List of common oscillators

This is a list of the most common oscillators in the Game of Life, specifically Catagolue's B3/S23/C1 census. The minimum known glider synthesis, as of April 2020, of each oscillator is also displayed. The approximate relative frequency column gives an estimate of the proportion of all randomly-occurring oscillators that will be of the given type. Proper names for objects are taken from Catagolue where applicable; the apgcode of the object is substituted otherwise.

Rank	Pattern	Period	Heat	Minimum # of cells	Glider cost	Approximate relative frequency (out of 1.00)
1	Blinker	2	4	3	2	0.990
2	Toad	2	8	6	3	0.00755
3	Beacon	2	2	6	3	0.00236
4	Pulsar	3	42.7	48	3	0.000243
5	Pentadecathlon	15	22.4	12	3	0.00000262
6	Clock	2	8	6	4	0.00000153
7	Bipole	2	4	8	5	3.194×10-7
8	Quadpole	2	8	10	5	2.857×10-7
9	Great on-off	2	2	18	5	1.968×10-7
10	Figure eight	8	16.5	12	4	9.380×10-8
11	Spark coil	2	2	18	4	6.438×10-8
12	Mold	4	7	12	5	5.368×10-8
13	Quadpole on ship	2	8	16	7	2.206×10-8
14	Tripole	2	6	9	6	1.085×10-8
15	Mazing	4	14	12	5	1.022×10-8
16	Blocker	8	9	15	5	7.125×10-9
17	Jam	3	14.3	13	6	5.391×10-9
18	Trans-queen bee shuttle	30	17.9	20	6	3.089×10-9
19	Cis-queen bee shuttle	30	17.9	20	6	3.027×10-9
20	Trans-beacon on table	2	2	12	5	2.562×10-9
21	Cis-beacon on table	2	2	12	6	2.519×10-9
22	Cis-beacon on dock	2	2	16	4	2.398×10-9
23	Achim's p4	4	4	40	6	1.936×10-9
24	Test tube baby	2	2	14	6	2.000×10-9
25	Cis-beacon on anvil	2	2	19	6	1.868×10-9
26	Octagon 2	5	16	16	6	1.609×10-9
27	Unix	6	11.3	16	5	1.589×10-9
28	1 beacon	2	2	18	7	1.554×10-9
29	Tub test tube baby	2	2	16	6	1.457×10-9
30	Trans-beacon on dock	2	2	16	5	1.101×10-9
31	Tumbler	14	10.3	16	5	1.052×10-9
32	Block on griddle	2	6	15	6	9.899×10-10
33	Fore and back	2	4	24	6	6.752×10-10
34	Cis-beacon up on long hook	2	2	14	6	6.449×10-10
35	Cis-beacon on cap	2	2	14	6	5.965×10-10
36	Cis-beacon down on long hook	2	2	14	6	5.341×10-10
37	Trans-block on long hook eating tub	3	6	16	9	5.341×10-10
38	20P2	2	2	21	6	4.333×10-10
39	Trans-beacon down on long hook	2	2	14	6	2.644×10-10
40	Caterer	3	14.7	12	7	2.503×10-10
41	Coe's p8	8	12.5	17	5	2.327×10-10
42	Trans-beacon on cap	2	2	14	8	2.037×10-10
43	21P2	2	2	16	8	1.772×10-10
44	Beehive on griddle	2	6	17	8	1.760×10-10
45	Boat on spark coil	2	2	23	5	1.719×10-10
46	Candlefrobra	3	6	16	7	1.678×10-10
47	22P2	2	2	20	5	1.651×10-10
48	Trans-beacon up on long hook	2	2	14	6	1.592×10-10
49	Bipole on ship	2	4	14	8	1.386×10-10
50	Bipole on boat	2	4	13	8	1.265×10-10
51	Boat on griddle	2	6	16	9	9.114×10-11
52	Boat on quadpole	2	8	15	7	8.759×10-11
53	Four boats	2	4	16	6	8.731×10-11
54	Monotub spark coil	2	2	19	6	6.595×10-11
55	xp2_og2t1e8z6221	2	2	18	7	6.473×10-11
56	xp2_caabaiczw32	2	2	18	9	6.073×10-11
57	Eater plug	2	2	14	8	5.814×10-11
58	23P2	2	2	17	10	5.727×10-11
59	Odd test tube baby	2	2	15	7	5.648×10-11
60	G and spark coil	2	2	21	9	5.061×10-11
61	26P2	2	2	20	9	4.651×10-11
62	Beehive on long hook eating tub	3	6	18	9	4.028×10-11
63	Z and cis-beacon and block	2	2	17	12	3.837×10-11
64	Beacon and two tails	2	2	14	9	3.475×10-11
65	Blocks on griddle	2	6	19	5	2.762×10-11
66	xp3_6a889b8ozx33	3	2	18	7	2.676×10-11
67	Cis-boat on long hook eating tub	3	6	17	9	2.400×10-11
68	24P2	2	2	18	12	2.375×10-11
69	xp2_0318cz259d1d96	2	2	22	6	2.368×10-11
70	xp2_gk2t2sgzw23	2	3	16	9	2.275×10-11
71	Griddle and table	2	6	17	11	2.264×10-11
72	Racetrack and ortho-beacon	2	2	18	9	2.201×10-11
73	Cis-bipole and dock	2	2	18	9	2.117×10-11
74	Fox	2	18	12	7	2.075×10-11
75	Fumarole	5	12.8	18	7	1.797×10-11
76	xp2_0318cz69d552	2	2	18	8	1.586×10-11
77	Beehive test tube baby	2	2	17	9	1.466×10-11
78	xp2_gwci96zh15dz11	2	2	19		1.421×10-11
	xp2_og2t1acz6221	2	2	18	8	1.421×10-11
80	Candlefrobra on cis-boat-up	3	6	17	10	1.405×10-11
81	Loaf on griddle	2	3	18	9	1.323×10-11
82	Lightbulb and cis-hook	2	3	24	6	1.256×10-11
83	Boat test tube baby	2	2	16	9	1.239×10-11
84	Griddle and pond	2	3	19	9	1.185×10-11
85	Tub with long leg and ?-beacon	2	2	15	9	1.131×10-11
86	Cis-beacon up and beehive fuse longhook	2	2	17	9	1.042×10-11
87	R-loaf at R-loaf and beacon	2	2	22		9.960×10-12
88	Bi-pentadecathlon 1	15	44.3	24	7	9.890×10-12
89	Griddle and cap	2	3	19	11	9.811×10-12
90	xp2_ci9b8brzw103	2	3	20		9.513×10-12
91	xp2_ciab8brzw103	2	3	20		9.474×10-12
92	Racetrack and ?-beacon	2	2	18		8.901×10-12
93	xp2_c8b8q4oz33x1	2	3	18	10	8.658×10-12
94	Long hook on boat and cis-beacon-up	2	2	19		8.540×10-12
95	xp3_g31u0oozd543	3	2	20	10	8.430×10-12
96	Monoclaw test tube baby	2	2	17	8	8.273×10-12
97	xp2_c813z39d1e8	2	2	18	10	8.179×10-12
98	xp2_c8b8acz0653	2	3	17	9	8.147×10-12
99	xp2_0mlhewehrz32	2	2	23		8.100×10-12

See also

• Common
• Frequency class
• List of common still lifes
• List of common spaceships
• List of common oscillators in HighLife