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diagonal-careful.md
a313eb7d 2026-10-25 Pavel Safronov | 1 | # Balance lab: diagonal (careful bot) |
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| 3 | 2026-10-25 · rules version 35 · 300 seeds per arm · 426 s. | |
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| 5 | Each arm plays the same seeds as the baseline; its columns are the difference from the baseline, | |
| 6 | per run, with a 95% interval. ✱ marks a difference the interval says is real. Sorted by levels | |
| 7 | gained. The bots answer a gem by taking the first thing offered and never shop. | |
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| 9 | | Arm | Levels cleared | Won | Lives lost | Turns per level | Turns in danger | Stalled | | |
| 10 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | |
| 11 | | **baseline** | 18.84 | 90% | 0.36 | 82.4 | 5.1% | 4% | | |
| 12 | | diagonal | +1.02 ± 0.43 ✱ | +8 ± 3 ✱% | −0.24 ± 0.10 ✱ | −11.2 ± 1.8 ✱ | −2.2 ± 0.2 ✱ | 1% | | |
| 13 | | diagonal, no squeeze | +0.27 ± 0.56 | 0 ± 5% | −0.24 ± 0.10 ✱ | −6.7 ± 2.2 ✱ | −2.5 ± 0.2 ✱ | 9% | | |
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| 15 | ## The baseline, level by level | |
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| 17 | | Level | Runs reaching it | Lives lost there | Turns there | Within par | | |
| 18 | |---|---|---|---|---| | |
| 19 | | 1 | 100% | 0.01 | 68 | 18% | | |
| 20 | | 2 | 100% | 0.03 | 69 | 29% | | |
| 21 | | 3 | 99% | 0.00 | 64 | 32% | | |
| 22 | | 4 | 99% | 0.01 | 81 | 36% | | |
| 23 | | 5 | 99% | 0.04 | 82 | 39% | | |
| 24 | | 6 | 98% | 0.05 | 78 | 46% | | |
| 25 | | 7 | 97% | 0.01 | 86 | 44% | | |
| 26 | | 8 | 96% | 0.01 | 98 | 47% | | |
| 27 | | 9 | 95% | 0.03 | 91 | 51% | | |
| 28 | | 10 | 94% | 0.01 | 86 | 57% | | |
| 29 | | 11 | 94% | 0.00 | 83 | 67% | | |
| 30 | | 12 | 94% | 0.03 | 96 | 64% | | |
| 31 | | 13 | 93% | 0.02 | 87 | 81% | | |
| 32 | | 14 | 92% | 0.01 | 81 | 83% | | |
| 33 | | 15 | 92% | 0.04 | 76 | 88% | | |
| 34 | | 16 | 91% | 0.04 | 91 | 88% | | |
| 35 | | 17 | 91% | 0.00 | 87 | 90% | | |
| 36 | | 18 | 91% | 0.01 | 85 | 92% | | |
| 37 | | 19 | 91% | 0.03 | 81 | 94% | | |
| 38 | | 20 | 90% | 0.00 | 74 | 98% | | |
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| 40 | Lives lost in the baseline, by cause: walkedIntoEnemy 63, blast 30, caughtByEnemy 13, lingering 1. |