📝 Competition Rules
1. Eligibility
Open to individuals and teams worldwide (unless prohibited by law).

Participants must have an active Kaggle account.

Only one account per person is allowed.

2. Team Formation
You may compete individually or in a team (max team size: X).

Teams may be formed until the team merger deadline.

Team members must collaborate exclusively within their team.

3. Data Usage
Only the provided competition dataset(s) may be used.

External data is not allowed unless explicitly permitted in the competition description.

Manual labeling of test data is strictly prohibited.

4. Submission Rules
You may submit up to X submissions per day.

The leaderboard will reflect your best score on the public test set.

Final rankings will be based on performance on a hidden private leaderboard revealed after the competition ends.

5. Code Sharing
Sharing code or solutions outside of teams is not allowed during the competition.

Public sharing (e.g., in forums, notebooks) is allowed only after the competition ends.

Pre-trained models must be open-source and cited if allowed.

6. Conduct
All participants must respect the Kaggle Code of Conduct.

Any attempt to manipulate the competition or leaderboard will result in disqualification.

7. Submission Format
Submissions must follow the provided format (e.g., CSV with specific columns).

Any deviation will be rejected automatically.

8. Prizes (if applicable)
Prize winners will be required to submit code for verification.

Winners may need to sign additional forms to claim prizes.

Taxes and legal compliance are the responsibility of the winner.

9. Timeline
Competition Start: [Insert Date]

Team Merger Deadline: [Insert Date]

Final Submission Deadline: [Insert Date]

10. Evaluation Metric
Submissions will be evaluated based on [Metric Name] (e.g., RMSE, F1-score, LogLoss).

Details of the evaluation metric will be provided in the competition description.