First recorded game win, and the rungs flatten

Fourth recorded session, verdict "better": he beat opponent one — the first
game won in any recorded session — and reached opponent two, which took him
apart with gaps of 1.66-2.13m (60Hz, accurate) while he swung at closest
approach every time. The gradient is real; the step was a wall, because a
rung moves three dials at once. Per-rung increments softened: matchSpeedPer
.12->.08, matchWidePer .4->.25, matchOppPacePer .05->.035. Opponent one
untouched — the bases stay, only the slope flattens.

The contact chain is now verified end to end by recorded play: legs
(matchAssist) -> destination (assistK in intercept + the anyHit short-ball
chase) -> reach (matchReach). Each link was a separate defect found by a
separate recorded session.

49 tests, seeds clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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@@ -1020,6 +1020,20 @@ contact radius: the tap must be honest" rule stands). A rally mode lives on cont
 Note for future recorder sessions: **a 20 Hz sampler overstates closest approach by up to ~0.5 m**
 on a 20 m/s ball — the recorder now samples at 60 Hz.
 
+**TWENTY-THIRD PASS — first game won, and the rungs flatten.** Fourth recorded session, his
+verdict "better": **he beat opponent one — the first game won in any recorded session — and reached
+opponent two,** which then took him apart with gaps of 1.66-2.13 m (60 Hz, accurate) while he swung
+at closest approach every time. The ladder gradient is real; the STEP was a wall, because every
+rung moves three dials at once (speed, width, pace, plus flub). Per-rung increments softened:
+`matchSpeedPer` .12->.08, `matchWidePer` .4->.25, `matchOppPacePer` .05->.035. Opponent one is
+untouched — the bases stay; only the slope flattens.
+
+The contact chain is now verified end to end by recorded play: LEGS (matchAssist) -> DESTINATION
+(assistK in intercept + the anyHit short-ball chase) -> REACH (matchReach). Each link was a separate
+defect found by a separate recorded session. The flight recorder earned a permanent place in the
+toolbox: passive 20-60 Hz sampling with pre-loss trails ended four rounds of "still the same" in
+four sessions, where autopilot measurement had failed for three passes straight.
+
 **Open, and every one of them is Oliver's call after he plays it:**
 1. ~~**A ball that carries through the lane can complete two steps at once.**~~ Largely CLOSED by
    the slice removal (seventh pass) — a cut ball picking its own next victim was the main way this