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underfoot-average.md
6c3fcc31 2026-10-26 Pavel Safronov | 1 | # Balance lab: underfoot (average bot) |
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| 3 | 2026-10-26 · rules version 39 · 200 seeds per arm · 28 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** | 4.11 | 0% | 3.00 | 75.5 | 3.4% | 0% | | |
| 12 | | underfoot (NES rule) | +0.62 ± 0.47 ✱ | 0 ± 0% | −0.02 ± 0.03 | +9.2 ± 5.1 ✱ | +9.3 ± 0.4 ✱ | 1% | | |
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| 14 | ## The baseline, level by level | |
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| 16 | | Level | Runs reaching it | Lives lost there | Turns there | Within par | | |
| 17 | |---|---|---|---|---| | |
| 18 | | 1 | 100% | 0.21 | 75 | 14% | | |
| 19 | | 2 | 97% | 0.45 | 75 | 26% | | |
| 20 | | 3 | 87% | 0.63 | 65 | 23% | | |
| 21 | | 4 | 69% | 0.90 | 90 | 20% | | |
| 22 | | 5 | 49% | 0.86 | 86 | 17% | | |
| 23 | | 6 | 34% | 0.64 | 86 | 25% | | |
| 24 | | 7 | 25% | 0.66 | 80 | 26% | | |
| 25 | | 8 | 18% | 0.80 | 87 | 17% | | |
| 26 | | 9 | 11% | 0.73 | 85 | 36% | | |
| 27 | | 10 | 8% | 0.87 | 83 | 60% | | |
| 28 | | 11 | 6% | 0.45 | 74 | 27% | | |
| 29 | | 12 | 4% | 0.63 | 83 | 63% | | |
| 30 | | 13 | 3% | 1.67 | 76 | 33% | | |
| 31 | | 14 | 1% | 0.50 | 57 | 0% | | |
| 32 | | 15 | 1% | 0.00 | 62 | 100% | | |
| 33 | | 16 | 1% | 0.00 | 67 | 100% | | |
| 34 | | 17 | 1% | 1.00 | 5 | 0% | | |
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| 36 | Lives lost in the baseline, by cause: blast 496, lingering 11, chain 16, walkedIntoEnemy 47, caughtByEnemy 24, spikes 1, spread 5. |