Theory of Computing ------------------- Title : Towards Finding Hay in a Haystack: Explicit Tensors of Border Rank Greater Than $2.02m$ in $\mathbb{C}^m\otimes \mathbb{C}^m\otimes \mathbb{C}^m$ Authors : Joseph M. Landsberg and Mateusz Michalek Volume : 21 Number : 13 Pages : 1-17 URL : https://theoryofcomputing.org/articles/v021a013 Abstract -------- We write down an explicit sequence of tensors in C^m * C^m * C^m, for all $m$ sufficiently large, having border rank at least 2.02m, overcoming a longstanding barrier. We obtain our lower bounds via the border substitution method.