#Theoretical limits

Below are tables listing the known record and the theoretical limit for each metric individually.

[Cost](https://www.reddit.com/r/opus_magnum/comments/7ip2q3/table_of_minimum_cost_solutions/)

[Cycles](https://www.reddit.com/r/opus_magnum/comments/7qmkv6/list_of_current_cycle_optimal_scores/)

[Area](https://www.reddit.com/r/opus_magnum/comments/7house/list_of_current_area_optimal_scores/)


#Leaderboards

##Chapter 1

Name|Cost|Cycles|Area
:-|:-|:-|:-
**Stabilized Water**|40/83/7*|140/15/13*|40/83/7
||||50/60/7*
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**Refined Gold**|40/179/6*|100/62/9*|40/179/6*
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**Face Powder**|40/83/7*|90/26/13*|40/83/7*
|||115/26/11|50/60/7*
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**Waterproof Sealant**|30/125/9*|105/26/13*|50/130/8*
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**Hangover Cure**|40/160/12*|120/38/15*|60/177/8*
||40/124/21|150/38/14|
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**Airship Fuel**|40/185/19*|315/19/30*|70/255/10*
|||400/19/27|
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**Precision Machine Oil**|60/269/62|190/27/22*|70/211/11*
||60/303/15*|280/27/19|
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**Health Tonic**|30/172/24*|100/26/20*|50/130/14*
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**Stamina Potion**|60/226/45*|195/27/44*|70/572/18*
|||250/27/42|
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##Chapter 2

Name|Cost|Cycles|Area
:-|:-|:-|:-
**Hair Product**|30/159/14|80/50/14*|50/153/8*
||30/182/11*|100/50/12|
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**Rocket Propellant**|40/214/55|295/33/27*|60/274/11
||40/232/28*||
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**Mist of Incapacitation**|60/214/27*|150/26/20*|70/201/12*
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**Explosive Phial**|60/173/29|290/22/42|80/189/11*
||60/207/14*|340/22/33*|
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**Armor Filament**|50/215/143*|125/49/133|70/256/20*
|||135/49/36*|
|||230/49/26|
**Courage Potion**|40/195/18|180/26/22*|60/249/10*
||40/207/11*||
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**Surrender Flare**|60/195/50*|355/17/117|90/611/23*
|||370/17/85*|
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##Chapter 3

Name|Cost|Cycles|Area
:-|:-|:-|:-
**Alcohol Separation**|90/266/36*|580/17/94|100/226/19*
|||625/17/78*|
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**Water Purifier**|50/369/24*|245/45/27*|60/393/15*
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**Seal Solvent**|70/267/33|180/50/42|80/355/14*
||70/285/28*|230/50/22*|
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**Climbing Rope Fiber**|40/410/268*|135/74/130|80/625/45*
|||185/74/69*|
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**Warming Tonic**|40/460/37*|305/27/34*|70/567/16*
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**Life Sensing Potion**|80/399/35*|425/28/73|90/536/17*
|||440/28/60|
|||670/28/53|
**Very Dark Thread**|70/578/280*|275/49/69|90/604/48*
|||290/49/62*|
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##Chapter 4

Name|Cost|Cycles|Area
:-|:-|:-|:-
**Litharge Separation**|30/382/36*|620/24/92|60/441/13*
|||655/24/73*|
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**Stain Remover**|75/710/71*|290/51/65|110/841/22*
|||340/51/52*|
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**Sword Alloy**|65/1190/296*|255/100/158*|100/1432/48*
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**Invisible Ink**||300/50/70|90/608/18*
|||350/50/38*|
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**Purified Gold**|55/2373/32*|425/112/74|70/2577/9*
|||490/112/46*|
|||510/112/45|
**Alchemical Jewel**|50/1217/43*|630/75/116*|95/1093/25*
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**Golden Thread**||150/49/199|
|||205/49/81*|
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##Chapter 5

Name|Cost|Cycles|Area
:-|:-|:-|:-
**Mist of Hallucination**|65/435/35*|180/50/55|80/489/15*
|||200/50/31*|
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**Timing Crystal**||130/219/52*|
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**Voltaic Coil**||210/49/155*|70/1012/63*
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**Unstable Compound**|60/701/45*|495/63/117|
|||565/63/68*|
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**Curious Lipstick**|120/1533/154*|615/111/178*|130/1783/38*
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**Universal Solvent**|140/956/81*|1590/42/334*|150/981/35*
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##Journal

Name|Cost|Cycles|Area
:-|:-|:-|:-
**Van Berlo's Wheel**|90/393/31*|255/45/40*|100/351/22*
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**Van Berlo's Chain**||325/50/133*|100/609/89*
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**Reactive Cinnabar**|||60/426/14*
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**Silver Caustic**|||
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**Lambent II/IX**||685/98/115*|
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---|---|----|----
Explorer's Salve|||
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**Preservative Salt**|50/393/58*|750/32/211*|
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**Sailcloth Thread**||900/29/727|
|||915/29/196*|
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**Buoyant Cable**|||
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**Spyglass Crystal**||625/85/265*|
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---|---|----|----
**Ravari's Wheel**|60/903/47*|210/98/31*|80/1191/16*
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**Lubricating Filament**|||
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**Resonant Crystal**||415/79/84*|
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**Refined Bronze**||2280/44/728*|
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**Ablative Crystal**|||
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---|---|----|----
**Proof of Completeness**|80/478/41*|560/29/100*|90/562/19*
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**Wheel Representation**|80/528/52*|810/44/157*|
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**Synthesis via Alcohol**|115/274/46*|620/29/137*|130/260/22*
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**Universal Compound**|140/1365/99*|825/196/146*|
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---|---|----|----
**General Anaesthetic**||1490/39/214*|
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**Wakefulness Potion**||965/37/392*|
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**Suture Thread**||235/49/93*|
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**Blood-Stanching Powder**||695/74/115*|
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**Tonic of Hydration**||1900/67/607*|
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##Production Alchemy

Name|Cost|Cycles|Instructions
:-|:-|:-|:-
**Silver Paint**|100/561/180*||
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**Viscous Sludge**|60/494/165*||
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**Fragrant Powders**|80/508/143*||
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**Rat Poison**|80/658/110*||
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**Special Amaro**|60/376/100*||
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**Vapor of Levity**|100/585/98*||
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**Abrasive Particles**|80/419/70*||
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**Eyedrops of Revelation**|100/791/132*||
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**Parade-Rocket Fuel**|100/320/108*||
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**Aether Detector**|80/600/178*||
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**Reconstructed Solvent**|130/506/95*||
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**Hexstabilized Salt**|||
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**Lustre**|160/599/148*||
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**Lamplight Gas**||170/61/149*|
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**Conductive Enamel**|||
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**Welding Thermite**|||
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# Explanation of Table

## Entries

One column is devoted to each metric, 3 rows to each puzzle.  The rows correspond to the three different natural tiebreakers.  These tiebreakers are each of the other two metrics individually, and their product.  For example, for cycle optimized solutions, the shown solutions will be the lowest cost, lowest area, and lowest cost*area.  Some solutions will be the winner for more than one tiebreaker; redundant trios are omitted.  The score with the lowest product of other two metrics is noted by a star.

## Looping vs nonlooping, waste chain vs clean, etc.

To me, a solution need only bring up the completion screen to count.  However, I am open to adding separate entries for some puzzles according to suggestions.

## How to add your solution

Post your score as a comment to [this post]().

Solution submission syntax

	<puzzle name> : <score1>, <score2>, <score3>, ...

Scores should be of the format

	<Cost>/<Cycles>/<Area>

I'll be able to tell which cell it belongs in.  Descriptions and gifs of solutions are encouraged but not required.  I am taking people at their word that they achieved the trio they say they did.

## Attribution

At the moment I do not have plans to attribute scores to users.  A big reason for this is how late the leaderboards showed up - I cannot claim that only one person has a given score for most of the campaign, and won't really make an effort to track down the first.  That said, I can be talked into attributing certain scores as they come in, provided they beat the existing score on a sufficiently complex puzzle.  I just don't want this to be primarily a competitive leaderboard, but rather an informative one.  People shouldn't worry about sharing their solutions for fear someone else snipes a piece off the tiebreaker.