PrimeGrid Challenges 2022

[StefanR5R]

FFT lengths have now advanced to 2560K at llrCUL (20 MBytes) and 2400K at llrWOO (18.75 MBytes).

what will that do to things ?

For most settings this won't make a difference.
But let's say somebody selected only llrWOO and ran three jobs in parallel on an E5-2696 v4 (55 MB unified inclusive L3$). 3x 18 MB data was already a stretch for that, and 3x 18.75 MB is obviously over the brink.

 

[Ken g6]

Day 6 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
3______17782383___markfw
4______15984721___xii5ku
6______12449284___crashtech
7______10651118___[TA]Skillz
14_____7266981____parsnip soup in a clay bowl
15_____6836607____w a h
22_____4303954____biodoc
25_____3528007____cellarnoise2
35_____2735328____mmonnin
45_____2128407____Orange Kid
49_____1949769____kiska
79_____1004034___10esseeTony
108____704230_____waffleironhead
109____701072_____Ken_g6
115____677010_____Lane42
193____246024_____mnelsonx
199____213588_____Mardis
285____63458______SlangNRox

Rank__Credits____Team
1_____89225985___TeAm AnandTech
1b____88186065___Czech National Team + Antarctic Crunchers
2_____47128310___Czech National Team
3_____41057755___Antarctic Crunchers
4_____34034134___SETI.Germany

Yeah, I think our rank is safe. But I learned today that powerline networking can crash in firmware. Hopefully it's a rare event.

 

[Markfw]

I added a 5950x, but I can't hold 2nd. Too much cloud. For every 8C task, multiply by the number of tasks for that line and add up. I think there is over a thousand cores.

 

[StefanR5R]

The previous llrCUL+llrWOO challenge took place in November 2020 and was 10 days long too. Antarctic Crunchers finished it in 1st with 94.8 M points. We reached the same score today at 11:45 UTC, and 100 M points at 18:30 UTC = half an hour ago. 3d9h+ still to go.

TeAm AnandTech finished the 11.2020 challenge in 14th with 9.35 M points. This year we reached this score in less than 28 hours after the start of the challenge. :-) — We were distracted from PrimeGrid in 11.2020 though. :-D

 

[cellarnoise]

I just fired up an old 4 core laptop!!! I think it needs new thermal paste or something. It's running like 2 ghz... I hope it drops at least one more task before the end....

 

[cellarnoise]

I just fired up an old 4 core laptop!!! I think it needs new thermal paste or something. It's running like 2 ghz... I hope it drops at least one more task before the end....

Maybe a good break down and rebuild with the guts cleaned and blown out will make it a contender?

 

[Ken g6]

Day 7 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
3______21672461___markfw
4______18925314___xii5ku
6______15371474___crashtech
7______14493611___[TA]Skillz
14_____8345346____w a h
18_____7266981____parsnip soup in a clay bowl
23_____5134593____biodoc
27_____4156676____cellarnoise2
29_____3781406____kiska
37_____3258933____mmonnin
45_____2595756____Orange Kid
66_____1564986___10esseeTony
111____845385_____waffleironhead
121____794596_____Ken_g6
123____746695_____Lane42
189____332135_____mnelsonx
208____248434_____Mardis
261____127291_____SlangNRox

Rank__Credits____Team
0_____110411254__Czech National Team + Antarctic Crunchers
1_____109662080__TeAm AnandTech
2_____58818301___Czech National Team
3_____51592953___Antarctic Crunchers
4_____42631601___SETI.Germany

Uh, oh! We're falling behind the imaginary combination of teams I made up at the last stats update!

 

[cellarnoise]

Day 7 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
3______21672461___markfw
4______18925314___xii5ku
6______15371474___crashtech
7______14493611___[TA]Skillz
14_____8345346____w a h
18_____7266981____parsnip soup in a clay bowl
23_____5134593____biodoc
27_____4156676____cellarnoise2
29_____3781406____kiska
37_____3258933____mmonnin
45_____2595756____Orange Kid
66_____1564986___10esseeTony
111____845385_____waffleironhead
121____794596_____Ken_g6
123____746695_____Lane42
189____332135_____mnelsonx
208____248434_____Mardis
261____127291_____SlangNRox

Rank__Credits____Team
0_____110411254__Czech National Team + Antarctic Crunchers
1_____109662080__TeAm AnandTech
2_____58818301___Czech National Team
3_____51592953___Antarctic Crunchers
4_____42631601___SETI.Germany

Uh, oh! We're falling behind the imaginary combination of teams I made up at the last stats update!

Don't know how that is possible? Kiska and Spazz are going gangbusters!!!

 

[Skillz]

Who is spazz?

 

[StefanR5R]

Uh, oh! We're falling behind the imaginary combination of teams I made up at the last stats update!

Don't know how that is possible?

Venec dropped a 2.5 M bunker between Ken g6's day 6 and day 7 stats.

 

[Ken g6]

Day 8 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
3______25212607___markfw
4______22608137___xii5ku
6______18930289___[TA]Skillz
7______18321944___crashtech
16_____9702376____w a h
21_____7266981____parsnip soup in a clay bowl
23_____5937833____biodoc
25_____5536887____kiska
28_____4830930____cellarnoise2
36_____3794113____mmonnin
47_____2934744____Orange Kid
58_____2153050___10esseeTony
109____985115_____waffleironhead
120____922916_____Ken_g6
123____852398_____Lane42
194____361505_____mnelsonx
207____283417_____Mardis
279____127291_____SlangNRox

Rank__Credits____Team
0_____132389796__Czech National Team + Antarctic Crunchers
1_____130762540__TeAm AnandTech
2_____70600918___Czech National Team
3_____61788878___Antarctic Crunchers
4_____53260497___SETI.Germany

48 hours remaining! For those with slower machines, you might want to consider which WU type(s) will produce the most points in the time left.

 

[Ken g6]

Day 9 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
3______28887377___markfw
4______26048708___xii5ku
6______23700889___[TA]Skillz
7______20897267___crashtech
15_____11058683___w a h
23_____7266981____parsnip soup in a clay bowl
24_____7146697____kiska
26_____6606328____biodoc
29_____5416049____cellarnoise2
36_____4352809____mmonnin
46_____3327712____Orange Kid
54_____2748885___10esseeTony
110____1097473____waffleironhead
111____1087068____Ken_g6
134____852398_____Lane42
190____449642_____mnelsonx
203____353715_____Mardis
277____162341_____SlangNRox

Rank__Credits____Team
1_____151461030__TeAm AnandTech
1.5___150998995__Czech National Team + Antarctic Crunchers
2_____80523142___Czech National Team
3_____70475853___Antarctic Crunchers
4_____62150010___SETI.Germany

I'm trying to find a way to get a 'head. The TeAm as a whole is ahead of even combined teams now.

 

[Ken g6]

More-or-less final stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
3______32725516___markfw
4______29526241___[TA]Skillz
5______29246762___xii5ku
7______23149266___crashtech
15_____12504688___w a h
21_____9224527____kiska
25_____7573512____biodoc
26_____7266981____parsnip soup in a clay bowl
29_____5863607____cellarnoise2
35_____4827177____mmonnin
47_____3651172____Orange Kid
50_____3371763___10esseeTony
109____1245314____waffleironhead
113____1221784____Ken_g6
143____852398_____Lane42
191____508404_____mnelsonx
209____388853_____Mardis
269____197549_____SlangNRox

Rank__Credits____Team
0_____174390483__Czech National Team + Antarctic Crunchers
1_____173345522__TeAm AnandTech
2_____96196951___Czech National Team
3_____78193532___Antarctic Crunchers
4_____69558884___SETI.Germany

We lost zeroth place. Apparently I'm not such a good 'head-hunter, either.

But @Skillz caught a wild xii5ku!

 

[waffleironhead]

That was soooo close. I had to dust off an old laptop and fire it up to stay ahead. That one unit it was able to crunch made all the difference.

Thanks for the stats Ken!

 

[StefanR5R]

What, xii5ku didn't have a last-hour bunker after all?

@Ken g6, thanks for the stats, ten days in a row!

 

[TennesseeTony]

Noooooo......so close to catching Bill1024 and Orange Kid.

Question: How the heck do I have 19 pending on a quorum of one task? (19 * 27000 points each could have been useful for my final standing) (I only ran WOO tasks)

Thanks for the long duration stats, Ken!

 

[waffleironhead]

Noooooo......so close to catching Bill1024 and Orange Kid.

Question: How the heck do I have 19 pending on a quorum of one task? (19 * 27000 points each could have been useful for my final standing) (I only ran WOO tasks)

Thanks for the long duration stats, Ken!

Dont worry, those were all counted towards the race. The pending credit is for a verification task that gets sent out to make sure your WU was valid. If indeed the WU is invalid then credit is taken away from your total race stats.

 

[Skillz]

What, xii5ku didn't have a last-hour bunker after all?

@Ken g6, thanks for the stats, ten days in a row!

I was definitely expecting one to come lol

 

[Skillz]

Noooooo......so close to catching Bill1024 and Orange Kid.

Question: How the heck do I have 19 pending on a quorum of one task? (19 * 27000 points each could have been useful for my final standing) (I only ran WOO tasks)

Thanks for the long duration stats, Ken!

They have a new system for verification which guarantees everyone is "first" in these types of Sub projects. You have a main task which takes hours/days to complete. Then when you return that task another task is created called a proof task. These tasks take a few short minutes (usually less than 10 minutes) to complete that verifies the main task.

In Primegrid Challenge Series all your pending points that you earned during the challenge goes towards your total score. If the task is valid you keep the points. If the task ends up being marked not valid then the points will be deducted from your challenge points.

 

[mmonnin03]

I got Woo Ruby and Turquoise(after validation) PG badges plus 25k WUProp hours for both Woo and Cul during the event.

 

[StefanR5R]

I'm still working on a few tasks in order to synchronize my WOO badge with my CUL badge.

 

[Ken g6]

That was soooo close. I had to dust off an old laptop and fire it up to stay ahead. That one unit it was able to crunch made all the difference.

Thanks for the stats Ken!

So that's why the one WU from the old laptop I dusted off wasn't enough.

 

[Orange Kid]

10 thanks for the stats.

 

[StefanR5R]

I just corrected my post #386:

• The app_config.xml syntax for cpuGFN21 was outdated.
• The current cpuGFN21 application is able to use vector arithmetic.

 

[Ken g6]

cpuGFN21 can be configured for multithreading via app_config.xml, but still.

Looks like you can now do multithreading via the web interface.