{
  "id": 102706,
  "title": "The real public LB?",
  "url": "/competitions/generative-dog-images/discussion/102706",
  "author_name": "timetraveller",
  "post_date": "2019-08-04T06:23:32.022000",
  "votes": 8,
  "comment_count": 11,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>The current public LB is meaningless and filled with memorizer GANs and imitation game kernels. Both of which are now disallowed. \nSo how do I track my progress? \nWhat are the current score cutoffs for gold, silver and bronze medals?\nI would guess - 25, 45 and 65. </p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 591709,
      "postDate": "2019-08-04T06:23:32.023Z",
      "content": "<p>The current public LB is meaningless and filled with memorizer GANs and imitation game kernels. Both of which are now disallowed. \nSo how do I track my progress? \nWhat are the current score cutoffs for gold, silver and bronze medals?\nI would guess - 25, 45 and 65. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The current public LB is meaningless and filled with memorizer GANs and imitation game kernels. Both of which are now disallowed. \nSo how do I track my progress? \nWhat are the current score cutoffs for gold, silver and bronze medals?\nI would guess - 25, 45 and 65. ",
      "votes": 8
    },
    {
      "id": 591740,
      "postDate": "2019-08-04T07:20:46.103Z",
      "content": "<p>I like your guess, although I expect bronze to be slightly lower. On this matter, I'll add two things:\n- It is likely that final LB scores are higher than public LB ones (for legit GANs), because the metric on public is evaluated on the same data models are trained on.\n- There are a lot of people with great models hiding their progress (see the Gendered Pronoun Resolution comp), I can name 3 people that are below 25 at the moment but I'm pretty sure there are more.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I like your guess, although I expect bronze to be slightly lower. On this matter, I'll add two things:\n- It is likely that final LB scores are higher than public LB ones (for legit GANs), because the metric on public is evaluated on the same data models are trained on.\n- There are a lot of people with great models hiding their progress (see the Gendered Pronoun Resolution comp), I can name 3 people that are below 25 at the moment but I'm pretty sure there are more.",
      "votes": 4,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 591757,
          "postDate": "2019-08-04T08:01:03.487Z",
          "content": "<p>I guess you're right\nI just saw bestfitting with a score of 17.3 on the LB\nI need to work very hard</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "I guess you're right\nI just saw bestfitting with a score of 17.3 on the LB\nI need to work very hard",
          "votes": 3
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 591710,
      "postDate": "2019-08-04T06:26:42.307Z",
      "content": "<p>No way ... 65 is too normal score .  I would think 45 is the cutoff for bronze</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "No way ... 65 is too normal score .  I would think 45 is the cutoff for bronze",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 591718,
          "postDate": "2019-08-04T06:31:46.923Z",
          "content": "<p>That might be true in a few days but for now, a 45 scoring kernel stands at ~400.\nI think we can safely assume top ~300 are memorizer GANs. \nI am sure many kernels around rank 300(16)-400(45) are imitation games (a lot of 1-2 submissions made many days ago) so if not 65, 55-60 is definitely the bronze cutoff right now.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "That might be true in a few days but for now, a 45 scoring kernel stands at ~400.\nI think we can safely assume top ~300 are memorizer GANs. \nI am sure many kernels around rank 300(16)-400(45) are imitation games (a lot of 1-2 submissions made many days ago) so if not 65, 55-60 is definitely the bronze cutoff right now.\n  ",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 597899,
      "postDate": "2019-08-12T21:53:10.657Z",
      "content": "<p>We can expect this: <br>\n40 winners + golds \n60 silvers cutoff\n70 bronzes cutoff</p>\n\n<p>Just let's wait 2 days and it's done. </p>\n\n<p>It would be really good to have some button to re-submit some kernels as sort of -pre-final removing previous ones with memorization just to see approximately who is who and where we are. </p>\n\n<p>Good luck to everyone in this mess of positions. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "We can expect this:  \n40 winners + golds \n60 silvers cutoff\n70 bronzes cutoff\n\nJust let's wait 2 days and it's done. \n\nIt would be really good to have some button to re-submit some kernels as sort of -pre-final removing previous ones with memorization just to see approximately who is who and where we are. \n\nGood luck to everyone in this mess of positions. ",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 598012,
          "postDate": "2019-08-13T02:28:25.857Z",
          "content": "<p>There is a public kernel that scores LB 60. So you'll need better than that to get a bronze or silver</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "There is a public kernel that scores LB 60. So you'll need better than that to get a bronze or silver",
          "votes": 4
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 591906,
      "postDate": "2019-08-04T13:02:50.580Z",
      "content": "<p>bronze I guess about 55 because public best is 60</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "bronze I guess about 55 because public best is 60",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 591925,
          "postDate": "2019-08-04T13:39:41.840Z",
          "content": "<p>LoL ... Did I make a mistake then ..</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "LoL ... Did I make a mistake then ..",
          "votes": 3
        },
        {
          "id": 598015,
          "postDate": "2019-08-13T02:32:07.293Z",
          "content": "<p>You made it harder for us :) but competition is fun. My best was only 64 when Kaggle changed the rule disqualifying Memorizer GANs. So I need to improve it to beat your public kernel. I've gotten my GAN to mid 50s. Hoping to improve it more in the next few days.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "You made it harder for us :) but competition is fun. My best was only 64 when Kaggle changed the rule disqualifying Memorizer GANs. So I need to improve it to beat your public kernel. I've gotten my GAN to mid 50s. Hoping to improve it more in the next few days."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 597897,
      "postDate": "2019-08-12T21:48:58.467Z",
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      "id": 597896,
      "postDate": "2019-08-12T21:46:24.643Z",
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 591740,
      "author_name": "Theo Viel",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-08-04T07:20:46.103000",
      "content": "<p>I like your guess, although I expect bronze to be slightly lower. On this matter, I'll add two things:\n- It is likely that final LB scores are higher than public LB ones (for legit GANs), because the metric on public is evaluated on the same data models are trained on.\n- There are a lot of people with great models hiding their progress (see the Gendered Pronoun Resolution comp), I can name 3 people that are below 25 at the moment but I'm pretty sure there are more.</p>",
      "votes": 4,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 591757,
          "author_name": "timetraveller",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-08-04T08:01:03.487000",
          "content": "<p>I guess you're right\nI just saw bestfitting with a score of 17.3 on the LB\nI need to work very hard</p>",
          "votes": 3,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 591710,
      "author_name": "Nirjhar Roy",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-08-04T06:26:42.307000",
      "content": "<p>No way ... 65 is too normal score .  I would think 45 is the cutoff for bronze</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 591718,
          "author_name": "timetraveller",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-08-04T06:31:46.923000",
          "content": "<p>That might be true in a few days but for now, a 45 scoring kernel stands at ~400.\nI think we can safely assume top ~300 are memorizer GANs. \nI am sure many kernels around rank 300(16)-400(45) are imitation games (a lot of 1-2 submissions made many days ago) so if not 65, 55-60 is definitely the bronze cutoff right now.</p>",
          "votes": 1,
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 597899,
      "author_name": "Mukharbek Organokov",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-08-12T21:53:10.657000",
      "content": "<p>We can expect this: <br>\n40 winners + golds \n60 silvers cutoff\n70 bronzes cutoff</p>\n\n<p>Just let's wait 2 days and it's done. </p>\n\n<p>It would be really good to have some button to re-submit some kernels as sort of -pre-final removing previous ones with memorization just to see approximately who is who and where we are. </p>\n\n<p>Good luck to everyone in this mess of positions. </p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 598012,
          "author_name": "Chris Deotte",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-08-13T02:28:25.857000",
          "content": "<p>There is a public kernel that scores LB 60. So you'll need better than that to get a bronze or silver</p>",
          "votes": 4,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 591906,
      "author_name": "saewonYang",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-08-04T13:02:50.580000",
      "content": "<p>bronze I guess about 55 because public best is 60</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 591925,
          "author_name": "Nirjhar Roy",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-08-04T13:39:41.840000",
          "content": "<p>LoL ... Did I make a mistake then ..</p>",
          "votes": 3,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 598015,
          "author_name": "Chris Deotte",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-08-13T02:32:07.293000",
          "content": "<p>You made it harder for us :) but competition is fun. My best was only 64 when Kaggle changed the rule disqualifying Memorizer GANs. So I need to improve it to beat your public kernel. I've gotten my GAN to mid 50s. Hoping to improve it more in the next few days.</p>",
          "votes": 0,
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    },
    {
      "id": 597897,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-08-12T21:48:58.467000",
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      "votes": 0,
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    {
      "id": 597896,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-08-12T21:46:24.643000",
      "content": "",
      "votes": 0,
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    "591709": "The current public LB is meaningless and filled with memorizer GANs and imitation game kernels. Both of which are now disallowed. \nSo how do I track my progress? \nWhat are the current score cutoffs for gold, silver and bronze medals?\nI would guess - 25, 45 and 65. ",
    "591740": "I like your guess, although I expect bronze to be slightly lower. On this matter, I'll add two things:\n- It is likely that final LB scores are higher than public LB ones (for legit GANs), because the metric on public is evaluated on the same data models are trained on.\n- There are a lot of people with great models hiding their progress (see the Gendered Pronoun Resolution comp), I can name 3 people that are below 25 at the moment but I'm pretty sure there are more.",
    "591710": "No way ... 65 is too normal score .  I would think 45 is the cutoff for bronze",
    "597899": "We can expect this:  \n40 winners + golds \n60 silvers cutoff\n70 bronzes cutoff\n\nJust let's wait 2 days and it's done. \n\nIt would be really good to have some button to re-submit some kernels as sort of -pre-final removing previous ones with memorization just to see approximately who is who and where we are. \n\nGood luck to everyone in this mess of positions. ",
    "591906": "bronze I guess about 55 because public best is 60",
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    "597896": ""
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