How do you win kaggle competitions?

In this post, I’m going to share my tips for Kaggle success.

1. Be persistent.
2. Spend time on data preparation and feature engineering.
3. Don’t ignore domain specific knowledge.
4. Pick your competitions wisely.
5. Find a good team.
6. Other philosophies.
7. In summary: persistence and learning.

How do you get medals in kaggle?

To get a bronze medal, a Kaggle user needs five votes while silver medals need twenty votes. To get a gold medal, you need a minimum of fifty votes. You are awarded medals depending on the popularity of the topics you post and how many comments a post gets.

How close are Kaggle competitions on average?

Yes, that’s how close Kaggle competitions are on average. It takes skills and lots of luck, a pe I think that unless you become really good, your expected Kaggle win will be zero. And even if you are really good, your expected win is still very close to zero. This is a typical situation where 1\% of Kagglers wins 99\% of the money.

How many times can I submit to Kaggle?

By setting up your own environment, you can run the submission as many times as you like and you are not bound with five submissions a day restriction on Kaggle competitions. Once you feel confident enough about the results, you can submit it to live competition.

Is Kaggle worth it for beginners?

Kaggle competitions encourage you to squeeze out every last drop of performance, while typical data science encourages efficiency and maximizing business impact. So is Kaggle worth it? Despite the differences between Kaggle and typical data science, Kaggle can still be a great learning tool for beginners.

What percentage of Kagglers win money?

This is a typical situation where 1\% of Kagglers wins 99\% of the money. And even that 1\% doesn’t win any money in the huge majority of competitions they participate in. I was lucky enough to win two competitions bringing home some respectable checks, but the total ROC difference between my two first places and the second team ROC was 0.002.