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To all the teams who are reaching out about changing their notebook selection:
\nTo keep the competition rankings and medals fair, Kaggle rules prevent changing the notebooks or their selection after the competition deadline.
Teams interested in the performance of their other notebooks will be able to submit them later in the year when we reopen the competition to 'Late Submissions'.
To document your findings and predictions, please consider drafting a writeup and making your notebooks public. You'll be able to attach this to your solution in the final Private Leaderboard when it opens next week. This will be a necessary step to claim a Leaderboard Prize. But even for notebooks that are not in the top 3, these writeups remain highly valuable for the scientific community and document your discoveries.
Looking forward to more discussion over the next weeks!
", "messages": [ { "id": 3429357, "postDate": "2026-03-26T16:50:03.703Z", "content": "To all the teams who are reaching out about changing their notebook selection:
\nTo keep the competition rankings and medals fair, Kaggle rules prevent changing the notebooks or their selection after the competition deadline.
Teams interested in the performance of their other notebooks will be able to submit them later in the year when we reopen the competition to 'Late Submissions'.
To document your findings and predictions, please consider drafting a writeup and making your notebooks public. You'll be able to attach this to your solution in the final Private Leaderboard when it opens next week. This will be a necessary step to claim a Leaderboard Prize. But even for notebooks that are not in the top 3, these writeups remain highly valuable for the scientific community and document your discoveries.
Looking forward to more discussion over the next weeks!
", "rawMarkdown": "To all the teams who are reaching out about changing their notebook selection:\n\n- To keep the competition rankings and medals fair, Kaggle rules prevent changing the notebooks or their selection after the competition deadline.\n\n- Teams interested in the performance of their other notebooks will be able to submit them later in the year when we reopen the competition to 'Late Submissions'. \n\n- To document your findings and predictions, please consider drafting a writeup and making your notebooks public. You'll be able to attach this to your solution in the final Private Leaderboard when it opens next week. This will be a necessary step to claim a Leaderboard Prize. But even for notebooks that are not in the top 3, these writeups remain highly valuable for the scientific community and document your discoveries.\n\nLooking forward to more discussion over the next weeks!" }, { "id": 3429766, "postDate": "2026-03-27T08:32:20.253Z", "content": "Hi, the competition isn't showing up for us right now. Could you please tell me why? @rhijudas
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi, the competition isn't showing up for us right now. Could you please tell me why? @rhijudas ", "votes": 2, "replies": [ { "id": 3429890, "postDate": "2026-03-27T14:04:36.290Z", "content": "@rhijudas, just to clarify, we see that we selected the submissions which were made a long time before the deadline and one on the same day, but still before the deadline, but we don't see our team in the leaderboard now
", "rawMarkdown": "@rhijudas, just to clarify, we see that we selected the submissions which were made a long time before the deadline and one on the same day, but still before the deadline, but we don't see our team in the leaderboard now", "replies": [ { "id": 3431854, "postDate": "2026-03-30T19:05:15.270Z", "content": "Hello, thank you for your comment. You/Your team were removed for breaking the competition guidelines. If you think you were removed by mistake, or believe you have evidence that suggests another team cheated, please contact compliance. Please fill in all the fields honestly.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hello, thank you for your comment. You/Your team were removed for breaking the [competition guidelines](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/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. ", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 3431897, "postDate": "2026-03-30T20:17:28.920Z", "content": "@ashleyoldacre \nHello, thank you for your comment. We did not commit any violation. Will we receive an email informing us of the reason for our disqualification from the competition?
\nWe don't know what the other teams did; we only know our own team and the records we kept.
\nThank you. Best regas
", "rawMarkdown": "@ashleyoldacre \nHello, thank you for your comment. We did not commit any violation. Will we receive an email informing us of the reason for our disqualification from the competition?\n\nWe don't know what the other teams did; we only know our own team and the records we kept.\n\nThank you. Best regas " }, { "id": 3431903, "postDate": "2026-03-30T20:37:05.710Z", "content": "Hey @ashleyoldacre ! I filled the compliance form, hope to hear back soon via email with any specific details on the disqualification
", "rawMarkdown": "Hey @ashleyoldacre ! I filled the compliance form, hope to hear back soon via email with any specific details on the disqualification " }, { "id": 3432685, "postDate": "2026-03-31T20:58:34.070Z", "content": "@ashleyoldacre Hello again, our team leader filled out the compliance form and it was closed without any explanation or reason. We are confident that we never violated anything; the rules are clearly stated and we did not break them. Please give us a valid reason; everything is still unclear.
", "rawMarkdown": "@ashleyoldacre Hello again, our team leader filled out the compliance form and it was closed without any explanation or reason. We are confident that we never violated anything; the rules are clearly stated and we did not break them. Please give us a valid reason; everything is still unclear." }, { "id": 3432686, "postDate": "2026-03-31T20:59:52.497Z", "content": "How did you know it is closed? did you get an email from them? I submitted the form but haven't receive any response via email
", "rawMarkdown": "How did you know it is closed? did you get an email from them? I submitted the form but haven't receive any response via email" }, { "id": 3432704, "postDate": "2026-03-31T21:26:11.890Z", "content": "I received the following answer with no additional details
\n\n", "rawMarkdown": "I received the following answer with no additional details\n> Hello,\nThank you for your inquiry, Your team was removed for breaking the competition rules. Unfortunately we can not disclose which rules were broken, but you are welcome to check with your team to inquire as to why the removal was necessary.\nBest regards,\nKaggle Compliance Team" }, { "id": 3432706, "postDate": "2026-03-31T21:29:09.373Z", "content": "Hello,\n Thank you for your inquiry, Your team was removed for breaking the competition rules. Unfortunately we can not disclose which rules were broken, but you are welcome to check with your team to inquire as to why the removal was necessary.\n Best regards,\n Kaggle Compliance Team
\n
Thanks. Did you receive this via email? Weird, I think i submitted the form before you did yet I haven't receive any response
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks. Did you receive this via email? Weird, I think i submitted the form before you did yet I haven't receive any response" }, { "id": 3432707, "postDate": "2026-03-31T21:30:33.913Z", "content": "Yes, I received it to the same email I filled in the complain form. maybe worth re-submitting from your end, maybe there was a typo in email address
", "rawMarkdown": "Yes, I received it to the same email I filled in the complain form. maybe worth re-submitting from your end, maybe there was a typo in email address" }, { "id": 3432708, "postDate": "2026-03-31T21:33:25.660Z", "content": "I think this is also because you received a reply from @ashleyoldacre.
", "rawMarkdown": "I think this is also because you received a reply from @ashleyoldacre." }, { "id": 3432713, "postDate": "2026-03-31T21:40:01.470Z", "content": "did you submit the form? any response from compliance? I copy pasted my email address so unlikely i had a typo there. Hope no response means they are investigating…
", "rawMarkdown": "did you submit the form? any response from compliance? I copy pasted my email address so unlikely i had a typo there. Hope no response means they are investigating..." }, { "id": 3432721, "postDate": "2026-03-31T21:50:58.407Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "isDeleted": true } ] }, { "id": 3429902, "postDate": "2026-03-27T14:24:48.740Z", "content": "I experienced the same and I am very sure i didn't violate any rule (multiple accounts or private sharing etc.)! Here is my discussion in another post concerning this very removal: https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/684359#3429652
", "rawMarkdown": "I experienced the same and I am very sure i didn't violate any rule (multiple accounts or private sharing etc.)! Here is my discussion in another post concerning this very removal: https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/684359#3429652", "replies": [ { "id": 3429919, "postDate": "2026-03-27T14:53:54.813Z", "content": "Since submissions are no longer possible after the competition ends, sharing the notebook publicly is not considered a rule violation. Whether this was a partial error or done intentionally will be answered by the competition organizers when they read it.
", "rawMarkdown": "Since submissions are no longer possible after the competition ends, sharing the notebook publicly is not considered a rule violation. Whether this was a partial error or done intentionally will be answered by the competition organizers when they read it." } ] }, { "id": 3429984, "postDate": "2026-03-27T16:53:45.803Z", "content": "Same. The competition disappeared from the \"Participating\" tab, but it's still showing under \"Active Competitions\" in my profile. I was in 61st place, but now I can't find myself on the leaderboard. No solution sharing, no rule violations.
", "rawMarkdown": "Same. The competition disappeared from the \"Participating\" tab, but it's still showing under \"Active Competitions\" in my profile. I was in 61st place, but now I can't find myself on the leaderboard. No solution sharing, no rule violations.", "replies": [ { "id": 3430107, "postDate": "2026-03-27T21:15:22.737Z", "content": "If you are in a team, check to make sure none of your team members has more than one account. Even if they opened an account years ago, have forgotten about it and then opened a new one for this competition. People do all sorts of things on Kaggle without realizing or not reading the rules carefully.
\nI must say the Kaggle team is really very good at fighting cheaters and rule breakers. For obvious reasons, they don't share their methods which is good for the community imho.
", "rawMarkdown": "If you are in a team, check to make sure none of your team members has more than one account. Even if they opened an account years ago, have forgotten about it and then opened a new one for this competition. People do all sorts of things on Kaggle without realizing or not reading the rules carefully.\n\nI must say the Kaggle team is really very good at fighting cheaters and rule breakers. For obvious reasons, they don't share their methods which is good for the community imho." }, { "id": 3430113, "postDate": "2026-03-27T21:27:27.157Z", "content": "I participated solo. This is my only account.
", "rawMarkdown": "I participated solo. This is my only account." }, { "id": 3430118, "postDate": "2026-03-27T21:38:08.743Z", "content": "I think we are in a similar situation, I was ranked 22nd and compete solo without any other account and private sharing. I was removed as well. I filed a compliance appeal but haven't heard back. Have you tried to file an appeal? https://www.kaggle.com/compliance
", "rawMarkdown": "I think we are in a similar situation, I was ranked 22nd and compete solo without any other account and private sharing. I was removed as well. I filed a compliance appeal but haven't heard back. Have you tried to file an appeal? https://www.kaggle.com/compliance" }, { "id": 3430126, "postDate": "2026-03-27T21:55:25.210Z", "content": "Not yet, but I probably should.
", "rawMarkdown": "Not yet, but I probably should." }, { "id": 3430131, "postDate": "2026-03-27T22:15:16.890Z", "content": "@grennwolf Would you please fill out this form for our team?
", "rawMarkdown": "@grennwolf Would you please fill out this form for our team?" }, { "id": 3430235, "postDate": "2026-03-28T05:13:07.757Z", "content": "Another thing you can do whilst waiting for Kaggle's response is to read the competition's rules page very carefully to satisfy yourself that you are not in violation of any.
", "rawMarkdown": "Another thing you can do whilst waiting for Kaggle's response is to read the [competition's rules page](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/rules) very carefully to satisfy yourself that you are not in violation of any." }, { "id": 3430238, "postDate": "2026-03-28T05:17:59.913Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "isDeleted": true }, { "id": 3431908, "postDate": "2026-03-30T20:42:42.590Z", "content": "@analyticaobscura @tyulpan Do you see other people on the leaderboard for the competition? I only see the Competition under \"Your Work\" and even the public leaderboard shows empty. Additionally all my submissions just show an error
", "rawMarkdown": "@analyticaobscura @tyulpan Do you see other people on the leaderboard for the competition? I only see the Competition under \"Your Work\" and even the public leaderboard shows empty. Additionally all my submissions just show an error" }, { "id": 3431928, "postDate": "2026-03-30T21:18:34.643Z", "content": "It happened because of the rerun: https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/685419
", "rawMarkdown": "It happened because of the rerun: https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/685419" } ] } ] }, { "id": 3432871, "postDate": "2026-04-01T01:07:08.173Z", "content": "My concern is not that one earlier submission had a higher old score. My concern is the criterion Kaggle used for auto-selection. Under the rules, Kaggle could automatically select a second final submission, but it is not stated that this choice would be based on the highest score. In my case, the observed behavior does not seem to follow a highest-historical-score logic, since V48 and V49 were rerun, while there were older versions with higher scores. So the questionable point is not the reevaluation itself, but the lack of clarity about what criterion Kaggle actually used for the automatic selection.
Hi @rhijudas , is it rule here to select the last 3 submissions for evaluating a private LB, ensuring previous all submissions are rejected, even if it is selected tick mark for final submission?
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi @rhijudas , is it rule here to select the last 3 submissions for evaluating a private LB, ensuring previous all submissions are rejected, even if it is selected tick mark for final submission?", "replies": [ { "id": 3432625, "postDate": "2026-03-31T20:12:38.050Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "isDeleted": true } ] }, { "id": 3432046, "postDate": "2026-03-31T02:21:18.567Z", "content": "Hi, this competition isn't showing up on my profile page, but I can see it in the 'Your Work' section. Is something wrong?
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi, this competition isn't showing up on my profile page, but I can see it in the 'Your Work' section. Is something wrong?" } ], "comments": [ { "id": 3429766, "author_name": "OzanM.", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-27T08:32:20.253000", "content": "Hi, the competition isn't showing up for us right now. Could you please tell me why? @rhijudas
", "votes": 2, "replies": [ { "id": 3429890, "author_name": "apat1n", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-27T14:04:36.290000", "content": "@rhijudas, just to clarify, we see that we selected the submissions which were made a long time before the deadline and one on the same day, but still before the deadline, but we don't see our team in the leaderboard now
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 3431854, "author_name": "Ashley Oldacre", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-30T19:05:15.270000", "content": "Hello, thank you for your comment. You/Your team were removed for breaking the competition guidelines. If you think you were removed by mistake, or believe you have evidence that suggests another team cheated, please contact compliance. Please fill in all the fields honestly.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3431897, "author_name": "OzanM.", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-30T20:17:28.920000", "content": "@ashleyoldacre \nHello, thank you for your comment. We did not commit any violation. Will we receive an email informing us of the reason for our disqualification from the competition?
\nWe don't know what the other teams did; we only know our own team and the records we kept.
\nThank you. Best regas
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3431903, "author_name": "apat1n", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-30T20:37:05.710000", "content": "Hey @ashleyoldacre ! I filled the compliance form, hope to hear back soon via email with any specific details on the disqualification
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3432685, "author_name": "OzanM.", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-31T20:58:34.070000", "content": "@ashleyoldacre Hello again, our team leader filled out the compliance form and it was closed without any explanation or reason. We are confident that we never violated anything; the rules are clearly stated and we did not break them. Please give us a valid reason; everything is still unclear.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3432686, "author_name": "hongan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-31T20:59:52.497000", "content": "How did you know it is closed? did you get an email from them? I submitted the form but haven't receive any response via email
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3432704, "author_name": "apat1n", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-31T21:26:11.890000", "content": "I received the following answer with no additional details
\n\n", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3432706, "author_name": "hongan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-31T21:29:09.373000", "content": "Hello,\n Thank you for your inquiry, Your team was removed for breaking the competition rules. Unfortunately we can not disclose which rules were broken, but you are welcome to check with your team to inquire as to why the removal was necessary.\n Best regards,\n Kaggle Compliance Team
\n
Thanks. Did you receive this via email? Weird, I think i submitted the form before you did yet I haven't receive any response
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3432707, "author_name": "apat1n", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-31T21:30:33.913000", "content": "Yes, I received it to the same email I filled in the complain form. maybe worth re-submitting from your end, maybe there was a typo in email address
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3432708, "author_name": "Andrey Zhabsky", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-31T21:33:25.660000", "content": "I think this is also because you received a reply from @ashleyoldacre.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3432713, "author_name": "hongan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-31T21:40:01.470000", "content": "did you submit the form? any response from compliance? I copy pasted my email address so unlikely i had a typo there. Hope no response means they are investigating…
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3432721, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-31T21:50:58.407000", "content": "", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 3429902, "author_name": "hongan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-27T14:24:48.740000", "content": "I experienced the same and I am very sure i didn't violate any rule (multiple accounts or private sharing etc.)! Here is my discussion in another post concerning this very removal: https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/684359#3429652
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 3429919, "author_name": "OzanM.", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-27T14:53:54.813000", "content": "Since submissions are no longer possible after the competition ends, sharing the notebook publicly is not considered a rule violation. Whether this was a partial error or done intentionally will be answered by the competition organizers when they read it.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 3429984, "author_name": "Andrey Zhabsky", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-27T16:53:45.803000", "content": "Same. The competition disappeared from the \"Participating\" tab, but it's still showing under \"Active Competitions\" in my profile. I was in 61st place, but now I can't find myself on the leaderboard. No solution sharing, no rule violations.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 3430107, "author_name": "YaGana Sheriff-Hussaini", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-27T21:15:22.737000", "content": "If you are in a team, check to make sure none of your team members has more than one account. Even if they opened an account years ago, have forgotten about it and then opened a new one for this competition. People do all sorts of things on Kaggle without realizing or not reading the rules carefully.
\nI must say the Kaggle team is really very good at fighting cheaters and rule breakers. For obvious reasons, they don't share their methods which is good for the community imho.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3430113, "author_name": "Andrey Zhabsky", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-27T21:27:27.157000", "content": "I participated solo. This is my only account.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3430118, "author_name": "hongan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-27T21:38:08.743000", "content": "I think we are in a similar situation, I was ranked 22nd and compete solo without any other account and private sharing. I was removed as well. I filed a compliance appeal but haven't heard back. Have you tried to file an appeal? https://www.kaggle.com/compliance
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3430126, "author_name": "Andrey Zhabsky", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-27T21:55:25.210000", "content": "Not yet, but I probably should.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3430131, "author_name": "OzanM.", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-27T22:15:16.890000", "content": "@grennwolf Would you please fill out this form for our team?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3430235, "author_name": "YaGana Sheriff-Hussaini", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-28T05:13:07.757000", "content": "Another thing you can do whilst waiting for Kaggle's response is to read the competition's rules page very carefully to satisfy yourself that you are not in violation of any.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3430238, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-28T05:17:59.913000", "content": "", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3431908, "author_name": "Ahmed Bin Khalid", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-30T20:42:42.590000", "content": "@analyticaobscura @tyulpan Do you see other people on the leaderboard for the competition? I only see the Competition under \"Your Work\" and even the public leaderboard shows empty. Additionally all my submissions just show an error
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3431928, "author_name": "Andrey Zhabsky", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-30T21:18:34.643000", "content": "It happened because of the rerun: https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/stanford-rna-3d-folding-2/discussion/685419
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] } ] }, { "id": 3432871, "author_name": "Fernando Rodrigues", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-04-01T01:07:08.173000", "content": "My concern is not that one earlier submission had a higher old score. My concern is the criterion Kaggle used for auto-selection. Under the rules, Kaggle could automatically select a second final submission, but it is not stated that this choice would be based on the highest score. In my case, the observed behavior does not seem to follow a highest-historical-score logic, since V48 and V49 were rerun, while there were older versions with higher scores. So the questionable point is not the reevaluation itself, but the lack of clarity about what criterion Kaggle actually used for the automatic selection.
Hi @rhijudas , is it rule here to select the last 3 submissions for evaluating a private LB, ensuring previous all submissions are rejected, even if it is selected tick mark for final submission?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 3432625, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-31T20:12:38.050000", "content": "", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 3432046, "author_name": "ZITAI ZENG", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2026-03-31T02:21:18.567000", "content": "Hi, this competition isn't showing up on my profile page, but I can see it in the 'Your Work' section. Is something wrong?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "3429357": "To all the teams who are reaching out about changing their notebook selection:\n\n- To keep the competition rankings and medals fair, Kaggle rules prevent changing the notebooks or their selection after the competition deadline.\n\n- Teams interested in the performance of their other notebooks will be able to submit them later in the year when we reopen the competition to 'Late Submissions'. \n\n- To document your findings and predictions, please consider drafting a writeup and making your notebooks public. You'll be able to attach this to your solution in the final Private Leaderboard when it opens next week. This will be a necessary step to claim a Leaderboard Prize. But even for notebooks that are not in the top 3, these writeups remain highly valuable for the scientific community and document your discoveries.\n\nLooking forward to more discussion over the next weeks!", "3429766": "Hi, the competition isn't showing up for us right now. Could you please tell me why? @rhijudas ", "3432871": "My concern is not that one earlier submission had a higher old score. My concern is the criterion Kaggle used for auto-selection. Under the rules, Kaggle could automatically select a second final submission, but it is not stated that this choice would be based on the highest score. In my case, the observed behavior does not seem to follow a highest-historical-score logic, since V48 and V49 were rerun, while there were older versions with higher scores. So the questionable point is not the reevaluation itself, but the lack of clarity about what criterion Kaggle actually used for the automatic selection.", "3432598": "Hi @rhijudas , is it rule here to select the last 3 submissions for evaluating a private LB, ensuring previous all submissions are rejected, even if it is selected tick mark for final submission?", "3432046": "Hi, this competition isn't showing up on my profile page, but I can see it in the 'Your Work' section. Is something wrong?" } }