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The Rice University Urban Sustainability Hackathon
Why it's flagged 🔥
• $426.83 normalized prize per estimated submission
Decision — what to do today
PREP
commit by 2026-09-07
Prize normalization
| Finish-feasibility at deadline | 100% (14d+) |
| P(any payout) if competitive entry | 7% (assumes 3-6 slots) |
| Heuristic cash EV | $1,280 |
| Build model | P80 34h effective after 15% reuse (raw 40h) |
| Strategic fit (agent reliability) | 0% |
| Opportunity cost of entering | $850 (34h x $25/h shadow rate) |
| Latest safe start | 2026-09-07 |
Field estimation
| Headline advertised | $17,500 |
| Cash (verified) | $17,500 |
| Credits (compute/API) | — |
| Normalized value | $17,500 |
Score breakdown v0.1
67/100
Grid order (attention) = 67 × (deadline TBA) = 30075.3
Platform-listed prize: $17,500
| expected prize value | 100/100 |
| winnability | 49/100 |
| historical winner quality | no data yet |
| judging tractability | no data yet |
| organizer quality | no data yet |
Known components renormalized · completeness bonus up to +8 · unverified prizes capped at 85.
| Registered | 339 |
| Submission prior | 5% |
| Est. serious field | ~41 projects |
| Norm. prize per est. submission | $426.83 |
| Days left | 22 |