Figure 2. Schematic visualization of the analyzed CLS ensembles in the space spanned by the lattice spacing and quark masses. On the (cid:13)avor symmetric plane (blue), where m ‘ = m s , (cid:13)avor multiplets of hadrons have degenerate masses (e.g., m 2 = m 2 and m N = m (cid:6) = m (cid:4) = m (cid:3) ). The (cid:25) K green lines are de(cid:12)ned to have physical average quadratic meson mass (2 m 2 + m 2 = phys.). This (cid:25) K corresponds to an approximately physical mean quark mass (2 m ‘ + m s (cid:25) phys.). The red lines are de(cid:12)ned by 2 m 2 (cid:0) m 2 = phys. and indicate an almost physical strange quark mass ( m s (cid:25) phys.). (cid:25) K Physical masses are reached at the intersections of green and red