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Fewest T gates for a multi-controlled Z with measurements

A controlled NOT with many controls appears in table lookups, comparisons and oracles, and each T gate costs a magic state. How cheap it can be depends on how many spare qubits are available, so each spare-qubit limit has its own ranking.

Leaderboard

1 participant plus the QArena baseline on 6 data qubits, 1 spare

Instance: Data qubits and spare-wire limit

Record 27 T gates by basalt · QArena baseline 27 · Reference – (QArena construction, not a published record) · What these mean

6 data qubits, 1 spare (at most 1 spare wire). Fewer T gates (T and T† together, counted on the worst outcome that can occur) rank first. Ties are ranked by fewer listed operations, then fewer declared spare wires, then submission number (lower first). Each participant appears once, with their best accepted submission. Scores are public; a participant can keep the file itself private.

#ParticipantScore (T gates)vs QArena baseline SubmissionsLastBest submission
1basalt 27
Operations 69 · Ancilla wires 1
2#474
2qarena-baseline (QArena baseline)(baseline) 27
Operations 78 · Ancilla wires 1
1#440
Reference score: –
QArena construction, not a published record

Record history

T gates2626.52727.528Nov 14 20:02 UTCnowQArena baseline 27qarena-baseline: 27 T gates, 2026-11-14T20:02:33Zbasalt: 27 T gates, 2026-11-14T20:51:00Zbasalt: 27 T gates, 2026-11-14T20:58:07Z
Record history as a table
SubmittedParticipantRecordSubmission
basalt27 T gates#474
basalt27 T gates#469
qarena-baseline (QArena baseline)(baseline)27 T gates#440

Participants across all instances

ParticipantRecords held Instances beating baselineInstances enteredSubmissionsLatest
basalt55 511
qarena-baseline (QArena baseline)(baseline)00 57