calcyman wrote: ↑July 1st, 2020, 2:21 pm
759 ticks using my staged-recovery syringe replacement...
I can't beat 759 ticks, but I think that's actually 859-tick recovery. And I can beat 859 ticks... here's 814. Notice the total luck involved with that block factory working there -- it doesn't actually have enough clearance:
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x = 384, y = 154, rule = LifeHistory
326.2A$325.A.A$319.2A4.A$317.A2.A2.2A.4A$317.2A.A.A.A.A2.A$320.A.ABAB
AB$320.A.AB2AB$321.AB.2B$324.3B$323.5B6.2A$322.3B2AB6.A$321.4B2AB3.BA
.A$320.10B.B2A$319.13B$318.14B$317.15B$316.4B2.8B$315.4B5.6B$314.4B4.
9B$313.4B5.2A4.4B$312.4B7.A5.4B$311.4B5.3A7.4B$310.4B6.A10.4B$257.2A
50.4B19.4B10.2A$256.A.A49.4B21.4B9.A$250.2A4.A50.4B23.4B10.A$248.A2.A
2.2A.4A45.4B18.2A5.4B5.5A$248.2A.A.A.A.A2.A44.4B20.A5.5B3.A$251.A.ABA
BAB45.4B21.A.AB.7B2.B3A$251.A.AB2AB45.4B23.2AB.8B2.2B.A$252.AB.2B45.
4B26.12B4A$247.A7.3B43.4B27.7B2A3BAB2.2A$245.3A6.5B6.2A33.4B28.7B2A2B
.B3A2.A$244.A8.3B2AB6.A33.4B29.10B3.B.A.2A$243.A.A6.4B2AB3.BA.A32.4B
29.8B8.A$242.BA.A5.10B.B2A32.4B29.9B7.2A$241.3BA5.13B33.4B29.4B2.3B$
239.4B6.14B32.4B29.4B3.5B$237.6B5.15B31.4B29.4B7.2A$236.7B4.4B2.8B32.
4B29.4B8.A$229.B.4B.8B2.4B5.6B31.4B29.4B4.2A4.3A$228.2AB.17B4.9B29.4B
29.4B3.3A2.A4.A$228.2A18B5.2A4.4B27.4B29.4B3.A4.2A$229.2B.16B6.A5.4B
25.4B29.4B5.A$232.16B3.3A7.4B23.4B25.B3.4B3.4A$233.15B3.A10.4B21.4B
25.3B.4B4.A$234.12B.B2A.A11.4B19.4B10.2A7.B3.2B.7B7.B3A$234.11B2.BA.A
.2A10.4B6.A10.4B12.A6.3B.10B4.B3.BA2.A.2A$230.2A3.10B5.A2.A11.4B5.3A
7.4B13.A.AB.15B3.8B.2A.A2.A$231.A3.6B2A2B5.2A14.4B7.A5.4B15.2AB.15B3.
11B.A.2A$230.A4.6B2A3B21.4B5.2A4.4B18.18B2.9B3.A$230.2A3.10B23.4B4.9B
20.17B.10B2.2A$233.A11B24.4B5.6B20.29B$230.2AB2AB3.7B24.4B2.8B18.32B$
231.A.B6.6B25.15B15.34B$229.A3.2A4.6B27.14B14.36B$229.4A2.A.8B28.13B
13.38B$232.A.A.A.8B28.10B.B2A10.4B3.33B$229.2A.A2.A3.7B8.A20.4B2AB3.B
A.A8.4B3.23B.6B.4B$230.A.A7.6B6.3A21.3B2AB6.A7.4B4.7B.10B2.2B.7B2.4B$
229.A2.2A6.2B3D2B4.A25.5B6.2A5.4B6.4B3.9B7.5B4.4B$229.A.A2.A.A3.2BD4B
4.2A25.3B13.4B5.5B5.11B6.2B6.4B$230.A.A2.2A3.B3D4B.4B22.AB.2B13.4B6.
2A8.12B4.4B6.4B$231.A8.11B23.A.AB2AB11.4B8.A8.12B4.B2AB7.4B$240.12B
22.A.ABABAB9.4B6.3A10.11B5.2A9.4B$240.12B19.2A.A.A.A.A2.A6.4B7.A10.4B
.4B3DB17.4B$241.11B19.A2.A2.2A.4A5.4B19.2A4.4BD2B18.4B$244.7B22.2A4.A
8.4B21.A4.2B3D2B19.4B$243.8B7.2A19.A.A5.4B19.3A6.6B20.4B$242.9B7.A21.
2A4.4B20.A8.7B20.4B$240.B.9B4.BA.A4.A21.4B30.8B20.4B$236.2A.2A13B.B2A
5.3A18.4B32.8B20.4B$237.A.A.B.13B10.A16.4B33.8B21.4B$235.A.A.A.A14B9.
2A15.4B33.6B.4B10.A6.2B.4B$235.2A3.2A.B.11B25.4B34.7B.4B7.3A5.3B2.4B$
245.10B26.3B19.2A15.6B2.4B5.A7.4B3.4B$244.11B23.5B21.A8.B4.8B3.4B4.2A
5.4B5.4B7.A$243.12B24.4B21.A.AB3.4B.6B2AB5.9B4.4B7.4B6.3A$241.A19B19.
4B21.2AB.13B2A2B5.6B5.4B9.4B8.A$239.3A2.14BD2B14.C5.4B22.18B6.8B2.4B
11.4B6.A.A$238.A5.12B3D2B13.C.C5.4B21.17B5.15B13.4B5.A.AB$238.2A6.10B
DBD2B14.2C6.4B21.13B8.14B15.4B5.A3B$244.12BD4B23.4B22.12B7.13B17.4B6.
4B$244.2A3.2B2.8B24.4B23.10B5.2AB.10B19.4B5.6B$245.A10.5B25.4B22.11B
3.A.AB3.B2A4B21.4B4.7B$242.3A13.3B26.4B22.2B.7B3.A6.B2A3B23.4B2.8B.4B
.B$242.A45.4B21.11B.2A6.5B25.17B.B2A$289.4B19.11B11.3B27.18B2A$290.4B
18.11B12.2B.BA24.16B.2B$256.2A33.4B17.11B11.B2ABA.A23.5BD10B$255.A.A
34.4B16.8B2.B2A8.BABABA.A23.6BD8B$255.A9.2A26.4B15.7B3.BA.A5.A2.A.A.A
.A.2A18.2AB.2B3D7B$254.2A4.2A2.A2.A26.4B14.7B6.A5.4A.2A2.A2.A17.A.AB
2.11B$256.2A2.A4.A.A27.4B13.6B7.2A8.A4.2A19.A5.10B3.2A$256.A.A.A5.A
29.4B11.7B15.A.A24.2A5.2B2A6B3.A$257.A2.A.2A33.4B9.8B15.2A31.3B2A6B4.
A$260.A2.A34.4B7.8B50.10B3.2A$261.A4.A32.4B5.9B50.8B.B2A$262.5A33.4B
3.4B.6B48.7B3.B2AB2A$301.4B.4B.7B48.6B6.B.A$264.A37.7B2.6B50.6B4.2A3.
A$263.A.A37.5B3.6B50.8B.A2.4A$264.A38.5B4.B2A2B49.8B.A.A.A$302.7B2.2B
2A3B39.A8.7B3.A2.A.2A$287.A13.4B.4B.7B39.3A6.6B7.A.A$287.3A10.4B3.4B.
5B43.A4.2B3D2B6.2A2.A$290.A8.4B5.9B42.2A4.4BD2B3.A.A2.A.A$289.2A7.4B
7.8B42.4B.4B3DB3.2A2.A.A$289.5B3.4B9.7B44.11B8.A$291.3B2.4B11.6B7.2A
34.12B$281.2A7.9B4.2A5.7B7.A35.12B$281.A8.8B6.A6.7B3.BA.A35.11B$278.
2A.A.B3.10B7.A.AB.11B.B2A37.7B$278.A2.3AB.2B2A7B8.2AB.2BA10B30.2A7.8B
$279.2A2.BA3B2A7B10.3BABA10B30.A7.9B$281.4A12B10.3BABA2B2D5B31.A.AB4.
9B.B$281.A.2B2.8B.B2A10.2BA3BDBD2B.B2A30.2AB.13B2A.2A$282.3AB2.7B.BA.
A11.4BD3B2.BA.A31.13B.B.A.A$285.A3.5B5.A11.3B2.4B4.A11.2A18.14BA.A.A.
A$280.5A5.4B5.2A8.5B3.4B3.2A11.A18.11B.B.2A3.2A$280.A10.4B14.2AB6.4B
15.A.AB16.10B$282.A9.4B14.A8.4B15.2AB.2A13.11B$281.2A10.4B10.3A10.5B
10.A4.2B2AB12.12B$294.4B9.A13.4B8.3A4.4B6.20BA$295.4B22.6B5.A7.6B3.4B
D14B2.3A$296.4B21.9B2.2A7.6B2.4B3D12B5.A$297.4B20.13B7.7B.4BDBD10B6.
2A$298.4B19.12B7.15BD12B$321.12B6.20B2.2B3.2A$318.16B.21B10.A$318.36B
13.3A$318.35B16.A$318.5B2C29B$317.6B2C29B$7.2A230.34BC5B2C66B2.3B.B2A
$3A3.A2.A229.34BC7B2C64B6.BA.A$4.4A.2A228.34BCB2C2BCB2C42B.B.B.4B2.
12B8.A$4.3A2.A229.37BC47B5.B2A2B3.12B7.2A$.A4.A.2A229.34BC4BCB2C44B4.
2A8.9B$.5A2.A230.36B3C2B2C45B13.6B2.B2A$2A4.2A231.33BC6BC47B15.B.B3.B
A.A$A.5A232.33BCB6C47B14.3B7.A$317.8B.B2A12.B2AB6.2A$A.5A232.33BCB6C
45B.BA.A12.2A$2A4.2A231.33BC6BC45B4.A$.5A2.A230.36B3C2B2C44B3.2A$.A4.
A.2A229.34BC4BCB2C45B$4.3A2.A229.37BC50B$4.4A.2A228.34BCB2C2BCB2C44B$
3A3.A2.A229.34BC7B2C45B$7.2A230.34BC5B2C45B.B2A$327.BA.A$330.A$330.2A!
EDIT: Should have thought further outside the box. Here's a 769-tick-recovery zombie -- no converter option, but one can be trivially added by replacing the westernmost Snark with an appropriate splitter:
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x = 368, y = 117, rule = LifeHistory
306.2A$306.A.A$308.A4.2A$304.4A.2A2.A2.A$304.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$306.BABABA
.A$307.B2ABA.A$308.2B.BA$289.2A16.3B$288.A.A7.2A6.5B$282.2A4.A10.A6.B
2A3B$280.A2.A2.2A.4A6.A.AB3.B2A4B$280.2A.A.A.A.A2.A7.2AB.10B$283.A.AB
ABAB11.13B$283.A.AB2AB12.14B$284.AB.2B13.15B$287.3B14.8B2.4B$286.5B6.
2A5.6B5.4B$285.3B2AB6.A5.9B4.4B$284.4B2AB3.BA.A4.4B4.2A5.4B$283.10B.B
2A4.4B5.A7.4B$282.13B5.4B7.3A5.4B$281.14B4.4B10.A6.4B$280.15B3.6B7.2A
8.4B$279.4B2.8B4.7B7.A10.4B$278.4B5.6B4.9B2.BA.A11.4B$277.4B4.9B2.11B
.B2A13.4B$262.A13.4B5.2A4.4B.9BA3B16.4B$262.3A10.4B7.A5.4B.7BABA2B17.
4B$265.A8.4B5.3A7.11BABA2B18.4B$264.2A7.4B6.A10.4B.B2.3BA3B19.4B$264.
5B3.4B19.4B4.6B20.4B$266.3B2.4B21.4B4.6B7.2A11.4B$256.2A7.9B23.4B3.6B
7.A13.4B$256.A8.8B25.4B2.5B5.BA.A14.4B$253.2A.A.B3.10B27.14B.B2A16.4B
$253.A2.3AB.2B2A7B28.15B19.4B$254.2A2.BA3B2A7B29.14B20.4B$256.4A12B
22.2A5.14B21.4B$256.A.2B2.8B.B2A21.A5.13B23.4B7.A$257.3AB2.7B.BA.A20.
A.AB2.12B25.4B6.3A$260.A3.5B5.A21.2AB.9B.B28.4B8.A$255.5A5.4B5.2A22.
11B31.4B6.A.A$255.A10.4B28.13B30.4B5.A.AB$257.A9.4B27.9B.B2A.A29.4B5.
A3B$256.2A10.4B27.7B2.B2AB3A28.4B6.4B$269.4B25.8B4.B4.A28.4B5.6B$270.
4B25.8B2.2A.3A30.4B4.7B$271.4B25.7B3.A.A33.4B2.8B.4B.B$272.4B21.11B2.
A.A34.17B.B2A$273.4B19.11B4.A36.18B2A$274.4B18.11B41.16B.2B$275.4B17.
11B41.5BD10B$276.4B16.B3D4B2.B2A39.6BD8B$277.4B15.2BD4B3.BA.A36.2AB.
2B3D7B$278.4B14.2B3D2B6.A35.A.AB2.11B$279.4B13.6B7.2A34.A5.10B3.2A$
280.4B11.7B42.2A5.2B2A6B3.A$281.4B9.8B48.3B2A6B4.A$282.4B7.8B50.10B3.
2A$283.4B5.9B50.8B.B2A$284.4B3.4B.6B48.7B3.B2AB2A$285.4B.4B.7B48.6B6.
B.A$286.7B2.6B50.6B4.2A3.A$287.5B3.6B50.8B.A2.4A$287.5B4.B2A2B49.8B.A
.A.A$286.7B2.2B2A3B39.A8.7B3.A2.A.2A$271.A13.4B.4B.7B39.3A6.6B7.A.A$
271.3A10.4B3.4B.5B43.A4.2B3D2B6.2A2.A$274.A8.4B5.9B42.2A4.4BD2B3.A.A
2.A.A$273.2A7.4B7.8B42.4B.4B3DB3.2A2.A.A$273.5B3.4B9.7B44.11B8.A$275.
3B2.4B11.6B7.2A34.12B$265.2A7.9B4.2A5.7B7.A35.12B$265.A8.8B6.A6.7B3.B
A.A35.11B$262.2A.A.B3.10B7.A.AB.11B.B2A37.7B$262.A2.3AB.2B2A7B8.2AB.
2BA10B30.2A7.8B$263.2A2.BA3B2A7B10.3BABA10B30.A7.9B$265.4A12B10.3BABA
2B2D5B31.A.AB4.9B.B$265.A.2B2.8B.B2A10.2BA3BDBD2B.B2A30.2AB.13B2A.2A$
266.3AB2.7B.BA.A11.4BD3B2.BA.A31.13B.B.A.A$269.A3.5B5.A11.3B2.4B4.A
11.2A18.14BA.A.A.A$264.5A5.4B5.2A8.5B3.4B3.2A11.A18.11B.B.2A3.2A$264.
A10.4B14.2AB6.4B15.A.AB16.10B$266.A9.4B14.A8.4B15.2AB.2A13.11B$265.2A
10.4B10.3A10.5B10.A4.2B2AB12.12B$278.4B9.A13.4B8.3A4.4B6.20BA$279.4B
22.6B5.A7.6B3.4BD14B2.3A$280.4B21.9B2.2A7.6B2.4B3D12B5.A$281.4B20.13B
7.7B.4BDBD10B6.2A$282.4B19.12B7.15BD12B$283.4B18.12B6.20B2.2B3.2A$
284.4B14.16B.21B10.A$285.4B13.36B13.3A$286.4B12.35B16.A$287.4B11.5B2C
29B$288.4B9.6B2C29B$7.2A214.34BC5B2C66B2.3B.B2A$3A3.A2.A213.34BC7B2C
64B6.BA.A$4.4A.2A212.34BCB2C2BCB2C42B.B.B.4B2.12B8.A$4.3A2.A213.37BC
47B5.B2A2B3.12B7.2A$.A4.A.2A213.34BC4BCB2C44B4.2A8.9B$.5A2.A214.36B3C
2B2C45B13.6B2.B2A$2A4.2A215.33BC6BC47B15.B.B3.BA.A$A.5A216.33BCB6C47B
14.3B7.A$301.8B.B2A12.B2AB6.2A$A.5A216.33BCB6C45B.BA.A12.2A$2A4.2A
215.33BC6BC45B4.A$.5A2.A214.36B3C2B2C44B3.2A$.A4.A.2A213.34BC4BCB2C
45B$4.3A2.A213.37BC50B$4.4A.2A212.34BCB2C2BCB2C44B$3A3.A2.A213.34BC7B
2C45B$7.2A214.34BC5B2C45B.B2A$311.BA.A$314.A$314.2A!
I've left some room for improvement, I think -- somewhere there should be a faster H-to-2G than that one.
EDIT2: 676 ticks. But why do we need faster zombies, again? Seems like kind of a bad idea. I'm going to stop now.
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x = 337, y = 129, rule = LifeHistory
278.2A$277.A.A$271.2A4.A$269.A2.A2.2A.4A$269.2A.A.A.A.A2.A$272.A.ABAB
AB$272.A.AB2AB$273.AB.2B$276.3B$275.5B6.2A$274.3B2AB6.A$273.4B2AB3.BA
.A$272.10B.B2A$271.13B$270.14B$269.15B$268.4B2.8B$267.4B5.6B$266.4B4.
9B$265.4B5.2A4.4B$264.4B7.A5.4B$263.4B5.3A7.4B10.2A$262.4B6.A10.4B9.A
$261.4B19.4B10.A$260.4B14.2A5.4B5.5A$259.4B16.A5.5B3.A$258.4B17.A.AB.
7B2.B3A$257.4B19.2AB.8B2.2B.A$256.4B22.12B4A$255.4B23.7B2A3BAB2.2A$
254.4B24.7B2A2B.B3A2.A$253.4B25.10B3.B.A.2A$252.4B25.8B8.A$251.4B14.A
10.9B7.2A$250.4B15.3A7.4B2.3B$249.4B19.A5.4B3.5B$248.4B19.2A4.4B7.2A$
247.4B20.9B8.A$246.4B23.6B10.3A$231.A13.4B23.7B3.2A.2A4.A$231.3A10.4B
23.8B.A2.A.A$234.A8.4B22.B.9B2A.A.A$233.2A7.4B22.2A9B2.B.2A20.2A$233.
5B3.4B23.2A10B2A23.A.A$235.3B2.4B25.10BA2.3A22.A4.2A$225.2A7.9B26.8B.
2B2A3.A17.4A.2A2.A2.A$225.A8.8B30.6B3.A2.A18.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$222.2A.A.B
3.10B30.7B3.A.A21.BABABA.A$222.A2.3AB.2B2A7B19.A10.8B3.A23.B2ABA.A$
223.2A2.BA3B2A7B19.3A8.9B27.2B.BA$225.4A12B22.A7.9B26.3B$225.A.2B2.8B
.B2A19.2A6.10B17.2A6.5B7.A$226.3AB2.7B.BA.A18.5B2.13B16.A6.B2A3B6.3A$
229.A3.5B5.A20.18B.2B13.A.AB3.B2A4B8.A$224.5A5.4B5.2A18.2A19B2A13.2AB
.10B6.A.A$224.A10.4B24.2A17B.B2A15.13B5.A.AB$226.A9.4B24.B.17B.B16.
14B5.A3B$225.2A10.4B25.16B19.15B6.4B$238.4B25.14B22.8B2.4B5.6B$239.4B
25.8B2.4B21.6B5.4B4.7B$240.4B25.7B3.4B19.9B4.4B2.8B.4B.B$241.4B21.11B
3.4B10.A6.4B4.2A5.17B.B2A$242.4B19.12B4.4B7.3A5.4B5.A7.18B2A$243.4B
18.12B5.4B5.A7.4B7.3A4.16B.2B$244.4B17.11B7.4B4.2A5.4B10.A4.5BD10B$
245.4B16.B3D4B.4B6.9B4.4B16.6BD8B$246.4B15.2BD4B4.2A7.6B5.4B15.2AB.3B
2D7B$247.4B14.2B3D2B4.A8.8B2.4B15.A.AB2.11B$248.4B13.6B6.3A3.15B16.A
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