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  "id": 583825,
  "title": "Recap of Competition - Congratulations to the Winners!",
  "url": "/competitions/byu-locating-bacterial-flagellar-motors-2025/discussion/583825",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-06-09T17:27:45.624311800Z",
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  "content": "<p>Hi Kagglers,</p>\n<p>We’re happy to announce the conclusion of the BYU - Locating Bacterial Flagellar Motors 2025 competition. Thank you everyone for your participation!</p>\n<p>This competition ended with 6388 registrations and 1,450 participants on 1,175 teams. We had 48,847 submissions from 84 countries. For 187 users (including 25 in the top 100!), this was their first competition. Thank you all for your hard work in this competition and congratulations to our winners and to those who gained a new ranking!  </p>\n<p>The top potential winning teams will be contacted via email for the next steps. We look forward to learning more about their winning solutions.</p>\n<p>We've cleaned the leaderboard and disqualified some teams that have violated the rules. If you think you were removed by mistake, or believe you have evidence that suggests another team cheated, please contact <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/compliance\" target=\"_blank\">compliance</a>. Please fill in all the fields honestly.</p>\n<p>We highly encourage you to post a solution write-up about your approach and solution in the forums (see <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/discussions/product-feedback/373153\" target=\"_blank\">instructions</a>). You may also refer to <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/solution-write-up-documentation\" target=\"_blank\">Kaggle Solution Write-Up Documentation</a> for guidance. You are  also encouraged to <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/docs/models#publishing-a-model\" target=\"_blank\">publish your models on Kaggle Models</a>!</p>\n<p>Thanks for continuing to make Kaggle a great place to learn, practice, and test data science techniques!</p>\n<p>Happy Modeling!<br>\nKaggle Team</p>",
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      "postDate": "06/09/2025 17:27:45",
      "content": "<p>Hi Kagglers,</p>\n<p>We’re happy to announce the conclusion of the BYU - Locating Bacterial Flagellar Motors 2025 competition. Thank you everyone for your participation!</p>\n<p>This competition ended with 6388 registrations and 1,450 participants on 1,175 teams. We had 48,847 submissions from 84 countries. For 187 users (including 25 in the top 100!), this was their first competition. Thank you all for your hard work in this competition and congratulations to our winners and to those who gained a new ranking!  </p>\n<p>The top potential winning teams will be contacted via email for the next steps. We look forward to learning more about their winning solutions.</p>\n<p>We've cleaned the leaderboard and disqualified some teams that have violated the rules. If you think you were removed by mistake, or believe you have evidence that suggests another team cheated, please contact <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/compliance\" target=\"_blank\">compliance</a>. Please fill in all the fields honestly.</p>\n<p>We highly encourage you to post a solution write-up about your approach and solution in the forums (see <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/discussions/product-feedback/373153\" target=\"_blank\">instructions</a>). You may also refer to <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/solution-write-up-documentation\" target=\"_blank\">Kaggle Solution Write-Up Documentation</a> for guidance. You are  also encouraged to <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/docs/models#publishing-a-model\" target=\"_blank\">publish your models on Kaggle Models</a>!</p>\n<p>Thanks for continuing to make Kaggle a great place to learn, practice, and test data science techniques!</p>\n<p>Happy Modeling!<br>\nKaggle Team</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi Kagglers,\n\nWe’re happy to announce the conclusion of the BYU - Locating Bacterial Flagellar Motors 2025 competition. Thank you everyone for your participation!\n\nThis competition ended with 6388 registrations and 1,450 participants on 1,175 teams. We had 48,847 submissions from 84 countries. For 187 users (including 25 in the top 100!), this was their first competition. Thank you all for your hard work in this competition and congratulations to our winners and to those who gained a new ranking!  \n\nThe top potential winning teams will be contacted via email for the next steps. We look forward to learning more about their winning solutions.\n\nWe've cleaned the leaderboard and disqualified some teams that have violated the rules. If you think you were removed by mistake, or believe you have evidence that suggests another team cheated, please contact [compliance](https://www.kaggle.com/compliance). Please fill in all the fields honestly.\n\nWe highly encourage you to post a solution write-up about your approach and solution in the forums (see [instructions](https://www.kaggle.com/discussions/product-feedback/373153)). You may also refer to [Kaggle Solution Write-Up Documentation](https://www.kaggle.com/solution-write-up-documentation) for guidance. You are  also encouraged to [publish your models on Kaggle Models](https://www.kaggle.com/docs/models#publishing-a-model)!\n\nThanks for continuing to make Kaggle a great place to learn, practice, and test data science techniques!\n\nHappy Modeling!\nKaggle Team",
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    {
      "id": "3220821",
      "postDate": "06/10/2025 02:58:24",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/elizabethpark\" target=\"_blank\">@elizabethpark</a> ,</p>\n<h1>Bug Report!</h1>\n<p>I noticed many accounts on the leaderboard haven't <strong>been updated</strong> properly. For example, <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/brendanartley\" target=\"_blank\">@brendanartley</a> should have 3 gold medals, but his profile only shows 2. Another case is my teammate <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/doonut\" target=\"_blank\">@doonut</a> , who should have one gold medal and be promoted to kaggle expert. Browsing through the leaderboard, I see <strong>many accounts have a similar situation</strong>.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @elizabethpark ,\n\n# Bug Report!\n\nI noticed many accounts on the leaderboard haven't **been updated** properly. For example, @brendanartley should have 3 gold medals, but his profile only shows 2. Another case is my teammate @doonut , who should have one gold medal and be promoted to kaggle expert. Browsing through the leaderboard, I see **many accounts have a similar situation**.",
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      "author_name": "forcewithme",
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      "post_date": "06/10/2025 02:58:24",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/elizabethpark\" target=\"_blank\">@elizabethpark</a> ,</p>\n<h1>Bug Report!</h1>\n<p>I noticed many accounts on the leaderboard haven't <strong>been updated</strong> properly. For example, <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/brendanartley\" target=\"_blank\">@brendanartley</a> should have 3 gold medals, but his profile only shows 2. Another case is my teammate <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/doonut\" target=\"_blank\">@doonut</a> , who should have one gold medal and be promoted to kaggle expert. Browsing through the leaderboard, I see <strong>many accounts have a similar situation</strong>.</p>",
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    "3220671": "Hi Kagglers,\n\nWe’re happy to announce the conclusion of the BYU - Locating Bacterial Flagellar Motors 2025 competition. Thank you everyone for your participation!\n\nThis competition ended with 6388 registrations and 1,450 participants on 1,175 teams. We had 48,847 submissions from 84 countries. For 187 users (including 25 in the top 100!), this was their first competition. Thank you all for your hard work in this competition and congratulations to our winners and to those who gained a new ranking!  \n\nThe top potential winning teams will be contacted via email for the next steps. We look forward to learning more about their winning solutions.\n\nWe've cleaned the leaderboard and disqualified some teams that have violated the rules. If you think you were removed by mistake, or believe you have evidence that suggests another team cheated, please contact [compliance](https://www.kaggle.com/compliance). Please fill in all the fields honestly.\n\nWe highly encourage you to post a solution write-up about your approach and solution in the forums (see [instructions](https://www.kaggle.com/discussions/product-feedback/373153)). You may also refer to [Kaggle Solution Write-Up Documentation](https://www.kaggle.com/solution-write-up-documentation) for guidance. You are  also encouraged to [publish your models on Kaggle Models](https://www.kaggle.com/docs/models#publishing-a-model)!\n\nThanks for continuing to make Kaggle a great place to learn, practice, and test data science techniques!\n\nHappy Modeling!\nKaggle Team",
    "3220821": "Hi @elizabethpark ,\n\n# Bug Report!\n\nI noticed many accounts on the leaderboard haven't **been updated** properly. For example, @brendanartley should have 3 gold medals, but his profile only shows 2. Another case is my teammate @doonut , who should have one gold medal and be promoted to kaggle expert. Browsing through the leaderboard, I see **many accounts have a similar situation**."
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