The first day of the second week is over and we can see Igor has continued at his break neck speed. We have seen a few people start folding today which is nice to see. In all honesty there is so much going on today that it's a struggle to decide exactly what should go here. So we shall get right to the ranks. 

Miker07 remains sitting on the throne with 285.67 million points, although this looks to be a strong showing and a safe position, only time will tell if Miker can keep a hand on that crown at the end of the event. Ben_F is in second place with 268.45 million points followed by Justaphf with 188.63 million points. It is certainly interesting to see that these ranks are not cemented in place, even now we can see that there are people below the top three who could force their way onto the podium in the coming weeks. Will we see a burst of activity from those currently occupying the top ranks, or will they simply watch on as they lose all that they have fought for. Mxyzptlk is looking healthy in fourth with 174.89 million points, but the exciting action is happening in fifth place with IgorSinelnikov advancing two more ranks with a total of 116.77 million points. The real interesting point to note here is the sheer volume of points this guy has churned out in the last 24 hours. We don't usually talk about work units here but a massive 325 WUs in a day is certainly something to take a note of. 

Favebook sits in 6th with 102.64 million points followed by Pezui in 7th place with 92.68 million points, both if these guys have been knocked down a rank by Igor, which is a shame but that's the way folding month goes. LazyDev is in 8th place with 82.67 million points, with vsteel being next in line with 76.90 million points and finally the gate keeper today is Starman57 with 74.62 million points. Usually we don't take notice of rank 11, but with GOTSpectrum having 69 million points, I just felt the need to point that out. 

So, as you can see it remains exciting at Folding Month 2021, I know we have mentioned him a lot already but Igor's push is just something I can't help but comment on. His sudden production hike was just fully unexpected and it will be interesting to see if he can maintain that level and prove a challenge for the throne. Is this the start of a rebellion against the would be king, that has yet to be seen, but it is certainly fun to speculate on. Personally I'd love to see someone give Miker a fun for their money just to see what they top out at. It's good to see Sazrocks, who is currently in 100th, has finally started folding, and we are going to continue looking at parzival0741 who has advanced a further 3 ranks to 28th. walkinator has also started folding for the first time today finding themselves in 117th. 

Please click on the link below to see the full list of ranks for today.

Day Eight Ranks

Please remember that this is a friendly event, but we are all folding away for Science, AND GLORY! 

I'm really impressed with the numbers we are seeing here, Thank you to all who are involved and who make this worth while every year.

Remember we are a team first and individuals second, so give thanks where thanks is due and hit that reaction button when someone helps you out.

Be wary of the minimum participation requirements this year.

20 Days with activity*, 500,000 Points & 40 WU

(*activity is defined as completing at least 1WU for the 24 hour period)

Finally, if you have had any hardware die during the event or on the run up to the event during preparations please post it on the thread below

List of The Dead

Happy folding,

Spec