Timing for the competition and rules

[Francesco Potortì]

Dear competitors,

here are the starting times for the IPIN Competition

Times UTC+8 (China)
- Track 2: 16.00 2 Sep
- Track 3: 16.00 1 Sep
- Track 4: 16.00 2 Sep
- Track 6: 15:30 1 Sep
- Track 7: 14.00 1 Sep
- Track 8: 15.00 2 Sep

Times UTC+2 (Central Europe)
- Track 2: 10.00 2 Sep
- Track 3: 10.00 1 Sep
- Track 4: 10.00 2 Sep
- Track 6: 09:30 1 Sep
- Track 7: 08.00 1 Sep
- Track 8: 09.00 2 Sep

You will receive a scoring trial name some hours before the starting time of your Track.

Rules for the scoring trials

Scoring trials are not reloadable.  Each must be run exactly once.  Only the best score will be considered.

1. trials are numbered and MUST be run in sequence (#1 first, #2 second)
2. you MUST NOT start the trial before the starting time
3. you MUST start trial #1 no later than starting time + 30 min
4. you MUST NOT start trial #2 before trial #1 is finished
5. you MUST start trial #2 no later than finish time of #1 + 60 min

Violating any rule implies exclusion from the competition.  Timings are checked on the log files.  You can access your log files using the "log" command (see documentation).

Scoring trials can not run faster than real time.  If you are faster you will receive code 423 and you should retry (see documentation).

Scores are computed on the estimates you sent.  You can access your estimation log using the "estimates" command (see documentation).

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