{
  "id": 419966,
  "title": "Shakeup or No Shakeup ?",
  "url": "/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/419966",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-06-28T15:56:29.477615100Z",
  "votes": 10,
  "comment_count": 16,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>The competition is about to end, and seeing the randomness in our scores, I think there's a good chance of shakeup. Did you experience random fluctuations too ? </p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "2321480",
      "postDate": "06/28/2023 15:56:29",
      "content": "<p>The competition is about to end, and seeing the randomness in our scores, I think there's a good chance of shakeup. Did you experience random fluctuations too ? </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The competition is about to end, and seeing the randomness in our scores, I think there's a good chance of shakeup. Did you experience random fluctuations too ?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321488",
      "postDate": "06/28/2023 16:03:23",
      "content": "<p>I agree. At some point I feel like I lose my cv lb correlation. However, there is nothing we could do at this point. Hope for the best!!!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I agree. At some point I feel like I lose my cv lb correlation. However, there is nothing we could do at this point. Hope for the best!!!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321673",
      "postDate": "06/28/2023 18:54:57",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/nikhilmishradev\" target=\"_blank\">@nikhilmishradev</a>, I experienced 0.001 random fluctuation. 0.001 is a 100 move in the ranking! It can be several hundreds in the dense regions (0.700 in particular)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @nikhilmishradev, I experienced 0.001 random fluctuation. 0.001 is a 100 move in the ranking! It can be several hundreds in the dense regions (0.700 in particular)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321693",
      "postDate": "06/28/2023 19:13:05",
      "content": "<p>same here </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "same here",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321697",
      "postDate": "06/28/2023 19:15:21",
      "content": "<p>Looking at my submissions, I think even 0.705+ scores are not safe </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Looking at my submissions, I think even 0.705+ scores are not safe",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321731",
      "postDate": "06/28/2023 20:18:00",
      "content": "<p>I think there will be a huge shake-up even in high-score areas. People already observe a low cv lb correlation during the middle of the unextended timeline. And with the extra 1.5 months, I feel the public LB is too overfitted while the host currently uses a fresh private hidden test dataset.  I don't even have a solution to choose my final submission.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think there will be a huge shake-up even in high-score areas. People already observe a low cv lb correlation during the middle of the unextended timeline. And with the extra 1.5 months, I feel the public LB is too overfitted while the host currently uses a fresh private hidden test dataset.  I don't even have a solution to choose my final submission.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321743",
      "postDate": "06/28/2023 20:37:14",
      "content": "<p>All the best, I can see another gold incoming 💪 <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/nikhilmishradev\" target=\"_blank\">@nikhilmishradev</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/tezdhar\" target=\"_blank\">@tezdhar</a> </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "All the best, I can see another gold incoming 💪 @nikhilmishradev @tezdhar",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321745",
      "postDate": "06/28/2023 20:42:59",
      "content": "<p>guys be brave, just select random subs 💪</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "guys be brave, just select random subs 💪",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321746",
      "postDate": "06/28/2023 20:45:55",
      "content": "<p>The worst part is, we can't even tell whether our current submissions perform better than older submission on the private set after the API update.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The worst part is, we can't even tell whether our current submissions perform better than older submission on the private set after the API update.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321750",
      "postDate": "06/28/2023 20:49:10",
      "content": "<p>i expect std(private LB - public LB) to be over 0.01. This will probably lead to a significant shake-up.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "i expect std(private LB - public LB) to be over 0.01. This will probably lead to a significant shake-up.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321757",
      "postDate": "06/28/2023 21:01:51",
      "content": "<p>Sure. In the last few days, I tried to blend some of my models. Guess what, there is no way I use my over 200 earlier submissions because they are all 0.46 scores now🫠 </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Sure. In the last few days, I tried to blend some of my models. Guess what, there is no way I use my over 200 earlier submissions because they are all 0.46 scores now🫠",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321826",
      "postDate": "06/28/2023 23:48:12",
      "content": "<p>Even more I think</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Even more I think",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321845",
      "postDate": "06/29/2023 00:18:04",
      "content": "<p>Huge shake-up (and down) from the public LB's top tiers. I always felt that public and private test sets have different distribution but never had the gut to follow through. Should have trusted my instinct :) I believe a lot of teams (including ourselves) failed to choose the highest-private-LB-score submissions as well - ours was a 0.002 gap.</p>\n<p>Anyway, congratulations on the end of this lengthy competition everyeon!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Huge shake-up (and down) from the public LB's top tiers. I always felt that public and private test sets have different distribution but never had the gut to follow through. Should have trusted my instinct :) I believe a lot of teams (including ourselves) failed to choose the highest-private-LB-score submissions as well - ours was a 0.002 gap.\n\nAnyway, congratulations on the end of this lengthy competition everyeon!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321846",
      "postDate": "06/29/2023 00:18:40",
      "content": "<p>Seems we missed top 5 due to selecting some based on lb :( (which bit overfits ;best private was 0.704) , but great learning experience and a long run comes to an end :).. congrats to all teams and winners </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Seems we missed top 5 due to selecting some based on lb :( (which bit overfits ;best private was 0.704) , but great learning experience and a long run comes to an end :).. congrats to all teams and winners",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321848",
      "postDate": "06/29/2023 00:19:14",
      "content": "<p>Same here 😀 but a shake down</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Same here 😀 but a shake down",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321864",
      "postDate": "06/29/2023 00:38:29",
      "content": "<p>We all observed your long holding on the top 1. What a bummer.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "We all observed your long holding on the top 1. What a bummer.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2321876",
      "postDate": "06/29/2023 00:58:13",
      "content": "<p>Yes congrats , happens sometime in kaggle when you missed selecting some based on cv but it’s part of the game. But ya bit frustrating missing some top 2/3 selections we will post out solutions though later</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes congrats , happens sometime in kaggle when you missed selecting some based on cv but it’s part of the game. But ya bit frustrating missing some top 2/3 selections we will post out solutions though later",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2321488,
      "author_name": "yifucai",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/28/2023 16:03:23",
      "content": "<p>I agree. At some point I feel like I lose my cv lb correlation. However, there is nothing we could do at this point. Hope for the best!!!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2321693,
          "author_name": "nikhilmishradev",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/28/2023 19:13:05",
          "content": "<p>same here </p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2321673,
      "author_name": "gehallak",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/28/2023 18:54:57",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/nikhilmishradev\" target=\"_blank\">@nikhilmishradev</a>, I experienced 0.001 random fluctuation. 0.001 is a 100 move in the ranking! It can be several hundreds in the dense regions (0.700 in particular)</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2321697,
          "author_name": "nikhilmishradev",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/28/2023 19:15:21",
          "content": "<p>Looking at my submissions, I think even 0.705+ scores are not safe </p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2321731,
      "author_name": "ataraxian",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/28/2023 20:18:00",
      "content": "<p>I think there will be a huge shake-up even in high-score areas. People already observe a low cv lb correlation during the middle of the unextended timeline. And with the extra 1.5 months, I feel the public LB is too overfitted while the host currently uses a fresh private hidden test dataset.  I don't even have a solution to choose my final submission.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2321746,
          "author_name": "woprime",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/28/2023 20:45:55",
          "content": "<p>The worst part is, we can't even tell whether our current submissions perform better than older submission on the private set after the API update.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2321757,
              "author_name": "ataraxian",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "06/28/2023 21:01:51",
              "content": "<p>Sure. In the last few days, I tried to blend some of my models. Guess what, there is no way I use my over 200 earlier submissions because they are all 0.46 scores now🫠 </p>",
              "votes": null,
              "replies": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2321743,
      "author_name": "nischaydnk",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/28/2023 20:37:14",
      "content": "<p>All the best, I can see another gold incoming 💪 <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/nikhilmishradev\" target=\"_blank\">@nikhilmishradev</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/tezdhar\" target=\"_blank\">@tezdhar</a> </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2321745,
      "author_name": "kvlmll",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/28/2023 20:42:59",
      "content": "<p>guys be brave, just select random subs 💪</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2321750,
      "author_name": "ymatioun",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/28/2023 20:49:10",
      "content": "<p>i expect std(private LB - public LB) to be over 0.01. This will probably lead to a significant shake-up.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2321826,
          "author_name": "nikhilmishradev",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/28/2023 23:48:12",
          "content": "<p>Even more I think</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2321845,
      "author_name": "hoangnguyen719",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/29/2023 00:18:04",
      "content": "<p>Huge shake-up (and down) from the public LB's top tiers. I always felt that public and private test sets have different distribution but never had the gut to follow through. Should have trusted my instinct :) I believe a lot of teams (including ourselves) failed to choose the highest-private-LB-score submissions as well - ours was a 0.002 gap.</p>\n<p>Anyway, congratulations on the end of this lengthy competition everyeon!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2321848,
          "author_name": "gauravbrills",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/29/2023 00:19:14",
          "content": "<p>Same here 😀 but a shake down</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2321864,
              "author_name": "hoangnguyen719",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "06/29/2023 00:38:29",
              "content": "<p>We all observed your long holding on the top 1. What a bummer.</p>",
              "votes": null,
              "replies": [
                {
                  "id": 2321876,
                  "author_name": "gauravbrills",
                  "author_url": "",
                  "post_date": "06/29/2023 00:58:13",
                  "content": "<p>Yes congrats , happens sometime in kaggle when you missed selecting some based on cv but it’s part of the game. But ya bit frustrating missing some top 2/3 selections we will post out solutions though later</p>",
                  "votes": null,
                  "replies": []
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2321846,
      "author_name": "gauravbrills",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/29/2023 00:18:40",
      "content": "<p>Seems we missed top 5 due to selecting some based on lb :( (which bit overfits ;best private was 0.704) , but great learning experience and a long run comes to an end :).. congrats to all teams and winners </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "2321480": "The competition is about to end, and seeing the randomness in our scores, I think there's a good chance of shakeup. Did you experience random fluctuations too ?",
    "2321488": "I agree. At some point I feel like I lose my cv lb correlation. However, there is nothing we could do at this point. Hope for the best!!!",
    "2321673": "Hi @nikhilmishradev, I experienced 0.001 random fluctuation. 0.001 is a 100 move in the ranking! It can be several hundreds in the dense regions (0.700 in particular)",
    "2321693": "same here",
    "2321697": "Looking at my submissions, I think even 0.705+ scores are not safe",
    "2321731": "I think there will be a huge shake-up even in high-score areas. People already observe a low cv lb correlation during the middle of the unextended timeline. And with the extra 1.5 months, I feel the public LB is too overfitted while the host currently uses a fresh private hidden test dataset.  I don't even have a solution to choose my final submission.",
    "2321743": "All the best, I can see another gold incoming 💪 @nikhilmishradev @tezdhar",
    "2321745": "guys be brave, just select random subs 💪",
    "2321746": "The worst part is, we can't even tell whether our current submissions perform better than older submission on the private set after the API update.",
    "2321750": "i expect std(private LB - public LB) to be over 0.01. This will probably lead to a significant shake-up.",
    "2321757": "Sure. In the last few days, I tried to blend some of my models. Guess what, there is no way I use my over 200 earlier submissions because they are all 0.46 scores now🫠",
    "2321826": "Even more I think",
    "2321845": "Huge shake-up (and down) from the public LB's top tiers. I always felt that public and private test sets have different distribution but never had the gut to follow through. Should have trusted my instinct :) I believe a lot of teams (including ourselves) failed to choose the highest-private-LB-score submissions as well - ours was a 0.002 gap.\n\nAnyway, congratulations on the end of this lengthy competition everyeon!",
    "2321846": "Seems we missed top 5 due to selecting some based on lb :( (which bit overfits ;best private was 0.704) , but great learning experience and a long run comes to an end :).. congrats to all teams and winners",
    "2321848": "Same here 😀 but a shake down",
    "2321864": "We all observed your long holding on the top 1. What a bummer.",
    "2321876": "Yes congrats , happens sometime in kaggle when you missed selecting some based on cv but it’s part of the game. But ya bit frustrating missing some top 2/3 selections we will post out solutions though later"
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