Why? Because they ran:
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| 1.0000 | 1.0000 |
| 1.6997 | 1.7003 |
| 0.0375 | 0.0375 |
| 2.0029 | 2.0041 |
| 2.3166 | 2.3177 |
| 2.1884 | 2.1905 |
| 0.2499 | 0.2500 |
| 0.0108 | 0.0109 |
| 0.4457 | 0.4534 |
| 0.1845 | 0.1847 |
| 0.2680 | 0.2682 |
| 1.2313 | 1.2325 |
| 1.2424 | 1.2433 |
| 0.1843 | 0.1845 |
| 5.5149 | 5.5348 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0229 | 0.0229 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0012 | 0.0012 |
| 0.0209 | 0.0211 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.4627 | 0.4629 |
| inf | inf |
| 4.5001 | 4.5089 |
| 0.0137 | 0.0140 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.3458 | 0.3461 |
| inf | inf |
| 1.0137 | 1.0263 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0030 | 0.0031 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0128 | 0.0129 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0823 | 0.0825 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0292 | 0.0295 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.1802 | 0.1920 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0281 | 0.0282 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.1037 | 0.1039 |
| 0.0012 | 0.0012 |
| 0.6272 | 0.6441 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0180 | 0.0180 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0636 | 0.0641 |
| 0.2171 | 0.2172 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0013 | 0.0013 |
| 0.5857 | 0.5862 |
| 0.0139 | 0.0140 |
| 0.0107 | 0.0109 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.4663 | 0.4670 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0037 | 0.0037 |
| 0.0131 | 0.0133 |
| 0.0005 | 0.0005 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0194 | 0.0195 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0056 | 0.0057 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0323 | 0.0327 |
| 0.0010 | 0.0010 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.4332 | 0.4339 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0989 | 0.0990 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0322 | 0.0323 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.4263 | 0.4266 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.4822 | 0.5017 |
| 0.4722 | 0.4733 |
| 0.3835 | 0.3845 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 1.3407 | 1.3422 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0170 | 0.0172 |
| 0.0019 | 0.0019 |
| 0.1801 | 0.1843 |
| 0.0007 | 0.0007 |
| 0.0528 | 0.0528 |
| 0.0542 | 0.0543 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.5922 | 0.5940 |
| 0.4657 | 0.5076 |
| 0.0004 | 0.0005 |
| 0.0385 | 0.0389 |
| 4.4068 | 4.4371 |
| 0.0421 | 0.0432 |
| 2.3889 | 2.4067 |
| inf | inf |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
| 0.0071 | 0.0071 |
| inf | inf |
| 0.0891 | 0.0895 |
| inf | inf |