Hi everyone, I'm seeing a lot of people with a beginner rank, few submissions, and on the last day, they somehow magically reach the top 10. Also, the first place finisher was banned for some unknown reason. Organizers, could you explain the situation and whether there will be a kickout for those breaking the competition rules, as I and many others are hoping for a fair competition?
", "messages": [ { "id": "3351865", "postDate": "11/28/2025 17:33:43", "content": "Hi everyone, I'm seeing a lot of people with a beginner rank, few submissions, and on the last day, they somehow magically reach the top 10. Also, the first place finisher was banned for some unknown reason. Organizers, could you explain the situation and whether there will be a kickout for those breaking the competition rules, as I and many others are hoping for a fair competition?
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi everyone, I'm seeing a lot of people with a beginner rank, few submissions, and on the last day, they somehow magically reach the top 10. Also, the first place finisher was banned for some unknown reason. Organizers, could you explain the situation and whether there will be a kickout for those breaking the competition rules, as I and many others are hoping for a fair competition?", "votes": null }, { "id": "3351961", "postDate": "11/28/2025 18:59:43", "content": "I think some have been strategically holding back their findings and submissions until the very end to provoke a lull, only to jump in with better revisions very close to the finish line.
\nThe private leaderboard tells a different story than the public leaderboard, so rest assured that submissions that take too much liberty with the test data will be punished and won't rank highly.
\nThe teams competing for the prizes will have to prove their solutions, and we will ensure they follow all the rules; otherwise, they will be disqualified.
", "rawMarkdown": "I think some have been strategically holding back their findings and submissions until the very end to provoke a lull, only to jump in with better revisions very close to the finish line. \n\nThe private leaderboard tells a different story than the public leaderboard, so rest assured that submissions that take too much liberty with the test data will be punished and won't rank highly. \n\nThe teams competing for the prizes will have to prove their solutions, and we will ensure they follow all the rules; otherwise, they will be disqualified.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3351968", "postDate": "11/28/2025 19:04:41", "content": "thank you very much!!! I just think people below (top30) would be offended if they were overtaken in an unfair way, thank you for closing the private earlier 🥳. I treat newcomers very well and I believe that some of them will get into the top3. I just see how 4 people overtook us, 1 was banned, 2 of them are inactive, that is, they participate only in this competition and the last activity is 4 days of submissions in a row, it is clear that these are the second accounts.
", "rawMarkdown": "thank you very much!!! I just think people below (top30) would be offended if they were overtaken in an unfair way, thank you for closing the private earlier 🥳. I treat newcomers very well and I believe that some of them will get into the top3. I just see how 4 people overtook us, 1 was banned, 2 of them are inactive, that is, they participate only in this competition and the last activity is 4 days of submissions in a row, it is clear that these are the second accounts.", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 3351961, "author_name": "mariusstormolsen", "author_url": "", "post_date": "11/28/2025 18:59:43", "content": "I think some have been strategically holding back their findings and submissions until the very end to provoke a lull, only to jump in with better revisions very close to the finish line.
\nThe private leaderboard tells a different story than the public leaderboard, so rest assured that submissions that take too much liberty with the test data will be punished and won't rank highly.
\nThe teams competing for the prizes will have to prove their solutions, and we will ensure they follow all the rules; otherwise, they will be disqualified.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3351968, "author_name": "antonoof", "author_url": "", "post_date": "11/28/2025 19:04:41", "content": "thank you very much!!! I just think people below (top30) would be offended if they were overtaken in an unfair way, thank you for closing the private earlier 🥳. I treat newcomers very well and I believe that some of them will get into the top3. I just see how 4 people overtook us, 1 was banned, 2 of them are inactive, that is, they participate only in this competition and the last activity is 4 days of submissions in a row, it is clear that these are the second accounts.
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