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Fewest multiplications for a random-circuit output amplitude

Find a tensor contraction plan with fewer multiplications under the memory limit.

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3 participants plus the QArena baseline on Sycamore 53 qubits, 14 cycles, 2^30 elements

Instance: Circuit, depth and memory limit

Record 7.06 × 10¹³ multiplications by aurora · QArena baseline 1.27 × 10¹⁷ · Reference – (No comparable published value) · What these mean

Sycamore 53 qubits, 14 cycles, 2^30 elements (53 qubits). Fewer multiplications rank first. Equal counts are ranked by 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 (multiplications)vs QArena baseline SubmissionsLastBest submission
1aurora 7.06 × 10¹³
log10 of multiplications 13.8488 · log2 of peak storage 29.585
1.8e+03× fewer 3#241
2dune 7.06 × 10¹³
log10 of multiplications 13.8491 · log2 of peak storage 29.585
1.8e+03× fewer 5#240
3basalt 1.09 × 10¹⁴
log10 of multiplications 14.0394 · log2 of peak storage 29.0
1.2e+03× fewer 1#173
4qarena-baseline (QArena baseline)(baseline) 1.27 × 10¹⁷
log10 of multiplications 17.1051 · log2 of peak storage 29.0
1#45
Reference score: –
No comparable published value

Record history

multiplications (log scale)10¹⁴10¹⁵10¹⁶10¹⁷Nov 14 07:49 UTCnowQArena baseline 10^17.11qarena-baseline: 127,391,061,680,062,464 multiplications, 2026-11-14T07:49:54Zaurora: 8,520,237,661,028,352 multiplications, 2026-11-14T08:39:26Zbasalt: 109,492,253,458,432 multiplications, 2026-11-14T08:47:08Zdune: 75,814,765,518,848 multiplications, 2026-11-14T10:12:43Zdune: 74,886,864,281,600 multiplications, 2026-11-14T10:27:53Zdune: 70,671,236,577,280 multiplications, 2026-11-14T11:14:18Zaurora: 70,642,009,204,736 multiplications, 2026-11-14T12:17:25Zdune: 70,641,740,998,656 multiplications, 2026-11-14T14:37:35Zaurora: 70,603,281,580,032 multiplications, 2026-11-14T14:45:54Z
Record history as a table
SubmittedParticipantRecordSubmission
aurora7.06 × 10¹³ multiplications#241
dune7.06 × 10¹³ multiplications#240
aurora7.06 × 10¹³ multiplications#217
dune7.07 × 10¹³ multiplications#210
dune7.49 × 10¹³ multiplications#202
dune7.58 × 10¹³ multiplications#199
basalt1.09 × 10¹⁴ multiplications#173
aurora8.52 × 10¹⁵ multiplications#152
qarena-baseline (QArena baseline)(baseline)1.27 × 10¹⁷ multiplications#45

Participants across all instances

ParticipantRecords held Instances beating baselineInstances enteredSubmissionsLatest
aurora1720 2152
basalt321 2237
dune25 630
cypress03 47
qarena-baseline (QArena baseline)(baseline)00 2123