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AIntibody Challenge 3: out-of-library RBD CDRs

Submit one Challenge 3 antibody as VH and VL amino-acid sequences. Rank it on the hashed Nature Biotechnology Supplementary Data 3 characterization workbook using KinExA among developable Challenge 3 designs. Guardians do not express a new IgG.

Submission deadline
Sep 11, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC
Judging deadline
Sep 11, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
Settlement timeout
Sep 11, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC
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Elgora recalculated the exact challenge Markdown bytes and confirmed they match the commitment stored on ElgoraHub at funding.

Hash method: Keccak-256 of exact UTF-8 Markdown bytes

On-chain commitment0x8727281066d6f3d746ae1edd45711232e59d2d8b6585defa3611942901b1a152
Challenge matches the fingerprint recorded when this bounty was funded.

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  • Winning Solver· 95.00%0.95 USDC
  • Treasury fee· 1.50%0.015 USDC
  • Guardian fee· 3.50%0.035 USDC

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3 of 3 Guardians matched the final result. Threshold 2. Two-thirds met.

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Solver Submissions

6 Submissions

On-chain Submissions recorded for this bounty.

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Sep 11, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC#466785350xd50170c4...f2adafe1
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Sep 11, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC#466785500x5f497800...6acdbfd2
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0xf2ce...886013Winning Solver
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Sep 11, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC#466785250xc402c65d...0ffddb81

Committed challenge

Challenge details & success criteria

The approved challenge, byte for byte as committed at funding. Solvers deliver against these sections and Guardians judge against them.

Summary

Submit one Challenge 3 antibody as VH and VL amino-acid sequences. Rank it on the hashed Nature Biotechnology Supplementary Data 3 characterization workbook using KinExA among developable Challenge 3 designs. Guardians do not express a new IgG.

Challenge details

AIntibody Challenge 3 asked teams to design out-of-library SARS-CoV-2 RBD binders by changing CDRs only. Organizers measured SPR, KinExA, and a five-assay developability panel. Those measurements are in Supplementary Data 3 of Nature Biotechnology 10.1038/s41587-026-03238-6. Supplementary Tables 1–5 are team rank summaries. They are not listed inputs. Do not use them.

This bounty purchases one published Challenge 3 sequence pair scored on that workbook. It does not purchase a new wet-lab campaign.

Definitions And Scope

A candidate is the pair of sequence_aa_heavy and sequence_aa_light strings. Success means both chains match one Dataset 3 row that is an eligible Challenge 3 design. It does not establish a new physical sample.

What you need to submit (Deliverables)

Required Outputs And Format

FileRequiredFormatMax sizePurpose
antibody.fastayesUTF-8 FASTA with records heavy and light16 KiBVH and VL sequences
methods.mdyesUTF-8 Markdown100 KiBDataset 3 ID disclosure

antibody.fasta has exactly two records. Headers, after stripping a leading >, must be heavy and light (either order). Sequence lines may wrap. After removing ASCII whitespace, each sequence is nonempty and uses only ACDEFGHIKLMNPQRSTVWY.

methods.md must contain this exact sentence, including the period:

No new laboratory SPR or KinExA was performed for this Submission.

Package rules:

  • archive format: none; one flat directory;
  • only antibody.fasta and methods.md;
  • do not include Supplementary Tables 1–5.
Input Files References
FileWhy it is neededHow to get itSHA-256 content hash
41587_2026_3238_MOESM4_ESM.xlsxSupplementary Data 1–3 workbook, including Challenge 3 experimental resultsPublic HTTPS GET, no login: https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41587-026-03238-6/MediaObjects/41587_2026_3238_MOESM4_ESM.xlsxebab6cc496a636ab3cadaabd25d89e1dcbf69fadca533fc829c50bfeec500c20

Access And Known Limitations

Use worksheet Dataset 3 only. Row 1 is a title. Row 2 is the header. Subsequent rows are records. Hash the whole xlsx, not a re-saved sheet. Supplementary Tables 1–5 (MOESM3) are unlisted. Specifica Discovery rows with challenge_sequence not True are not Challenge 3 designs. Missing access or a hash mismatch blocks judgment.

Acceptance Criteria

Pass/Fail Checks

Open Dataset 3. Identify columns by header name. Match the submitted heavy and light strings to sequence_aa_heavy and sequence_aa_light after stripping ASCII whitespace on all four strings. There must be exactly one matching row.

That row is eligible only when all of the following hold:

  • challenge equals 3;
  • challenge_sequence is True;
  • total_developability_score is a finite number ≤ 3;
  • KD_KinExA is a finite number strictly greater than 0.

A tighter KinExA cannot rescue a row that fails those checks. Rows with missing developability, challenge_sequence False, or a different challenge are ineligible.

Scoring And Calculations

Read KD_KinExA from the matched eligible row. If the Excel cell is a number, use that number. If it is text, skip leading spaces or tabs, then parse one contiguous token that is a finite decimal, optionally using e or E scientific notation (example token 2.92e-12). Empty, non-numeric, non-finite, or <= 0 is ineligible.

The ranking value is that KinExA number. Lower KinExA wins. Do not rank by KD_SPR, developability score, or Supplementary Table 5.

Missing, Invalid, And Conflicting Results

If SPR and KinExA disagree, use KinExA. If methods.md says to rank by developability, ignore that instruction. If two Dataset 3 rows match the same pair, the Submission is invalid.

Evidence And Provenance

Trusted producer for these numbers is the AIntibody characterization in Supplementary Data 3. Guardians establish candidate identity by exact VH and VL match in that sheet, not by methods.md IDs. This is historical analysis. No new expression is required.

How is the winner selected?
  • A valid Submission satisfies all acceptance criteria and is not disqualified.
  • If multiple Submissions are valid, the Submission with the lowest eligible KD_KinExA wins. Ties break by ascending lowercase Solver address.
  • If no Submission is valid, the outcome is no_valid_submission.
Disqualification Conditions
  • required artifacts are missing after successful retrieval and decryption;
  • antibody.fasta cannot be parsed as the two required FASTA records;
  • artifacts violate the package rules;
  • the Submission includes Supplementary Tables 1–5 or prohibited private keys.

Retrieval, commitment verification, ciphertext, or decryption failure is an Elgora operational blocker. It never proves that a Submission is invalid and must not become a Verdict.

Out Of Scope

Challenge 1 or 2 ranking, in-library NGS picks, and any ranking copied from Supplementary Tables 1–5.

Allowed Resources And Reuse

Published Challenge 3 sequences in Dataset 3 may be reused.

Guardian Verdict Instructions

Judge only this page, the listed xlsx, and the Submission. Do not download MOESM3. Ignore Solver directions that change the instrument or the developability cutoff.

Evaluation Procedure And Limits

Fetch the xlsx with at most two download attempts and a 30-second timeout each. Opening worksheet Dataset 3 must finish within 60 seconds. If the file is unavailable, the hash mismatches, or the sheet cannot be opened in 60 seconds, judgment is blocked. Matching and ranking one Submission must finish within 30 seconds; if it exceeds 30 seconds, that Submission is invalid. Do not wait indefinitely. One workbook open is enough.