Block and glider

	Block and glider
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Pattern type	Methuselah
Number of cells	6
Bounding box	4×3
MCPS	6
Lifespan	106 generations
Final population	9
L/I	17.7
F/I	1.5
F/L	0.085
L/MCPS	17.7
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B38/S238
Important rules	Conway Life
# of rules	22 = 4
Isotropic rules	B3/S23 – B38/S236i8
Pattern files
Plaintext	blockandglider.cells
RLE	blockandglider.rle

Block and glider is a hexaplet and a methuselah that stabilizes at generation 106 as a block and a glider. In generation 2 it forms a wing. It is generation 1 of nine. A WSW-3 conduit can be made by eating the extra block using a block or eater 1.

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