Summer Folding Sprint 2025

[GOTSpectrum]

  

 

Event Starts: June 9th (00:00 BST)

Ends: June 15th (23:59 BST)

 

Sign up for the event here:

Sign ups will close June 1st, 00:00 BST

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdW2JE4dNox87sFpWTJzApyPKgyIF_MZwVnWxaY10gq0nMNnw/viewform

 

This event will NOT be eligible for F@H event badges.

 

Follow this thread to keep up to date!

 

Please read the whole of this post before asking any questions and use the link/s provided at the end for help and support!

 

Minimum Participation Requirements For Prizes

7 Days with activity*, 100,000 Points & 14 WU

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

These must be met DURING the week of the event. Points produced before the start date do not count!

 

Prizes!!!

(possibly more to come)

Community donated prizes:

10 x Random Steam Keys - Donated by Community Chest

Draw: Random

 

 

When I did the first folding sprint, a five-day mid-week madness, I never thought it would become a regular thing, yet here we are. This will be the fifth Summer Sprint!

 

The folding sprint is on the one hand a nod to our few southern hemisphere members while also trying to help out the folding protect, who often see their processor count drop during the summer. The aim is simple, make as many points as you can for the week while trying to stay as cool as possible. Folding is an incredibly finicky software and is a great way to tell if your system is truly 100% per cent stable. 

 

Folding@home is a network of volunteer computers distributed around the world that aims to perform biomedical research with the single intent of helping to further understand and develop cures for a range of diseases such as; Alzheimer's, cancer, and Parkinson's. The exact research that is done is simulating the 'folding' of proteins in the body, this is important because the function of a protein is directly related to its physical shape. And this, when the protein is created in the body it needs to reshuffle its shape to get into the correct structure to perform its task. Many illnesses can be linked to faulty proteins in the body such as many cancers and neurological issues, along with a wide number of other general health concerns. 

 

If you are wondering what exactly has been done with all this computing power then you can check out the papers written by the scientists and researchers that use the folding network, I will warn you though many of them are very in-depth reads and in turn this means they are often fairly technical.

https://foldingathome.org/papers-results/

 

To qualify for prizes you must meet the minimum requirements for participation which for this event will be as follows minimum requirements: 100k points, 14WUs, and 7 days of activity over the course of the whole week. This means, you miss a day and you are out of the running. As always, this is subject to change for future events as we find out what the sweet spot is to include as many people as possible but not make it too easy to just get a free entry for prizes.

 

PASSKEYS! (they're really important)

Don't forget to get yourself a passkey from the link below to ensure that you hit the points requirement, the passkey is a feature that was added a while ago to the Folding Client that helps to authenticate each user on the network, an added bonus of this is the fact that it allows you to qualify for QRB(Quick Return Bonus) Points, QRBs are extra points you earn for submitting work units more quickly, such as if you have faster hardware or let the client fold full time, rather than on idle. QRB credit is awarded after 10 WUs have been submitted. You can get your passkey from the link below.

 

https://apps.foldingathome.org/getpasskey

 

 

This is just a PSA for the new guys here, the folding team is a small close-knit community, so here's a few things I'd like you all to keep in mind. It doesn't hurt to say thank you, if someone has genuinely helped you out don't forget to drop a reaction on their posts, help others where ever you can and finally we are a team first and always. 

 

Check your stats out here! Bear in mind it can take some time for your first WUs to appear so leave it a day or two.

https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/search.php

 

 

Please follow the guides below to help with set-up and troubleshooting:

 

Daily blogs will be posted here:

[justpoet]

14 minutes ago, GOTSpectrum said:

This is a placeholder that will be updated hopefully within the next 24 hours.

 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdW2JE4dNox87sFpWTJzApyPKgyIF_MZwVnWxaY10gq0nMNnw/viewform?usp=dialog

 

This event will run across the seven days of the week commencing the 9th June. As usual we shall try to sort out a few prizes and will have a daily blog. Hope to see you in the ranks

Signed up.  Not sure if I'll be around to actually participate or not though, as I may be at and between events.

[Shiba D. Inu]

 Should I move to LTT team for this event or just make a new account for it?

[will0hlep]

I should be asleep, but I’m in

[HoldSquat]

1 hour ago, Shiba D. Inu said:

 Should I move to LTT team for this event or just make a new account for it?

You should always be on team LTT really up to you

[TheLANguy]

Signed up!

[jordanbuilds1]

Perfect timing, getting ready to upgrade my gpu soon!

[CWP]

*Checks last BOINC task deadline*

Eh... 'tis at the end of this month. I have time.

[Fallguye]

Signed up though I'm not sure how active I can be that week.

 

I even have a couple of old mining cards that might be able to contribute if I can get them working...

[mlv1]

Signed up, as most of the people above, gonna see if how much Im home that week

[TVwazhere]

Signed up, pinned, featured, Status update made, screaming, crying, throwing up

[HoldSquat]

14 hours ago, Shiba D. Inu said:

 Should I move to LTT team for this event or just make a new account for it?

I forgot to mention that for the event, make sure you are folding for LTT with your old or new account

 

[Average Nerd]

Signed up, time to melt

[GOTSpectrum]

1 hour ago, Average Nerd said:

Signed up, time to melt

You know the way

[Cinlow]

Sorry. I am a bit new. What is this about?

[jordanbuilds1]

1 minute ago, Cinlow said:

Sorry. I am a bit new. What is this about?

F@H is basically a program where you can use a little of your pcs power to render proteins that help researchers find cures to diseases. In the program there are teams from different companies and forums and friend groups competing on a leader board for best folders. @GOTSpectrum could explain it better.

[podkall]

7 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Signed up, pinned, featured, Status update made, screaming, crying, throwing up

Based, W, Rizz, Sigma, Skibidi, Ohio, Peak, Gigachad.

[Egon3]

Signed up! Looking forward to it!

[jowi90]

Signed up!

[RollinLower]

Noice, lets get it! I'll have to create some better ventilation in the shed where my server is pumping all the heat in now tho

[TheCamba]

Ready to fold!

[TVwazhere]

On 5/19/2025 at 5:35 PM, podkall said:

Based, W, Rizz, Sigma, Skibidi, Ohio, Peak, Gigachad.

My Millennial ass trying to make sense of this Gen Z slang

[GOTSpectrum]

On 5/19/2025 at 10:35 PM, podkall said:

Based, W, Rizz, Sigma, Skibidi, Ohio, Peak, Gigachad.

Don't forget to skibidi your passkey and team. fr you'll have no rizz if you hit me with a bad gyatt vibe yk 

[Alex Atkin UK]

3 hours ago, GOTSpectrum said:

Don't forget to skibidi your passkey and team. fr you'll have no rizz if you hit me with a bad gyatt vibe yk 

@Alex Atkin UK has left the chat.

[GOTSpectrum]

25 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

@Alex Atkin UK has left the chat.

Do you forget I'm Gen Z?