VoX · VoX · Apr 5, 2026 · Apr 5, 2026 · Copilot · Apr 5, 2026
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bobrust/generator/HillClimbGenerator.java b/src/main/java/com/bobrust/generator/HillClimbGenerator.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public static State getHillClimbSA(State state, int maxAge) {
 
 		// Estimate initial temperature from sample mutations
 		float temperature = estimateTemperature(state);
-		int totalIterations = maxAge * 10;
+		int totalIterations = maxAge * 3; // 3x hill climb iterations balances exploration vs speed
 		float coolingRate = computeCoolingRate(temperature, maxAge);
 
 		State undo = state.getCopy();
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static float estimateTemperature(State state) {
 		State probe = state.getCopy();
 		State undo = probe.getCopy();
 		float totalDelta = 0;
-		int samples = 30;
+		int samples = 10; // fewer probes for faster temperature estimation
 
 		for (int i = 0; i < samples; i++) {
 			float before = probe.getEnergy();
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static float estimateTemperature(State state) {
 	 * {@code initialTemp} to near-zero (0.001) over {@code maxAge * 10} iterations.
-	 * {@code initialTemp} to near-zero (0.001) over {@code maxAge * 10} iterations.
+	 * {@code initialTemp} to near-zero (0.001) over {@code maxAge * 3} iterations.
-	 * {@code initialTemp} to near-zero (0.001) over {@code maxAge * 10} iterations.
+	 * {@code initialTemp} to near-zero (0.001) over {@code maxAge * 3} iterations.
 	 */
 	static float computeCoolingRate(float initialTemp, int maxAge) {
-		int totalIterations = maxAge * 10;
+		int totalIterations = maxAge * 3; // 3x hill climb iterations balances exploration vs speed
 		float finalTemp = 0.001f;
 		if (initialTemp <= finalTemp) {
 			return 0.99f; // fallback if temperature is already tiny

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bobrust/generator/Model.java b/src/main/java/com/bobrust/generator/Model.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Worker getWorker() {
 
 	private static final int max_random_states = 1000;
 	private static final int age = 100;
-	private static final int times = Math.max(1, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2);
+	private static final int times = 1; // SA explores well enough without multiple chains; keeps speed comparable to original
 
 	private List<State> randomStates;
 

diff --git a/test-results/proposal3/edges_adaptive.png b/test-results/proposal3/edges_adaptive.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal3/edges_diff.png b/test-results/proposal3/edges_diff.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal3/edges_uniform.png b/test-results/proposal3/edges_uniform.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal3/nature_adaptive.png b/test-results/proposal3/nature_adaptive.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal3/nature_diff.png b/test-results/proposal3/nature_diff.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal3/nature_uniform.png b/test-results/proposal3/nature_uniform.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal3/photo_detail_adaptive.png b/test-results/proposal3/photo_detail_adaptive.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal3/photo_detail_diff.png b/test-results/proposal3/photo_detail_diff.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal3/photo_detail_uniform.png b/test-results/proposal3/photo_detail_uniform.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal6/nature_diff.png b/test-results/proposal6/nature_diff.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal6/nature_multi_res.png b/test-results/proposal6/nature_multi_res.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal6/nature_single_res.png b/test-results/proposal6/nature_single_res.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal6/photo_detail_diff.png b/test-results/proposal6/photo_detail_diff.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal6/photo_detail_multi_res.png b/test-results/proposal6/photo_detail_multi_res.png
diff --git a/test-results/proposal6/photo_detail_single_res.png b/test-results/proposal6/photo_detail_single_res.png