Reality check: a 1-minute laptop simulation gets within 0.00000007% of the 11-squares optimum
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-10-07
Deflating the recent buzz around the "11 squares" packing result: running a simulation for about 1 minute on a decent laptop already gets you within 0.00000007% of the optimal solution.
The implication: the celebrated result is less impressive than it looks, since brute-force simulation nearly matches it.
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