The values of c † obtained from eqn (7) are included in Fig. , along with the theoretical scaling of c † HI ∼ N 0.27 from eqn (8) with ν = 0.6, corresponding to the initial good-solvent conformation of the polymer chain. Note that the rate of single-chain folding was not adjusted for hydrodynamic interactions as it is expected to depend on the rate of monomer diffusion rather than that of the whole polymer. The monomer diffusion coefficient was parameterised in the CG Langevin dynamics simulations to match that in the explicit-solvent AA simulations, which include hydrodynamic interactions. Accordingly, the Langevin dynamics simulations effectively account for hydrodynamics at the monomer level.