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▲ WELCOME TO THE 5TH DIMENSION | This isn't meant to be understood — it's meant to be enjoyed.
Max Cooper's Ascent — Making of the Music video
Enter the 5th dimension
Ascent answers the question: if you were living in a 5-dimensional room and projected digits of `\pi` onto its walls, what would you see?
There are three versions of the video — black-and-white (this is the official release), viridis (yellow, green, blue, purple), and plasma (yellow, orange, red, pruple, violet). You can see the viridis and plasma color palettes here.
Here are all 172 keyframes of the black-and-white version of Ascent. Below each frame is the key frame definition. The values of this keyframe are interpolated over the number of frames defined in the next keyframe's n
parameter.
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1 0:00:00 | 1/48 1.a0–1.a1
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #49 0:02:00 | 1/48 1.a1–1.a2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #97 0:04:00 | 1/48 1.a2–1.a3
1.a2
n 2fs
c c0 s [
x] 0
.05
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #145 0:06:00 | 1.a3–1.a4
1.a3
n 2fs
c c0 s [
x] 0
.10
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #193 0:08:00 | 1.a4–1.a5
1.a4
n 2fs
c c0 s [
x] 0
.15
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #265 0:11:00 | 1.a5–1.a6
1.a5
n 3fs
c c0 s [
y] 0
.05
rxy3
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #337 0:14:00 | 1.a6–1.a7
1.a6
n 3fs
c c0 s [
y] 0
.10
rxy3
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #385 0:16:00 | 1.a7–1.b1
1.a7
n 2fs
c c0 s [
y] 0
.15
rxy3
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #433 0:18:00 | 1.b1–1.b2
1.b1
n 2fs
c c0 f [
z] 0
.80
c c0 s [
xy] 0
.15
c c0 s [
z] 0
.100
ryz6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #481 0:20:00 | 1.b2–1.b3
1.b2
n 2fs
c c0 f [
z] 0
.60
c c0 s [
xy] 0
.15
c c0 s [
z] 0
.110
ryz6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #529 0:22:00 | 1.b3–1.b4
1.b3
n 2fs
c c0 f [
z] 0
.40
c c0 s [
xy] 0
.15
c c0 s [
z] 0
.120
ryz6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #577 0:24:00 | 1.b4–1.b5
1.b4
n 2fs
c c0 f [
z] 0
.20
c c0 s [
xy] 0
.15
c c0 s [
z] 0
.130
ryz6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #625 0:26:00 | 1.b5–1.b6
1.b5
n 2fs
c c0 f [
z] 0
.10
c c0 s [
xy] 0
.15
c c0 s [
z] 0
.140
ryz6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #673 0:28:00 | 1.b6–1.c1
1.b6
n 2fs
c c0 f [
z] 0
.00
c c0 s [
xy] 0
.15
c c0 s [
z] 0
.150
ryz6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #697 0:29:00 | 1.c1–1.c2
1.c1
n 1fs
c c0 s [
w] 0
.815
c c0 s [
xyz] 0
.15
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #745 0:31:00 | 1.c2–1.d1
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #793 0:33:00 | 1.d1–1.d2
1.d1
n 2fs
a xw astepb4
c c0 f [
w] 0
.9
c c0 s [
w] 0
.715
c c0 s [
xyz] 0
.15
rotsrxy2!ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #841 0:35:00 | 1.d2–1.d3
1.d2
n 2fs
a xw astepb4
c c0 f [
w] 0
.8
c c0 s [
w] 0
.615
c c0 s [
xyz] 0
.15
rotsrxy2!ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #889 0:37:00 | 1.d3–1.d4
1.d3
n 2fs
a xw astepb4
c c0 f [
w] 0
.7
c c0 s [
w] 0
.515
c c0 s [
xyz] 0
.15
rotsrxy2!ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #937 0:39:00 | 1.d4–1.d5
1.d4
n 2fs
a xw astepb4
c c0 f [
w] 0
.6
c c0 s [
w] 0
.415
rotsrxy2!ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #985 0:41:00 | 1.d5–1.d6
1.d5
n 2fs
a xw astepb4
c c0 f [
w] 0
.4
c c0 s [
w] 0
.315
rotsrxy2!ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1033 0:43:00 | 1.d6–1.d7
1.d6
n 2fs
a xw astepb4
c c0 f [
w] 0
.2
c c0 s [
w] 0
.215
rotsrxy2!ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1081 0:45:00 | 1.d7–1.e1
1.d7
n 2fs
a xw astepb4
c c0 f [
w] 0
.0
c c0 s [
w] 0
.150
rotsrxy2!ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1129 0:47:00 | 1.e1–1.e2
1.e1
n 2fs
c c0 s [
v] 0
.150
rotsrxy2 ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1177 0:49:00 | 1.e2–1.e3
1.e2
n 2fs
c c0 f [
v] 1
.00
c c0 s [
xyzwv] 0
.150
rotsrxy2 ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1225 0:51:00 | 1.e3–1.e3
1.e3
n 1fs
c c0 f [
v] 1
.05
c c0 s [
xyzwv] 0
.175
rotsrxy2ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1249 0:52:00 | 1.e3–1.e4
1.e3
n 1fs
c c0 f [
v] 1
.05
c c0 s [
xyzwv] 0
.175
rotsrxy2ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1297 0:54:00 | 1.e4–1.e5
1.e4
n 2fs
c c0 f [
v] 1
.00
c c0 s [
xyzwv] 0
.200
rotsrxy2 ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1345 0:56:00 | 1.e5–1.e6
1.e5
n 2fs
c c0 f [
v] 1
.00
c c0 s [
xyzwv] 0
.225
rotsrxy2ryz2size . 1.30
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1393 0:58:00 | 1.e6–1.e7
1.e6
n 2fs
c c0 f [
v] 0
.80
c c0 s [
xyzwv] 0
.250
rotsrxy2ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1441 1:00:00 | 1.e7–1.e8
1.e7
n 2fs
c c0 f [
v] 0
.70
c c0 s [
xyzwv] 0
.275
rotsrxy2ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1489 1:02:00 | 1.e8–1.e9
1.e8
n 2fs
c c0 f [
v] 0
.50
c c0 s [
xyzwv] 0
.300
rotsrxy2ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1537 1:04:00 | 1.e9–1.f1
1.e9
n 2fs
c c0 f [
v] 0
.40
c c0 s [
xyzwv] 0
.325
rotsrxy2ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1585 1:06:00 | 1.f1–1.f2
1.f1
n 2fs
c c0 f [
v] 0
.30
rotsrxy2ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1633 1:08:00 | 1.f2–1.f3
1.f2
n 2fs
c c0 f [
v] 0
.20
rotsrxy2ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1681 1:10:00 | 1.f3–1.f4
1.f3
n 2fs
c c0 f [
v] 0
.10
rotsrxy2ryz2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1729 1:12:00 | 2.a–2.a
2.a
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1777 1:14:00 | 2.a–2.b
2.a
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1825 1:16:00 | 2.b–2.c
2.b
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1873 1:18:00 | 2.c–2.d
2.c
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1921 1:20:00 | 2.d–2.e
2.d
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #1969 1:22:00 | 2.e–2.f
2.e
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2017 1:24:00 | 2.f–2.g
2.f
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
c c2 f [
xz] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2065 1:26:00 | 2.g–2.h
2.g
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
c c2 f [
xz] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2113 1:28:00 | 2.h–2.i
2.h
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
c c2 f [
xz] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2161 1:30:00 | 2.i–2.j
2.i
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
c c2 f [
xz] s2f
c c3 f [
xw] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2209 1:32:00 | 2.j–2.k
2.j
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
c c2 f [
xz] s2f
c c3 f [
xw] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2257 1:34:00 | 2.k–2.l
2.k
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
c c2 f [
xz] s2f
c c3 f [
xw] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2305 1:36:00 | 2.l–2.m
2.l
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
c c2 f [
xz] s2f
c c3 f [
xw] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2353 1:38:00 | 2.m–2.n
2.m
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
c c2 f [
xz] s2f
c c3 f [
xw] s2f
c c4 f [
xv] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2401 1:40:00 | 2.n–2.o
2.n
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
c c2 f [
xz] s2f
c c3 f [
xw] s2f
c c4 f [
xv] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2449 1:42:00 | 2.o–2.p
2.o
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
c c2 f [
xz] s2f
c c3 f [
xw] s2f
c c4 f [
xv] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2497 1:44:00 | 2.p–2.q
2.p
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
c c2 f [
xz] s2f
c c3 f [
xw] s2f
c c4 f [
xv] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2545 1:46:00 | 2.q–2.r
2.q
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] s2f
c c2 f [
xz] s2f
c c3 f [
xw] s2f
c c4 f [
xv] s2f
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2593 1:48:00 | 2.r–3.a
2.r
n 2fs
c c1 f [
xy] 0
c c2 f [
xz] 0
c c3 f [
xw] 0
c c4 f [
xv] 0
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2641 1:50:00 | 3.a–3.b
3.a
n 2fs
c c1 s
. s3s
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2689 1:52:00 | 3.b–3.c
3.b
n 2fs
c c1 s
. s3s
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2737 1:54:00 | 3.c–3.d
3.c
n 2fs
c c1 s
. s3s
c c2 s
. s3s
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2785 1:56:00 | 3.d–3.e
3.d
n 2fs
c c1 s
. s3s
c c2 s
. s3s
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2833 1:58:00 | 3.e–3.f
3.e
n 2fs
c c0 f
. s3f
c c1 s
. s3s
c c2 s
. s3s
c c3 s
. s3s
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2881 2:00:00 | 3.f–3.g
3.f
n 2fs
c c0 f
. s3f
c c1 s
. s3s
c c2 s
. s3s
c c3 s
. s3s
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2929 2:02:00 | 3.g–3.h
3.g
n 2fs
c c0 f
. s3f
c c[1-4] s
. s3s
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #2977 2:04:00 | 3.h–3.i
3.h
n 2fs
c c0 f
. s3f
c c[1-4] s
. s3s
rotthis2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3025 2:06:00 | 3.i–3.i
3.i
n 2fs
c c0 f
. s3f
c c[1-4] s
. s3s
rotthis2rep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3073 2:08:00 | 3.i–3.j
3.i
n 2fs
c c0 f
. s3f
c c[1-4] s
. s3s
rotthis2rep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3121 2:10:00 | 3.j–3.j
3.j
n 2fs
c c0 f
. s3f
rotthis2rep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3169 2:12:00 | 3.j–3.k
3.j
n 2fs
c c0 f
. s3f
rotthis2rep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3217 2:14:00 | 3.k–3.k
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3265 2:16:00 | 4.a–4.a
4.a
n 2fs
c c0 f
. 0.90
c c1 f [
xy] s4f
c c[0-1] s
. p2
map_fade(c1,.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3313 2:18:00 | 4.a–4.b
4.a
n 2fs
c c0 f
. 0.90
c c1 f [
xy] s4f
c c[0-1] s
. p2
map_fade(c1,.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3361 2:20:00 | 4.b–4.c
4.b
n 2fs
a xv 0
.10
a xw 0
.90
a xz 0
.16
c c1 f [
xy] s4f
c c[0-1] s
. p2
map_fade(c1,.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3409 2:22:00 | 4.c–4.d
4.c
n 2fs
a yv 0
.13
a yw 0
.03
c c1 f [
xy] s4f
c c[0-1] s
. p2
map_fade(c1,.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3457 2:24:00 | 4.d–4.e
4.d
n 2fs
c c2 f [
xz] s4f
c c[0-2] s
. p2
cube c[1] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-fast
map_fade(c2,.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3505 2:26:00 | 4.e–4.f
4.e
n 2fs
c c2 f [
xz] s4f
c c[0-2] s
. p2
cube c[1-2] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-fast
map_fade(c2,.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3553 2:28:00 | 4.f–4.g
4.f
n 2fs
a xv 0
.10
a xw 0
.90
a xz 0
.16
c c2 f [
xz] s4f
c c[0-2] s
. p2
cube c[1-2] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-fast
map_fade(c2,.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3601 2:30:00 | 4.g–4.h
4.g
n 2fs
a yv 0
.15
a yw 0
.03
c c3 f [
xw] s4f
c c[0-3] s
. p2
cube c[1-2] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-fast
map_fade(c3,.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3649 2:32:00 | 4.h–4.i
4.h
n 2fs
c c3 f [
xw] s4f
c c[0-3] s
. p2
cube c[1-3] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-fast
map_fade(c3,.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3697 2:34:00 | 4.i–4.j
4.i
n 2fs
c c3 f [
xw] s4f
c c[0-3] s
. p2
cube c[1-3] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-fast
map_fade(c4,.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3745 2:36:00 | 4.j–4.k
4.j
n 2fs
a xv 0
.10
a xw 0
.89
a xz 0
.16
c c4 f [
xv] s4f
cube c[1-3] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-fast
map_fade(c[1-4],.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3793 2:38:00 | 4.k–4.l
4.k
n 2fs
a yv 0
.13
a yw 0
.03
c c4 f [
xv] s4f
cube c[1-4] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-fast
map_fade(c[1-4],.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3841 2:40:00 | 4.l–4.m
4.l
n 2fs
c c4 f [
xv] s4f
cube c[1-4] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-fast
map_fade(c[1-4],.,p1)rotthis3size . s4u
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3889 2:42:00 | 5.a–5.a
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3937 2:44:00 | 5.a–5.b
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #3985 2:46:00 | 5.b–5.c
5.b
n 2fs
c c[1-4] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-5] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4033 2:48:00 | 5.c–5.c
5.c
n 2fs
c c[1-5] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-6] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 5
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4081 2:50:00 | 5.c–5.c
5.c
n 2fs
c c[1-5] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-6] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 5
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4129 2:52:00 | 5.c–5.c
5.c
n 2fs
c c[1-5] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-6] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 5
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4177 2:54:00 | 5.c–5.c
5.c
n 2fs
c c[1-5] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-6] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 5
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4225 2:56:00 | 5.c–5.d
5.c
n 2fs
c c[1-5] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-6] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 5
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4273 2:58:00 | 5.d–5.d
5.d
n 2fs
c c[1-6] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-7] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 9
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4321 3:00:00 | 5.d–5.d
5.d
n 2fs
c c[1-6] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-7] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 9
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4369 3:02:00 | 5.d–5.d
5.d
n 2fs
c c[1-6] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-7] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 9
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4417 3:04:00 | 5.d–5.d
5.d
n 2fs
c c[1-6] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-7] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 9
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4465 3:06:00 | 5.d–5.d
5.d
n 2fs
c c[1-6] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-7] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 9
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4513 3:08:00 | 5.d–5.d
5.d
n 2fs
c c[1-6] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-7] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 9
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4561 3:10:00 | 5.d–5.d
5.d
n 2fs
c c[1-6] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-7] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 9
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4609 3:12:00 | 5.d–5.d
5.d
n 2fs
c c[1-6] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-7] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 9
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4657 3:14:00 | 5.d–5.e
5.d
n 2fs
c c[1-6] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-7] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 9
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4705 3:16:00 | 5.e–5.e
5.e
n 2fs
c c[1-7] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 4
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4753 3:18:00 | 5.e–5.e
5.e
n 2fs
c c[1-7] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 4
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4801 3:20:00 | 5.e–5.e
5.e
n 2fs
c c[1-7] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 4
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4849 3:22:00 | 5.e–5.f
5.e
n 2fs
c c[1-7] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cf
map_fade(c[1-4],.,s5f)rotthis3rep 4
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4897 3:24:00 | 5.f–5.f
5.f
n 2fs
c c[1-8] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cs
rotthis3rep 5
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4945 3:26:00 | 5.f–5.f
5.f
n 2fs
c c[1-8] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cs
rotthis3rep 5
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #4993 3:28:00 | 5.f–5.f
5.f
n 2fs
c c[1-8] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cs
rotthis3rep 5
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5041 3:30:00 | 5.f–5.f
5.f
n 2fs
c c[1-8] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cs
rotthis3rep 5
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5089 3:32:00 | 5.f–5.g
5.f
n 2fs
c c[1-8] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cs
rotthis3rep 5
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5137 3:34:00 | 5.g–5.g
5.g
n 2fs
c c[1-8] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cs
rotthis3rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5185 3:36:00 | 5.g–5.g
5.g
n 2fs
c c[1-8] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cs
rotthis3rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5233 3:38:00 | 5.g–5.g
5.g
n 2fs
c c[1-8] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cs
rotthis3rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5281 3:40:00 | 5.g–5.g
5.g
n 2fs
c c[1-8] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cs
rotthis3rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5329 3:42:00 | 5.g–5.g
5.g
n 2fs
c c[1-8] a [
xy][yzwvu] astep-vfast
c c[5-8] f
. s5cs
rotthis3rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5377 3:44:00 | 6.a–6.b
6.a
map_add(cd,xyzwv,179c)
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5713 3:58:00 | 6.b–6.c
6.b
n 14fs
a xv refxv
a xw refxw
a xy refxy
a xz refxz
a yv refyv
a yw refyw
a yz refyz
c c[0-9a-d] a
. 0
map_fade(c[a-d],.,ps6)
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5761 4:00:00 | 6.c–6.d
6.c
n 2fs
a xw d0
.01
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps15
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-vvslow)f . . map . fade ps15
rot6vvssize . ps20
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5809 4:02:00 | 6.d–6.e
6.d
n 2fs
a xw d0
.01
a xy d-0
.001
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps14
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-vvslow)f . . map . fade ps14
rot6vssize . ps20
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5857 4:04:00 | 6.e–6.f
6.e
n 2fs
a xw d0
.01
a xy d-0
.002
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps13
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-vslow)f . . map . fade ps13
rot6ssize . ps20
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5905 4:06:00 | 6.f–6.g
6.f
n 2fs
a xw d0
.01
a xy d-0
.002
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps12
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-slow)f . . map . fade ps12
rot6ssize . ps20
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #5953 4:08:00 | 6.g–6.h
6.g
n 2fs
a xw d0
.02
a xy d-0
.002
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps11
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-slow)f . . map . fade ps11
rot6fsize . ps20
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6001 4:10:00 | 6.h–6.i
6.h
n 2fs
a xw d0
.02
a xy d-0
.002
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps10
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)f . . map . fade ps10
rot6fsize . ps20
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6049 4:12:00 | 6.i–6.j
6.i
n 2fs
a xw d0
.03
a xy d-0
.003
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps9
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)f . . map . fade ps9
rot6vfsize . ps20
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6097 4:14:00 | 6.j–6.k
6.j
n 2fs
a xw d0
.03
a xy d-0
.003
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps8
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-fast)f . . map . fade ps8
rot6vfsize . ps20
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6145 4:16:00 | 6.k–6.l
6.k
n 2fs
a xw d0
.04
a xy d-0
.004
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps7
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-fast)f . . map . fade ps7
rot6vfsize . ps21
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6193 4:18:00 | 6.l–6.m
6.l
n 2fs
a xw d0
.05
a xy d-0
.005
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps6
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-vfast)f . . map . fade ps6
rot6vfsize . ps21
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6241 4:20:00 | 6.m–6.n
6.m
n 2fs
a xw d0
.06
a xy d-0
.010
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps6
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-vfast)f . . map . fade ps6
rot6vvfsize . ps21
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6289 4:22:00 | 6.n–6.o
6.n
n 2fs
a xw d0
.07
a xy d-0
.010
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps6
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-vfast)f . . map . fade ps6
rot6vvfsize . ps21
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6337 4:24:00 | 6.o–6.p
6.o
n 2fs
a xw d0
.08
a xy d-0
.007
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps8
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-vvfast)f . . map . fade ps8
rot6vvvfsize . ps21
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6385 4:26:00 | 6.p–6.q
6.p
n 2fs
a xw d0
.05
a xy d-0
.004
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps10
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-vvfast)f . . map . fade ps10
rot6vvvfsize . ps21
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6433 4:28:00 | 6.q–6.r
6.q
n 2fs
a xw d0
.03
a xy d-0
.002
cube c[0-8] fade
. ps12
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-vvfast)f . . map . fade ps12
rot6vvvfsize . ps21
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6481 4:30:00 | 7.a–7.a
7.a
n 2fs
cube c[0-2] fade
. p5
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)face c[0-9a-e]
. map . fade p5
rot6frep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6529 4:32:00 | 7.a–7.a
7.a
n 2fs
cube c[0-2] fade
. p5
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)face c[0-9a-e]
. map . fade p5
rot6frep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6577 4:34:00 | 7.a–7.b
7.a
n 2fs
cube c[0-2] fade
. p5
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)face c[0-9a-e]
. map . fade p5
rot6frep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6625 4:36:00 | 7.b–7.b
7.b
n 2fs
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) rot6frep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6673 4:38:00 | 7.b–7.c
7.b
n 2fs
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) rot6frep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6721 4:40:00 | 7.c–7.c
7.c
n 2fs
cube c[0-4] fade
. p5
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) face c[0-9a-f]
. map . fade p5
rot6vfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6769 4:42:00 | 7.c–7.d
7.c
n 2fs
cube c[0-4] fade
. p5
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) face c[0-9a-f]
. map . fade p5
rot6vfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6817 4:44:00 | 7.d–7.d
7.d
n 2fs
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) rot6vfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6865 4:46:00 | 7.d–7.e
7.d
n 2fs
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) rot6vfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6913 4:48:00 | 7.e–7.e
7.e
n 2fs
cube c[0-6] fade
. p5
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) face c[0-9a-g]
. map . fade p5
rot6vvfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #6961 4:50:00 | 7.e–7.f
7.e
n 2fs
cube c[0-6] fade
. p5
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) face c[0-9a-g]
. map . fade p5
rot6vvfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7009 4:52:00 | 7.f–7.f
7.f
n 2fs
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) rot6vvfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7057 4:54:00 | 7.f–7.g
7.f
n 2fs
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) rot6vvfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7105 4:56:00 | 7.g–7.g
7.g
n 2fs
cube c[0-8] fade
. p5
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) face c[0-9a-h]
. map . fade p5
rot6vfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7153 4:58:00 | 7.g–7.h
7.g
n 2fs
cube c[0-8] fade
. p5
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) face c[0-9a-h]
. map . fade p5
rot6vfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7201 5:00:00 | 7.h–7.h
7.h
n 2fs
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) rot6vfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7249 5:02:00 | 7.h–7.i
7.h
n 2fs
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) rot6vfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7297 5:04:00 | 7.i–7.i
7.i
n 2fs
cube c[0-8] fade
. p5
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) face . . map . fade p5
rot6vfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7345 5:06:00 | 7.i–7.j
7.i
n 2fs
cube c[0-8] fade
. p5
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) face . . map . fade p5
rot6vfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7393 5:08:00 | 7.j–7.j
7.j
n 2fs
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) rot6vfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7441 5:10:00 | 7.j–8.a
7.j
n 2fs
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med) rot6vfrep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7489 5:12:00 | 8.a–8.a
8.a
n 2fs
cube . f . q33
cube c[e-h] s
. r0.95
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q33)rot6msize . r0.90
rep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7537 5:14:00 | 8.a–8.a
8.a
n 2fs
cube . f . q33
cube c[e-h] s
. r0.95
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q33)rot6msize . r0.90
rep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7585 5:16:00 | 8.a–8.a
8.a
n 2fs
cube . f . q33
cube c[e-h] s
. r0.95
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q33)rot6msize . r0.90
rep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7633 5:18:00 | 8.a–8.a
8.a
n 2fs
cube . f . q33
cube c[e-h] s
. r0.95
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q33)rot6msize . r0.90
rep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7681 5:20:00 | 8.a–8.a
8.a
n 2fs
cube . f . q33
cube c[e-h] s
. r0.95
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q33)rot6msize . r0.90
rep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7729 5:22:00 | 8.a–8.c
8.a
n 2fs
cube . f . q33
cube c[e-h] s
. r0.95
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q33)rot6msize . r0.90
rep 2
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7777 5:24:00 | 8.c–8.c
8.c
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube c[e-h] s
. r0.95
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q31
rep 4
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7825 5:26:00 | 8.c–8.c
8.c
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube c[e-h] s
. r0.95
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q31
rep 4
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7873 5:28:00 | 8.c–8.c
8.c
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube c[e-h] s
. r0.95
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q31
rep 4
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7921 5:30:00 | 8.c–9.a
8.c
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube c[e-h] s
. r0.95
cube_rot(.,[xy][yzwvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q31
rep 4
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #7969 5:32:00 | 9.a–9.a
9.a
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube_rot(.,[xy][ywvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q30
rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #8017 5:34:00 | 9.a–9.a
9.a
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube_rot(.,[xy][ywvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q30
rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #8065 5:36:00 | 9.a–9.a
9.a
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube_rot(.,[xy][ywvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q30
rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #8113 5:38:00 | 9.a–9.a
9.a
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube_rot(.,[xy][ywvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q30
rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #8161 5:40:00 | 9.a–9.a
9.a
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube_rot(.,[xy][ywvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q30
rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #8209 5:42:00 | 9.a–9.b
9.a
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube_rot(.,[xy][ywvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q30
rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #8257 5:44:00 | 9.b–9.b
9.b
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube_rot(.,[xy][ywvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q29
rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #8305 5:46:00 | 9.b–9.b
9.b
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube_rot(.,[xy][ywvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q29
rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #8353 5:48:00 | 9.b–9.b
9.b
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube_rot(.,[xy][ywvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q29
rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #8401 5:50:00 | 9.b–9.b
9.b
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube_rot(.,[xy][ywvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q29
rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #8449 5:52:00 | 9.b–9.b
9.b
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube_rot(.,[xy][ywvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q29
rep 6
▲ MAX COOPER'S ASCENT #8497 5:54:00 | 9.b–9.c
9.b
n 2fs
cube . f . q50
cube_rot(.,[xy][ywvu],astep-med)map_fade(.,.,q50)rot6ssize . q29
rep 6
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Wed 11-06-2025
Fuelled by philanthropy, findings into the workings of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have led to groundbreaking research and lifesaving innovations to care for families facing cancer.
This set of 100 one-of-a-kind prints explore the structure of these genes. Each artwork is unique — if you put them all together, you get the full sequence of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 proteins.
Mon 17-03-2025
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. —Mr. Spock (Star Trek II)
This month, we explore a related and powerful technique to address bias: propensity score weighting (PSW), which applies weights to each subject instead of matching (or discarding) them.
▲ Nature Methods Points of Significance column: Propensity score weighting.
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Kurz, C.F., Krzywinski, M. & Altman, N. (2025) Points of significance: Propensity score weighting. Nat. Methods 22:1–3.
Thu 13-03-2025
Celebrate π Day (March 14th) and sequence digits like its 1999. Let's call some peaks.
▲ 2025 π DAY | TTCAGT: a sequence of digits. The digits of π are encoded into DNA sequence and visualized with Sanger sequencing.
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Sun 09-03-2025
I don’t have good luck in the match points. —Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
Points of Significance is an ongoing series of short articles about statistics in Nature Methods that started in 2013. Its aim is to provide clear explanations of essential concepts in statistics for a nonspecialist audience. The articles favor heuristic explanations and make extensive use of simulated examples and graphical explanations, while maintaining mathematical rigor.
Topics range from basic, but often misunderstood, such as uncertainty and P-values, to relatively advanced, but often neglected, such as the error-in-variables problem and the curse of dimensionality. More recent articles have focused on timely topics such as modeling of epidemics, machine learning, and neural networks.
In this article, we discuss the evolution of topics and details behind some of the story arcs, our approach to crafting statistical explanations and narratives, and our use of figures and numerical simulations as props for building understanding.
▲ Crafting 10 Years of Statistics Explanations: Points of Significance.
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Altman, N. & Krzywinski, M. (2025) Crafting 10 Years of Statistics Explanations: Points of Significance. Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application 12:69–87.
Mon 16-09-2024
I don’t have good luck in the match points. —Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
In many experimental designs, we need to keep in mind the possibility of confounding variables, which may give rise to bias in the estimate of the treatment effect.
▲ Nature Methods Points of Significance column: Propensity score matching.
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If the control and experimental groups aren't matched (or, roughly, similar enough), this bias can arise.
Sometimes this can be dealt with by randomizing, which on average can balance this effect out. When randomization is not possible, propensity score matching is an excellent strategy to match control and experimental groups.
Kurz, C.F., Krzywinski, M. & Altman, N. (2024) Points of significance: Propensity score matching. Nat. Methods 21:1770–1772.
Tue 24-09-2024
P-values combined with estimates of effect size are used to assess the importance of experimental results. However, their interpretation can be invalidated by selection bias when testing multiple hypotheses, fitting multiple models or even informally selecting results that seem interesting after observing the data.
We offer an introduction to principled uses of p-values (targeted at the non-specialist) and identify questionable practices to be avoided.
▲ Understanding p-values and significance.
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Altman, N. & Krzywinski, M. (2024) Understanding p-values and significance. Laboratory Animals 58:443–446.