Final Standings
2

Rank 2 of 22 · Silver

Combat Wombat

Best run 6 June 2026, 07:44 pm

798.53

total points

6 / 6 scenarios scoredTop scenario The Gauntlet (219.15 pts)

Points contributed to total (Gauntlet ×3)

Per-scenario results

Duck Curve

Solar curtailment and a battery-throughput budget under a steep evening ramp.

90.74

points

Cost $861,005 · naive $973,334 · optimal $849,541

Renewable share

39.0%

Unmet demand

0 kWh

Controller errors

0

Steps completed

288

Show cost breakdown ▾
Import tariff$695,563
Export credit−$29,563
Carbon cost$83,776
Diesel fuel$0
FCAS revenue$0
Peak demand$88,800
Battery wear$22,319
Blackout penalty$0
Ramp charge$110
Overvoltage$0

Frequency Frenzy

First forecast: ride noisy demand and price swings with lookahead dispatch.

106.57

points

Cost $1,188,973 · naive $3,327,933 · optimal $1,320,760

Renewable share

29.8%

Unmet demand

0 kWh

Controller errors

0

Steps completed

288

Show cost breakdown ▾
Import tariff$803,665
Export credit−$52
Carbon cost$122,109
Diesel fuel$62,500
FCAS revenue$0
Peak demand$112,400
Battery wear$57,995
Blackout penalty$0
Ramp charge$30,357
Overvoltage$0

AI Grid Shock

FCAS reserves and regime-aware MPC absorbing sudden grid shocks.

114.26

points

Cost $1,203,121 · naive $5,761,212 · optimal $1,772,024

Renewable share

31.6%

Unmet demand

0 kWh

Controller errors

0

Steps completed

288

Show cost breakdown ▾
Import tariff$925,145
Export credit−$8,772
Carbon cost$159,871
Diesel fuel$3,978
FCAS revenue−$57,600
Peak demand$120,000
Battery wear$36,723
Blackout penalty$0
Ramp charge$22,775
Overvoltage$0

The Operator's Mandate

Parse prose ops-briefs into JSON constraints - with a phishing trap.

150.00

points

Cost $8,937,945 · naive $45,262,339 · optimal $28,503,218

Renewable share

37.4%

Unmet demand

0 kWh

Controller errors

0

Steps completed

288

Show cost breakdown ▾
Import tariff$8,568,743
Export credit−$11,540
Carbon cost$106,542
Diesel fuel$212,250
FCAS revenue−$6,000
Peak demand$180
Battery wear$12,995
Blackout penalty$0
Ramp charge$24,775
Overvoltage$0

Cybersecurity

Adversarial signals, intrusion detection and attack-aware control.

117.82

points

Cost $1,308,565 · naive $2,838,664 · optimal $1,540,000

Renewable share

41.2%

Unmet demand

0 kWh

Controller errors

0

Steps completed

288

Show cost breakdown ▾
Import tariff$939,458
Export credit−$8,100
Carbon cost$111,990
Diesel fuel$73,023
FCAS revenue−$4,500
Peak demand$120,000
Battery wear$18,650
Blackout penalty$0
Ramp charge$32,545
Overvoltage$0

The Gauntlet

×3

72-hour finale folding every mechanic together. Weighted ×3 in the total.

73.05

points

219.15 to total

Cost $4,679,460 · naive $9,937,694 · optimal $2,739,445

Renewable share

31.5%

Unmet demand

0 kWh

Controller errors

0

Steps completed

288

Show cost breakdown ▾
Import tariff$1,544,379
Export credit−$10,105
Carbon cost$134,350
Diesel fuel$95,418
FCAS revenue−$2,340
Peak demand$120,000
Battery wear$24,097
Blackout penalty$0
Ramp charge$67,432
Overvoltage$0

Best-performing controller code

The highest-scoring submission this team made for each scenario. Read-only.

Optimised Duck · submitted 6 June 2026, 04:14 pm
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