
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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After a soccer match, the coach aligned the team in a row as shown in the picture and commanded: "Run to the locker room if your number is less than any of your neighbors' numbers." This order was repeated until there was only one player left. Knowing that after Igor ran away, there were 3 players left in the row, what was Igor's number? (After each command, one or more players ran away, and then the row closed in, leaving no empty spaces between the remaining players.)

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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