Reibello AoC 14

#aoc_2015_14.py
import hashlib
import itertools

salt =  "yjdafjpo"
pad = []

def make_hash(s,i):
    '''
'''
    text = s + str(i)
    hashkey = hashlib.md5(text.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
    return hashkey

def extend_hash(h):
    '''
'''
    for x in range(2016):
        h = hashlib.md5(h.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
    return h

previous_hashes = {}

while len(pad) < 5:
    for x in itertools.count(0):
        test_key = extend_hash(make_hash(salt, x))
        for i in range(len(test_key)-2):
            if test_key[i] == test_key[i+1] and test_key[i] == test_key[i+2]:
                char = test_key[i]
                break
        else:
            continue
        for y in range(x+1, x+1001):
            if y in previous_hashes:
                quintcheck = previous_hashes[y]
            else:
                quintcheck = extend_hash(make_hash(salt, y))
                previous_hashes[y] = quintcheck
            if char not in quintcheck:
                continue
            else:
                for j in range(len(quintcheck)-4):
                    if quintcheck[j] == quintcheck[j+1] and quintcheck[j] == quintcheck[j+2] and quintcheck[j] == quintcheck[j+3] and quintcheck[j] == quintcheck[j+4] and quintcheck[j] == char:
                        pad.append(x)
                        print(x, test_key)
                        print(y, quintcheck)
                        print()
                        break