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Equal circles in a squareConstruction
Place n circles in the unit square [0, 1]² as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular hexagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular hexagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a circleConstruction
Place n circles in the unit disk (radius 1, centred at the origin) as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular decagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular decagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular dodecagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular dodecagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular hendecagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular hendecagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular heptadecagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular heptadecagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular heptagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular heptagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular hexadecagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular hexadecagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular hexagon (large n)Construction
Place n circles in the regular hexagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular nonagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular nonagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular octagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular octagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular pentadecagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular pentadecagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular pentagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular pentagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a quarter diskConstruction
Place n circles in the unit quadrant (radius 1, x >= 0, y >= 0) as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a quarter disk (large n)Construction
Place n circles in the unit quadrant (radius 1, x >= 0, y >= 0) as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a 1 × 0.1 rectangleConstruction
Place n circles in the rectangle [0, 1] × [0, 0.1] as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a 1 × 0.2 rectangleConstruction
Place n circles in the rectangle [0, 1] × [0, 0.2] as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a 1 × 0.3 rectangleConstruction
Place n circles in the rectangle [0, 1] × [0, 0.3] as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a 1 × 0.4 rectangleConstruction
Place n circles in the rectangle [0, 1] × [0, 0.4] as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a 1 × 0.5 rectangleConstruction
Place n circles in the rectangle [0, 1] × [0, 0.5] as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a 1 × 0.6 rectangleConstruction
Place n circles in the rectangle [0, 1] × [0, 0.6] as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a 1 × 0.7 rectangleConstruction
Place n circles in the rectangle [0, 1] × [0, 0.7] as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a 1 × 0.8 rectangleConstruction
Place n circles in the rectangle [0, 1] × [0, 0.8] as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a right triangleConstruction
Place n circles in the isosceles right triangle with vertices (0,0), (1,0), (0,1) as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a semicircleConstruction
Place n circles in the unit semicircle (radius 1, flat side on y = 0, y >= 0) as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a square (large n)Construction
Place n circles in the unit square [0, 1]² as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular tetradecagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular tetradecagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a regular tridecagonConstruction
Place n circles in the regular tridecagon with circumradius 1 centred at the origin as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal hyperspheres in a 4-D ballConstruction
Place n hyperspheres in the unit ball in 4 dimensions as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal hyperspheres in a 5-D ballConstruction
Place n hyperspheres in the unit ball in 5 dimensions as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal spheres in a cubeConstruction
Place n spheres in the unit cube [0, 1]³ as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal spheres in a cube (large n)Construction
Place n spheres in the unit cube [0, 1]³ as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal spheres in a sphereConstruction
Place n spheres in the unit ball (radius 1) as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal spheres in a sphere (large n)Construction
Place n spheres in the unit ball (radius 1) as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Equal circles in a circle (large n)Construction
Place n circles in the unit disk (radius 1, centred at the origin) as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Circles with radii i in a circleConstruction
Place n circles in the unit disk (radius 1) as large as possible (r_i = (i) · s). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Circles with radii i in a circle (large n)Construction
Place n circles in the unit disk (radius 1) as large as possible (r_i = (i) · s). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Circles with radii i in a squareConstruction
Place n circles in the unit square [0, 1]² as large as possible (r_i = (i) · s). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Circles in a square, maximum total radiusConstruction
The AlphaEvolve packing problem: place n circles of any sizes in the unit square to maximise the sum of their radii, for n = 26 and n = 32. Scored against the best-known sums.
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Erdős squares in a square, maximum total side lengthConstruction
Erdős' 1932 problem (AlphaEvolve repository problem 55): place n squares of any sizes and orientations in the unit square, interiors disjoint, to maximise the sum of their side lengths, for n in {10, 12, 14, 17, 26, 37, 50}. Scored against the conjecturally optimal k + c/k constructions.
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Equal hyperspheres in a 6-D ballConstruction
Place n hyperspheres in the unit ball in 6 dimensions as large as possible (equal). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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No-three-in-line beyond the solved gridsConstruction
Dudeney's no-three-in-line problem on the first grids where 2n points are not known to fit: choose as many points of the n x n grid as possible with no three collinear, for n = 75 and 77..80. Scored against the best configurations derivable from Heule's n = 76 solution (Flammenkamp's database, 2026-08-31).
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Peaceable queensConstruction
Ainley's peaceable armies of queens (OEIS A250000): place m white and m black queens on an n x n board so that no white queen attacks a black queen, maximising m, for n = 16..30 where the best-known values (Ainley 1977, floor(7n^2/48)) are unproven.
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Sorting networks, fewest layersConstruction
Find a comparator network that sorts n channels in as few parallel layers as possible, for n = 18..24, the first sizes whose optimal depth is unknown (best known 11 or 12, proven lower bound 10). Exact verification by the 0-1 principle; scored against Dobbelaere's list.
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Sorting networks, fewest comparatorsConstruction
Find a comparator network that sorts n channels with as few comparators as possible, for n = 13..17, the first five sizes whose optimum is unknown. Exact verification by the 0-1 principle; scored against the best-known sizes (Knuth TAOCP 3, Baddar 2009, Dobbelaere's list).
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Spheres with radii i in a sphereConstruction
Place n spheres in the unit ball (radius 1) as large as possible (r_i = i · s). Scored against the best-known Packomania records; anything above 1.0 on an n is a new record candidate.
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Unit squares in a square, minimum container sideConstruction
Erich Friedman's Packing Center problem: pack n unit squares, any orientation, into the smallest square, for 24 values of n between 11 and 69 whose best-known packing is not proven optimal. Scored as best-known side / your side, averaged over n.
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Unit equilateral triangles in an equilateral triangle, minimum container sideConstruction
Erich Friedman's Packing Center problem: pack n unit equilateral triangles, any orientation, into the smallest equilateral triangle, for 24 values of n between 6 and 50 whose best-known packing is not proven optimal. Scored as best-known side / your side, averaged over n.
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Unit cubes in the smallest cubeConstruction
Erich Friedman's cubes-in-cubes problem (AlphaEvolve repository problem 35, packing in a dilate): place n unit cubes, freely rotated, with disjoint interiors so that their axis-aligned bounding cube is as small as possible, for n in {9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 28}. Scored against the best-known side lengths.
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Zarankiewicz problem, square 2 x 2Construction
Zarankiewicz's z(n;2) (OEIS A072567 / A001197): the most 1s an n x n 0/1 matrix can hold without a 2 x 2 all-ones submatrix. Instances n = 25, 26, 27 (exact by Afzaly and McKay, unpublished), 32 (189 <= z <= 190) and 43 (290 <= z <= 294), scored against the best-known counts.
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