Iteration 79 — H-070 RBO Passes the Exam EXAM PASS · DIAL INNOCENT · k_v FIGHT NEXT

In plain words: the batch's second-to-last live candidate tracks each feature's RANK across the eight walk-forward windows, with extra weight on the top of the leaderboard — a continuous cousin of the certified regime counter, which only counts outright flips. Three doors, three passes. First, the byte-twin substitution: swap the target's column for its byte-identical twin and every number must reproduce exactly — it did, to the bit. Second, its one knob (how heavily to favor the top ranks) was turned across its plausible range: the feature ordering barely moved (99.7% agreement) — unlike two earlier candidates whose verdicts reshuffled with their dials and died for it. Third, reality: real walk-forward rankings are four times more consistent across steps than shuffled ones — the readout reads something genuine. Now the fight this candidate was born for, named since its harvest dossier: does its continuous, top-weighted reading say anything the certified flip counter doesn't? That question — the incumbent's shadow — is the decisive check of the next firing.