| # Merged | Pseudo-Costing Strategy | Total Ticks | Percent | ||
| Cuts Added | Red. Costs | Balanced | a Values | (10 problems) | Improvement |
| Baseline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30,994,459 | Baseline |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29,949,459 | 3.4% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30,268,076 | 2.3% |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29,614,573 | 4.5% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20,166,265 | 34.9% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29,347,409 | 5.3% |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30,881,549 | 0.4% |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28,518,016 | 8.0% |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29,975,494 | 3.3% |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29,718,811 | 4.1% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20,412,908 | 34.1% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29,362,710 | 5.3% |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30,908,925 | 0.3% |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29,903,185 | 3.5% |
| Merged Average |
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| 28,260,350 | 8.8% |