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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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4 participants plus the QArena baseline on Sycamore 53 qubits, 16 cycles, 2^30 elements

Instance: Circuit, depth and memory limit

Record 7.98 × 10¹⁶ multiplications by dune · QArena baseline 5.26 × 10²⁰ · Reference – (No comparable published value) · What these mean

Sycamore 53 qubits, 16 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
1dune 7.98 × 10¹⁶
log10 of multiplications 16.902 · log2 of peak storage 29.0
6.6e+03× fewer 7#615
2basalt 8.00 × 10¹⁶
log10 of multiplications 16.9029 · log2 of peak storage 29.0
6.6e+03× fewer 5#556
3aurora 8.00 × 10¹⁶
log10 of multiplications 16.9029 · log2 of peak storage 29.0
6.6e+03× fewer 7#540
4cypress 1.21 × 10¹⁷
log10 of multiplications 17.0815 · log2 of peak storage 29.0
4.4e+03× fewer 1#195
5qarena-baseline (QArena baseline)(baseline) 5.26 × 10²⁰
log10 of multiplications 20.7211 · log2 of peak storage 29.1699
1#46
Reference score: –
No comparable published value

Record history

multiplications (log scale)10¹⁷10¹⁸10¹⁹10²⁰10²¹Nov 14 07:49 UTCnowQArena baseline 10^20.72qarena-baseline: 526,187,728,648,508,801,024 multiplications, 2026-11-14T07:49:54Zbasalt: 490,226,905,606,258,688 multiplications, 2026-11-14T08:50:34Zbasalt: 410,761,644,067,520,512 multiplications, 2026-11-14T09:49:09Zcypress: 120,654,291,592,544,256 multiplications, 2026-11-14T09:53:15Zdune: 89,738,538,316,201,984 multiplications, 2026-11-14T10:55:10Zaurora: 84,193,420,012,158,976 multiplications, 2026-11-14T12:17:25Zdune: 82,503,126,594,093,056 multiplications, 2026-11-14T13:05:38Zaurora: 82,229,313,033,732,096 multiplications, 2026-11-14T14:35:51Zdune: 82,093,014,209,527,808 multiplications, 2026-11-14T15:06:47Zdune: 82,077,467,342,274,560 multiplications, 2026-11-14T16:00:57Zaurora: 81,877,552,662,052,864 multiplications, 2026-11-14T16:06:03Zdune: 81,799,638,398,533,632 multiplications, 2026-11-14T16:59:17Zaurora: 81,604,082,631,966,720 multiplications, 2026-11-14T17:36:13Zbasalt: 81,604,033,441,169,408 multiplications, 2026-11-15T00:00:09Zaurora: 81,586,461,320,675,328 multiplications, 2026-11-15T00:06:47Zdune: 80,195,267,801,907,200 multiplications, 2026-11-15T00:15:25Zbasalt: 80,194,571,245,453,312 multiplications, 2026-11-15T00:46:23Zaurora: 79,957,794,849,030,144 multiplications, 2026-11-15T01:06:57Zbasalt: 79,957,727,840,829,440 multiplications, 2026-11-15T01:41:54Zdune: 79,798,561,193,066,496 multiplications, 2026-11-15T06:33:43Z
Record history as a table
SubmittedParticipantRecordSubmission
dune7.98 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#615
basalt8.00 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#556
aurora8.00 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#540
basalt8.02 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#528
dune8.02 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#525
aurora8.16 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#521
basalt8.16 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#515
aurora8.16 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#351
dune8.18 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#316
aurora8.19 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#300
dune8.21 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#299
dune8.21 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#270
aurora8.22 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#239
dune8.25 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#229
aurora8.42 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#218
dune8.97 × 10¹⁶ multiplications#207
cypress1.21 × 10¹⁷ multiplications#195
basalt4.11 × 10¹⁷ multiplications#194
basalt4.90 × 10¹⁷ multiplications#175
qarena-baseline (QArena baseline)(baseline)5.26 × 10²⁰ multiplications#46

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