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The person who won the challenge with this apparently misleading code seems to have absolutely no quantum computing background. He writes this as background about himself:

Technology leader with 10+ years in enterprise software, full-stack architecture, and cloud-native development. Background in computer science with hands-on experience across .NET, Python, Rust, and Cloud ecosystems. Currently working as Cloud GTM Specialist focused on solution architecture and sales engineering.

Looking at the commit history, this looks vibe coded: https://github.com/GiancarloLelli/quantum

Yeah it has vibe coding tells all over it. It was also my first thought when reading through this.

Kinda telling that an AI hallucination is the best "quantum cryptanalysis" candidate we have.

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