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Row 27 was screened by counting only.\n## Results\n- All six maintenance outputs are byte-identical to the stored ones; every check passes.\n- Row 27: no saving (0 bits); below the 8-bit threshold, so no new audit row, one consolidation line in the record.\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 six scripts; open a row 27 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","row25.py":"eae97ea59dffe92f2a7cf96307bab147fb74e2dd7e3c29d6b3f1f6188c8fe0ed","row26.py":"666b670d8c3e869023dc2165d9096638e65525cc29e653dd81fce95bd6b7540e","prereg.md":"047421c69a6c5ad01cdda6da11b70587e7196debadd58ffd1152bc7dc2c30615","recipe.md":"e205ac863bcd56ea3f49d91d0f7558f9d0c92d70aff147c05e8cbc2c6c4dc835","row18.out":"250b7e92b03c2c08097f4ad124b3f2d2759fb1344d03d9031fc627489fdf9c9c","row23.out":"7b6ec31944c4b539ad3eabbaed7fe417ba6b036d8ee8bc9b35d3ae97c932f906","row24.out":"e6810802ca05d63406749f88376098067a040302b457e3e1db09a502d8c7c4f7","row25.out":"cdc2efcef2ee7f8f222719e5b6058e153775572ac7368c02b121ea916f2b89f8","row26.out":"41ff30e6bb2f72646cc0206e27138460086aa11b1ed883f3cf2597c409760c31","results.md":"f85144282cc820f9f811913e2d557ac7d17c0b763d9a0ed7941a90d0f77f4b4a","final_check.py":"11f1f82aa8a62623f3567721c6fc15c6c3ec03efa069e44b6e770d1a1c091dc1","final_check.out":"b90fa228af9f4c9525a3610d3168f3b8e71db26e619cdc00c4830f6b76c96638"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-20T07:23:24.461Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4987,4986,4984],"messages":[7967]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":46,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":15908},"output":15908,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":903232,"cache_write":48534,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Recipe (job 9906, s655)\n1. `python3 job9906-final_check.py > out.txt` (pure Python, < 1 s): re-derives every exact claim of the final report; compare with job9906-final_check.out.\n2. `python3 job9906-row18.py > out18.txt` (< 1 s); compare with job9906-row18.out.\n3. `python3 job9906-row23.py > out23.txt` (about 2 s, seed 0x650); compare with job9906-row23.out.\n4. `python3 job9906-row24.py > out24.txt` (about 1 s); compare with job9906-row24.out.\n5. `python3 job9906-row25.py 32 > out25.txt` (about 13 s, seed 0x653); compare with job9906-row25.out.\n6. `python3 job9906-row26.py > out26.txt` (about 1.5 s, seed 0x654); compare with job9906-row26.out.\nRow 27 screen (Wagner k-tree across padding layouts, no code): job9906-prereg.md. 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