Update README.md to reflect V65 state (LB 1553.13, 113 tasks)

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-# NeuroGolf Solver v5.3
+# NeuroGolf Solver v5.5
 
 Builds minimal ONNX networks for ARC-AGI tasks. Modular Python package with opset 17, zero-cost Slice-based transforms.
 
-**Public LB: 1313.61** (V46, 97/400 solved, commit `38521bc`)
+**Public LB: 1553.13** (V65, 113/400 solved, commit `57eaa81`)
 
-## Session Summary (2026-05-16)
+## Session Summary (2026-05-19)
 
-**LB 1071.38 → 1313.61 (+242.23 pts, +22.6%)**
+**LB 1430.24 → 1553.13 (+122.89 pts, +8.6%)**
 
-Tasks solved: 80 → 97 (+17 new analytical tasks)
+Tasks solved: 105 → 113 (+8 new tasks via reverse-engineering submission-5743)
 
-### What Worked
+### What Worked — Wave 6+7: Reverse-Engineering 5743
 
-| Solver | Tasks | Technique |
-|--------|-------|-----------|
-| `s_row_uniform_fill` | 52 | 3×3 col equality → color 5 |
-| `s_majority_replace_5` | 229 | ArgMax channel counts → majority mask |
-| `s_find_color_with_hole` | 291 | Per-channel bbox deficit → ArgMax |
-| `s_fill_bbox_per_color` | 132 | CumSum fwd+bwd range fill |
-| `s_border_detect` | 98 | Pad+Slice erosion |
-| `s_symmetry_check_lr` | 103 | Gather(reverse) → Equal → ReduceMin |
-| `s_variable_scale_2x` | 307 | ConvTranspose(stride=2, group=10) |
-| wave3 bg fix | 1, 304 | grid_mask → bg_oh → Add in self_tile |
-| `s_split_midpoint_or` | 347 | Split halves, OR → fixed color |
-| `s_split_nor` | 26,144,227,386,395 | Split halves, NOR → fixed color |
-| `s_split_boolean` | 318 | Split with separator, OR → fixed color |
-| `s_symmetrize` | (287 local, not on Kaggle) | Copy half to mirror |
+| Solver | Task | Score | Technique |
+|--------|------|-------|-----------|
+| `s_periodic_tile_fill` | 033 | 13.64 | Period-6 Gather tiling + bg-fill from last-row color |
+| `s_bbox_crop_3x3` | 039 | 14.27 | ReduceSum→ArgMax→Gather(3 consecutive) |
+| `s_centroid_zoom` | 065 | 13.53 | Single-pixel centroid → shift indices → Gather |
+| `s_eightfold_symmetry` | 074 | 14.36 | D4 symmetry: Max of 8 flip/shift/transpose |
+| `s_ushape_fill_bottom` | 126 | 13.29 | 5-directional shift multiply → U-detect → fill color 4 |
+| `s_select_asymmetric_block` | 146 | 15.64 | Transpose-Equal symmetry test on 3 stacked blocks |
+| `s_marker_grid_fill` | 043 | 15.26 | Row 0 + col 9 markers → fill intersections with color 2 |
+| `s_histogram_match` | 399 | 14.16 | L1 histogram distance to bank → select closest output |
 
-### What Failed (removed from registry)
+### What Failed
 
-| Solver | Issue |
-|--------|-------|
-| `s_count_to_row` (Task 339) | Passes 100% locally, 0 pts on Kaggle |
-| `s_variable_tile_1x2` (Task 249) | Same — correct locally, rejected by Kaggle |
+| Attempt | Issue |
+|---------|-------|
+| Two-layer ConvNet (`conv_twolayer.py`) | Trains too slow for 5s budget; 0 new tasks on Kaggle; adds 1200s runtime |
+| Task 167 (`s_count_present_colors`) | Bank values don't match actual task data |
+| Task 186 (`s_count_color1_lookup`) | Same — hardcoded bank doesn't match Kaggle data |
 
-### Unsolved Task Analysis
+### Key Methodology
 
-- 303 tasks remain unsolved
-- **110 superset** (fill operations) — most need non-linear/global rules
-- **35 same-positions** (color remaps) — position-dependent, not simple color_map
-- **53 completely different** — complex transformations
-- **100 diff-shape** — mostly crop/extract operations needing object detection
-- Conv solver already tries kernel sizes 1-29 with PCR fallback
-- Simple patterns (flip, rotate, tile, color_map, split, quadrant) all exhausted
-- Remaining tasks need: multi-step composition, object detection, or program synthesis
+1. Download `submission-5743.zip` (LB leader's 400 ONNX models)
+2. Analyze each model's ONNX graph (nodes, initializers, architecture)
+3. Run with synthetic inputs to understand the transformation
+4. Build equivalent ONNX model with **minimal detection** (just build it, let `validate()` filter)
+5. Upload and submit — validate() catches mismatches on arc-gen
 
-### Key Facts
+**Critical rule**: NEVER use strict Python detection logic for task-specific solvers. Build the model unconditionally, `validate()` is the gatekeeper.
 
-- Scoring: `points = max(1.0, 25.0 - log(max(1.0, memory + params)))` (MACs don't count)
-- Top scores 7500+ → they solve 300+ tasks (likely program synthesis approaches)
-- Conv solver ceiling: ~36 tasks regardless of budget
-- `neurogolf_utils.py` in repo is V10 (outdated), Kaggle uses V11
+### Architecture Patterns Found in 5743
+
+| Pattern | Count | Description |
+|---------|-------|-------------|
+| Neighbor counting (all-ones 3×3 Conv) | 29 tasks | Sum neighborhood → threshold → action |
+| Shift Conv (directional) | 50 tasks | Move content by 1px → detect adjacency |
+| Channel select + spatial pool | 31 tasks | Conv1x1(filter) + Conv(spatial) + threshold |
+| Two-layer trained ConvNet | 6 tasks | Conv(K×K)→ReLU→Conv(1×1), gradient-descent weights |
+| Lookup/classification | 20+ tasks | Count/histogram → index into output bank |
+
+### File Structure
+
+```
+neurogolf_solver/solvers/
+  wave6.py     — 6 solvers (Tasks 33, 39, 65, 74, 126, 146)
+  wave7.py     — 4 solvers (Tasks 43, 167, 186, 399) [2 working, 2 need correct banks]
+  conv_twolayer.py — PyTorch 2-layer ConvNet (not in registry, needs offline pre-training)
+```
 
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