### *Long ago, in the distant, fragrant mists of time, there was a competition...*

It was not just any competition.

It was a competition that challenged mere mortals to model a 20,000x200 matrix of continuous variables using only 250 training samples... _without overfitting_.

Data scientists ― including Kaggle's very own Will Cukierski ― competed by the hundreds. Legends were made. (Will took 5th place, and eventually ended up working at Kaggle!) People overfit like crazy. It was a Kaggle-y, data science-y madhouse.

So... we're doing it again.

## Don't Overfit II: The Overfittening

This is the next logical step in the evolution of weird competitions. Once again we have 20,000 rows of continuous variables, and a mere handful of training samples. Once again, we challenge you _not to overfit_. Do your best, model without overfitting, and add, perhaps, to your own legend.

In addition to bragging rights, the winner also gets swag.  Enjoy!

### Acknowledgments

We hereby salute the hard work that went into the [original competition][1], created by Phil Brierly. Thank you!


  [1]: https://www.kaggle.com/c/overfitting