June Marathon — featuring Eyewire swag!

It’s time for another Marathon!  Get ready to trace to the finish line!

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Image by Diana Robinson

UPDATE

The Marathon was finished in record time, 9 hours, 54 minutes! Individual results can be found hereif you won swag, or are eligible to nominate a name for the Neuron you’ll be receiving an email from us in the next few days!

Points and badges have been awarded!

EyeWire’s June marathon begins on Friday 6/26/15 at 10 PM ET.

We’re giving away swag for this marathon!

Participate in the marathon and you could win one of:

  • 15 T-shirts
  • 10 Posters
  • 5 Mugs
  • 1 Copy of “Connectome” signed by Sebastian Seung

The top 5 players in the marathon will automatically receive EyeWire t-shirts. The rest of the prizes will go into a lottery. Anyone who completes 100 cubes or more in the marathon will be entered into the lottery.

Points bonuses for participating in the June marathon:

Complete 20 Cubes – 2,000 point bonus
Complete 50 cubes – 5,000 point bonus
Complete 150 cubes – 20,000 point bonus
Complete 300 cubes – 40,000 point bonus
For every 150 cubes above 300 cubes – 2,500 points

If the cell is completed within 24 hrs, mappers who:

Complete at least 50 cubes will win rights to vote on a name for the June marathon cell.
Complete at least 150 cubes will win rights to nominate a new name for the June marathon cell.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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