Alright, one more update from your commentator here as we head into the final stretch of this Challenge through end of day Monday September 2! See where the standings stand, and let's give it one final push to the finish line 
Side note - are folks getting up to something fun this weekend, interspersed with any Retool building you might have planned? 
Tell us about it! In the US, we're heading into a holiday weekend where we all get one last dose of summer -- or in San Francisco, we celebrate that summer has finally arrived 
Helping Hands:
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Next week we'll recognize the top 3 contributors who replied to the most topics tagged with welcoming-replies after they initially didn't receive a community response!
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It's a close race for Bronze with @MikeCB and @jg80 tied and @Milan_Kalem @ZeroCodez @stewart.anstey close at hand! Thank you all for extending a helping hand to those who've been awaiting input from the community for several days before you chimed in!
Perseverant Solvers:
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These folks have persevered to provide the ultimate Solution on topics that initially didn't get a community response for awhile (welcoming-replies). Thanks for turning it around and reaching a solution that could help not only the OP, but many other forum viewers to come!
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@MiguelOrtiz and @jamesg31 appear to be solidly on the podium at this point, but only 1 solution apart! This seems like those cases where only 1 one-hundredth of a second separates each medal, like we see in some of the Swimming and Track and Field races each Olympics!
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Bronze is also up for grabs -- let's bring it home!
Fast Responders
- Amazing speedy responses by all of these folks! Newly surpassing the threshold (5 replies on unique topics within 2 days of topic creation) to earn this badge: @abusedmedia @GuilhermeSilva !!
- Fun fast fact: looking at the past 3 months, compared to the previous 3, the Average First Response Time that our community topic creators can expect has improved by 35% quarter-over-quarter and is further improving each week! Teamwork makes the dreamwork - every reply you contribute helps make this community feel like a more and more welcoming place for learning and sharing!
- For Bronze, Silver, Gold, @MiguelOrtiz @jg80 @ZeroCodez are currently on the podium but with @bobthebear @MikeCB not far behind as we approach the finish line!
- Thank you all for extending guidance to your community members when it's most impactful for the person asking! Keep it up team!
Creative Expression
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In the past 5 days we've seen 3 new Community Show + Tell topics sharing cool things you've built in Retool! Thank you @stefancvrkotic @explore @weeks ! And thanks again to @khill-fbmc for your 3 topics from earlier in August! Thank you all for sharing these awesome additions to our Show & Tell category
So cool to see what you've built and thankful for these hints that will live on in the public sphere to help many other builders! 
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Cast your "like" for your favorite of these topics and we'll announce the winners of the top 3 (Bronze, Silver, Gold) podium badges for Creative Expression next week!
| Topic | Contributor | Likes as of 12pm PT Aug 30th |
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| Plotly AI helper |  stefancvrkotic |
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| Type Hints for any code in Retool! |  khill-fbmc |
5 |
| Looping Through Multiple Pages of a REST API Using Recursive Workflows in Retool |  explore |
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| Chat Component - Custom CSS | khill-fbmc |
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| A Dynamic Pivot Table Generator |  weeks |
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| Preact in Custom Components | khill-fbmc |
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Have a great weekend, everyone! And get ready for a victory lap next week!
