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October 2016
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After computing the three constants accurate enough, all that's left to do is verify the five-digit number 46652 can appear first, after 00:36:06. Several of you solved for other lengths, like Andreas Stiller:
1 digit: 1: 0:00:06 (3 + 2 + 1 = 6) 2 digits: 35: 0:00:38 (19 + 11 + 8 = 38) 3 digits: 459: 0:05:01 (13 + 63 + 225 = 301) 4 digits: 1384: 0:13:38 (325 + 385 + 108 = 818) 5 digits: 46652: 0:36:06 (1154 + 381 + 631 = 2166) 6 digits: 029095: 5:00:32 (2599 + 8579 + 6854 = 18032) 7 digits: 1718077: 9:28:10 (2802 + 12162 + 19126 = 34090) 8 digits: 39668259: 90:12:04 (103091 + 156219 + 65414 = 324724) 9 digits: 941873747: 557:22:48 (1188806 + 105732 + 712030 = 2006568) 10 digits: 2087746140: 1568:05:17 (4378359 + 11711 + 1255047 = 5645117) 11 digits: 38898554239: 4864:11:13 (10363250 + 4123950 + 3023873 = 17511073)