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Oct 2, 2026 · Rishi Garg, Taher Merchant, Aarush Mahajan

Five scores, one hidden formula, one try a day

What we learned from six weeks in the NeurIPS 2026 RealPDE Competition, where our team finished in the top 20 of Track 2 by working out what a leaderboard rewards when the rules don't say.