Season 1
Biweekly contests
A season is five biweekly contests under one target. Each cycle has its own leaderboard and its own prize pot: submissions run for two weeks, then a one-month live window decides the result.
1 of 5 cycles settled
Cycles
- Settled
Cycle 1
Submissions 15 Aug 2026 → 1 Sept 2026
- Live scoring (provisional)
Cycle 2
Submissions 1 Sept 2026 → 15 Sept 2026
- Live scoring (provisional)
Cycle 3
Submissions 15 Sept 2026 → 1 Oct 2026
- Live scoring (provisional)
Cycle 4
Submissions 1 Oct 2026 → 15 Oct 2026
- Open for submissions
Cycle 5
Submissions 15 Oct 2026 → 1 Nov 2026
Season standings
| # | Scientist | Winnings | Quality cycles | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C clearcutmeal | $1,500.00 | 1 of 5 | 1 |
| 2 | E entrenchedkingmaker | $625.00 | 1 of 5 | 2 |
| 3 | T TaroKogawa | $375.00 | 1 of 5 | 3 |
| 4 | M mathurin | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 4 |
| 5 | O overbearingconfidence | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 5 |
| 6 | D devnikhilmishra | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 6 |
| 7 | S spaciousvandal | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 7 |
| 8 | R radiant-allomancer | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 9 |
| 9 | F fosterearthenware | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 10 |
| 10 | K Koifish | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 11 |
| 11 | A ASH | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 12 |
| 12 | Q Quant_a | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 18 |
| 13 | T TAUIL-Abd-Elilah | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 19 |
| 14 | B braxtonmensah | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 21 |
| 15 | F Flacko | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 23 |
| 16 | F fireddd | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 24 |
| 17 | C confusedcaptor | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 27 |
| 18 | C cookedjay | $0.00 | 1 of 5 | 32 |
Standings add up settled cycles only, along the two axes that survive addition: prize money won, and how often a signal made the quality set. There is no season-wide Sharpe — five separate live windows do not average into a comparable number.
Why each cycle needs new alpha
When a cycle closes, every submission that passed the entry checks joins the season's legacy pot. Pot signals stop being prize-eligible but keep occupying their neighbourhood in signal space for the rest of the season — so resubmitting a previous cycle's entry blocks itself. Every cycle rewards signals that are new relative to everything already submitted this season.
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