{
  "schema": "contest-status/1",
  "contest": "quantum-circuits",
  "title": "Google Quantum AI: Verifiable Quantum Circuit Compilation",
  "state": "live",
  "updated": "2026-11-12",
  "headline": "We are building the cheapest quantum circuits we can for three tasks, and our best graded entry so far scored 24.77234 on 5 November. We are now checking public ideas for further savings and have not sent a newer entry since.",
  "kaggle_url": "https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/google-verifiable-quantum-circuit-compilation",
  "deadline": "2027-01-20",
  "board": {
    "rank": null,
    "of": null,
    "best_score": 24.77234,
    "metric": "Public score (higher means cheaper circuits)",
    "higher_is_better": true,
    "observed": "2026-11-05",
    "note": "Score is Kaggle's graded result for our 5 November entry. No board place has been read since 24 October, when we were 56th of 723 teams at a score of 8.87, so the current place is not known."
  },
  "entries": {
    "used_today": 3,
    "daily_limit": 5,
    "total": 42,
    "observed": "2026-11-05",
    "note": "Counts read from Kaggle just before our 5 November entry (2 used that day, 41 in all, 3 still allowed) plus that one entry. Nothing newer is recorded."
  },
  "running": [],
  "next": [
    "Keep reading the public discussions and notebooks for cheaper circuit ideas.",
    "Test any promising idea against the contest's own checking programs before sending it.",
    "Close the open safety checks on our best entry before choosing the two final entries."
  ]
}