root@speeddemon-fsn1:~# tail -f /srv/speeddemon/final/show.log

Speed DemonThe final run
Board at code freezepublic dataset
Final runhidden holdout dataset

Live from the Falkenstein box

The final run

The top 20 run on a dataset nobody has seen. Five runs per track, in real time.

00:00:00

Code is frozen.

  1. The board at freeze. Scores on the public dataset.
  2. The rules check. Duplicate entries and copied code leave the top 20.
  3. The final run. Freeze rank #20 to #1 (the board at code freeze, after the trims), on the hidden holdout dataset.

Rules check

Moves up

The baseline

Naive Python reference

0.00

seconds

Overall-.---

After the run

The reference, once more

If the box drifted more than 2% during the show, those runs are scored again.

The final run is done.

Machine results on the holdout dataset. Judges' scores land by Nov 13.

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