Epoch Control Game

Watch every epoch, balance training and validation performance, stop at the perfect moment, prevent overfitting, and build models that generalise reliably across new data.

Training control centre

Stop near the best validation epoch

Watch the live curves, manage patience, save compute, and avoid stopping too early or too late.

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Current epoch
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Validation loss
Waiting for training
Generalisation gap
Lower is usually safer
Compute budget
100%
Every epoch consumes budget

Live training canvas

The marker crosses underfitting, optimal-fit, and overfitting zones as the network learns.

Keys: Space start/pause N next epoch S stop R reset

Performance curves

Use validation behaviour, not training improvement alone, to choose the stopping point.

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Round analysis

Training stopped

Your stop
Best epoch
Saved epochs
Round score

Challenge setup

Change the scenario, difficulty, and game mode before starting.

Model and data controls

Tune the learning process and curve shape.

Coach and live signals

Hints adapt to the current curve behaviour.

Patience counter0 / 6
Overfitting riskLow

Achievements

Unlock badges by stopping accurately, saving compute, and handling difficult curves.

Round history

Compare stopping decisions, validation performance, compute savings, and scores.

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Learning guide

How to make a strong stopping decision

Watch validation loss first

Training loss can keep falling after the model begins memorising. Validation loss reveals whether performance on unseen data is still improving.

Use patience for noisy curves

A single weak epoch may be temporary. Patience waits for several non-improving epochs before stopping, while minimum improvement ignores tiny changes.

Restore the best checkpoint

When training stops after the best epoch, restoring saved weights returns the model to its strongest validation state instead of using the final state.

Balance accuracy and compute

Extra epochs cost time and energy. A reliable model near the best validation epoch can be preferable to a marginally stronger but wasteful training run.

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