48G with cheaper initial steps. Have not looked into cheaper cleanup
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x = 665, y = 111, rule = B3/S23
424bobo$424b2o$425bo9$653bobo$26bo626b2o$27bo64bo561bo$25b3o62b2o499b
o$91b2o499b2o$591b2o2$bobo$2b2o240bobo148bobo$2bo241b2o150b2o184bo48b
o27bobo$202bo42bo150bo186b2o44b2o28b2o$200bobo37bobo339b2o46b2o28bo$201b
2o37b2o166b2o3b2o40bo$241bo166b2o3b2o38b2o$454b2o4$439b2o$428b2o9b2o$
427bobo198b2o$268bo158b2o8bo189bobo$267bo140bo28bo189b2o$267b3o131b2o
5bo28bo$401b2o5bo$32bo400b3o3b3o8b2o$33b2o61bo307b3o3b3o37b2o$32b2o62b
obo330bo7bo$96b2o121bo188bo19bobo6bo191bo$217bobo188bo7b3o9bobo6bo190b
obo$218b2o188bo20bo20b2o164b3o9bobo$450b2o177bo$420bo2bo2bo$72bobo112b
o47bo175b2o7b7o7bo156bobo26bo2bo2bo$72b2o114b2o45bo166b2o6bo2bo20bo157b
2o17b2o7b7o7bo$73bo113b2o46bo4b2o160bobo6b2o7b7o7bo157bo9b2o6bo2bo20b
o$240b2o161b2o14bo7bo174bobo6b2o7b7o7bo$190bo181bo42b2obob2o3b2obob2o
171b2o14bo3bo3bo$191b2o21b2o34bo122b2o41bobobo5bobobo184b2obo2b2ob2o2b
ob2o$190b2o22b2o33bo122b2o42bobo9bobo185bobob2o3b2obobo$249b3o163b2ob
o9bob2o184bobobo5bobobo$416bobo9bobo42b2o140b2ob2o7b2ob2o$416bobobo5b
obobo41b2o142bobobo5bobobo$415b2obob2o3b2obob2o42bo141bobob2o3b2obobo
$212b3o204bo7bo14b2o171b2obo2b2ob2o2bob2o$412bo7b7o7b2o6bobo174bo3bo3b
o14b2o$412bo20bo2bo6b2o167bo7b7o7b2o6bobo$412bo7b7o7b2o176bo20bo2bo6b
2o9bo$420bo2bo2bo185bo7b7o7b2o17b2o$395b2o223bo2bo2bo26bobo$395b2o20b
o20bo$409bo6bobo9b3o7bo178bo$409bo6bobo19bo177bobo9b3o$409bo7bo198bob
o$395b2o37b3o3b3o174bo$395b2o8b3o3b3o$244b3o191bo5b2o$409bo28bo5b2o$409b
o28bo$409bo8b2o$207b3o207bobo198b2o$209bo33b2o22b2o137b2o9b2o198bobo$
208bo34b2o21b2o138b2o209b2o$268bo$217b2o$25bo191b2o4bo46b2o$25b2o196b
o45b2o120b2o$24bobo196bo47bo120b2o38b2o3b2o$391bo40b2o3b2o2$239b2o209b
o$239bobo207b2o135bo28b2o46b2o$b2o236bo209bobo134b2o28b2o44b2o$obo62b
2o518bobo27bo48bo$2bo61b2o$66bo2$189b3o462b2o$191bo461b2o$190bo464bo$
592bo$592b2o$591bobo5$217bo$217b2o37b2o$216bobo37bobo162bo$213bo42bo164b
2o$96bo116b2o205bobo$95b2o115bobo$95bobo3$6b2o$7b2o62b3o$6bo64bo$72bo
!
A
p5 oscillator down 1G, to 40G.
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x = 45, y = 39, rule = B3/S23
38bobo$38b2o$o38bo$b2o41bo$2o5bo34b2o$5bobo35b2o$6b2o22$23b2o$23bobo$
24b2o$20b2o$20bobo$21b2o$25bo$21b5o$21bo$24b2o$24b2o!
Another
p5 oscillator down 1G, to 36G.
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x = 630, y = 94, rule = B3/S23
299bo$300bo$298b3o$350bo$350bobo$350b2o2$430bo$428bobo39bobo$429b2o39b
2o$471bo$502bo$501bo$184bobo314b3o$184b2o$185bo3$23bo257bo$24b2o256bo
$23b2o255b3o$368bo221bo$368bobo220bo$368b2o219b3o3$592b2o$591bo2bo$47b
o543bo2bo$47bobo542b2o$47b2o$156bo306bo139bo$157bo305bo139bo23bo$155b
3o305bo139bo23bobo$o317bo139bo139bo23b2o3b2o$b2o314bobo137bobo137bobo
21bo2bo$2o198bobo115bobo137bobo137bobo20bo2bo$180b2o18b2o117b2o9b2o127b
2o9b2o127b2o9b2o10b2o$180b2o19bo128b2o93bo44b2o138b2o$314b2o110b2o26b
2o138b2o$185bo128b2o19bo89b2o27b2o19bo118b2o19bo$184bobo147bobo137bob
o137bobo$183bobo147bobo137bobo137bobo$183b2o148b2o138b2o138b2o3$477b3o
137b3o$448b3o137b3o3$163b2o148b2o138b2o138b2o$162bobo147bobo137bobo137b
obo$161bobo147bobo137bobo137bobo$162bo149bo19b2o118bo19b2o27b2o89bo19b
2o$332b2o138b2o26b2o110b2o$146bo19b2o148b2o138b2o44bo93b2o$146b2o18b2o
148b2o9b2o127b2o9b2o115b2o10b2o9b2o$66b2o77bobo179bobo137bobo113bo2bo
20bobo$65b2o261bobo137bobo112bo2bo21bobo$67bo261bo139bo109b2o3b2o23bo
$190b3o271bo113bobo23bo$190bo273bo115bo23bo$191bo272bo139bo$19b2o$18b
obo593b2o$20bo592bo2bo$613bo2bo$614b2o3$278b2o336b3o$277bobo336bo$279b
o337bo$43b2o320b3o$42b2o321bo$44bo321bo3$162bo$162b2o$161bobo260b3o$426b
o$425bo$456bo$456b2o39b2o$455bobo39bobo$497bo2$296b2o$295bobo$297bo$347b
3o$347bo$348bo!
previous synth, which is curiously asymmetrical compared to mine
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#C [[ GRID MAXGRIDSIZE 14 THEME Catagolue ]]
#CSYNTH xp5_wg886k4raq4oz47o7lp11w7ao7p8z01168nkm9bp5521zy31 costs 37 gliders (true).
#CLL state-numbering golly
x = 692, y = 55, rule = B3/S23
582bo$583bo$581b3o$26bobo$26b2o$27bo143b2o52b2o61b2o70b2o70b2o70b
2o78b2o$119bo4bo45bo2bo50bo2bo59bo2bo68bo2bo68bo2bo68bo2bo76bo2bo
75bo$119b2o3bobo43bo2bo50bo2bo59bo2bo68bo2bo68bo2bo68bo2bo76bo2bo
76b2o$11bo106bobo3b2o45b2o52b2o61b2o29bo40b2o70b2o70b2o78b2o76b2o$
obo7bo309bo$b2o7b3o305b3o274bo$bo75b3o49b3o49b3o51b3o60b3o69b3o69b
3o69b3o78bo23bo44b2o4bo$595bo23bobo42b2o3bobo$73bo51bo51bo53bo62bo
71bo23b2o46bo23b2o46bo23b2o54bo23b2o3b2o48bobo$72bobo49bobo49bobo
51bobo60bobo23b2o44bobo21bo2bo44bobo21bo2bo44bobo21bo2bo52bobo21bo
2bo53bo$15b2o56bobo49bobo49bobo51bobo60bobo21b2o46bobo20bo2bo45bob
o20bo2bo45bobo20bo2bo34bo18bobo20bo2bo$14b2o58b2o50b2o50b2o52b2o
13bo47b2o9b2o12bo46b2o9b2o10b2o47b2o9b2o10b2o47b2o9b2o10b2o36bo18b
2o9b2o10b2o73bobo$16bo228b2o59b2o70b2o70b2o70b2o46b3o29b2o85b2o$
246b2o424bo12b2o3bo$311bo71bo71bo71bo79bo61bo2b3o10b2o$310bobo69bo
bo69bobo69bobo77bobo60b3o3bo$309bobo69bobo69bobo69bobo77bobo59b2o
3bobobo$246b3o60b2o70b2o9bo60b2o70b2o78b2o59bo3bobobobo$241bo6bo
141b2o273bob2o3bo4b2o5b2o$241b2o4bo143b2o65bo71bo134bo4b2obobobo5b
o2bo$240bobo215bo71bo78b3o52b2ob3o3bo3bo6b2o$458bo71bo127b2o6bo3bo
3b3ob2o$389bo267bo2bo5bobobob2o4bo$389b2o185b2o80b2o5b2o4bo3b2obo$
226b2o61b2o70b2o25bobo42b2o9bo60b2o70b2o6b2o80bobobobo3bo$60bo164b
obo60bobo69bobo69bobo10b2o57bobo69bo7bobo80bobobo3b2o$61bo162bobo
60bobo69bobo69bobo10b2o57bobo62b2o13bobo82bo3b3o$59b3o163bo62bo71b
o71bo71bo19b2o41bobo14bo19b2o51b2o10b3o2bo$179bo344b2o43bo34b2o47b
o3b2o12bo$177b2o273bo200b2o$111b2o50b2o13b2o37b2o61b2o70b2o70b2o
21bo3b2o43b2o21b2o55b2o21b2o51bobo$60b2o48bo2bo48bo2bo50bo2bo59bo
2bo68bo2bo68bo2bo18bobo3bobo41bo2bo20bobo53bo2bo20bobo$59b2o49bo2b
o48bo2bo17b3o30bo2bo59bo2bo68bo2bo68bo2bo19b2o47bo2bo21bobo52bo2bo
21bobo70bo$61bo49b2o50b2o18bo33b2o61b2o70b2o70b2o70b2o23bo49b2o3b
2o23bo70bobo$177b3o4bo385bobo99bobo3b2o$179bo392bo100bo4b2o$178bo
2$599bo6b2o72b2o$526bo4bo66b2o5bo2bo70b2o$526b2o3bobo64bobo4bo2bo
72bo$525bobo3b2o73b2o3$586b2o20b3o$585bobo20bo$587bo21bo$601b3o$
601bo$602bo!
2026-04-13:
And a cheaper activation for one of
the p5s, down 2G to 38G.
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x = 90, y = 76, rule = B3/S23
2bo$obo$b2o3$5bobo$6b2o22bo$6bo24bo$29b3o$77bo$77bobo$7bo69b2o$8b2o$7b
2o6$77bo$76bo$76b3o9$42b2o$42b2o$46bo$42b5o$42bo$45b2o3b2o$45bobo3bo$
38b2o6b2o2bo$39bo2b2o6b2o$38bo3bobo$38b2o3b2o$47bo$43b5o$43bo$46b2o$46b
2o9$11b3o$13bo$12bo6$81b2o$80b2o$11b2o69bo$10bobo$12bo$58b3o$58bo24bo
$59bo22b2o$82bobo3$87b2o$87bobo$87bo!
PS - and after running spark-search, down to 36G.
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x = 64, y = 84, rule = B3/S23
60bobo$60b2o$61bo$11bobo$12b2o$12bo2$4bo56bo$5bo53b2o$3b3o54b2o17$61b
o$61bobo$61b2o7$29b2obo$29bob2o3$30b2o3b2ob2o$26b2obobo4bob2o$27bob2o
5bo$27bo5b2obo$24b2obo4bobob2o$24b2ob2o3b2o3$31b2obo$31bob2o7$b2o$obo
$2bo17$2b2o54b3o$3b2o53bo$2bo56bo2$51bo$50b2o$50bobo$2bo$2b2o$bobo!
Even better, the s2g gencols file got me a result that brings the cost down to 28G.
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x = 186, y = 86, rule = B3/S23
182bo$182bobo$182b2o3$184bo$183bo$183b3o5$148bo$149bo$147b3o$2bo$obo39b
obo$b2o39b2o$43bo16$164b2o$163bo2bo$163bo2bo$164b2o3$23b2o3b2ob2o130b
2o3b2ob2o$19b2obobo4bob2o126b2obobo4bob2o$20bob2o5bo130bob2o5bo$20bo5b
2obo130bo5b2obo$17b2obo4bobob2o126b2obo4bobob2o$17b2ob2o3b2o130b2ob2o
3b2o3$164b2o$163bo2bo$163bo2bo$164b2o16$6bo$6b2o39b2o$5bobo39bobo$47b
o$180b3o$180bo$181bo5$144b3o$146bo$145bo3$146b2o$145bobo$147bo!