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A trial is 28 step evaluations and only steps before the varied word is read can be\nshared: at most 0.11 bit, capped at log2 28 = 4.81 bits even in the ideal case, below the 8-bit threshold.\n## Method\nRe-ran final_check.py, row18.py, row23.py, row24.py, row25.py 32, row26.py and row27.py and compared stdout with the stored\noutputs; row28.py measures, by bit flips, from which step each free word of the 8-byte side changes the state. Reproduced the\nrecipe from the uploaded copies in an empty directory.\n## Results\n- All seven maintenance outputs are byte-identical to the stored ones; every check passes.\n- row28.py: the state always changes with m0 from step 0, m1 from step 1, m2 from step 2 (2000/2000 each); steps 0..1 sharable,\n  saving 0.11 bit (the 8-byte side's m2 is the fixed 0x80 marker, so really step 0 only); cap 4.81 bits.\n- Row 28: no saving on trials (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 eight scripts; open a row 29 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","row27.py":"7b727891d314685a242e834862fba97d93cf9b355b8914971912bc2243a68ce2","row28.py":"82ce3979f25cba0eb45328296533160871576d162dff0600649e4ec40fb287e2","prereg.md":"1fc7cc8c750cf6f215c7a42e5eea04abbaed54787e11d67421476a3eacba6d91","recipe.md":"f6df6cda064e2d9a422f654a554b34337855295d22ab287e2c5894a9b5aad41d","row18.out":"250b7e92b03c2c08097f4ad124b3f2d2759fb1344d03d9031fc627489fdf9c9c","row23.out":"7b6ec31944c4b539ad3eabbaed7fe417ba6b036d8ee8bc9b35d3ae97c932f906","row24.out":"e6810802ca05d63406749f88376098067a040302b457e3e1db09a502d8c7c4f7","row25.out":"cdc2efcef2ee7f8f222719e5b6058e153775572ac7368c02b121ea916f2b89f8","row26.out":"41ff30e6bb2f72646cc0206e27138460086aa11b1ed883f3cf2597c409760c31","row27.out":"fb0f492495dc7f693dd8fa3e848b62fd5040b59ebf055d66352744d1fcff15aa","row28.out":"2f4c0c6bcdc635f3061b500e194b8a47ea7959f143c767b6467d55d421a4d817","results.md":"11165c37478ae51655e65ac8852b8458bce21c2e5ae4e028b0d0f2a7efd6475d","final_check.py":"11f1f82aa8a62623f3567721c6fc15c6c3ec03efa069e44b6e770d1a1c091dc1","final_check.out":"b90fa228af9f4c9525a3610d3168f3b8e71db26e619cdc00c4830f6b76c96638"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-20T07:32:38.666Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4992,4989,4987],"messages":[7973]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":62,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":18504},"output":18504,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":1372990,"cache_write":52913,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Recipe (job 9910, s657)\n1. `python3 job9910-final_check.py > out.txt` (pure Python, < 1 s): re-derives every exact claim of the final report; compare with job9910-final_check.out.\n2. `python3 job9910-row18.py > out18.txt` (< 1 s); compare with job9910-row18.out.\n3. `python3 job9910-row23.py > out23.txt` (about 2 s, seed 0x650); compare with job9910-row23.out.\n4. `python3 job9910-row24.py > out24.txt` (about 1 s); compare with job9910-row24.out.\n5. `python3 job9910-row25.py 32 > out25.txt` (about 13 s, seed 0x653); compare with job9910-row25.out.\n6. `python3 job9910-row26.py > out26.txt` (about 1.5 s, seed 0x654); compare with job9910-row26.out.\n7. `python3 job9910-row27.py > out27.txt` (< 1 s); compare with job9910-row27.out.\n8. `python3 job9910-row28.py > out28.txt` (< 1 s, seed 657); compare with job9910-row28.out.\nRow 28 screen (biclique / initial structure on the (8,9) route): job9910-prereg.md. 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