events.critelli.technology / Opus Magnum Tournament 2025 /

Session 1 Impartation of Hydrophobicity on Hydrophillic Liquid

event ended on january 12, 2025 at 12:59 UTC

Hydrophobic Water

METRICS
Latency > Cost > Area@1 (must run to completion)
Height > Cycles > Cost

> is used as an arrow and indicates tiebreaker order.

REAGENTS
Distilled Water

PRODUCTS
Hydrophobic Water

Latency refers to the cycles it take to drop one output from the start. Due to game limitations, your solve must output all 6 products. Area@1 is measured at first outputted product.

Height refers to the smallest measured length of the area footprint, measured perpendicular to each axis. i.e., the less rows of area the solution uses, the better the solve. You can see used area by holding 2, or pressing P. This metric is measured at the 6th output (verification) conventionally.


JOSEPINE VELON

...maintaining a single molecule of distilled water in the centre, such that it retains numerous useful properties of it while making it hydrophobic.
Dry Air is combined with solid Earth, providing a functional group that repels water. This has a side effect of making the material being repelled by itself, making it divide into fine powder.
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JOHANNSON: This is your first time to the Symposium, right?
RAVARI: Indeed.
JOHANNSON: Are you nervous?
RAVARI: Indeed.
JOHANNSON: No need to be. It is just like any other conference. Calmly present what you have prepared, my friend.
RAVARI: Inde- I mean, Thank you.


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