RUNTIME: Matlab construction (all graphs) |V| 7 8 ------------------------ H1 0.31s 22.8s H2 1.1s 108s H_char. 1.3s 170s Sage construction (all graphs) |V| 7 8 ------------------------ H1 0.10s 0.7s H2 0.15s 1.0s Mixed volume - sphere equations (all graphs) |V| 7 8 ------------------------ H2 0.2s 5s Mixed volume - distance equations (all graphs) |V| 7 8 ------------------------ H2 0.3s 3.2s Complex solutions (all graphs) |V| 7 8 ------------------------ H2 7.5s 281s (2 cores) Sampling based on Coupler curve (1 starting point) G16 ~120s G48 ~ G160 ~8.5 hours Notice that these times highly depend on the chosen starting point!