abstract sclass AI_RandomWithVariation_abstract extends AI {
  AI_Random_abstract baseAI;
  int n;
  new Best<Submission> best;
  
  *() {}
  *(AI_Random_abstract *baseAI) {}
  
  void go {
    if (round() == 1 && best.has()) // resubmit our best from last round
      submit(best!);
    else {
      Submission guess = guess();
      updateBest(guess, submit(guess));
    }
  }
  
  Submission guess() {
    if (odd(n++) && best.has())
      ret vary(best!);
    else
      ret baseAI.guess();
  }
  
  void updateBest(Submission guess, double score) {
    best.put(guess, score);
  }
  
  abstract Submission vary(Submission s);
}

Began life as a copy of #1014959