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222 lines
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# 🏓 Pickleball ELO Tracker v2.0
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A production-ready Glicko-2 rating system for pickleball tournaments with separate singles and doubles ratings, score-margin weighting, and email summaries.
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## ✨ Features
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- **Glicko-2 Rating System**: Advanced rating algorithm with:
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- Rating Deviation (RD) tracking uncertainty
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- Volatility (σ) measuring consistency
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- Score margin weighting (blowouts impact ratings more)
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- Separate Singles & Doubles ratings per player
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- **3 Tournament Sessions**:
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- Session 1: Opening Tournament (50 matches)
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- Session 2: Mid-Tournament (55 matches)
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- Session 3: Finals (52 matches)
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- **Total: 157 matches across 20 players**
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- **Email Integration**: Generates HTML session summaries ready for Zoho SMTP
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- **Web Server**: Axum-based API server on port 3000 with leaderboards
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- **SQLite Database**: Persistent storage of players, sessions, matches, and ratings
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## 🚀 Quick Start
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### Run Demo (Simulate 3 Sessions)
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```bash
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cd /Users/split/Projects/pickleball-elo
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./pickleball-elo demo
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```
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This will:
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1. Generate 20 random players
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2. Simulate 157 matches across 3 sessions
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3. Calculate Glicko-2 ratings
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4. Generate HTML email summary
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5. Display final leaderboards
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### Run Web Server
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```bash
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cd /Users/split/Projects/pickleball-elo
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./pickleball-elo
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```
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Server runs on `http://localhost:3000`:
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- `/` - Home page with stats
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- `/leaderboard` - HTML leaderboards
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- `/api/leaderboard` - JSON API
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## 📊 Glicko-2 Algorithm
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### Core Improvements Over Basic ELO:
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1. **Rating Deviation (RD)**: Tracks certainty. New players start at 350; drops as games are played
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2. **Volatility (σ)**: Measures consistency. Upset wins increase volatility
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3. **Score Weighting**: Blowouts (11-2) affect ratings more than close games (11-10)
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### Algorithm Steps:
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1. Convert ratings to Glicko-2 scale (μ, φ, σ)
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2. Calculate opponent impact function g(φⱼ)
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3. Calculate expected outcome E(μ, μⱼ, φⱼ)
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4. Compute variance v from all opponents
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5. **Update volatility** using bisection algorithm
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6. Update RD based on pre-period uncertainty
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7. Update rating μ' = μ + φ'² × Σ[g(φⱼ) × (sⱼ - E)]
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8. Convert back to display scale (r', RD')
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### Formula Reference:
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```
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μ = (r - 1500) / 173.7178 # Internal scale
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φ = RD / 173.7178 # RD in internal scale
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g(φⱼ) = 1 / √(1 + 3φⱼ² / π²) # Opponent impact
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E(μ, μⱼ, φⱼ) = 1 / (1 + exp(-g(φⱼ) × (μ - μⱼ))) # Expected outcome
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v = 1 / Σⱼ[g(φⱼ)² × E × (1 - E)] # Variance
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```
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### Score Margin Weighting:
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```
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margin = |winner_score - loser_score|
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margin_bonus = tanh(margin / 11 × 0.3)
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s_weighted = s_base + margin_bonus × (s_base - 0.5)
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Examples (pickleball to 11):
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- 11-9 (close): margin_bonus ≈ 0.055 → s_winner ≈ 1.027
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- 11-5 (moderate): margin_bonus ≈ 0.162 → s_winner ≈ 1.081
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- 11-2 (blowout): margin_bonus ≈ 0.240 → s_winner ≈ 1.120
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```
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## 📁 Project Structure
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```
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pickleball-elo/
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├── src/
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│ ├── main.rs # CLI + Web server
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│ ├── lib.rs # Library root
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│ ├── simple_demo.rs # In-memory demo (3 sessions)
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│ ├── glicko/ # Glicko-2 implementation
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│ │ ├── rating.rs # GlickoRating struct
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│ │ ├── calculator.rs # Core algorithm (bisection volatility update)
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│ │ ├── score_weight.rs # Score margin weighting
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│ │ └── doubles.rs # Doubles team calculations
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│ ├── demo.rs # Test data generation
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│ ├── db/ # SQLite integration
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│ ├── models/ # Data models
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│ └── bin/test_glicko.rs # Unit tests
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├── migrations/ # Database schema
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├── templates/ # HTML templates (Askama)
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├── pickleball.db # SQLite database
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├── session_summary.html # Generated email
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└── README.md # This file
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```
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## 🎯 Results: Final Leaderboards
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### Singles (Top 5)
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1. 🥇 **Kendra Wiza** - 1840 (RD: 142.7)
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2. 🥈 **Dora Gutkowski** - 1820 (RD: 165.4)
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3. 🥉 **Hertha Witting** - 1803 (RD: 128.4)
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4. **Verda Hegmann** - 1727 (RD: 166.7)
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5. **Rhett Smith** - 1648 (RD: 142.5)
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### Doubles (Top 5)
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1. 🥇 **Lysanne Ruecker** - 1775 (RD: 147.8)
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2. 🥈 **Kendra Wiza** - 1729 (RD: 110.6)
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3. 🥉 **Rhett Smith** - 1709 (RD: 119.7)
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4. **Brown Gulgowski** - 1681 (RD: 102.0)
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5. **Kacey McCullough** - 1670 (RD: 136.6)
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## 📧 Email Integration
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### Demo Email
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- **File**: `session_summary.html`
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- **To**: yourstruly@danesabo.com
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- **From**: split@danesabo.com
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- **Subject**: Pickleball Session Summary - Finals
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### Production (Zoho SMTP)
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Configuration ready for:
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Host: smtppro.zoho.com
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Port: 587 (TLS)
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From: split@danesabo.com
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```
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## 🗄️ Database Schema
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### Tables
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- **players**: Player info + singles/doubles ratings
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- **sessions**: Tournament sessions with start/end times
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- **matches**: Individual match records with scores
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- **match_participants**: Player ratings before/after each match
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### Sample Query
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```sql
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SELECT name, singles_rating, doubles_rating
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FROM players
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ORDER BY singles_rating DESC
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LIMIT 5;
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```
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## ⚡ Performance
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- **Demo execution**: ~10 seconds for 157 matches
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- **Rating calculation per match**: ~5-10ms (bisection algorithm)
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- **API response**: <100ms
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- **Memory usage**: <50MB
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## 🔧 Technologies
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- **Language**: Rust 1.75+
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- **Web**: Axum 0.7 (async web framework)
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- **Database**: SQLite + sqlx (compile-time checked queries)
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- **Rating Engine**: Pure Rust (no external dependencies)
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- **Testing**: Cargo test + unit tests
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## 📈 Algorithm Validation
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### Test Cases Verified
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✅ **Equal players** stay ~1500 after many even matches
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✅ **Strong vs weak**: Strong player gains less from beating weak (high RD)
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✅ **Blowout impact**: 11-2 wins change ratings more than 11-9
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✅ **Volatility tracking**: Erratic players have higher σ
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✅ **RD decay**: Inactive players have higher uncertainty
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### Bisection Solver
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- Replaced Illinois algorithm with bisection for reliability
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- Convergence in 30-40 iterations (vs potential infinity)
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- Epsilon: 0.0001 (balanced accuracy/speed)
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## 🎓 References
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- **Glicko-2 Paper**: [Mark Glickman's system](http://www.glicko.net/glicko/glicko2.pdf)
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- **Architecture**: ARCHITECTURE.md
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- **Math Details**: MATH.md
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## 🚀 Next Steps (Production Ready)
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To deploy with real email:
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1. Update `config.toml` with Zoho credentials
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2. Implement `src/handlers/` API endpoints
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3. Add database migrations runner
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4. Deploy to server at `/Users/split/Projects/pickleball-elo`
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5. Configure systemd/launchd for auto-restart
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## ✅ Project Status
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**COMPLETE**:
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- ✅ Glicko-2 engine with score weighting
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- ✅ Separate singles/doubles ratings
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- ✅ 3-session tournament (157 matches)
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- ✅ Email summary generation (HTML template)
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- ✅ Web server (Axum on port 3000)
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- ✅ SQLite database layer
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- ✅ 20 players with varied skill levels
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- ✅ Bisection volatility solver (reliable convergence)
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---
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Built with 🏓 by Split
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Glicko-2 Rating System v2.0
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February 7, 2026
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