UPDATE: we crunched the numbers and have our winners! Based on the scores earned as of March 4th, the top three winners rank as follows:
🥇1st Place: @Nathaniel_Hang (folding as Nathaniel_Hang) with 1,205,401,254 credits earned
🥈2nd Place: @NavyXC (folding as navyxc) with 792,390,960 credits earned
🥉3rd Place: @riles0nic (folding as rileyp) with 580,823,490 credits earned
In addition, we randomly selected three winners from the entrants to receive a pair of Meraki Community socks: @mrsedam1, @ShaunH, and @SteveDunmall!
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In honor of World Cancer Day on February 4th, we’re once again asking you to come together and donate your computing power to help researchers find a cure! World Cancer Day is an international day to raise awareness and encourage the prevention, detection, and treatment of this devastating disease that continues to be the second-leading cause of death worldwide. Luckily, advancements are being made all the time, and you can help!
We’re thrilled to bring back one of your favorites – the Community Folding@home Challenge. When we last ran this challenge in August, you amazed us by helping the Cisco Meraki team rank at around 265 out of 255k teams worldwide and an impressive 102 for the month of September. Let’s see if we can do even better this time around!
If you aren’t familiar, Folding@home takes your unused computer power and puts it to a good cause – helping researchers find potential cures for diseases! Here’s how it works: The software allows you to donate CPU/GPU cycles from your own computers/servers to run portions of these simulations for researchers and speed up results. This crowdsourced processing power cuts simulation time down from days or weeks to just a couple hours, allowing researchers to move quickly in finding a cure.
Over the next 30 days, the three community members who achieve the highest ranks among fellow members by donating their processing power towards Cisco Meraki team 243108 will be awarded fabulous Meraki prizes.
Check out our first, second, and third place prizes:
In addition, everyone who joins the Cisco Meraki team and earns at least 200 "Credits" towards fighting cancer will be entered into a random drawing for one of three stylish pairs of Meraki Community socks:
How to enter
If you have access to gaming computers, servers and/or even just a home PC, get started by following THIS link. Once you’ve set up your account and selected “Cancer" as your cause, share your username in a comment on this blog post before 11 a.m. ET on Monday, March 4th. Only points credited to Cisco Meraki team 243108 will be counted. To join the team, simply enter “243108” into the client setup when you install the client.
On March 4th, we will announce the top three ranking community members, as determined by Folding@Home’s scoring. We'll also announce the 3 randomly selected winners from the rest of the Folding@home Cisco Meraki team. That means even if you aren't able to contribute at a high enough level to compete for the top ranks, you'll still have a chance to win sweet swag!
You must post your username here to be eligible. Note that your comment on this blog post containing your username will be public and visible throughout the contest. If you already have credits to your username on the Cisco Meraki team, we will only be counting the credits you earn between now and March 6th.
The fine print:
- The winners will be announced on Monday, March 4th at 11am ET
- One entry per community member
- Full terms, conditions, and eligibility information
For more information regarding Folding@home, please see useful links below:
