Repeat Evolution
1611. Minimum One Bit Operations to Make Integers Zero
2 attempts over 709 days. This page compares how the solution size, thinking trace, and stuck markers changed between posts.
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Attempt Gallery
Each card is a daily post, with local deltas from the previous attempt.
Attempt 1 · 30.11.2023
hard1611. Minimum One Bit Operations to Make Integers Zero
standard
kotlin
Minimum rounds of inverting rightmost bit or left of the rightmost 1 bit to make n zero
Attempt 2 · 08.11.2025
hard1611. Minimum One Bit Operations to Make Integers Zero
tiny
kotlin
45 min
stuck
almost gave up
709 days later
lines -14
chars -147
thoughts +86
Min steps to make zero by xor 1 or xor rightmost+1
What Changed
Compact generated readout from the first and latest attempts.
-14 lines, -147 chars.
+86 lines between first and latest attempt.
6 lines, 164 chars.
1 stuck attempts, 0 one-liner attempts.