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  "id": 611752,
  "title": "🏆 Division A Final Report - Champions Announced!",
  "url": "/competitions/grand-xray-slam-division-a/discussion/611752",
  "author_name": "Guntas Dhanjal",
  "post_date": "2025-10-14T10:58:42.798000",
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  "content": "<p>The competition has concluded! After 50 days and 1,197 submissions from 192 teams, we're excited to announce our winners.</p>\n<h2>🥇 Our Champions:</h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place: Raj gupta</strong> - Score: 0.942319 | Prize: $750<br>\n<strong>2nd Place: Masry1</strong> - Score: 0.940755 | Prize: $500  <br>\n<strong>3rd Place: Sophia_Carter</strong> - Score: 0.940387 | Prize: $250</p>\n<p>The competition was incredibly close at the top, with less than 0.2% separating our podium finishers! Raj gupta made an impressive climb from #5 in the public leaderboard to claim the championship.</p>\n<p>📊 <strong>Read the full detailed report here:</strong> <a href=\"https://medium.com/grand-x-ray-slam-on-kaggle/grand-x-ray-slam-division-a-the-final-chapter-ae9d16751ac5\" target=\"_blank\">Medium Article</a></p>\n<p>📈 <strong>View complete analysis notebook:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/guntasdhanjal/grand-x-ray-slam-div-a-final-report?scriptVersionId=267719763\" target=\"_blank\">Kaggle Notebook</a></p>\n<hr>\n<h2>⚠️ Grand Slam Prize Still Available!</h2>\n<p>Remember, the <strong>$2,500 Grand Slam Prize</strong> is awarded based on the mean score across BOTH divisions. </p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/grand-xray-slam-division-b\" target=\"_blank\">Division B</a> closes in 2 days (October 15, 2025)</strong> - Submit now to qualify for the Grand Slam Prize pool!</p>\n<hr>\n<p>Congratulations to all 192 teams who participated! Your dedication and innovation have made this competition a tremendous success. Winners will be contacted directly by the competition host for prize distribution.</p>\n<p>Thank you all! </p>",
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    {
      "id": 3301824,
      "postDate": "2025-10-14T10:58:42.800Z",
      "content": "<p>The competition has concluded! After 50 days and 1,197 submissions from 192 teams, we're excited to announce our winners.</p>\n<h2>🥇 Our Champions:</h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place: Raj gupta</strong> - Score: 0.942319 | Prize: $750<br>\n<strong>2nd Place: Masry1</strong> - Score: 0.940755 | Prize: $500  <br>\n<strong>3rd Place: Sophia_Carter</strong> - Score: 0.940387 | Prize: $250</p>\n<p>The competition was incredibly close at the top, with less than 0.2% separating our podium finishers! Raj gupta made an impressive climb from #5 in the public leaderboard to claim the championship.</p>\n<p>📊 <strong>Read the full detailed report here:</strong> <a href=\"https://medium.com/grand-x-ray-slam-on-kaggle/grand-x-ray-slam-division-a-the-final-chapter-ae9d16751ac5\" target=\"_blank\">Medium Article</a></p>\n<p>📈 <strong>View complete analysis notebook:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/guntasdhanjal/grand-x-ray-slam-div-a-final-report?scriptVersionId=267719763\" target=\"_blank\">Kaggle Notebook</a></p>\n<hr>\n<h2>⚠️ Grand Slam Prize Still Available!</h2>\n<p>Remember, the <strong>$2,500 Grand Slam Prize</strong> is awarded based on the mean score across BOTH divisions. </p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/grand-xray-slam-division-b\" target=\"_blank\">Division B</a> closes in 2 days (October 15, 2025)</strong> - Submit now to qualify for the Grand Slam Prize pool!</p>\n<hr>\n<p>Congratulations to all 192 teams who participated! Your dedication and innovation have made this competition a tremendous success. Winners will be contacted directly by the competition host for prize distribution.</p>\n<p>Thank you all! </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The competition has concluded! After 50 days and 1,197 submissions from 192 teams, we're excited to announce our winners.\n\n## 🥇 Our Champions:\n\n**1st Place: Raj gupta** - Score: 0.942319 | Prize: $750\n**2nd Place: Masry1** - Score: 0.940755 | Prize: $500  \n**3rd Place: Sophia_Carter** - Score: 0.940387 | Prize: $250\n\nThe competition was incredibly close at the top, with less than 0.2% separating our podium finishers! Raj gupta made an impressive climb from #5 in the public leaderboard to claim the championship.\n\n📊 **Read the full detailed report here:** [Medium Article](https://medium.com/grand-x-ray-slam-on-kaggle/grand-x-ray-slam-division-a-the-final-chapter-ae9d16751ac5)\n\n📈 **View complete analysis notebook:** [Kaggle Notebook](https://www.kaggle.com/code/guntasdhanjal/grand-x-ray-slam-div-a-final-report?scriptVersionId=267719763)\n\n---\n\n## ⚠️ Grand Slam Prize Still Available!\n\nRemember, the **$2,500 Grand Slam Prize** is awarded based on the mean score across BOTH divisions. \n\n**[Division B](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/grand-xray-slam-division-b) closes in 2 days (October 15, 2025)** - Submit now to qualify for the Grand Slam Prize pool!\n\n---\n\nCongratulations to all 192 teams who participated! Your dedication and innovation have made this competition a tremendous success. Winners will be contacted directly by the competition host for prize distribution.\n\nThank you all! "
    },
    {
      "id": 3302430,
      "postDate": "2025-10-15T20:29:55.123Z",
      "content": "<p>thanks Guntas Dhanjal and his team for organizing this incredible competition. I learned a lot along the way and really enjoyed the challenge. proud to have done my best among so many talented participants.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "thanks Guntas Dhanjal and his team for organizing this incredible competition. I learned a lot along the way and really enjoyed the challenge. proud to have done my best among so many talented participants.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3302679,
          "postDate": "2025-10-16T09:21:03.213Z",
          "content": "<p>Thanks, <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/masry1\" target=\"_blank\">@masry1</a> ! Congrats on the awesome result. you really did a great job 👏 It was great having you in Division A and seeing your strong work!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Thanks, @masry1 ! Congrats on the awesome result. you really did a great job 👏 It was great having you in Division A and seeing your strong work!",
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    },
    {
      "id": 3302114,
      "postDate": "2025-10-15T04:45:19.927Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi Guntas, could you please make available the table with the ground-truth labels for the images in the submission set?</p>\n<p>I used the competition to run several experiments with different approaches, and I haven’t yet exhausted the topic.</p>\n<p>As I’m a radiologist and work with X-rays every day, this subject is quite fascinating to me, and I’d like to continue experimenting with other, less conventional architectures and training models.</p>\n<p>Thank you.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi Guntas, could you please make available the table with the ground-truth labels for the images in the submission set?\n\nI used the competition to run several experiments with different approaches, and I haven’t yet exhausted the topic.\n\nAs I’m a radiologist and work with X-rays every day, this subject is quite fascinating to me, and I’d like to continue experimenting with other, less conventional architectures and training models.\n\nThank you.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3302355,
          "postDate": "2025-10-15T16:12:39.630Z",
          "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/franklingois\" target=\"_blank\">@franklingois</a> </p>\n<p>Really appreciate your message, and it’s great to hear that you’re continuing to explore the topic even after Division A ended.</p>\n<p>For now, the ground-truth labels for the test set will stay private, even though the leaderboard is visible. We’re keeping them unreleased so the dataset can remain valid for future analyses and comparisons.</p>\n<p>You’re of course welcome to keep experimenting with the training data or other public X-ray datasets — there’s still plenty of room for creative ideas there.</p>\n<p>Thanks again for your contributions and for being part of the competition community!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Hi @franklingois \n\nReally appreciate your message, and it’s great to hear that you’re continuing to explore the topic even after Division A ended.\n\nFor now, the ground-truth labels for the test set will stay private, even though the leaderboard is visible. We’re keeping them unreleased so the dataset can remain valid for future analyses and comparisons.\n\nYou’re of course welcome to keep experimenting with the training data or other public X-ray datasets — there’s still plenty of room for creative ideas there.\n\nThanks again for your contributions and for being part of the competition community!"
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      "id": 3302430,
      "author_name": "Masry1",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2025-10-15T20:29:55.123000",
      "content": "<p>thanks Guntas Dhanjal and his team for organizing this incredible competition. I learned a lot along the way and really enjoyed the challenge. proud to have done my best among so many talented participants.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3302679,
          "author_name": "Guntas Dhanjal",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2025-10-16T09:21:03.213000",
          "content": "<p>Thanks, <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/masry1\" target=\"_blank\">@masry1</a> ! Congrats on the awesome result. you really did a great job 👏 It was great having you in Division A and seeing your strong work!</p>",
          "votes": 1,
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 3302114,
      "author_name": "Franklin Gois",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2025-10-15T04:45:19.927000",
      "content": "<p>Hi Guntas, could you please make available the table with the ground-truth labels for the images in the submission set?</p>\n<p>I used the competition to run several experiments with different approaches, and I haven’t yet exhausted the topic.</p>\n<p>As I’m a radiologist and work with X-rays every day, this subject is quite fascinating to me, and I’d like to continue experimenting with other, less conventional architectures and training models.</p>\n<p>Thank you.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3302355,
          "author_name": "Guntas Dhanjal",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2025-10-15T16:12:39.630000",
          "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/franklingois\" target=\"_blank\">@franklingois</a> </p>\n<p>Really appreciate your message, and it’s great to hear that you’re continuing to explore the topic even after Division A ended.</p>\n<p>For now, the ground-truth labels for the test set will stay private, even though the leaderboard is visible. We’re keeping them unreleased so the dataset can remain valid for future analyses and comparisons.</p>\n<p>You’re of course welcome to keep experimenting with the training data or other public X-ray datasets — there’s still plenty of room for creative ideas there.</p>\n<p>Thanks again for your contributions and for being part of the competition community!</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
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    "3301824": "The competition has concluded! After 50 days and 1,197 submissions from 192 teams, we're excited to announce our winners.\n\n## 🥇 Our Champions:\n\n**1st Place: Raj gupta** - Score: 0.942319 | Prize: $750\n**2nd Place: Masry1** - Score: 0.940755 | Prize: $500  \n**3rd Place: Sophia_Carter** - Score: 0.940387 | Prize: $250\n\nThe competition was incredibly close at the top, with less than 0.2% separating our podium finishers! Raj gupta made an impressive climb from #5 in the public leaderboard to claim the championship.\n\n📊 **Read the full detailed report here:** [Medium Article](https://medium.com/grand-x-ray-slam-on-kaggle/grand-x-ray-slam-division-a-the-final-chapter-ae9d16751ac5)\n\n📈 **View complete analysis notebook:** [Kaggle Notebook](https://www.kaggle.com/code/guntasdhanjal/grand-x-ray-slam-div-a-final-report?scriptVersionId=267719763)\n\n---\n\n## ⚠️ Grand Slam Prize Still Available!\n\nRemember, the **$2,500 Grand Slam Prize** is awarded based on the mean score across BOTH divisions. \n\n**[Division B](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/grand-xray-slam-division-b) closes in 2 days (October 15, 2025)** - Submit now to qualify for the Grand Slam Prize pool!\n\n---\n\nCongratulations to all 192 teams who participated! Your dedication and innovation have made this competition a tremendous success. Winners will be contacted directly by the competition host for prize distribution.\n\nThank you all! ",
    "3302430": "thanks Guntas Dhanjal and his team for organizing this incredible competition. I learned a lot along the way and really enjoyed the challenge. proud to have done my best among so many talented participants.",
    "3302114": "Hi Guntas, could you please make available the table with the ground-truth labels for the images in the submission set?\n\nI used the competition to run several experiments with different approaches, and I haven’t yet exhausted the topic.\n\nAs I’m a radiologist and work with X-rays every day, this subject is quite fascinating to me, and I’d like to continue experimenting with other, less conventional architectures and training models.\n\nThank you."
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