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I know that next number questions are not popular here, but this one is tough and I couldn't figure out the pattern. To give an idea one of the questions had a pattern of Prime(Fib(n)).

So this is the series:

0, 0, 2, 6, 12, 21, 34, 51

What is the next number in the series ?

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    $\begingroup$ @papabiceps If Mathematics didn't get you an answer, why do you think you will get one here? $\endgroup$
    – rhsquared
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Here's a relatively simple formula that works (starting $n=0$)

$a_n = n^2 - n + (\max \{ 0, n-4\})^2$

So the next term is

$a_8 = 8^2 - 8 + 4^2 = 72$

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The answers to this competition were released today. The correct answer is:

The sequence is given by writing down the cubes starting with 1, and then losing the units digit.

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