I agree. OP's comment could be quickly rewritten into something useful and just by changing the tone, for example: "26.8% fewer search steps than standard A∗ s

I agree. OP's comment could be quickly rewritten into something useful and just by changing the tone, for example: "26.8% fewer search steps than standard A∗ search" For reference of prior art, it's slightly better than A*, which is far from SOTA on Sokoban (https://festival-solver.site/ https://festival-solver.site/).