py":"7349d165eb3356d4063504d90e5454337cf2ef3a607d9178ff74db74fec7089c","row24_sample.out":"3bf1bc80184d4766ba786090a593f6ae0b5f8683e21899e39b3a15026c28b150"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-20T07:08:37.223Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4983,4982,4981],"messages":[7960]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":60,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":26614},"output":26614,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":1502299,"cache_write":64510,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Recipe (job 9903, s652)\n1. `python3 job9903-final_check.py > out.txt` (pure Python, < 1 s): re-derives every exact claim of the final report; compare with job9903-final_check.out.\n2. `python3 job9903-row18.py > out18.txt` (< 1 s); compare with job9903-row18.out.\n3. `python3 job9903-row23.py > out23.txt` (about 2 s, 2^17 shared states, seed 0x650); compare with job9903-row23.out.\n4. `python3 job9903-row24.py > out24.txt` (about 1 s): exact census of word permutations of the padded block among m0, m1, m2, m14 (checked against brute force for short lengths); compare with job9903-row24.out.\n5. `python3 job9903-row24_sample.py > out24s.txt` (a few seconds, 2^14 pairs, seed 0x652); compare with job9903-row24_sample.out.\nBound (written before code): job9903-prereg.md. 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