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  "id": 247837,
  "title": "Kaggle ranking for same scores",
  "url": "/competitions/coleridgeinitiative-show-us-the-data/discussion/247837",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2021-06-21T10:41:39.035863400Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 2,
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  "content": "<p>Hi everyone. I have recently started on Kaggle. I have a question regarding the Kaggle ranking system.</p>\n<p><strong>Why is it that all the people who have the same score are ranked differently?</strong> Say if people fork the kernel and submit it as is, shouldn't both be awarded the same rank ideally? I have never seen the same rank being awarded to two people. </p>\n<p>Well, I am not saying that I have a problem with the system because it's justified to the person who created the kernel, submitted it first and then made it public for others to fork and make changes. But I am at 0.576 currently and I see a couple of 0.576s above and below me. So, where am I exactly?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1359526",
      "postDate": "06/21/2021 10:41:39",
      "content": "<p>Hi everyone. I have recently started on Kaggle. I have a question regarding the Kaggle ranking system.</p>\n<p><strong>Why is it that all the people who have the same score are ranked differently?</strong> Say if people fork the kernel and submit it as is, shouldn't both be awarded the same rank ideally? I have never seen the same rank being awarded to two people. </p>\n<p>Well, I am not saying that I have a problem with the system because it's justified to the person who created the kernel, submitted it first and then made it public for others to fork and make changes. But I am at 0.576 currently and I see a couple of 0.576s above and below me. So, where am I exactly?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi everyone. I have recently started on Kaggle. I have a question regarding the Kaggle ranking system.\n\n**Why is it that all the people who have the same score are ranked differently?** Say if people fork the kernel and submit it as is, shouldn't both be awarded the same rank ideally? I have never seen the same rank being awarded to two people. \n\nWell, I am not saying that I have a problem with the system because it's justified to the person who created the kernel, submitted it first and then made it public for others to fork and make changes. But I am at 0.576 currently and I see a couple of 0.576s above and below me. So, where am I exactly?",
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    {
      "id": "1359553",
      "postDate": "06/21/2021 11:07:08",
      "content": "<p>Imagine 10 people are in the first place just because they have the same score without considering the submission time order</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Imagine 10 people are in the first place just because they have the same score without considering the submission time order",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1359648",
      "postDate": "06/21/2021 12:21:44",
      "content": "<p>Other than the issue <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/yus002\" target=\"_blank\">@yus002</a> pointed out, there are often more \"invisible\" digits behind your score that you are ranked based on as well, just that its not shown on the leaderboards</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Other than the issue @yus002 pointed out, there are often more \"invisible\" digits behind your score that you are ranked based on as well, just that its not shown on the leaderboards",
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1359553,
      "author_name": "yus002",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/21/2021 11:07:08",
      "content": "<p>Imagine 10 people are in the first place just because they have the same score without considering the submission time order</p>",
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    {
      "id": 1359648,
      "author_name": "toxicmaze",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/21/2021 12:21:44",
      "content": "<p>Other than the issue <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/yus002\" target=\"_blank\">@yus002</a> pointed out, there are often more \"invisible\" digits behind your score that you are ranked based on as well, just that its not shown on the leaderboards</p>",
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    "1359526": "Hi everyone. I have recently started on Kaggle. I have a question regarding the Kaggle ranking system.\n\n**Why is it that all the people who have the same score are ranked differently?** Say if people fork the kernel and submit it as is, shouldn't both be awarded the same rank ideally? I have never seen the same rank being awarded to two people. \n\nWell, I am not saying that I have a problem with the system because it's justified to the person who created the kernel, submitted it first and then made it public for others to fork and make changes. But I am at 0.576 currently and I see a couple of 0.576s above and below me. So, where am I exactly?",
    "1359553": "Imagine 10 people are in the first place just because they have the same score without considering the submission time order",
    "1359648": "Other than the issue @yus002 pointed out, there are often more \"invisible\" digits behind your score that you are ranked based on as well, just that its not shown on the leaderboards"
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