In 2023 We Hit Technical Limits.

120 Digit numbers required too many intermediate values to factor using existing algorithms, and Alpern had not needed more advanced algorithms, so we never factored 120 digit numbers. However, we DID search out 20 digit numbers in the 5.1 x 10^20 range, with 500 or more non-primes in a row. Here they are:

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