Jormungant wrote: ↑September 18th, 2023, 9:43 am
Anyone cares to complete... for style points (and repeat time)?
How's this for style points? It works at 74/75/78+ ticks due to an internal syringe. The H-to-2G splitter happens to fit exactly with the minimum possible number of Snarks -- no adjustability needed on the north side -- and the trombone slide in the SW is at its tightest possible position:
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x = 130, y = 92, rule = LifeHistory
98.6B$49.2A46.6B$49.A.A46.6B$51.A4.2A39.6B$47.4A.2A2.A2.A38.6B$47.A2.
A.A.A.A.2A37.6B$49.BABABA.A41.6B$50.B2ABA.A40.6B$51.2B.BA42.6B$50.3B
44.6B$41.2A6.4B45.6B$42.A6.B2E3B42.6B$42.A.AB3.B2E3B43.6B$43.2AB.10B
40.6B$45.13B40.6B$45.14B38.6B$45.15B38.6B$47.8B2.4B10.A25.6B$47.6B5.
4B7.3A26.6B$46.9B4.4B5.A21.B6.6B$45.4B4.2A5.4B4.2A19.3B6.6B$44.4B5.A
7.9B17.6B4.7B$31.2A10.4B7.3A5.6B13.4B2.7B3.8B$32.A9.4B11.A5.6B3.B2.2B
2.27B$30.A10.4B9.2AB.A4.19BD25B8.A$30.5A5.4B5.2A2.A2.2AB3.20BDBD24B5.
3A$35.A4.4B5.A3.2A2.14B2E9B3DB2A22B3.A$32.3AB2.7B.BA.A8.13B2E11BDB2A
21B4.2A8.A$31.A.2B3.7B.B2A10.51B.4B7.A.A$31.4A12B12.17B.B5.26B.3B9.A.
A$29.2A2.BA3B2E7B13.15B10.B2.26B7.2A.3A$28.A2.3AB.2B2E7B13.15B13.19B.
7B7.B4.A$28.2A.A.B3.10B14.13B14.17B2.9B5.2AB3A$31.A8.8B15.13B12.18B2.
9B4.2A.A$.A29.2A7.10B7.2A3.8B4.2A.A11.5B.11B4.13B$2BA38.3B.6B5.A.A3.
6B6.2AB3A9.4B2.12B.13B$3AB35.5B.6B.B3.A5.5B8.B4.A15.4B.2BA18B$.4B34.
2A3.10B.2A5.B.B9.2A.3A21.BABA17B$2.4B34.A3.10BA8.3B9.A.A24.2A19B.B$3.
4B30.3A3.12B2A5.B2AB9.A.A26.B.21B$4.4B29.A5.11B2.A6.2A11.A28.13B2A9B$
5.4B33.9B4.A48.14B2A9B$6.4B22.2A8.9B5.3A44.2AB3.20B$7.4B22.A9.8B7.A
43.A2.A4.18B$8.4B21.A.AB4.10B50.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B.3B$9.4B10.A10.2AB.14B
49.A7.6B11.2A$10.4B7.3A12.17B47.2A6.9B9.A$11.4B5.A15.17B54.4B4.2A10.
3A$12.4B4.2A15.17B52.4B5.A13.A$5.2A6.9B14.17B.B50.4B7.3A$6.A7.6B14.
21BA48.4B10.A$6.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.20B2.BA.A46.4B$7.A2.A4.19BD16B3.BA
46.4B$8.2AB3.6BC13BDBD4B.10B49.4B$9.9BCBC2B2E9B3D4B2.10B47.4B$10.9B2C
2B2E11BD4B2.11B45.4B$11.29B4.6B.4B43.4B$11.17B.4B10.7B2.4B41.4B$12.
15B3.2B12.6B3.4B39.4B$12.15B3.3B11.7B3.4B37.4B$13.13B5.A2B.2A7.6B5.4B
35.4B$15.13B2.A.A2B.A7.5B7.4B33.4B$14.8B4.2A.A.AB2.A7.6B8.4B31.4B$14.
6B6.2ABA4.A8.4B11.4B29.4B$14.5B8.B2.5A.A6.2B2AB11.4B27.4B$14.B.B5.2A.
A.2A.A4.A.A7.2A13.4B25.4B$15.3B4.A.2A.A2.A.2A2.A24.4B23.4B$14.B2AB11.
2A.A.2A26.4B21.4B$15.2A46.4B19.4B$64.4B10.A6.4B$65.4B7.3A5.4B$66.4B5.
A7.4B$67.4B4.2A5.4B$68.9B4.4B$69.6B5.4B$69.8B2.4B$67.15B$67.14B$67.
13B$65.2AB.10B$64.A.AB3.B2E3B$64.A6.B2E3B$63.2A6.4B$72.3B$73.2B.BA$
72.B2ABA.A$71.BABABA.A$69.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$69.4A.2A2.A2.A$73.A4.2A$71.A.
A$71.2A!
The H-to-MWSS mechanism itself works with a repeat time of 73 ticks but fails at 72 ticks. So there's one more tick that could be extracted by replacing syringes with speed tunnels (and very likely a different H-to-2G).
I suspect it will end up bigger than this, though -- this looked like a fairly lucky fit to me. What are the relative style ratings for bounding-box size vs. smaller number of pieces?
The above can be done in a smaller bounding box at the cost of adding two more Snarks. There's another tight fit that doesn't
quite work at the closest possible adjustment, unless I've missed a suppressing catalyst variant to replace the block in the H-to-2G:
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x = 129, y = 78, rule = LifeHistory
97.6B$48.2A46.6B$48.A.A46.6B$50.A4.2A39.6B$46.4A.2A2.A2.A38.6B$46.A2.
A.A.A.A.2A37.6B$48.BABABA.A41.6B$49.B2ABA.A40.6B$50.2B.BA42.6B$49.3B
44.6B$40.2A6.4B45.6B$41.A6.B2A3B42.6B$41.A.AB3.B2A3B43.6B$42.2AB.10B
40.6B$44.13B40.6B$44.14B38.6B$44.15B38.6B$46.8B2.4B10.A25.6B$46.6B5.
4B7.3A26.6B$45.9B4.4B5.A21.B6.6B$44.4B4.2A5.4B4.2A19.3B6.6B$43.4B5.A
7.9B17.6B4.7B$30.2A10.4B7.3A5.6B13.4B2.7B3.8B$31.A9.4B11.A5.6B3.B2.2B
2.27B$29.A10.4B9.2AB.A4.19BD25B8.A$29.5A5.4B5.2A2.A2.2AB3.20BDBD24B5.
3A$34.A4.4B5.A3.2A2.14B2A9B3DB2A22B3.A$31.3AB2.7B.BA.A8.13B2A11BDB2A
21B4.2A8.A$30.A.2B3.7B.B2A10.51B.4B7.A.A$30.4A12B12.17B.B5.26B.3B9.A.
A$28.2A2.BA3B2A7B13.15B10.B2.26B7.2A.3A$27.A2.3AB.2B2A7B13.15B13.19B.
7B7.B4.A$27.2A.A.B3.10B14.13B14.17B2.9B5.2AB3A$30.A8.8B15.13B12.18B2.
9B4.2A.A$30.2A7.9B13.8B4.2A.A11.5B.11B4.13B$.A38.3B.6B7.2A2.6B6.2AB3A
9.4B2.12B.13B$2BA35.5B2.6B5.A.A2.5B8.B4.A15.4B.2BA18B$3AB34.2A5.6B.B
3.A4.B.B9.2A.3A21.BABA17B$.4B34.A4.10B.2A5.3B9.A.A24.2A19B.B$2.4B30.
3A5.10BA6.B2AB9.A.A26.B.21B$3.4B29.A6.12B2A5.2A6.2A3.A28.13B2A9B$4.4B
35.11B2.A13.A.A30.14B2A9B$5.4B33.9B4.A16.A4.2A23.2AB3.20B$6.4B22.2A8.
9B5.3A9.4A.2A2.A2.A20.A2.A4.18B$7.4B22.A9.8B7.A9.A2.A.A.A.A.2A19.A.2A
5.6B3.B2.2B.3B$8.4B21.A.AB4.10B19.BABABA.A22.A7.6B11.2A$9.4B10.A10.2A
B.14B19.B2ABA.A21.2A6.9B9.A$10.4B7.3A12.17B19.2B.BA29.4B4.2A10.3A$11.
4B5.A15.17B18.3B31.4B5.A13.A$12.4B4.2A15.17B8.2A6.4B30.4B7.3A$5.2A6.
9B14.17B.B8.A6.B2A4B26.4B10.A$6.A7.6B14.21BA7.A.AB3.B2A4B25.4B$6.A.2A
5.6B3.B2.2B2.20B2.BA.A7.2AB.10B23.4B$7.A2.A4.19BD16B3.BA10.13B21.4B$
8.2AB3.6BC13BDBD4B.10B14.14B19.4B$9.9BCBC2B2A9B3D4B2.10B10.A2.15B10.A
6.4B$10.9B2C2B2A11BD4B2.11B7.3A4.8B2.4B7.3A5.4B$11.29B4.6B.4B5.A7.6B
5.4B5.A7.4B$11.17B.4B10.7B2.5B3.2A5.9B4.5B3.2A5.4B$12.15B3.2B12.6B3.
9B4.5B3.2A5.9B4.4B$12.15B3.3B11.6B4.6B5.4B5.A7.6B5.4B$13.13B5.A2B.2A
7.6B4.8B2.4B7.3A4.8B2.4B$15.13B2.A.A2B.A7.5B3.15B10.A2.15B$14.8B4.2A.
A.AB2.A7.6B3.14B14.14B$14.6B6.2ABA4.A8.4B5.13B15.13B$14.5B8.B2.5A.A6.
2B2AB2.2AB.10B14.2AB.10B$14.B.B5.2A.A.2A.A4.A.A7.2A2.A.AB3.B2A5B13.A.
AB3.B2A4B$15.3B4.A.2A.A2.A.2A2.A12.A6.B2A4B14.A6.B2A3B$14.B2AB11.2A.A
.2A12.2A6.4B16.2A6.4B$15.2A40.3B25.3B$58.2B.BA23.2B.BA$57.B2ABA.A21.B
2ABA.A$56.BABABA.A20.BABABA.A$54.A2.A.A.A.A.2A15.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$54.4A.
2A2.A2.A15.4A.2A2.A2.A$58.A4.2A21.A4.2A$56.A.A25.A.A$56.2A26.2A!
But the whole right half can be moved southeast a few cells, until a different weld works between the Snark and syringe in the north.