2017 SpaceChem Tournament

The 2017 SpaceChem Tournament was announced on May 22, 2017 by Steam user gggol. There are ten levels in the contest and two weeks is given for solving each of them. The puzzles must be loaded into the game by using the ResearchNet.

Schedule and levels

#	Start date	End date	Level	Difficulty	Image
0	May 31	Jun 4	Live Fast	easy	/r/researchnet
1	Jun 01	Jun 18	Antimony Mining	easy	/r/researchnet
2	Jun 09	Jun 25	7 or 8	easy	/r/researchnet
3	Jun 16	Jul 02	Doping	easy	/r/researchnet
4	Jun 23	Jul 09	What a Waste	medium	/r/researchnet
5	Jun 30	Jul 16	Long Slog	medium	/r/researchnet
6	Jul 07	Jul 23	A/C without AGW	medium	/r/researchnet
7	Jul 14	Jul 30	Masochism	hard	/r/researchnet
8	Jul 21	Aug 06	Noble Fission	variable	/r/researchnet
9	Jul 28	Aug 13	Big Hex Grid	variable	/r/researchnet
10	Aug 04	Aug 20	Hilbert Curve	hard	/r/researchnet

Results

Puzzle 0: Live Fast

Puzzle 0: Live Fast

• All solutions in the SpaceChemTool format

The 0th puzzle was for the players and the host to test their setup and to get a feeling of the tournament. Its scores do not count towards the total score of the tournament.

#	Player(s)	cycles	symbols	cycle score	symbol score	total score
1	Counterpoint, DariusOne, etammate, Serbaldrig, ToughThought, Zig ↑	1687	8	0.667	0.875	1.542
2	whoever314 ↑	1562	10	0.721	0.700	1.421
3	Twistya ↑	1253	21	0.899	0.333	1.232
4	Rexkix and Zaakiel ↑	1314	19	0.857	0.368	1.225
5	Leylite ↑	5999	7	0.188	1.000	1.188
6	Blueeyedrat ↑	1250	27	0.901	0.259	1.160
7	EpicCreeper9001 ↑	1126	93	1.000	0.075	1.075
8	Aperture ↑	1746	50	0.645	0.140	0.785
9	CursedFlames ↑	2000	42	0.563	0.167	0.730
10	rezoons ↑	3333	33	0.338	0.212	0.550

2017SpaceChemTournament round00 LiveFast

Commentary by the tournament host. Being the video of the test round it's unfortunately very quiet and noisy and apparently the voice slowly drifts out of sync with the video.

Puzzle 1: Antimony Mining

Puzzle 1: Antimony Mining

• All solutions in the SpaceChemTool format

Exploiting bugs is allowed in the tournament rules. Here, the "smash?" column indicates whether the Particle Smashing bug was used in the solution.

#	Player(s)	cycles	symbols	smash?	cycle score	symbol score	total score
1	ceegers ↑	139	29	y	0.799	0.759	1.557
2	Astronelson ↑	131	32		0.847	0.688	1.535
3	DariusOne ↑	112	41	y	0.991	0.537	1.528
4	Zig ↑	111	43	y	1.000	0.512	1.512
5	ToughThought ↑	169	26		0.657	0.846	1.503
6	Serbaldrig ↑	175	27		0.634	0.815	1.449
7	Leylite ↑	276	22	y	0.402	1.000	1.402
8	etammate ↑	204	28		0.544	0.786	1.330
9	Blueeyedrat ↑	199	29		0.558	0.759	1.316
10	Aperture ↑	185	33		0.600	0.667	1.267
11	ContentContext ↑	124	62	y	0.895	0.355	1.250
12	Gwen ↑	224	30		0.496	0.733	1.229
13	MrBlarney ↑	186	35		0.597	0.629	1.225
14	Pseudodude ↑	236	30		0.470	0.733	1.204
15	rezoons ↑	208	33		0.534	0.667	1.200
16	12345ieee ↑	219	33		0.507	0.667	1.174
17	Rexkix & Zaakiel ↑	215	38		0.516	0.579	1.095
18	Krackor ↑	294	31		0.378	0.710	1.087
19	whoever314 ↑	217	40		0.512	0.550	1.062
20	Counterpoint ↑	344	30		0.323	0.733	1.056
21	SpareWizard ↑	212	43		0.524	0.512	1.035
22	csaboka ↑	291	35		0.381	0.629	1.010
23	Twistya ↑	322	42		0.345	0.524	0.869
24	CursedFlames ↑	301	45		0.369	0.489	0.858
25	SL7205 ↑	396	45		0.280	0.489	0.769
26	ZeroOne ↑	377	50		0.294	0.440	0.734
27	Catalectic ↑	519	43		0.214	0.512	0.726
28	YellowBunny ↑	617	42		0.180	0.524	0.704
29	jfb1337 ↑	392	56		0.283	0.393	0.676
30	DustMan ↑	784	45		0.142	0.489	0.630
31	cactus	605	57		0.183	0.386	0.569

Non-scoring solutions of interest

#	Player(s)	cycles	symbols	smash?	cycle score	symbol score	total score
•	gggol ↑	165	25		0.673	0.880	1.553
•	Counterpoint ↑	718	20		0.155	1.100	1.255

SpaceChemTournament2017 AntimonyMining silent

Silent video presenting the solutions.

Puzzle 2: 7 or 8

Puzzle 2: 7 or 8

• All solutions in the SpaceChemTool format

"Loop" is how many cycles the loop takes if it is not a state machine solution, or 's' for state machine (i.e. precognition exploit).

#	Player(s)	cycles	symbols	loop	cycle score	symbol score	total score
1	Serbaldrig ↑	166	26	s	0.392	1.000	1.392
2	ToughThought ↑	69	64	s	0.942	0.406	1.348
3	Leylite ↑	65	79	s	1.000	0.329	1.329
4	SpareWizard ↑	86	52	s	0.756	0.500	1.256
5	Zig ↑	90	50	s	0.722	0.520	1.242
6	etammate ↑	103	47	s	0.631	0.553	1.184
7	Blueeyedrat ↑	303	32	12	0.215	0.813	1.027
8	DariusOne ↑	348	31	14	0.187	0.839	1.025
9	Astronelson ↑	396	31	16	0.164	0.839	1.003
10	Twistya ↑	177	41	s	0.367	0.634	1.001
11	csaboka ↑	159	44	s	0.409	0.591	1.000
12	12345ieee ↑	438	31	18	0.148	0.839	0.987
13	Pseudodude ↑	100	83	s	0.650	0.313	0.963
14	Aperture ↑	216	42	s	0.301	0.619	0.920
15	Counterpoint ↑	371	35	14	0.175	0.743	0.918
16	ceegers ↑	176	49	s	0.369	0.531	0.900
17	ContentContext ↑	424	36	17	0.153	0.722	0.876
18	MrBlarney ↑	427	38	18	0.152	0.684	0.836
19	Rexkix ↑	220	52	s	0.295	0.500	0.795
20	YellowBunny ↑	145	77	s	0.448	0.338	0.786
21	jfb1337 ↑	439	41	18	0.148	0.634	0.782
22	whoever314 ↑	339	47	14	0.192	0.553	0.745
23	cactus ↑	411	46	17	0.158	0.565	0.723
24	CursedFlames ↑	511	48	20	0.127	0.542	0.669
25	rezoons ↑	596	47	25	0.109	0.553	0.662
26	Catalectic ↑	846	48	34	0.077	0.542	0.618
27	DustMan ↑	855	49	34	0.076	0.531	0.607
28	SL7205 ↑	950	59	38	0.068	0.441	0.509
29	ZeroOne ↑	649	67	26	0.100	0.388	0.488

2017SpaceChemTournament round02 SevenOrEight

Video commentary on Seven or Eight

Puzzle 3: Doping

Puzzle 3: Doping

• All solutions in the SpaceChemTool format

#	Player(s)	cycles	symbols	bonus	cycle score	symbol score	total score
1	etammate ↑	735	74	1.5	0.203	0.176	1.878
2	Leylite ↑	858	86	1.5	0.174	0.151	1.825
3	Pseudodude ↑	828	105	1.5	0.180	0.124	1.804
4	Zig ↑	874	99	1.5	0.170	0.131	1.802
5	ToughThought ↑	890	101	1.5	0.167	0.129	1.796
6	Counterpoint ↑	164	15		0.909	0.867	1.775
7	Blueeyedrat ↑	1284	113	1.5	0.116	0.115	1.731
8	SpareWizard ↑	1357	109	1.5	0.110	0.119	1.729
9	jfb1337 ↑	1723	112	1.5	0.086	0.116	1.703
10	DariusOne ↑	149	19		1.000	0.684	1.684
11	Aperture ↑	163	18		0.914	0.722	1.636
12	Serbaldrig ↑	163	21		0.914	0.619	1.533
13	Catalectic ↑	194	17		0.768	0.765	1.533
14	Rexkix ↑	159	22		0.937	0.591	1.528
15	12345ieee ↑	313	13		0.476	1.000	1.476
16	Twistya ↑	314	13		0.475	1.000	1.475
17	ceegers ↑	195	19		0.764	0.684	1.448
18	ContentContext ↑	195	19		0.764	0.684	1.448
19	rezoons ↑	199	21		0.749	0.619	1.368
20	MrBlarney ↑	226	19		0.659	0.684	1.344
21	csaboka ↑	314	15		0.475	0.867	1.341
22	DustMan ↑	314	15		0.475	0.867	1.341
23	ZeroOne ↑	319	17		0.467	0.765	1.232
24	CursedFlames ↑	316	19		0.472	0.684	1.156
25	cactus ↑	322	37		0.463	0.351	0.814
26	Astronelson ↑	802	75	*	0.186	0.173	0.359

Non-scoring solutions of interest

Player(s)	cycles	symbols	bonus	cycle score	symbol score	total score
gggol ↑	880	103	1.5	0.169	0.126	1.796
ceegers ↑	6887	88	1.5	0.022	0.148	1.669
etammate ↑	653	67	*	0.228	0.194	0.422

* Did not use particle smashing, nor collect the bonus points. etammate's 653-1-67 solution produces 17 outputs from 16 inputs, then 16 from 15 ever after.

2017 SpaceChem Tournament - Week 3 "Doping" Results

Leylite's 92-minute commentary on the Doping puzzle

Puzzle 4: What a Waste

Puzzle 4: What a Waste

• All solutions in the SpaceChemTool format

#	Player(s)	cycles	symbols	smash?	cycle score	symbol score	total score
1	ToughThought ↑	507	40		0.680	1.000	1.680
2	Serbaldrig ↑	345	71		1.000	0.563	1.563
3	Leylite ↑	636	43		0.542	0.930	1.473
4	DariusOne ↑	495	59		0.697	0.678	1.375
5	Counterpoint ↑	442	72		0.781	0.556	1.336
6	Pseudodude ↑	475	73		0.726	0.548	1.274
7	Aperture ↑	594	62		0.581	0.645	1.226
8	Zig ↑	536	74		0.644	0.541	1.184
9	rezoons ↑	544	75		0.634	0.533	1.168
10	ceegers ↑	552	75		0.625	0.533	1.158
11	etammate ↑	571	76		0.604	0.526	1.131
12	Rexkix ↑	730	65		0.473	0.615	1.088
13	Astronelson ↑	623	79		0.554	0.506	1.060
14	Twistya ↑	660	77		0.523	0.519	1.042
15	ContentContext ↑	634	83		0.544	0.482	1.026
16	Blueeyedrat ↑	739	72		0.467	0.556	1.022
17	SpareWizard ↑	751	89		0.459	0.449	0.909
18	MrBlarney ↑	704	97		0.490	0.412	0.902
19	jfb1337 ↑	939	98		0.367	0.408	0.776
20	cactus ↑	1182	118		0.292	0.339	0.631

Note that the data on whether a solution used particle smashing or not is not yet available.

SpaceChem2017Tourney r4r5-0

A video commentary on both What a Waste and the next round, Long Slog. What a Waste takes the first 36 minutes.

Puzzle 5: Long Slog

Puzzle 5: Long Slog

• All solutions in the SpaceChemTool format

#	Player(s)	cycles	symbols	cycles to make 1 Mt	cycle score	symbol score	total score
1	ToughThought ↑	424929	59	1315	0.873	1.000	1.873
2	Serbaldrig ↑	438539	64	1358	0.845	0.922	1.767
3	etammate ↑	370778	79	1144	1.000	0.747	1.747
4	rezoons ↑	433705	70	1324	0.855	0.843	1.698
5	Counterpoint ↑	429207	79	1326	0.864	0.747	1.611
6	Pseudodude ↑	519807	66	1624	0.713	0.894	1.607
7	DariusOne ↑	520366	67	1617	0.713	0.881	1.593
8	Blueeyedrat ↑	451719	77	1421	0.821	0.766	1.587
9	MrBlarney ↑	466756	80	1451	0.794	0.738	1.532
10	SpareWizard ↑	466259	81	1449	0.795	0.728	1.524
11	Leylite ↑	499267	76	1548	0.743	0.776	1.519
12	CursedFlames ↑	427300	92	1320	0.868	0.641	1.509
13	ceegers ↑	439721	98	1356	0.843	0.602	1.445
14	Aperture ↑	508246	83	1576	0.730	0.711	1.440
15	Rexkix ↑	578035	75	1798	0.641	0.787	1.428
16	Zig ↑	499661	94	1537	0.742	0.628	1.370
17	Twistya ↑	588240	82	1828	0.630	0.720	1.350
18	ContentContext ↑	558628	119	1738	0.664	0.496	1.160
19	jfb1337 ↑	839891	92	2612	0.441	0.641	1.083
20	cactus ↑	880716	102	2746	0.421	0.578	0.999

Non-scoring solutions

Player(s)	cycles	symbols	cycles to make 1 Mt	cycle score	symbol score	total score
gggol ↑	337771	84	1026	1.098	0.702	1.800
gggol* ↑	333259	74	1026	1.113	0.797	1.910
gggol* ↑	335660	72	1033	1.105	0.819	1.924
Pseudodude ↑	1744118	67	5450	0.213	0.881	1.093
Leylite ↑	3139273	96	9810	0.118	0.615	0.733
ToughThought ↑	340852	92	1051	1.088	0.641	1.729

SpaceChem2017Tourney r4r5-0

A video commentary on both Long Slog and the previous round, What a Waste. The Long Slog part starts at 36 minutes.

Puzzle 6: A/C without AGW

Puzzle 6: A/C without AGW

• All solutions in the SpaceChemTool format

#	Player(s)	cycles	symbols	waldopath	cycle score	symbol score	waldopath score	total score
1	DariusOne ↑	736	84	39	0.712	0.821	1.000	2.533
2	Serbaldrig ↑	524	110	56	1.000	0.627	0.696	2.324
3	rezoons ↑	604	100	52	0.868	0.690	0.750	2.308
4	Blueeyedrat ↑	1312	69	49	0.399	1.000	0.796	2.195
5	Leylite ↑	657	113	60	0.798	0.611	0.650	2.058
6	ToughThought ↑	1168	92	52	0.449	0.750	0.750	1.949
7	Aperture ↑	1449	106	52	0.362	0.651	0.750	1.763
8	Zig ↑	1070	107	65	0.490	0.645	0.600	1.735
9	Counterpoint ↑	1585	100	62	0.331	0.690	0.629	1.650
10	etammate ↑	1108	120	66	0.473	0.575	0.591	1.639
11	cactus ↑	1855	139	79	0.282	0.496	0.494	1.273
12	Twistya ↑	2064	144	78	0.254	0.479	0.500	1.233
13	jfb1337 ↑	1913	150	79	0.274	0.460	0.494	1.228

Non-scoring solutions

Player(s)	cycles	symbols	waldopath	cycle score	symbol score	waldopath score	total score
gggol ↑	651	89	59	0.805	0.775	0.661	2.241
Pseudodude ↑	x	105	68		0.657	0.574

SpaceChemTournament2017 ACwithoutAGW

A/C without AGW video commentary

Puzzle 7: Masochism

Puzzle 7: Masochism

• All solutions in the SpaceChemTool format

#	Player(s)	cycles	symbols	outputs	cycle score	symbol score	total score
1	Zig ↑	2156	105	20	1.000	0.381	2.381
2	Pseudodude ↑	2452	80	20	0.879	0.500	2.379
3	ToughThought ↑	2754	98	20	0.783	0.408	2.191
4	Serbaldrig ↑	3196	98	20	0.675	0.408	2.083
5	Leylite ↑	3300	103	20	0.653	0.388	2.042
6	rezoons ↑*	2204	40	10	0.489	1.000	1.989
7	Blueeyedrat ↑	4866	78	20	0.443	0.513	1.956
8	DariusOne ↑	3649	119	20	0.591	0.336	1.927
9	Counterpoint ↑	4550	91	20	0.474	0.440	1.913
10	etammate ↑	5508	90	20	0.391	0.444	1.836
11	cactus ↑	4707	125	20	0.458	0.320	1.778
12	Aperture ↑	6030	118	20	0.358	0.339	1.697
13	jfb1337 ↑	7103	125	20	0.304	0.320	1.624
14	Twistya ↑	8729	134	20	0.247	0.299	1.546
15	Rexkix ↑*	3314	74	10	0.325	0.541	1.366

Non-scoring solutions

Player(s)	cycles	symbols	outputs	cycle score	symbol score	total score
gggol ↑	2990	126	20	0.721	0.317	2.039
rezoons ↑	4680	74	20	0.461	0.541	2.001
cactus ↑	4590	123	20	0.470	0.325	1.795

* Scored as if its cycle count is double.

SpaceChem2017Tourney r7r10part1

Masochism video commentary

Puzzle 8: Noble Fission

Puzzle 8: Noble Fission

• All solutions in the SpaceChemTool format

#	Player(s)	cycles	symbols	bonders	reactors	cycle score	symbol score	bonder score	total score
1	ToughThought ↑	12032	63	0	3	0.026	0.810	1.000	1.835
2	Aperture ↑	14751	78	0	3	0.021	0.654	1.000	1.675
3	Pseudodude ↑	312	92	8	5	1.000	0.554	0.111	1.665
4	Leylite ↑	1463	51	2	3	0.213	1.000	0.333	1.547
5	Serbaldrig ↑	994	57	2	3	0.314	0.895	0.333	1.542
6	Blueeyedrat ↑	2722	122	0	5	0.115	0.418	1.000	1.533
7	Counterpoint ↑	3469	121	0	5	0.090	0.421	1.000	1.511
8	Rexkix ↑	997	61	2	3	0.313	0.836	0.333	1.482
9	cactus ↑	3308	136	0	5	0.094	0.375	1.000	1.469
10	DariusOne ↑	1000	64	2	4	0.312	0.797	0.333	1.442
11	etammate ↑	600	71	6	3	0.520	0.718	0.143	1.381
12	rezoons ↑	3840	181	0	5	0.081	0.282	1.000	1.363
13	Zig ↑	1128	58	4	2	0.277	0.879	0.200	1.356
14	MrBlarney ↑	599	86	4	4	0.521	0.593	0.200	1.314
15	Twistya ↑	1237	90	2	3	0.252	0.567	0.333	1.152
16	jfb1337 ↑	1871	81	2	4	0.167	0.630	0.333	1.130
17	NightFox ↑	793	86	8	4	0.393	0.593	0.111	1.098
18	ZeroOne ↑	1661	84	4	3	0.188	0.607	0.200	0.995

2017 SpaceChem Tournament - Round 8 "Noble Fission" Results

Round 8, Noble Fission, video commentary

Puzzle 9: Big Hex Grid

Puzzle 9: Big Hex Grid

• All solutions in the SpaceChemTool format

#	Player(s)	cycles	symbols	atoms	cycle score	symbol score	atom score	total score
1	ToughThought ↑	83	41	59	0.964	0.463	1.788	3.215
2	rezoons ↑	80	37	55	1.000	0.514	1.667	3.180
3	Serbaldrig ↑	156	19	54	0.513	1.000	1.636	3.149
4	Leylite ↑	90	43	59	0.889	0.442	1.788	3.119
5	Counterpoint ↑	155	20	54	0.516	0.950	1.636	3.102
6	Pseudodude ↑	155	20	54	0.516	0.950	1.636	3.102
7	Blueeyedrat ↑	165	21	54	0.485	0.905	1.636	3.026
8	Zig ↑	132	20	48	0.606	0.950	1.455	3.011
9	jfb1337 ↑	166	21	53	0.482	0.905	1.606	2.993
10	DariusOne ↑	163	22	53	0.491	0.864	1.606	2.960
11	Aperture ↑	167	24	54	0.479	0.792	1.636	2.907
12	cactus ↑	150	33	59	0.533	0.576	1.788	2.897
13	NightFox ↑	114	39	49	0.702	0.487	1.485	2.674
14	etammate ↑	413	50	66	0.194	0.380	2.000	2.574
15	MrBlarney ↑	391	33	58	0.205	0.576	1.758	2.538
16	Rexkix ↑	185	48	54	0.432	0.396	1.636	2.465
17	Twistya ↑	139	39	40	0.576	0.487	1.212	2.275

Non-scoring solutions

Player(s)	cycles	symbols	atoms	cycle score	symbol score	atom score	total score
rezoons ↑	150	52	66	0.533	0.365	2.000	2.899

Puzzle 10: Hilbert Curve

Puzzle 10: Hilbert Curve

• All solutions in the SpaceChemTool format

#	Player(s)	cycles	symbols	path	min	bonders	cycle score	symbol score	path score	min score	bonder score	total score
1	rezoons ↑	3576	60	53	0	8	0.420	1.000	0.774	1.000	0.500	3.694
2	ToughThought ↑	10626	70	68	0	4	0.141	0.857	0.603	1.000	1.000	3.601
3	Brookie ↑	1502	78	41	33	5	1.000	0.769	1.000	0.029	0.800	3.599
4	DariusOne ↑	1975	60	54	1	7	0.761	1.000	0.759	0.500	0.571	3.591
5	Leylite ↑	4584	72	62	0	7	0.328	0.833	0.661	1.000	0.571	3.394
6	Zig ↑	2231	74	60	17	4	0.673	0.811	0.683	0.056	1.000	3.223
7	Blueeyedrat ↑	3202	68	50	20	4	0.469	0.882	0.820	0.048	1.000	3.219
8	Counterpoint ↑	2560	70	41	35	6	0.587	0.857	1.000	0.028	0.667	3.138
9	NightFox ↑	2212	63	59	13	6	0.679	0.952	0.695	0.071	0.667	3.064
10	Pseudodude ↑	1841	71	61	32	7	0.816	0.845	0.672	0.030	0.571	2.935
11	cactus ↑	2301	87	54	34	6	0.653	0.690	0.759	0.029	0.667	2.797
12	Aperture ↑	2884	80	61	30	6	0.521	0.750	0.672	0.032	0.667	2.642
13	etammate ↑	4060	79	53	33	6	0.370	0.759	0.774	0.029	0.667	2.599
14	Twistya ↑	6166	89	80	28	4	0.244	0.674	0.512	0.034	1.000	2.465
15	jfb1337 ↑	4615	100	61	36	6	0.325	0.600	0.672	0.027	0.667	2.291

Non-scoring solutions

Player(s)	cycles	symbols	path	min	bonders	cycle score	symbol score	path score	min score	bonder score	total score
gggol	8235	90	40	42	2	0.182	0.667	1.000	0.023	1.000	2.872*

SpaceChem2017Tourney r7r10part1

First part of the Hilbert Curve video commentary, starting from 1:09:13

SpaceChemTournament2017 r10part2

The rest of the Hilbert Curve video commentary

Final standings

Cumulative scores of all participants

#	Player	Score
1	ToughThought	20.992
2	Leylite	19.707
3	DariusOne	19.660
4	Zig	18.815
5	rezoons	18.629
6	Blueeyedrat	18.613
7	Counterpoint	18.011
8	etammate	17.299
9	Aperture	17.172
10	Pseudodude	16.934
11	Serbaldrig	16.802
12	Twistya	14.407
13	jfb1337	14.285
14	cactus	13.879
15	Rexkix	11.248
16	MrBlarney	9.691
17	NightFox	6.836
18	ceegers	6.509
19	SpareWizard	6.453
20	ContentContext	5.759
21	CursedFlames	4.191
22	Astronelson	3.957
23	12345ieee	3.637
24	Brookie	3.599
25	ZeroOne	3.449
26	csaboka	3.351
27	Catalectic	2.877
28	DustMan	2.578
29	whoever314	1.806
30	YellowBunny	1.490
31	SL7205	1.278
32	GWen	1.229
33	Krackor	1.087

See also

• 2018 SpaceChem Tournament

External links

• 2017 SpaceChem Tournament on Steam Community