Message #172

From: Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com>
Subject: New records
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:25:49 -0700

It is with great pleasure and even greater humility that I can announce
that Remigiusz Durka now holds the record for both the shortest 4^4 AND
shortest 5^4 solutions!! This represents only the 2nd 5^4 solution which
I find somewhat surprising as it is such a monster that wasn’t sure I’d
ever see another one after Eric Balandraud first wrestled it to the
ground over two years ago. It took Remigiusz 6 days to beat Eric’s
solution which began almost immediately after turning in the shortest
4^4. Remigiusz: I think you deserve to take a break now!! I hope you
enjoy it because I know that Roice does not take kindly to having his
records beaten, so I would not be surprised to hear from him or Eric
again before too long!

Please check out the hall-of-fame page to see these records and examine
the log files. Please also check the table for any problems that I may
have introduced in the process.

-Melinda Green