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 ### 10. RPSS scoring by `scorer` bot
 The `scorer` will fetch your tagged submissions, score them with RPSS against recalibrated ECMWF real-time forecasts.
-Your score will be added to the [leaderboard](https://s2s-ai-challenge.github.io/#leaderboard).
+Your score will be added to the private [leaderboard](https://s2s-ai-challenge.github.io/#leaderboard), which will be made public in early November 2021.
 
 The `scorer` is not active for the competition yet.