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BlueYard Leaderboard
Updated over 8 months ago

BlueYard Leaderboard

Welcome to the heart of competition and progression at BlueYard, our Leaderboard. This dynamic system is designed to foster continuous learning, encourage skill enhancement, and recognize the achievements of our users. Engage with the Leaderboard and see how it brings a competitive edge to your cybersecurity training.


Scoring Mechanics

Scoring on the BlueYard Labs Leaderboard is crafted to recognize effort and skill across various lab challenges. Here's how it functions:

Active Lab Points Allocation

  • Easy Labs: Completing an easy lab earns you 25 points, acknowledging the foundational skills you’ve applied.

  • Medium Labs: Tackle a medium lab and receive 50 points as a nod to the increased complexity.

  • Hard Labs: Conquer a hard lab to gain a substantial 100 points, rewarding your advanced problem-solving abilities.

Points are distributed based on the lab's inherent difficulty, and the number of correctly answered questions.

Impact of Lab Retirement on Scoring

When a lab transitions to retired status, two immediate changes affect the scoring:

  1. Point Value Reset: The retired lab's point value is reset to zero, reflecting its shift from an active, competitive environment to a learning-focused resource.

  2. Score Adjustment: Participants who have previously completed the lab while active will see a deduction in their overall score, corresponding to the points initially earned from that lab. This ensures the leaderboard remains a current reflection of active engagement.


Time-based Leaderboards

The leaderboard is a live snapshot of user achievements, dynamically updating as users earn points from lab completions. Additionally, we maintain time-based leaderboards.

  • Weekly Leaderboard: This scoreboard resets every week and tracks the points users accumulate from active labs during that week. It's a fast-paced, dynamic leaderboard that showcases the most active and successful users in the short term.

  • Monthly Leaderboard: The monthly scoreboard offers a broader view, tracking the cumulative points users earn from active labs over the entire month. This scoreboard is ideal for recognizing consistent effort and skill over a longer period.

In instances where users have equal scores, the tie-breaker favors the user who first achieved that score.

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