Solo Competitions Are Becoming Real

Not every competition needs to be head-to-head. Some events work better when students compete individually, complete a set of exams, and are ranked after review.

That is why we created the new solo competition infrastructure.

ExamGiant now has backend support for solo competitions, entries, exams, attempts, payments, and prizes. This gives us the structure needed to run events where students complete one or more exams on their own schedule within a competition window.

The system supports blind scoring, retakes, re-entries, review statuses, prize workflows, event windows, grade and age limits, country restrictions, and both paid and free competition setups.

We also added an admin UI for solo events, so competitions can be created and managed more directly.

This opens up a lot of possibilities: school challenges, public online tournaments, subject-specific contests, scholarship-style events, prize competitions, and practice-based competitions where students can try again and improve.

Head-to-head matches bring the excitement of direct competition. Solo competitions bring flexibility, review, and larger-scale event design. ExamGiant needs both.

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