Why is there a difference?

The top section of my brilliant page says that I have 71,130 points. But according to the leader-board, I have 72,525 points. Could somebody from the staff please tell me why this is happening?

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When you see a solution in practice session 15 points are deducted

Aayush Mani - 7 years ago

Yes, I have seen that too. Why does this happen, @Calvin Lin ?

Shabarish Ch - 7 years ago

@Suyeon Khim , @Calvin Lin Please help!!

Shabarish Ch - 7 years ago

It is a cacheing issue, give it time to update.

I see that you (now) have 72655 points.

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years ago

But the top of my page is still showing 71665 points. In other words, the difference still exists..

Shabarish Ch - 7 years ago

@Shabarish Ch – Lemme say, It actually is because of the negatives u got in practice section. Happens with me too :)

Krishna Ar - 7 years ago

@Krishna Ar – There are no negative points, even in the practice section.

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years ago

@Calvin Lin – But I have seen my points go down when I get a question wrong in practice section.

Shabarish Ch - 7 years ago

@Shabarish Ch – Yeah. me too. @Calvin Lin

Krishna Ar - 7 years ago

@Shabarish Ch – It seems like it takes some time for the points to update. I'd look into this further, and try and make it update more often.

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years ago

@Calvin Lin , I had noticed this before. The bug's still there.

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Mursalin Habib - 7 years ago

Hey everyone, thanks for pointing this out. We are not sure whether this is a bug or just an issue of one number updating more slowly than the other, but we will look into it.

Suyeon Khim Staff - 7 years ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$