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Use the optimal three-to-one qubit random access code. For Alice's bits $(b_1,b_2,b_3)$, put $s_j=(-1{)}^{b_j}$ and send the pure state with Bloch vectorThese are the eight vertices of a cube inscribed in the Bloch sphere. If an explicit ket is wanted, choose $\cos {\theta }_b=s_3/\sqrt{3}$ and $e^{i{\phi }_b}=(s_1+i{s}_2)/\sqrt{2}$, and prepare $\cos ({\theta }_b/2)|0⟩+e^{i{\phi }_b}\sin ({\theta }_b/2)|1⟩$.

Bob wanting bit $j$ performs a Pauli measurement of ${\sigma }_x,{\sigma }_y,{\sigma }_z$ respectively, reporting zero for eigenvalue $+1$ and one for $-1$. Its success for every input and every requested bit isOnly one chosen bit is extracted; the protocol does not recover all three simultaneously and uses no shared entanglement.

To prove that no one-qubit protocol gives a greater guaranteed probability, allow Alice arbitrary mixed encoding vectors $|r_b|\le 1$ and Bob any binary positive operator-valued measure. Write his decision difference as $D_j=E_{j,0}-E_{j,1}=t_{j}I+v_j\cdot \sigma$. Its eigenvalues lie in $[-1,1]$, implying $|v_j|\le 1-|t_j|\le 1$. On input $b$, success for bit $j$ is $[1+s_j(t_j+v_j\cdot r_b)]/2$. Average over all eight strings and three choices. The terms in $t_j$ cancel, leavingThe Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and cancellation of cross terms over all sign choices giveHence $p_{\mathrm{avg}}\le p_{\ast }$. Any worst-case guarantee is no greater than this average; the cube protocol attains it uniformly, proving optimality both for guaranteed success and for the uniform-input average. Biased prior information about the bits would define a different optimization problem.