{
  "id": 672296,
  "title": "Inquiry regarding leaderboard status",
  "url": "/competitions/cafa-6-protein-function-prediction/discussion/672296",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2026-02-07T10:26:02.943437400Z",
  "votes": 5,
  "comment_count": 5,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi everyone,</p>\n<p>This is the first time I have ever participated in a competition on Kaggle, and I’ve really enjoyed the challenge of CAFA 6 so far.</p>\n<p>I recently achieved a submission score of 0.411. With this score, my team was ranked 15th on the leaderboard as of 5 days ago. However, I noticed that my team (T1_INT34057) has since been removed and is no longer appearing on the overall standings.</p>\n<p>As a complete newcomer to Kaggle, I’m not sure if this is a standard part of the transition to the private leaderboard phase, or if there is a technical issue/requirement I might have missed.</p>\n<p>I’ve put a lot of work into my models, so I would appreciate any guidance from the organizers or the community on why my team might have been removed from the public leaderboard.</p>\n<p>Thank you for your time and help!<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F29072055%2Fcdcec2088d8de5655b33c934a8c96c63%2FScreenshot%202026-02-07%20171849.png?generation=1770460013485622&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
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    {
      "id": "3402990",
      "postDate": "02/07/2026 10:26:02",
      "content": "<p>Hi everyone,</p>\n<p>This is the first time I have ever participated in a competition on Kaggle, and I’ve really enjoyed the challenge of CAFA 6 so far.</p>\n<p>I recently achieved a submission score of 0.411. With this score, my team was ranked 15th on the leaderboard as of 5 days ago. However, I noticed that my team (T1_INT34057) has since been removed and is no longer appearing on the overall standings.</p>\n<p>As a complete newcomer to Kaggle, I’m not sure if this is a standard part of the transition to the private leaderboard phase, or if there is a technical issue/requirement I might have missed.</p>\n<p>I’ve put a lot of work into my models, so I would appreciate any guidance from the organizers or the community on why my team might have been removed from the public leaderboard.</p>\n<p>Thank you for your time and help!<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F29072055%2Fcdcec2088d8de5655b33c934a8c96c63%2FScreenshot%202026-02-07%20171849.png?generation=1770460013485622&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi everyone,\n\nThis is the first time I have ever participated in a competition on Kaggle, and I’ve really enjoyed the challenge of CAFA 6 so far.\n\nI recently achieved a submission score of 0.411. With this score, my team was ranked 15th on the leaderboard as of 5 days ago. However, I noticed that my team (T1_INT34057) has since been removed and is no longer appearing on the overall standings.\n\nAs a complete newcomer to Kaggle, I’m not sure if this is a standard part of the transition to the private leaderboard phase, or if there is a technical issue/requirement I might have missed.\n\nI’ve put a lot of work into my models, so I would appreciate any guidance from the organizers or the community on why my team might have been removed from the public leaderboard.\n\nThank you for your time and help!![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F29072055%2Fcdcec2088d8de5655b33c934a8c96c63%2FScreenshot%202026-02-07%20171849.png?generation=1770460013485622&alt=media)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3403631",
      "postDate": "02/09/2026 00:39:22",
      "content": "<p>We moved fron 16th to 14th O.O</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "We moved fron 16th to 14th O.O",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3404056",
      "postDate": "02/09/2026 19:37:52",
      "content": "<p>No, this is not normal. It usually means that your team was removed for breaking Kaggle rules. If you haven't done it already, you might want to contact Kaggle and appeal their decision if appropriate.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/contact\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/contact</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "No, this is not normal. It usually means that your team was removed for breaking Kaggle rules. If you haven't done it already, you might want to contact Kaggle and appeal their decision if appropriate.\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/contact",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3414014",
      "postDate": "02/25/2026 18:20:51",
      "content": "<p>Hi, I'm new also, but looking at your screen capture, I can tell that you definitely needed to put a check in two of the submissions your team wants to commit to the CAFA 6 challenge.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, I'm new also, but looking at your screen capture, I can tell that you definitely needed to put a check in two of the submissions your team wants to commit to the CAFA 6 challenge.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3414295",
      "postDate": "02/26/2026 13:05:49",
      "content": "<p>if less than 2 are selected, Kaggle will automatically select from your best scoring submissions.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "if less than 2 are selected, Kaggle will automatically select from your best scoring submissions.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3414541",
      "postDate": "02/27/2026 04:54:18",
      "content": "<p>You should upload your notebook but not the tsv files, I think.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You should upload your notebook but not the tsv files, I think.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3403631,
      "author_name": "xaxipirulazo",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/09/2026 00:39:22",
      "content": "<p>We moved fron 16th to 14th O.O</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3404056,
      "author_name": "tilii7",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/09/2026 19:37:52",
      "content": "<p>No, this is not normal. It usually means that your team was removed for breaking Kaggle rules. If you haven't done it already, you might want to contact Kaggle and appeal their decision if appropriate.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/contact\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/contact</a></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3414014,
      "author_name": "andpit",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/25/2026 18:20:51",
      "content": "<p>Hi, I'm new also, but looking at your screen capture, I can tell that you definitely needed to put a check in two of the submissions your team wants to commit to the CAFA 6 challenge.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3414295,
          "author_name": "xaxipirulazo",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "02/26/2026 13:05:49",
          "content": "<p>if less than 2 are selected, Kaggle will automatically select from your best scoring submissions.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 3414541,
      "author_name": "ngyzly",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/27/2026 04:54:18",
      "content": "<p>You should upload your notebook but not the tsv files, I think.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "3402990": "Hi everyone,\n\nThis is the first time I have ever participated in a competition on Kaggle, and I’ve really enjoyed the challenge of CAFA 6 so far.\n\nI recently achieved a submission score of 0.411. With this score, my team was ranked 15th on the leaderboard as of 5 days ago. However, I noticed that my team (T1_INT34057) has since been removed and is no longer appearing on the overall standings.\n\nAs a complete newcomer to Kaggle, I’m not sure if this is a standard part of the transition to the private leaderboard phase, or if there is a technical issue/requirement I might have missed.\n\nI’ve put a lot of work into my models, so I would appreciate any guidance from the organizers or the community on why my team might have been removed from the public leaderboard.\n\nThank you for your time and help!![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F29072055%2Fcdcec2088d8de5655b33c934a8c96c63%2FScreenshot%202026-02-07%20171849.png?generation=1770460013485622&alt=media)",
    "3403631": "We moved fron 16th to 14th O.O",
    "3404056": "No, this is not normal. It usually means that your team was removed for breaking Kaggle rules. If you haven't done it already, you might want to contact Kaggle and appeal their decision if appropriate.\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/contact",
    "3414014": "Hi, I'm new also, but looking at your screen capture, I can tell that you definitely needed to put a check in two of the submissions your team wants to commit to the CAFA 6 challenge.",
    "3414295": "if less than 2 are selected, Kaggle will automatically select from your best scoring submissions.",
    "3414541": "You should upload your notebook but not the tsv files, I think."
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