Three things decide a payout
Pledge, times accuracy, times timing, times difficulty. Scores split the pool.
Accuracy
20 s out still scores 0.37. Past 60 s scores nothing.
Timing
1.50x at the gun, 1.00x when tickets close at 80% of the run. Waiting buys information and costs score.
Difficulty
Lonely calls pay up to 6.00x. Only other players' money counts. Your own pledge never crowds you.
Worked example · the INIT vector
You pledged0.0050 ETH
You called24:50.0
He finished24:52.4
Accuracy0.99
Timing1.35x
Difficulty2.10x
Your score1,397
All scores45,200
Your share3.09%
Payout0.0262 ETH
Why it holds
Payouts are shares of the pool, so the platform never carries the loss.Difficulty counts money on a call, not wallets.Nobody within the cut-off: the pool rolls, untaxed.
House risk on a roundNone
Back to players1.15x pledged
Worked examples · a 4.0 km run, finish 23:34.6
Pool 1.0840 · tax 0.0867 (all to the ecosystem wallet) · range pool 0.0828 · standard pool 0.9144
Earlier and less accurate beats later and closer
| Ticket | Call | Bought at | Accuracy | Timing | Difficulty | Score | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A · exact 0.0025 | 23:30.6 · 4 s off | 10% | 0.961 | 1.450x | 1.80x | 626.9 | 0.0127 |
| B · exact 0.0025 | 23:33.6 · 1 s off | 95% | 0.998 | 1.025x | 1.80x | 460.0 | 0.0093 |
| C · exact 0.0050 | 23:43.6 · 9 s off | 50% | 0.817 | 1.250x | 1.20x | 612.5 | 0.0124 |
A was 3 s further off than B, but bought at 10% of the way to the cutoff instead of 95%. The timing bonus outweighs the accuracy gap.
No house seed at risk
The pool is the payout.
No edge to fall off
A near miss is paid like a near miss.
One round at a time
One pool, worth chasing.