5-state busy beaver winner
The 5-state busy beaver champion (and winner!) is: https://bbchallenge.org/1RB1LC_1RC1RB_1RD0LE_1LA1LD_1RZ0LA. The machine halts after 47,176,870 steps. It was found by Heiner Marxen and Jürgen Buntrock in 1989[1].
- ↑ H. Marxen and J. Buntrock. Attacking the Busy Beaver 5. Bulletin of the EATCS, 40, pages 247-251, February 1990. https://turbotm.de/~heiner/BB/mabu90.html