How many losses are suffered in the Hydrophobic-Polar protein folding model if we fold randomly?

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String to fold:

XOXOOOOOXXXXOOOOXOOXXOOXOOXXOOOXXOOOOOXX

Random fold (* means dead end, backing up):
                      

X

O

O←O X
↓ ↑ ↓
O O←O

X

X←X X
↓ ↑ ↓
O←O X←X O O X←X X
↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓
O O←O O←O O O O X
↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓
X X←O O O
↓ ↑ ↓
X X O
↑ ↓
O←O

Record number of incidences: 5

Record-achieving fold sequence:
↑↑↑↑←↓↓←↑↑↑↑↑↑←↓↓↓↓↓↓←↑↑↑↑↑↑←↓↓←↑↑↑↑↑←↓

Current fold sequence:
↓↓↓←↑←↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓←↑↑↑↑←↓↓←↑↑↑←↓↓←↑←↓←↑←↓↓↓

Current number of incidences Wins achieved: 1 Losses suffered: 6

Try again with the same string