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Tour de Primes 2012
Welcome to the 4th annual Tour de Primes. 2 is the first prime number...and the only even one. This makes it unique among prime numbers. Therefore, February is declared Prime month...being the 2nd month of the year. :) And there's no better way to pay homage to a prime number than to go out and find one. :) More precisely, a Top 5000 prime.
For the month of February, an informal competition is offered. There are no points to be gained or awards to be won...just a simple rare jersey at the end of the month to add to your badge list. No pressure or stress other than what you put on yourself. :)
Yellow Jersey - prime count leader
Green Jersey - points (prime score) leader
Polk-a-dot Jersey - on the 19th of February we'll have a "mountain" stage and award the Polk-a-dot Jersey to the one who finds the most primes on that day (tiebreaker will be prime score for that day).
A record of all Top 5000 primes found during the month of February will be recorded at Sysadm@Nbg's Tour de Primes 2012 page. There you'll find the following tables:
The Prime list and Scoring list can be sorted. The scoring list will keep total counts and total score for the Tour. One drawback is that users who have different BOINC id's from PRPNet will be unique names in the list. We'll monitor this and make sure everyone is accounted for.
Currently, the fastest opportunity to find Top 5000 primes is with the PPS (LLR) project. Of course, should someone find a prime in the higher n searches, this would pretty much guarantee the green jersey. All ports in PRPNet are also available for the competition. After the Year of the Dragon Challenge, PPS (LLR) will be loaded with the following range: 4000<k<10000 - (currently at n=725k). This should allow for a more lively competition for the yellow jersey. :)
To participate in BOINC PPS (LLR), all you have to do is select it in your PrimeGrid preferences.
To participate in PRPNet, please see the Welcome to PRPNet thread.
Good Luck, have fun, and enjoy! :D
Previous Winners
- shanky123
- [BOINCstats] LostBoy
- Snf*
- lennart
- lennart
- [SG]marodeur6
- lennart
- s-yama
- lennart
Full rankings can be seen here: 2009 | 2010 | 2011
Totals by Year
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On Sysadm@Nbg's Tour de Primes page SGS is listed...
I thought Sophie Germain Primes were too small to enter Top 5000... |
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On Sysadm@Nbg's Tour de Primes page SGS is listed...
I thought Sophie Germain Primes were too small to enter Top 5000...
This is correct. He'll correct it before the start.
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This year winner/s:
- Lennart;
- Lennart;
- Lennart;
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On Sysadm@Nbg's Tour de Primes page SGS is listed...
I thought Sophie Germain Primes were too small to enter Top 5000...
thanks for the hint
it is fixed now ...
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One more hint, please make sure the PRPNet projects are loaded enough for the month.
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One more hint, please make sure the PRPNet projects are loaded enough for the month.
Thanks.
That's not possible to determine. However, it is guaranteed that at least one port will have work. ;)
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One more hint, please make sure the PRPNet projects are loaded enough for the month.
Thanks.
That's not possible to determine. However, it is guaranteed that at least one port will have work. ;)
OK, can I make a request that 121 has more loaded in since it's got less than 10 days of work with how many I am doing a day personally? |
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OK, can I make a request that 121 has more loaded in since it's got less than 10 days of work with how many I am doing a day personally?
It's always best to pull work from the latest sieve file...work will be loaded before it empties. However, it's good practice to have a back-up port...or three. :)
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The Tour Begins!!!
The tour de Primes 2012 is officially open. Remember, only primes recorded in the Top 5000 List will count. A record of all primes found during the month of February will be recorded at Sysadm@Nbg's Tour de Primes 2012 page. There you'll find the following tables:
Prime finder
Prime list
Scoring list
Mountain list
The Prime list and Scoring list can be sorted. The scoring list will keep total counts and total score for the Tour. One drawback is that users who have different BOINC id's from PRPNet will be unique names in the list. We'll monitor this and make sure everyone is accounted for.
Thanks for joining the Tour. Pace yourself and Good Luck to everyone!!!
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The Tour Begins!!!
The tour de Primes 2012 is officially open. Remember, only primes recorded in the Top 5000 List will count. A record of all primes found during the month of February will be recorded at Sysadm@Nbg's Tour de Primes 2012 page. There you'll find the following tables:
Prime finder
Prime list
Scoring list
Mountain list
The Prime list and Scoring list can be sorted. The scoring list will keep total counts and total score for the Tour. One drawback is that users who have different BOINC id's from PRPNet will be unique names in the list. We'll monitor this and make sure everyone is accounted for.
Thanks for joining the Tour. Pace yourself and Good Luck to everyone!!!
there are some typos, corrected version above!!
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... and Aggie The Pew's Ian Smith is first out of the traps.
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Dang....this one missed it by 3 hours.....
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... and Aggie The Pew's Ian Smith is first out of the traps.
Grats, Ian! 4465132^32768+1 is the first prime on the 2012 tour
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Also in firsts.
First time I have had a prime this big
First time I have had a prime enter Chris Caldwell's database
First prime I have found in the GFN32768 port
Thats 3 which is also a prime I think!
Thanks to all the well wishers and good luck all for the Tour de Primes 2012
Ian
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Today's progress towards 1.5M
322,275 total candidates remaining
Leading edge n~1.479M
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03 Feb: 322,275 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.479M.
02 Feb: 394,222 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.475M.
30 Jan: 553,772 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.463M.
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So at current speed it will take at least 5 days before the shorter units will be distributed?
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Since challenge is over, results are here, why you dont enable statistic on home page?
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314187728^131072+1 GENERALIZED FERMAT
31*332^367560+1 CRUS PRIME
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We have a High load on DB now. Purge is running and I think we can enable stats tonight or tomorrow.
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Any particular reason that the recent TRP prime find isn't showing up in the Tour's stats?
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now it is shown - maybe a short delay?
BOINC primes has to be exported by PrimeGrid and imported by me ... on my side it runs every 15 minutes just before the batch generation of tour stats
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Today's progress towards 1.5M
Looks like we have another 4-5 days to reach 1.5M and to the "promised land" of lower n's. :) Once 1.5M has been reached, 4000<k<10000 - (currently at n=725k) will be loaded.
252,462 total candidates remaining
Leading edge n=1484139
History
04 Feb: 252,462 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.484M.
03 Feb: 322,275 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.479M.
02 Feb: 394,222 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.475M.
30 Jan: 553,772 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.463M.
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Today's progress towards 1.5M
Looks like we have another 2-3 days to reach 1.5M and to the "promised land" of lower n's. :) Once 1.5M has been reached, 4000<k<10000 - (currently at n=725k) will be loaded.
125,011 total candidates remaining
Leading edge n=1492166
History
06 Feb: 125,011 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.492M.
05 Feb: 191,854 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.487M.
04 Feb: 252,462 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.484M.
03 Feb: 322,275 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.479M.
02 Feb: 394,222 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.475M.
30 Jan: 553,772 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.463M.
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there is a bug with the low TRPDC-Primes in the stats generation
I will fix it this evening (UTC)
please be patient!
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there is a bug with the low TRPDC-Primes in the stats generation
I will fix it this evening (UTC)
please be patient!
Aren't most of these too small to make a top5000 list? So shouldn't they be excluded from the tour (same as SGS)?
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there is a bug with the low TRPDC-Primes in the stats generation
I will fix it this evening (UTC)
please be patient!
Aren't most of these too small to make a top5000 list? So shouldn't they be excluded from the tour (same as SGS)?
yes, they are to small and excluded now ...
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Today's progress towards 1.5M
Looks like we have another day to reach 1.5M. Then let the games begin!!! :) Once 1.5M has been reached, 4000<k<10000 - (currently at n=725k) will be loaded.
57,309 total candidates remaining
Leading edge n=1496422
History
07 Feb: 57,309 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.496M.
06 Feb: 125,011 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.492M.
05 Feb: 191,854 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.487M.
04 Feb: 252,462 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.484M.
03 Feb: 322,275 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.479M.
02 Feb: 394,222 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.475M.
30 Jan: 553,772 total candidates remaining; Leading edge n~1.463M.
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One Week into the Tour
While the first week of the Tour has been strenuous (trudging through to reach n=1.5M), there is some exciting news: Prime Fermat Divisor Found. Congratulations to Rob for finding: 131*2^1494099+1 Divides F(1494096).
Some more good news is that we'll finally reach 1.5M today (28,295 total remaining) and the smaller n will start to flow out.
As for the current standings in the Tour, both categories are currently identical. The top five are listed below:
Rankings
user sum of primes
chip 3
[AF>HFR>RR] MrJacK 1
[KWSN]John Galt 007 1
DOSGuy 1
roadrunner_gs 1
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chip 296.9068617
[AF>HFR>RR] MrJacK 101.7397921
[KWSN]John Galt 007 101.5110413
DOSGuy 101.1848614
roadrunner_gs 100.7345662
A reminder that the Jersey is for the Mountain Stage on 19 Feb 2012.
Yearly Comparison
2009 2010 2011 2012 (to date)
Total Primes found 212 309 766 27
Total Score 457.30 2663.27 21803.72 2505.81
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1.5M Achieved!!!
n>725k for 4000<k<10000 is now entering the queue. The first tasks should go out within the next few hours. A special thanks to everyone who helped us reach this goal. The primes will come in droves now...in stark contrast to the current work. :)
This should liven up the Tour. Best of Luck to all.
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I knew i forgot something...
After returning from the US i shut down all unneccessary clients that were on from the challenge...
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1.5M Achieved!!!
n>725k for 4000<k<10000 is now entering the queue. The first tasks should go out within the next few hours. A special thanks to everyone who helped us reach this goal. The primes will come in droves now...in stark contrast to the current work. :)
This should liven up the Tour. Best of Luck to all.
Primes are flowing fast now. I have two on the queue and hardly can wait to know if I'm the finder or the double checker :) |
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Nice. My count hasn't moved at all since we hit the low range. Still crunching in hope! |
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2012 Tour - update
Yes, the primes are really coming in now...and the competition is starting to heat up. :) The first 7 days of the tour produced 27 primes and now 3 days later we're up to 71 with another 20+ waiting on xGFN divisibility testing. Speaking of which, there is a growing delay in reporting due to the backlog of xGFN testing. We are now pulling many of those tests off the server and running them independently to help ease the backlog.
Keep up the excellent progress. We already have surpassed the prime scores for 2009 and 2010. 2011 will be much harder to reach as there were a few significant primes found that year. Nevertheless, it's not insurmountable. :)
Yearly Comparison
2009 2010 2011 2012 (to date)
Total Primes found 212 309 766 71
Total Score 457.30 2663.27 21803.72 3852.10
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We seem to be out of PPS units.
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We seem to be out of PPS units.
Please load a new batch?
This. (Again.)
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We seem to be out of PPS units.
Please load a new batch?
Where ?
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Well, we were out for awhile, and the BOINC queue is still low.
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Half way through the Tour
Since returning to the lower n's, the primes are being returned in troves. The competition for the (yellow jersey) definitely is heating up. Looks like Lennart is set on recapturing it this year after missing out on it last year. :)
Also, the (green jersey) has found a new home after the recent generalized Fermat mega prime found by Usucapio Libertatis.
13 days remain and we're on course to possibly matching 2011's total score. While not out of reach, it will still be a challenge to get there unless another mega prime is found. Don't lose hope - in 2011, the 321 mega prime was found on the last day of the tour with only 19 hours left. Who knows, maybe the same can happen this year. Stranger things have happened… ;)
The top five are listed below:
Rankings
user sum of primes
Lennart SM5YMT 16
Mr. Hankey 12
Scott Brown 10
ardo 9
[AF>HFR>RR] MrJacK 8
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user prime score
Usucapio Libertatis 4381.4837992
chip 320.042526635
Lennart SM5YMT 272.201220531
Mr. Hankey 229.864755509
Scott Brown 202.887193033
A reminder that the Jersey is for the Mountain Stage on 19 Feb 2012.
Yearly Comparison
2009 2010 2011 2012 (to date)
Total Primes found 212 309 766 255
Total Score 457.30 2663.27 21803.72 10419.88
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Seventeen days in and no primes in sight.
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Seventeen days in and no primes in sight.
It can only get better...
Can it???
You have got only one Intel Core2 E6550?
You should you a merge function because you have it listed 6 times.
I've found 5 primes and 12 as double-checker. Couple of i5-2500 with AVX aplication, low cache etc. Still much more DC than initial founder {confused}
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A quick question (and some sub-questions) about mountain stage:
Primefinds scoring to the mountain stage are those found on February 19 or those validated on February 19?
I mean, if someone finds a prime on 19, but the wingman only returns is part on February 20 (or later), will it count?
On the other hand, if someone finds a prime on February 18 (or before) and the wingman returns is part on 19, will it count?
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I think it's the same as with any other challenge: downloaded and returned. Validation may take place later.
Wingman on 20th should not count, only prime founder on 19th.
Wingman on 19th should count, not prime finder on 18th or 20th because it outside of mountain stage.
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Usucapio Libertatis wrote: Primefinds scoring to the mountain stage are those found on February 19 or those validated on February 19?
I mean, if someone finds a prime on 19, but the wingman only returns is part on February 20 (or later), will it count?
Honza wrote: I think it's the same as with any other challenge: downloaded and returned. Validation may take place later.
This is the flaw of having relaxed informal competitions...they end up being real competitions. :) There has not been a formal policy because one has yet to be needed.
The past 3 years have resolved themselves without needing any intervention. However, sooner or later an issue will surely come up. Therefore, the informal policy will be "downloaded and returned - validation may take place later".
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Seventeen days in and no primes in sight.
It can only get better...
Can it???
I am going to throw some stats out.
since running PG, and for PPS LLR Only
I have crunched 239,563 wu's. Of these, it has found 44 primes (both as primary and as double checker).
this averages out to crunching 5,445 wu's before I find a prime.
factor in that on all other sub projects, I have never found a prime, this number skyrockets.
now, take that you are running a single dual core cpu, it is going to take a long time to find a prime.
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Seventeen days in and no primes in sight.
It can only get better...
Can it???
I am going to throw some stats out.
since running PG, and for PPS LLR Only
I have crunched 239,563 wu's. Of these, it has found 44 primes (both as primary and as double checker).
this averages out to crunching 5,445 wu's before I find a prime.
factor in that on all other sub projects, I have never found a prime, this number skyrockets.
now, take that you are running a single dual core cpu, it is going to take a long time to find a prime.
and if you are wondering, I have ran as little as 4 cores to as many as 36 cores at a time on PG.
277249 PPS LLR work units done for me and I have 44 Primes found also. Only found 2 so far this month. They are not easy to come by if you have only one or two pc's. But it's great fun when you do finally find one!
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now, take that you are running a single dual core cpu, it is going to take a long time to find a prime.
On the other end of the spectrum, a few of PrimeGrid's top 25 primes were found by users after only a couple of tests for that project. In fact, one was found on their first test. ;) Certainly not the norm, but ALWAYS a possibility. :)
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I run 6 cores part-time and I found 4 within a month. If you look at the subproject status, a prime comes along about 1/7000 wus. That is only a rough statistic, the next one could be a prime. I am running at 1/3200 so the odds are I am going to wait awhile. However, if I view the goal as helping PG find primes, then I am weeding out non primes. And, I may see a prime today, which is icing on the cake.
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John wrote:
Therefore, the informal policy will be "downloaded and returned - validation may take place later".
To clarify: Any WUs sitting in a cache that were downloaded prior to Feb 18 00:00 UTC are NOT elligible for the mountain stage?
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John wrote:
Therefore, the informal policy will be "downloaded and returned - validation may take place later".
To clarify: Any WUs sitting in a cache that were downloaded prior to Feb 18 00:00 UTC are NOT elligible for the mountain stage?
As much as it pains me to clarify this, but yes.
It's the 11th hour and a bit late to be formalizing a policy. My apologies. I realize this is detrimental to those with a large cache, but it will also prevent those who understand the flaw from submitting large amounts of work completed prior to the stage. I like to think there's no one wishing to do this, but just in case...
As a bonus, this formalization brings the mountain stage in line with the policies of the Challenge series, and thus, consistency to the "fun". ;)
Because of the short notice, is there anyone opposed to extending the stage to 48 hours.
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John wrote:
Therefore, the informal policy will be "downloaded and returned - validation may take place later".
To clarify: Any WUs sitting in a cache that were downloaded prior to Feb 18 00:00 UTC are NOT elligible for the mountain stage?
As much as it pains me to clarify this, but yes.
It's the 11th hour and a bit late to be formalizing a policy. My apologies. I realize this is detrimental to those with a large cache, but it will also prevent those who understand the flaw from submitting large amounts of work completed prior to the stage. I like to think there's no one wishing to do this, but just in case...
As a bonus, this formalization brings the mountain stage in line with the policies of the Challenge series, and thus, consistency to the "fun". ;)
Because of the short notice, is there anyone opposed to extending the stage to 48 hours.
Err well I've a shed load of stuff pending and nearly as many team mates calling me a fantasist.
What was the last question again?
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Because of the short notice, is there anyone opposed to extending the stage to 48 hours.
Me :)
But feel free to disregard my opinion in this matter as I'll just ignore the mountain stage. With the computing power I have, my chances of finding a single prime are pretty slim.
Here's my thinking, both for asking the question, and also for why I don't want a 48 hour stage.
I find challenges to be fun diversions from the normal crunching I'm doing (whatever that might be.) A 30-day "diversion", however, is a bit too long and I'd rather just keep on doing what I'm doing.
The one-day stage, however, is a perfect chance to do something fun, then get back to nominal operation.
But I don't feel like pausing the other stuff I'm doing for two days. So I'll pass on the 48 hours.
As for why I asked the question on the policy, a few hours ago I switched my slower computer over to PPS LLR for the mountain stage. BOINC being BOINC, it went and downloaded about 2.5 days worth of WUs, despite being configured to use a 6 hour cache.
Since it wasn't clear what the policy is, and given the length of the cache that was downloaded, if WUs downloaded before 00:00 Zulu were going to be excluded then ALL of that computer's WUs would have been excluded since BOINC downloaded so many of them. Hence the question.
But if it's going to be 48 hours, then I won't really bother with the mountain stage anyway. I'll just let that machine crunch its 2.5 days of PPS and then go back to TRP. I'll keep the fast machine working on its 13 million digit crunching and skip the mountain stage altogether. My chances are a heck of a lot better of having that 13 million digit candidate turn out to be prime than are the odds of my winning the polka-dat jersey.
As for the necessity of changing or clarifying the policy, this is what I would do:
For next year, have a clear policy.
For this year, have the policy be "Don't cheat". If the winner's pattern of WU uploads and downloads shows that they hoarded completed WUs for the stage, then disqualify them. If they merely downloaded them prior to the start but were returning them as they got done, then that's not cheating. Since the winner is determined mostly by luck, this is not a challenge that's easy to game.
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Because of the short notice, is there anyone opposed to extending the stage to 48 hours.
UPDATE: The mountain stage has been extended. It now runs between 19 Feb 2012 00:00 UTC and 21 Feb 2012 00:00 UTC.
Seems like a fair compromise with the intentions of being inclusive to the majority of the community. It is hoped that it won't diminish anyone's opportunity to participate.
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As for the necessity of changing or clarifying the policy, this is what I would do:
For next year, have a clear policy.
For this year, have the policy be "Don't cheat". If the winner's pattern of WU uploads and downloads shows that they hoarded completed WUs for the stage, then disqualify them. If they merely downloaded them prior to the start but were returning them as they got done, then that's not cheating. Since the winner is determined mostly by luck, this is not a challenge that's easy to game.
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I have a ton o WUs dled and cached across a pool of systems, but they are returned as they are completed. My understanding of the polka dot stage was to take a snapshot of that day and honor the lucky one. If someone stashed a bunch just for this, meh. I rather like the set and forget run..... If next year I have to clear my cache and time the start just to qualify for the polka dot stage, too much effort. I mean the green an yellow seem pretty much locked up, yet we continue because well finding primes is fun?
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I mean the green an yellow seem pretty much locked up, yet we continue because well finding primes is fun?
I would not bet on the green jersey being already decided.
GFN is a target-rich environment for finding mega primes, and if they keep the BOINC GFN project at n=18 it wouldn't surprise me if another even larger prime is found before the month is over.
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My understanding of the polka dot stage was to take a snapshot of that day and honor the lucky one.
Yep, that was it in a nutshell before the clarifying and formalizing were called for. We'll monitor both ways to see if any of this even affects the outcome.
[edit] NOTE: the stats are still set up under the original intention so the eventual outcome will be a subset of those prime finders listed.
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FYI, the server clock seems to be about 5 minutes fast. You're planning on correcting it before the end of the mountain stage?
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My understanding of the polka dot stage was to take a snapshot of that day and honor the lucky one.
Yep, that was it in a nutshell before the clarifying and formalizing were called for. We'll monitor both ways to see if any of this even affects the outcome.
[edit] NOTE: the stats are still set up under the original intention so the eventual outcome will be a subset of those listed prime finders listed.
It is much more likely that the 2-day rather than originally announced 1-day mountain stage will change the outcome. It is now much more likely that one of the top 5 or so in the yellow jersey race will take this one as well. Will you also be monitoring how much difference this makes in the final outcome?
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Will you also be monitoring how much difference this makes in the final outcome?
Yes, already factored in.
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FYI, the server clock seems to be about 5 minutes fast. You're planning on correcting it before the end of the mountain stage?
Probably just your computer calculating the time too quickly because of your overclock. :P
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Looks like we have a winner. 7 primes in two days are a great feat!
Congrats Scott.
Thanks Carlos. I'll wait until the official announcement to make sure that a bunch of those weren't cached from a different day. I think my number for the mountain stage might actually be 8 (I found a small GFN on PRPnet in addition to the BOINC ones, but it is being listed with the underscore included as "Scott_Brown"...not sure how that gets fixed?). Several individuals churned out a bunch of work for the mountain stage this year; I obviously got very lucky this time. :)
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Looks like we have a winner. 7 primes in two days are a great feat!
Congrats Scott.
Thanks Carlos. I'll wait until the official announcement to make sure that a bunch of those weren't cached from a different day. I think my number for the mountain stage might actually be 8 (I found a small GFN on PRPnet in addition to the BOINC ones, but it is being listed with the underscore included as "Scott_Brown"...not sure how that gets fixed?). Several individuals churned out a bunch of work for the mountain stage this year; I obviously got very lucky this time. :)
I noticed that prpnet prime. When I wrote the last post, you only had 6 on Boinc :)
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Looks like we have a winner. 7 primes in two days are a great feat!
Congrats Scott.
Thanks Carlos. I'll wait until the official announcement to make sure that a bunch of those weren't cached from a different day. I think my number for the mountain stage might actually be 8 (I found a small GFN on PRPnet in addition to the BOINC ones, but it is being listed with the underscore included as "Scott_Brown"...not sure how that gets fixed?). Several individuals churned out a bunch of work for the mountain stage this year; I obviously got very lucky this time. :)
the underscore problem ("_") from PRPNet has to been fixed manually
On database behind the stats there is no other prime table as for the PRPNet stats. And the user/prime combination is the unique key for the updates, so I can not manipulate the database table without generation of a new "underscore prime".
I will fix it, when i finalize the stats with native html code (the final stats are not dynamic generated)
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I will fix it, when i finalize the stats with native html code (the final stats are not dynamic generated)
Ah, good to know. I think this includes also the upper/lower case difference with my Username at Boinc/PRPnet.
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The Mountain stage has closed, but depending on what calculation method is used for the determination, it may not be final yet.
There are 3 variations of the informal policy that can be looked at.
- The original intent which is to take a snapshot of the day and only count the primes that come in during the duration of the stage. This is the policy that been used the previous 3 years and has worked nicely. Yes, there's more flexibility with this approach but in the spirit of primefinding, it's definitely honorable.
- The more formalized policy requiring WU's to be downloaded and returned within the duration of the stage…allowing for validation to occur after the stage has completed. This is more restrictive as it requires users to participate in a "Challenge-like" start.
- The most restrictive is requiring WU's to be downloaded, returned, and validated prime within the duration of the stage.
All of this hullabaloo really didn't change the outcome. The 2nd policy still allows for validated work to come in so results are not officially known. However, looking at the two policies that are considered (#1 for 24 hours and #2 for 48 hours), you can see there is no difference in the winner.
The top 5 for each of the policies are as follows:
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24 hours count score 48 hours count score
Scott Brown 4 50.32277956 Scott Brown 8 99.84686638
(_Mystic_) 3 37.94324156 XSmeagolX 3 38.11032988
stefan 2 25.27851030 stevmcn 3 38.00219022
stevmcn 2 25.24213949 (_Mystic_) 3 37.94324156
bdodson* 2 25.17238303 Honza 2 25.54170737
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Scott Brown 4 50.48143893 Scott Brown 7 87.28832343
(_Mystic_) 3 37.94324156 XSmeagolX 3 38.11032988
stevmcn 2 25.24213949 stevmcn 3 38.00219022
stefan 1 12.70880626 (_Mystic_) 3 37.94324156
Jeff17 1 12.65191555 ardo 2 25.65112924
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(_Mystic_) 3 37.94324156 Scott Brown 7 87.28832343
Scott Brown 3 37.76423661 XSmeagolX 3 38.11032988
stevmcn 2 25.24213949 stevmcn 3 38.00219022
stefan 1 12.70880626 (_Mystic_) 3 37.94324156
Jeff17 1 12.65191555 Honza 2 25.54170737
NOTE: #2 still has validated primes being returned.
It appears that the "luck of the day" approach could still be considered as an acceptable policy for the Mountain stage. :)
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well, i am out of this.
just lost 2 crunchers and do not have time to fix them :(
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We seem to be out of PPS units.
Please load a new batch?
This. (Again.)
And again, on BOINC.
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A few days left in the Tour
Since the last update, the Mountain Stage was run and another Mega Prime has been found. Additionally, the yellow jersey competition has gone red hot as it appears to be a two person competition now.
The Mountain Stage, although not official until the 29th looks like it will go to Scott Brown. Congratulations!
The other Mega Prime was found yesterday in the 27121 Prime Search on PRPNet. However, it was large enough to overtake the current green jersey holder. Still, a very nice find. It brings 2012 total score within striking distance of 2011's record total. There's still time to find another large prime...last year's came in on the FINAL day. ;)
BTW, thank you to EVERYONE participating. This has been a GREAT turnout this year.
The top five are listed below:
Rankings
user sum of primes
Scott Brown 28
Mr. Hankey 26
Lennart SM5YMT 23
stevmcn 16
Honza 15
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user prime score
Usucapio Libertatis 4394.21215914
Pooh_Bear_27 3122.46614187
Scott Brown 431.914431645
Mr. Hankey 408.040108172
Lennart SM5YMT 358.421359286
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user sum of primes prime score
Scott Brown 7 87.28832343
XSmeagolX 3 38.11032988
stevmcn 3 38.00219022
(_Mystic_) 3 37.94324156
ardo 2 25.65112924
Yearly Comparison
2009 2010 2011 2012 (to date)
Total Primes found 212 309 766 546
Total Score 457.30 2663.27 21803.72 17413.69
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John, will you load 1201-3999 k range?
Yes, there was a miscommunication, and 1201-3999 will be loaded.
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little correction for the leader of the mountain stage:
Scott Brown: Primes 8 ,Prime Score 99.8468663847
Scott Brown is a "dissolved split personality":
- Scott Brown at BOINC
- Scott_Brown at PRPNet (where blanks in the Username are forbidden)
we discussed this earlier in this or another thread
not affecting any ranking, yet:
odicin is a "dissolved split personality":
- Odicin at BOINC
- odicin at PRPNet
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little correction for the leader of the mountain stage:
Scott Brown: Primes 8 ,Prime Score 99.8468663847
Scott Brown is a "dissolved split personality":
- Scott Brown at BOINC
- Scott_Brown at PRPNet (where blanks in the Username are forbidden)
Actually, we're using option #2 for 48 hours as the "official" rankings this year. The difference is that tasks downloaded prior to the start but returned during the stage are excluded.
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Actually, we're using option #2 for 48 hours as the "official" rankings this year. The difference is that tasks downloaded prior to the start but returned during the stage are excluded.
:redface: the disease is named multi-option-syndrom :D
btw.: the last 24 hours pass by very quickly; so hurry up to find some more (mega) primes
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btw.: the last 24 hours pass by very quickly; so hurry up to find some more (mega) primes good luck
While not a mega prime, a new World Record is being verified. ;) More details to come. Who can guess the form???
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Not a mega prime means <1M digits, so it should be small(er) units. I'd hazard a guess at Wieferich or Sophie.
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btw.: the last 24 hours pass by very quickly; so hurry up to find some more (mega) primes good luck
While not a mega prime, a new World Record is being verified. ;) More details to come. Who can guess the form???
GFN32768 would be my guess -- at least if you consider that to be a world record. It would be a WR at that N, but not overall for GFNs.
If that doesn't count as a WR, then my guess would be Primorial.
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btw.: the last 24 hours pass by very quickly; so hurry up to find some more (mega) primes good luck
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If it was found in any PRPNet project, you would see a "hidden prime" in the stats, but there is none. So it has to be a BOINC project.
321, Cullen, PSP, SoB, Woodall and GFN would give mega primes, PPS and TRP are far away from a world record in their form... that leaves only SGS, so it should be either a Sophie Germain or a Twin. ;)
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some hints for the stats after the tour:
1) automatic import of BOINC primes and update will stop today at midnight;
2) tomorrow and some days later i will update it manually until John or an other PrimeGrid admin give me the signal for completed export of BOINC primes
3) a final update will run manually
4) the "dissolved split personalities" will be purged and stats will be finalized
btw.: I am expecting the record news from John - no idea what it is ...
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If it was found in any PRPNet project, you would see a "hidden prime" in the stats, but there is none. So it has to be a BOINC project.
321, Cullen, PSP, SoB, Woodall and GFN would give mega primes, PPS and TRP are far away from a world record in their form... that leaves only SGS, so it should be either a Sophie Germain or a Twin. ;)
The logic is sound...but it doesn't cover all scenarios. ;) A hint: verification will take over a day to complete, and that's using pfgw64AVX.
Oops, I practically gave it away. :D
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Yes you did. Wow, that's awesome!!!
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If it was found in any PRPNet project, you would see a "hidden prime" in the stats, but there is none. So it has to be a BOINC project.
321, Cullen, PSP, SoB, Woodall and GFN would give mega primes, PPS and TRP are far away from a world record in their form... that leaves only SGS, so it should be either a Sophie Germain or a Twin. ;)
The logic is sound...but it doesn't cover all scenarios. ;) A hint: verification will take over a day to complete, and that's using pfgw64AVX.
Oops, I practically gave it away. :D
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Yes you did. Wow, that's awesome!!!
Tried to edit this before but the forums were down...
EDIT: Oops. Now I'm not sure. What could take over a day to prove on PFGW64AVX and also be under a million digits? Maybe GFN65536? That would be around a half million digits but I don't think it would take that long to prove.
So this is intriguing!
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What could take over a day to prove on PFGW64AVX and also be under a million digits? Maybe GFN65536? That would be around a half million digits but I don't think it would take that long to prove.
So this is intriguing!
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What could take over a day to prove on PFGW64AVX and also be under a million digits? Maybe GFN65536? That would be around a half million digits but I don't think it would take that long to prove.
So this is intriguing!
Last primorial prime found by primegrid took ~70 hours to test with pfgw x64. It had less than 400K digits...
But primorial is on PRPnet, and it sounded like John was hinting at a BOINC prime find???
My guess is a PPS prime find that has become a world record in one of the Fermat divisor, etc. categories.
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But primorial is on PRPnet, and it sounded like John was hinting at a BOINC prime find???
My guess is a PPS prime find that has become a world record in one of the Fermat divisor, etc. categories.
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Maybe GFN65536? That would be around a half million digits but I don't think it would take that long to prove.
fyi...the last GFN prime (676754^262144+1) was primality tested using an AVX build of LLRx64 and took under 17 hours...so it's not a GFN prime. btw, LLRx64 AVX is the program of choice now to prove GFN prp's. GenefX64 will still be used to provide quick feedback on the prp.
Second hint: there's nothing on BOINC that we'd use pfgw64AVX to verify primality. There, handed to you on a silver platter! :D
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Second hint: there's nothing on BOINC that we'd use pfgw64AVX to verify primality. There, handed to you on a silver platter! :D
Well, then I change my guess to another GCW13 prime. Last one was a bit more than 877000 digits, so could be under 1 million and still take more than a day to pfgw test.
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Second hint: there's nothing on BOINC that we'd use pfgw64AVX to verify primality. There, handed to you on a silver platter! :D
Well, then I change my guess to another GCW13 prime. Last one was a bit more than 877000 digits, so could be under 1 million and still take more than a day to pfgw test.
Last one took only 7 hours to prove with "regular" pfgw64, so I'll bet on the primorial.
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It's prime score, added to some still lost primes out there, might be enough to beat last year's Tour prime score. We're only 1200 points away.
No chance in catching last year's record prime score, even with the extra day. Nevertheless, it was a GREAT tour.
It looks like another ~18 hours on the primality test. Results will be posted once it's complete. Get your guesses in before then.
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scoring is final!
congratulation to
Scott Brown for the yellow jersey
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Usucapio Libertatis for the green jersey
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Scott Brown for the Polk-a-dot Jersey
thank you all for this smooth challenge
and a special thank to the admins, which keep the ports and servers running
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Congratulations to me: the top scoring user to find only one prime!
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Although I'm very glad to see the green jersey right there on the left, I thought there was a hidden World Record prime still to come, that would count to the Tour. Did the verification failed? Scoring is final or only the jersey-winners are final?
thank you all for this smooth challenge
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The Tour de Primes 2012 has ended!!!
As Sysadm@Nbg mentions in the previous post, the 2012 Tour de Primes has been finalized. It was another incredible month for the Tour de Primes. 638 "Top 5000" primes were discovered producing a prime score of 20616.041. While not as high as last year, it's still an impressive showing. This year, 3 Mega Primes were found, but it was not enough to push ahead of last year's 2M digit 321 Mega Prime found on the last day of the Tour. Nevertheless, great progress was made in the PPS (LLR) project and the 2012 goals are that much closer. :)
Congratulations to all who participated. It was truly an amazing month! Now on to the awards.
- Scott Brown
- Usucapio Libertatis
- Scott Brown
Top ten in each category
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1. Scott Brown 37 552.604
2. Mr. Hankey 28 435.417
3. Lennart SM5YMT 23 358.421
4. stevmcn 21 264.061
5. Honza 18 317.242
6. bdodson* 17 216.376
7. [AF>HFR>RR] MrJacK 15 271.594
8. ardo 15 264.721
9. [KWSN]John Galt 007 11 231.871
10. *** 10 217.415
Prime Score
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1. Usucapio Libertatis 4 4394.212
2. Pooh_Bear_27 1 3122.466
3. Lumiukko 2 1884.519
4. Scott Brown 37 552.604
5. Mr. Hankey 28 435.417
6. Lennart SM5YMT 23 358.421
7. chip 6 332.507
8. Honza 18 317.242
9. [AF>HFR>RR] MrJacK 15 271.594
10. ardo 15 264.721
Mountain Stage (19-20 Feb)
rank user sum of primes prime score
1. Scott Brown 7 87.288
2. XSmeagolX 3 38.110
3. stevmcn 3 38.002
4. (_Mystic_) 3 37.943
5. ardo 2 25.651
6. Honza 2 25.541
7. Dennis Chi 2 25.518
8. [DPC]Pyrus 2 25.472
9. Mr. Hankey 2 25.465
10. stefan 2 25.278
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A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who participated. This concludes the Tour de Primes 2012. See you next year!!! :)
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...I thought there was a hidden World Record prime still to come, that would count to the Tour. Did the verification failed? Scoring is final or only the jersey-winners are final?.
Technically, the prime has yet to be returned to the servers...that's the exception to pschoefer's sound logic. ;) We were notified by the user of a timing anomaly, "Why is this task taking so much longer than the others?" :) Well, the nice news was because it had finished prp'ing and now it was primality testing.
We ran our own prp test against the candidate and confirmed the prp. Now primality testing is taking place. We should know something definitive in the next 6-8 hours.
Scoring and jersey winners are final. Congratulations to all!
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Although I'm very glad to see the green jersey right there on the left, I thought there was a hidden World Record prime still to come, that would count to the Tour.
That mysterious World Record prime is smaller than yours. It's less than a million digits long, and yours is about 1.5 million digits. At best, it's fourth overall in the green jersey race since there were three mega primes found last month, and all three are larger than the mystery prime.
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Thanks to everyone for a great Tour! It is really great to see so many primes found and the 3 mega primes is just outstanding!
@John
I think the Tour's success is just another marker of your contributions to PG overall (and of course Lennart's and Rtyis' as well) and make for a nice send off to you.
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The Tour de Primes 2012 has ended!!!
As Sysadm@Nbg mentions in the previous post, the 2012 Tour de Primes has been finalized. It was another incredible month for the Tour de Primes. 638 "Top 5000" primes were discovered producing a prime score of 20616.041. While not as high as last year, it's still an impressive showing. This year, 3 Mega Primes were found, but it was not enough to push ahead of last year's 2M digit 321 Mega Prime found on the last day of the Tour. Nevertheless, great progress was made in the PPS (LLR) project and the 2012 goals are that much closer. :)
Congratulations to all who participated. It was truly an amazing month! Now on to the awards.
- Scott Brown
- Usucapio Libertatis
- Scott Brown
Top ten in each category
Prime Count
rank user sum of primes prime score
1. Scott Brown 36 541.550
2. Mr. Hankey 28 435.417
3. Lennart SM5YMT 23 358.421
4. stevmcn 20 250.208
5. Honza 18 317.242
6. bdodson* 17 216.376
7. [AF>HFR>RR] MrJacK 15 271.594
8. ardo 15 264.721
9. [KWSN]John Galt 007 10 217.980
10. *** 10 217.415
Prime Score
rank user sum of primes prime score
1. Usucapio Libertatis 4 4394.212
2. Pooh_Bear_27 1 3122.466
3. Lumiukko 2 1884.519
4. Scott Brown 36 541.550
5. Mr. Hankey 28 435.417
6. Lennart SM5YMT 23 358.421
7. chip 6 332.507
8. Honza 18 317.242
9. [AF>HFR>RR] MrJacK 15 271.594
10. ardo 15 264.721
Mountain Stage (19-20 Feb)
rank user sum of primes prime score
1. Scott Brown 7 87.288
2. XSmeagolX 3 38.110
3. stevmcn 3 38.002
4. (_Mystic_) 3 37.943
5. ardo 2 25.651
6. Honza 2 25.541
7. Dennis Chi 2 25.518
8. [DPC]Pyrus 2 25.472
9. Mr. Hankey 2 25.465
10. stefan 2 25.278
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Mountain list
A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who participated. This concludes the Tour de Primes 2012. See you next year!!! :)
A recent check of the stats shows I had 11 primes....makes no difference in the stats, but it must have been that last one I squeezed in 21 minutes before the end...
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A recent check of the stats shows I had 11 primes....makes no difference in the stats, but it must have been that last one I squeezed in 21 minutes before the end...
Looks like the stats were run one last time. I'll update the rankings in the post. Thanks for pointing this out.
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It looks like another ~18 hours on the primality test. Results will be posted once it's complete. Get your guesses in before then.
The primality test has completed and returned a prime result. The test using pfgw64AVX took 42 hours. The original host is still conducting its primality test and has at least 24 more hours to go.
The prime has been submitted to the Prime Pages where we expect it to take 12+ days to verify. This estimate is based on the last prime of this form taking 9.59 days to complete.
[edit] It appears the Prime Pages has initially accepted PrimeGrid's verification. The prime has already been released: 1098133# - 1
Anyone who guessed Primorial, pat yourself on the back! :)
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Now you've given out too many hints. :)
Unless I'm mistaken, congratulations, James!
[EDIT] This message made more sense before John posted his edit with the actual number! :)
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[EDIT] This message made more sense before John posted his edit with the actual number! :)
That's what they all say ... :)
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I do think i had 3 primes in february, 2 more in march if i remember correctly - still waiting on those to appear in the primes-list. Alas one was reported to the primes-page two days ago, i do think the doublechecker was late on that one. |
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