[Zakharov]

I managed to do Circle Pack 7 in one fewer than the minimum: http://sciencevsmagic.net/geo/#0A1.1A0.0L1.1L5.5A1.5L8.0L4.5...

[pleion]

Well Done! As with most elegant solutions, yours is so simple that I can't believe I didn't see it earlier!

The minimum scores are from the simplest solutions I came up with during development, I was waiting for someone to best me.