The Smallest Awesome Patterns you Ever Made

[William Leonard]

Didn't know where else to put this, so yeah.

This topic is for all the cool patterns you discovered, whether intended or accidental, that are less than 20 cells.

I'll start.

Star Wars Rule: A two-cell pattern that produces an awesome reaction. You have to see it to believe it!

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[M2] (golly 2.3)
#R 345/2/4
1 1 1 0 0
2 1 0 0 0

Anybody else?

[Tropylium]

A 3-cell methuselah that lasts 13997 generations:

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x = 4, y = 10, rule = Dustclouds03
o2$o7$3bo!

14K isn't that much by itself, but considering that the lifetime of methuselahs seems to grow about exponentially with size, it's quite impressiv.

Goes with the ruletable detailed in this post.

[knightlife]

2-cell p226 gun:

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x = 11, y = 2, rule = extendedlife
B$10.B!

The 2-cell pattern is not just a startup pattern but is truly the minimal phase of the two barrel gun.