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What is this event all about?
The BOINC Pentathlon is a two week long BOINC team competition. Five different projects will be crunched over the two week period.
The BOINC Pentathlon consists of 5 disciplines:
- Marathon (14 days)
- Sprint (3 days)
- City Run (5 days)
- Cross Country (5 days)
- Javelin (5x 1 day, only each team's third best daily score counts)
The fun and challenging aspect of the Pentathlon is resource management. The 5 "disciplines" are run over a 14 day period, so each "discipline" overlaps another discipline. Figuring out what to run, and when to run it, is what makes the Pentathlon a unique and challenging BOINC points race.
- Run-times and projects for each discipline are announced 5 days (Marathon and one other project) or 3 days (Sprint and one other project) before their respective start. Each day of Javelin Throw will be announced three days in advance. Announcement times for all of the disciplines except the Marathon will vary to account for geographic differences in the teams. Announcements can be found on the, main page, via Blog, or Feed.
- This allows some time to stock up on completed WU's, but it can also be dangerous if you forget to turn in the completed tasks before the deadline. It also adds another twist to resource management, if you are trying to stockpile WU's, while simultaneously running the current active disciplines.
New to BOINC?
Check out the BOINC Essentials Thread for information about BOINC, how to install and use the BOINC client, and what projects are available on the BOINC platform.
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[CENTER][URL=https://www.overclock.net/threads/12th-boinc-pentathlon.1778367/post-28779634][B]12th BOINC Pentathlon - May 5th-19th, 2021[/B][/URL][/CENTER]OCN Final Overall Ranking: TBD
Disciplines to crunch:
Marathon: [email protected]
OCN Final Ranking - TBD
Starts: 5/5
Ends: 5/19
Sprint:
OCN Final Ranking - TBD
Starts: TBD
Ends: TBD
City Run: PrimeGrid
OCN Final Ranking - TBD
Starts: 5/8
Ends: 5/13
Cross Country: [email protected]
OCN Final Ranking - TBD
Starts: 5/11
Ends: 5/16
Javelin Throw: World Community Grid: Microbiome Immunity Project
OCN Final Ranking - TBD
Project Choosing Rules
The rules for choosing projects are the same as for last year's Pentathlon.
- The projects will be chosen by the event organizers
- Projects from last year's Pentathlon are eligible for this year's Pentathlon
- There may be more than one GPU project
To have your individual stats for the Pentahlon sign up and fill out the form at the following link:
12th BOINC Pentathlon
Fill out this form if you would like to participate in the 12th BOINC Pentathlon for the Overclock.net BOINC Team. You must sign up if you wish to have your stats tracked during the event. NOTE: Only credits earned when you are on team Overclock.net will count. Make sure that you are on the...
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