> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cantina.xyz/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Scoring System

> How competition points are calculated and prizes distributed

**How competition points are calculated and prize pots are distributed.**

Cantina competitions use a transparent, points-based scoring model to reward high-impact, high-quality submissions—encouraging depth, originality, and clarity.

## Prize Pot Distribution

All eligible participants who score points share in a public prize pot.

* **High severity finding**: 10 points
* **Medium severity finding**: 3 points
* **Low severity findings**: May be eligible for a separate prize pool, if specified.

## Duplicate Submission Scaling

When multiple researchers submit the same bug, each person's score is scaled down based on the total number of duplicates:

$\text{Points} = \frac{\text{Full Points}}{1 + 0.8 \times (n - 1)}$

Where `n` is the number of duplicate submissions.

* 2 duplicates: each receives **4.5 points** for a high severity finding
* 3 duplicates: each receives **2.7 points** for a high severity finding

This incentivizes originality—being the one to find the bug no one else saw results in a much larger reward.

## Submission Timing

Submissions are scored equally regardless of when they're submitted during the competition. However, early, well-written reports are encouraged to allow teams to provide feedback and begin implementing fixes.

## Withdrawing Findings

You can withdraw a submission at any time using the "withdraw finding" option in the finding menu.

## Low-Severity, Informational, and Gas Findings

Some competitions include a dedicated prize pool for these types of findings. These awards are based solely on **quality**, not quantity—and exceptional writeups in this category (or for high/medium findings) may be recognized here as well.