{
  "id": 358093,
  "title": "I have never been so close to Gold!!!",
  "url": "/competitions/mayo-clinic-strip-ai/discussion/358093",
  "author_name": "Zaakcii Ru",
  "post_date": "2022-10-06T15:24:01.206000",
  "votes": 5,
  "comment_count": 8,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Sorry, couldn't resist. This message is written by a person who is proud of himself, but does not know how to choose the right applications. I was sure that my approach to solving the problem was good! The accuracy reached 0.9, log_loss - 0.01. Everything was going great! But, at the last moment, as it usually happens, I was let down by an innate talent to make the right choice.<br>\nI was able to make a list of my best entries and choose the 2 worst ones (there were 9). But, I have never been so close to gold! To gold! What I hasten to inform the entire honest community! It was interesting! Congratulations to all on the completion of the competition!<br>\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F6470363%2F5846d31142e16329658d9e4ecb796c53%2F5.png?generation=1665069814951598&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 1975017,
      "postDate": "2022-10-06T15:24:01.207Z",
      "content": "<p>Sorry, couldn't resist. This message is written by a person who is proud of himself, but does not know how to choose the right applications. I was sure that my approach to solving the problem was good! The accuracy reached 0.9, log_loss - 0.01. Everything was going great! But, at the last moment, as it usually happens, I was let down by an innate talent to make the right choice.<br>\nI was able to make a list of my best entries and choose the 2 worst ones (there were 9). But, I have never been so close to gold! To gold! What I hasten to inform the entire honest community! It was interesting! Congratulations to all on the completion of the competition!<br>\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F6470363%2F5846d31142e16329658d9e4ecb796c53%2F5.png?generation=1665069814951598&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Sorry, couldn't resist. This message is written by a person who is proud of himself, but does not know how to choose the right applications. I was sure that my approach to solving the problem was good! The accuracy reached 0.9, log_loss - 0.01. Everything was going great! But, at the last moment, as it usually happens, I was let down by an innate talent to make the right choice.\nI was able to make a list of my best entries and choose the 2 worst ones (there were 9). But, I have never been so close to gold! To gold! What I hasten to inform the entire honest community! It was interesting! Congratulations to all on the completion of the competition!\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F6470363%2F5846d31142e16329658d9e4ecb796c53%2F5.png?generation=1665069814951598&alt=media)",
      "votes": 5
    },
    {
      "id": 1975082,
      "postDate": "2022-10-06T15:46:31.807Z",
      "content": "<p>Great job <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/zaakciiru\" target=\"_blank\">@zaakciiru</a> and congrats on your results. It's all a bit of luck in this aspect. I have the reverse story, I happened to select my best scoring notebook by complete guess work - that's how this competition has turned out. My other notebooks have similar scores as yours. Hope you have better luck next time, all the best.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Great job @zaakciiru and congrats on your results. It's all a bit of luck in this aspect. I have the reverse story, I happened to select my best scoring notebook by complete guess work - that's how this competition has turned out. My other notebooks have similar scores as yours. Hope you have better luck next time, all the best.",
      "votes": 3,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1975107,
          "postDate": "2022-10-06T15:54:36.583Z",
          "content": "<p>Thank you very much and good luck to you.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Thank you very much and good luck to you.",
          "votes": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 1975164,
          "postDate": "2022-10-06T16:18:13.277Z",
          "content": "<p>I agree. There is a huge luck factor in this one. I still believe that I did best practices but my selections were my 5th and 6th best submissions on private leaderboard. At least I can conclude that my submissions weren't random and they were somewhat consistent with private leaderboard.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "I agree. There is a huge luck factor in this one. I still believe that I did best practices but my selections were my 5th and 6th best submissions on private leaderboard. At least I can conclude that my submissions weren't random and they were somewhat consistent with private leaderboard.",
          "votes": 2
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1975057,
      "postDate": "2022-10-06T15:39:11.760Z",
      "content": "<p>Same here, almost clutched a Kaggle Master ranking.. That's 2 medals now this year I've 'lost' due to bad submission selection 😄, need to work on my selection</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Same here, almost clutched a Kaggle Master ranking.. That's 2 medals now this year I've 'lost' due to bad submission selection 😄, need to work on my selection",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1975114,
          "postDate": "2022-10-06T15:56:55.510Z",
          "content": "<p>You need to believe in yourself and everything will work out!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "You need to believe in yourself and everything will work out!",
          "votes": 3
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1975028,
      "postDate": "2022-10-06T15:27:41.540Z",
      "content": "<p>I think choosing a correct submission for the final private leaderboard is an art and a science that one learns with experience and practice. I think you should be happy with the table above and perhaps devise a better strategy to choose the best overall model for the final submission. </p>\n<p>All the best <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/zaakciiru\" target=\"_blank\">@zaakciiru</a>, your current result is also great!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think choosing a correct submission for the final private leaderboard is an art and a science that one learns with experience and practice. I think you should be happy with the table above and perhaps devise a better strategy to choose the best overall model for the final submission. \n\nAll the best @zaakciiru, your current result is also great!",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1975115,
          "postDate": "2022-10-06T15:57:47.757Z",
          "content": "<p>Thank you and good luck.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Thank you and good luck."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1975610,
      "postDate": "2022-10-06T22:32:51.267Z",
      "content": "<p>I'm in a similar boat, if I had picked my top model on the private LB I would have had a silver medal (see attached). It's okay though, I still learned a lot and ultimately that's why I am here.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I'm in a similar boat, if I had picked my top model on the private LB I would have had a silver medal (see attached). It's okay though, I still learned a lot and ultimately that's why I am here.\n\n",
      "votes": 2
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1975082,
      "author_name": "tdiceman",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-10-06T15:46:31.807000",
      "content": "<p>Great job <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/zaakciiru\" target=\"_blank\">@zaakciiru</a> and congrats on your results. It's all a bit of luck in this aspect. I have the reverse story, I happened to select my best scoring notebook by complete guess work - that's how this competition has turned out. My other notebooks have similar scores as yours. Hope you have better luck next time, all the best.</p>",
      "votes": 3,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1975107,
          "author_name": "Zaakcii Ru",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-10-06T15:54:36.583000",
          "content": "<p>Thank you very much and good luck to you.</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1975164,
          "author_name": "Gunes Evitan",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-10-06T16:18:13.277000",
          "content": "<p>I agree. There is a huge luck factor in this one. I still believe that I did best practices but my selections were my 5th and 6th best submissions on private leaderboard. At least I can conclude that my submissions weren't random and they were somewhat consistent with private leaderboard.</p>",
          "votes": 2,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1975057,
      "author_name": "JM",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-10-06T15:39:11.760000",
      "content": "<p>Same here, almost clutched a Kaggle Master ranking.. That's 2 medals now this year I've 'lost' due to bad submission selection 😄, need to work on my selection</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1975114,
          "author_name": "Zaakcii Ru",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-10-06T15:56:55.510000",
          "content": "<p>You need to believe in yourself and everything will work out!</p>",
          "votes": 3,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1975028,
      "author_name": "Ravi Ramakrishnan",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-10-06T15:27:41.540000",
      "content": "<p>I think choosing a correct submission for the final private leaderboard is an art and a science that one learns with experience and practice. I think you should be happy with the table above and perhaps devise a better strategy to choose the best overall model for the final submission. </p>\n<p>All the best <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/zaakciiru\" target=\"_blank\">@zaakciiru</a>, your current result is also great!</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1975115,
          "author_name": "Zaakcii Ru",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-10-06T15:57:47.757000",
          "content": "<p>Thank you and good luck.</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1975610,
      "author_name": "Joe Marturano",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-10-06T22:32:51.267000",
      "content": "<p>I'm in a similar boat, if I had picked my top model on the private LB I would have had a silver medal (see attached). It's okay though, I still learned a lot and ultimately that's why I am here.</p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "1975017": "Sorry, couldn't resist. This message is written by a person who is proud of himself, but does not know how to choose the right applications. I was sure that my approach to solving the problem was good! The accuracy reached 0.9, log_loss - 0.01. Everything was going great! But, at the last moment, as it usually happens, I was let down by an innate talent to make the right choice.\nI was able to make a list of my best entries and choose the 2 worst ones (there were 9). But, I have never been so close to gold! To gold! What I hasten to inform the entire honest community! It was interesting! Congratulations to all on the completion of the competition!\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F6470363%2F5846d31142e16329658d9e4ecb796c53%2F5.png?generation=1665069814951598&alt=media)",
    "1975082": "Great job @zaakciiru and congrats on your results. It's all a bit of luck in this aspect. I have the reverse story, I happened to select my best scoring notebook by complete guess work - that's how this competition has turned out. My other notebooks have similar scores as yours. Hope you have better luck next time, all the best.",
    "1975057": "Same here, almost clutched a Kaggle Master ranking.. That's 2 medals now this year I've 'lost' due to bad submission selection 😄, need to work on my selection",
    "1975028": "I think choosing a correct submission for the final private leaderboard is an art and a science that one learns with experience and practice. I think you should be happy with the table above and perhaps devise a better strategy to choose the best overall model for the final submission. \n\nAll the best @zaakciiru, your current result is also great!",
    "1975610": "I'm in a similar boat, if I had picked my top model on the private LB I would have had a silver medal (see attached). It's okay though, I still learned a lot and ultimately that's why I am here.\n\n"
  }
}