---
title: "pb26-parallel"
description: "The Pseudo-Boolean Competition 2026's tracks for solvers that use several cores."
---

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# pb26-parallel

## What it does

Runs your experiment the way the Pseudo-Boolean Competition 2026 runs the parallel tracks without proof logging: its limits, how runs are stopped, and
its output. Results record that they followed these rules, or that you changed them.

| Wall time | CPU time | Memory | Cores | At the limit | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 h | none | 31 GB | 8 | SIGTERM, SIGKILL 1 s later | [`PBOutput`](/library/pb-output/) |

## Use it

```python
import cpbenchy

cpbenchy.run("instances/", solvers=["ortools", "exact"], rules="pb26-parallel")
cpbenchy.run("instances/", solvers=["ortools"], rules="pb26-parallel", mem_limit_mib=8192, args=["--scale", "0.05"])  # a quick try
```

```sh
cpbenchy run instances/ -s ortools -s exact --rules pb26-parallel
cpbenchy run instances/ -s ortools --rules pb26-parallel --scale 0.05 -m 8192   # a quick try: a twentieth of the time, 8 GiB
```

The memory limit is the competition's. On a machine with less memory, give a lower one with `-m`: the runs then record the rules as modified.

To enter the competition, build a submission with these rules: [`cpbenchy submission`](/library/submission/).

## Notes

The numbers come from the competition's own documents, cited in the file. Competitions change their
rules from year to year: check the file against the competition's call before you rely on it, and add
the next edition as a new file. [Rules](/guides/rules/) explains the format.

## Implementation

Source: https://docs.cpbenchy.com/library/pb26-parallel/index.mdx