> From a quick browse through the top 101-500 producer list (it's the one
> I'm in:) it looks like the odds say you can expect 10-15 factors per P90
> year spent on factoring.
Based on my own stats, I've got 13.959 P90 years spent factoring, with 177
factors found. That's 12-13 per P90 year, so you're estimate fits in my
case at least. Currently, I'm #8 in the factoring, but slipping fast. :-)
My quick checks on the top 10 factorers show that *usually*, the ratio is
the same, but for some of those top factorers, the ratios are much higher
(20-23 per P90 year). I would guess that since those folks concentrate more
on factoring, they got some numbers that were not tested even up to 52-55
bits yet, so probably found more small factors than the rest of us will.
Aaron
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