{
  "id": 666383,
  "title": "Posts from the hosts",
  "url": "/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/666383",
  "author_name": "Rhiju Das",
  "post_date": "2026-01-06T18:02:21.435000",
  "votes": 14,
  "comment_count": 4,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>This is a pinned post summarizing posts from the competition hosts, in reverse chronological order, for ease of reference:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/732575\" target=\"_blank\">Post-deadline submissions</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhiju\" target=\"_blank\">@rhiju</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/702799\" target=\"_blank\">How to make predictions in CASP17</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhiju\" target=\"_blank\">@rhiju</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/687191\" target=\"_blank\">Some Thoughts on the Rerun and Ranks Discrepancies\n</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/tviel\" target=\"_blank\">@tviel</a> </li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/686590\" target=\"_blank\">Outcome of the Stanford RNA 3D folding challenge, Part 2</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/686601\" target=\"_blank\">Did you get a high private LB score in an older notebook?</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/685015\" target=\"_blank\">Post-competition scoring</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/684359\" target=\"_blank\">Last steps in this competition</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/674343#3408163\" target=\"_blank\">Clarification of rules regarding cutoff dates and usage of additional data usage past May 29th 2025 cutoff</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a> </li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/674359#3408505\" target=\"_blank\">Clarification of <code>temporal_cutoff</code> and train/validation split</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/przemekporebski\" target=\"_blank\">@przemekporebski</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/671762\" target=\"_blank\">Presentation of Part 1 of this challenge: Thursday Feb 5, 2026 (video added)</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/670892\" target=\"_blank\">Ribonanza QuickStart</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/ckjoshi9\" target=\"_blank\">@ckjoshi9</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/670390\" target=\"_blank\">It's official: NVIDIA returns as co-organizers!</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/669099\" target=\"_blank\">AlphaFold3 Baseline Score</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/przemekporebski\" target=\"_blank\">@przemekporebski</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/668412\" target=\"_blank\">RNAPro - Inference Pipeline</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/theoviel\" target=\"_blank\">@theoviel</a> </li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/667106\" target=\"_blank\">Running the evaluation metric</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/666732\" target=\"_blank\">Getting started</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/666382\" target=\"_blank\">Welcome to Part 2 of the Stanford RNA 3D Folding Challenge!</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n</ul>",
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      "id": 3387314,
      "postDate": "2026-01-06T18:02:21.437Z",
      "content": "<p>This is a pinned post summarizing posts from the competition hosts, in reverse chronological order, for ease of reference:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/732575\" target=\"_blank\">Post-deadline submissions</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhiju\" target=\"_blank\">@rhiju</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/702799\" target=\"_blank\">How to make predictions in CASP17</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhiju\" target=\"_blank\">@rhiju</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/687191\" target=\"_blank\">Some Thoughts on the Rerun and Ranks Discrepancies\n</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/tviel\" target=\"_blank\">@tviel</a> </li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/686590\" target=\"_blank\">Outcome of the Stanford RNA 3D folding challenge, Part 2</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/686601\" target=\"_blank\">Did you get a high private LB score in an older notebook?</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/685015\" target=\"_blank\">Post-competition scoring</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/684359\" target=\"_blank\">Last steps in this competition</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/674343#3408163\" target=\"_blank\">Clarification of rules regarding cutoff dates and usage of additional data usage past May 29th 2025 cutoff</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a> </li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/674359#3408505\" target=\"_blank\">Clarification of <code>temporal_cutoff</code> and train/validation split</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/przemekporebski\" target=\"_blank\">@przemekporebski</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/671762\" target=\"_blank\">Presentation of Part 1 of this challenge: Thursday Feb 5, 2026 (video added)</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/670892\" target=\"_blank\">Ribonanza QuickStart</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/ckjoshi9\" target=\"_blank\">@ckjoshi9</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/670390\" target=\"_blank\">It's official: NVIDIA returns as co-organizers!</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/669099\" target=\"_blank\">AlphaFold3 Baseline Score</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/przemekporebski\" target=\"_blank\">@przemekporebski</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/668412\" target=\"_blank\">RNAPro - Inference Pipeline</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/theoviel\" target=\"_blank\">@theoviel</a> </li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/667106\" target=\"_blank\">Running the evaluation metric</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/666732\" target=\"_blank\">Getting started</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/666382\" target=\"_blank\">Welcome to Part 2 of the Stanford RNA 3D Folding Challenge!</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a></li>\n</ul>",
      "rawMarkdown": "This is a pinned post summarizing posts from the competition hosts, in reverse chronological order, for ease of reference:\n- [Post-deadline submissions](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/732575) @rhiju\n- [How to make predictions in CASP17](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/702799) @rhiju\n- [Some Thoughts on the Rerun and Ranks Discrepancies\n](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/687191) @tviel \n- [Outcome of the Stanford RNA 3D folding challenge, Part 2](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/686590) @rhijudas\n- [Did you get a high private LB score in an older notebook?](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/686601) @rhijudas\n- [Post-competition scoring](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/685015) @rhijudas\n- [Last steps in this competition](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/684359) @rhijudas\n- [Clarification of rules regarding cutoff dates and usage of additional data usage past May 29th 2025 cutoff](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/674343#3408163) @rhijudas \n- [Clarification of `temporal_cutoff` and train/validation split](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/674359#3408505) @przemekporebski\n- [Presentation of Part 1 of this challenge: Thursday Feb 5, 2026 (video added)](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/671762)\n- [Ribonanza QuickStart](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/670892) @ckjoshi9 @rhijudas\n- [It's official: NVIDIA returns as co-organizers!](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/670390) @rhijudas\n- [AlphaFold3 Baseline Score](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/669099) @przemekporebski\n- [RNAPro - Inference Pipeline](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/668412) @theoviel \n- [Running the evaluation metric](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/667106) @rhijudas\n- [Getting started](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/666732) @rhijudas\n- [Welcome to Part 2 of the Stanford RNA 3D Folding Challenge!](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/666382) @rhijudas",
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    },
    {
      "id": 3417594,
      "postDate": "2026-03-05T18:45:47.770Z",
      "content": "<p>I am under 18 and would like to join late for learning purposes. I notice the rules specify the need for Host approval. How can I do this? I don't see a contact page. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I am under 18 and would like to join late for learning purposes. I notice the rules specify the need for Host approval. How can I do this? I don't see a contact page. ",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3417614,
          "postDate": "2026-03-05T19:39:39.873Z",
          "content": "<p>Thank you for your question and your interest! If the competition host agrees, we would need appropriate parental/guardian consents to be shared with <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a> and with kaggle-competitions.admin@google.com. </p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for your question and your interest! If the competition host agrees, we would need appropriate parental/guardian consents to be shared with @rhijudas and with kaggle-competitions.admin@google.com. ",
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3417621,
              "postDate": "2026-03-05T20:19:20.977Z",
              "content": "<p>Great! Is there a more official channel I can go through to confirm with Host? Also, where can I find forms?</p>",
              "rawMarkdown": "Great! Is there a more official channel I can go through to confirm with Host? Also, where can I find forms?"
            },
            {
              "id": 3417754,
              "postDate": "2026-03-06T04:33:30.760Z",
              "content": "<p>No need to submit a form. Please have your parent/guardian send an email to <a href=\"mailto:kaggle-competitions.admin@google.com\">kaggle-competitions.admin@google.com</a> confirming that they approve of you joining the competition. </p>",
              "rawMarkdown": "No need to submit a form. Please have your parent/guardian send an email to kaggle-competitions.admin@google.com confirming that they approve of you joining the competition. "
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    {
      "id": 3417594,
      "author_name": "Karena Peterson",
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      "post_date": "2026-03-05T18:45:47.770000",
      "content": "<p>I am under 18 and would like to join late for learning purposes. I notice the rules specify the need for Host approval. How can I do this? I don't see a contact page. </p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3417614,
          "author_name": "Ashley Oldacre",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2026-03-05T19:39:39.873000",
          "content": "<p>Thank you for your question and your interest! If the competition host agrees, we would need appropriate parental/guardian consents to be shared with <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/rhijudas\" target=\"_blank\">@rhijudas</a> and with kaggle-competitions.admin@google.com. </p>",
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            {
              "id": 3417621,
              "author_name": "Karena Peterson",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "2026-03-05T20:19:20.977000",
              "content": "<p>Great! Is there a more official channel I can go through to confirm with Host? Also, where can I find forms?</p>",
              "votes": 0,
              "replies": []
            },
            {
              "id": 3417754,
              "author_name": "Ashley Oldacre",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "2026-03-06T04:33:30.760000",
              "content": "<p>No need to submit a form. Please have your parent/guardian send an email to <a href=\"mailto:kaggle-competitions.admin@google.com\">kaggle-competitions.admin@google.com</a> confirming that they approve of you joining the competition. </p>",
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    "3387314": "This is a pinned post summarizing posts from the competition hosts, in reverse chronological order, for ease of reference:\n- [Post-deadline submissions](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/732575) @rhiju\n- [How to make predictions in CASP17](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/702799) @rhiju\n- [Some Thoughts on the Rerun and Ranks Discrepancies\n](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/687191) @tviel \n- [Outcome of the Stanford RNA 3D folding challenge, Part 2](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/686590) @rhijudas\n- [Did you get a high private LB score in an older notebook?](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/686601) @rhijudas\n- [Post-competition scoring](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/685015) @rhijudas\n- [Last steps in this competition](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/684359) @rhijudas\n- [Clarification of rules regarding cutoff dates and usage of additional data usage past May 29th 2025 cutoff](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/674343#3408163) @rhijudas \n- [Clarification of `temporal_cutoff` and train/validation split](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/674359#3408505) @przemekporebski\n- [Presentation of Part 1 of this challenge: Thursday Feb 5, 2026 (video added)](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/671762)\n- [Ribonanza QuickStart](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/670892) @ckjoshi9 @rhijudas\n- [It's official: NVIDIA returns as co-organizers!](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/670390) @rhijudas\n- [AlphaFold3 Baseline Score](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/669099) @przemekporebski\n- [RNAPro - Inference Pipeline](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/668412) @theoviel \n- [Running the evaluation metric](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/667106) @rhijudas\n- [Getting started](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/666732) @rhijudas\n- [Welcome to Part 2 of the Stanford RNA 3D Folding Challenge!](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/666382) @rhijudas",
    "3417594": "I am under 18 and would like to join late for learning purposes. I notice the rules specify the need for Host approval. How can I do this? I don't see a contact page. "
  }
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