Sample Competition Intelligence Report
Show Us How You Move
Aurora Activewear 30-day open-call UGC video contest. Movement creators showed how they actually use the gear.
1 Contest Summary
- Entries
- 247
- Voters
- 18432
- Judges
- 5
- Participants
- 259
Organizer
Aurora Activewear
Timeline
- Submission: Mar 01, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Voting: Apr 01, 2026 to Apr 14, 2026
- Results announced: Apr 15, 2026
Winner & Finalists
Winner
@CassidyLanes -- 47s parkour cut on the Marin headlands
Final score 9.42 · 4317 public votes
- 1 @CassidyLanes -- 47s parkour cut on the Marin headlands 4317 votes
- 2 @TrailGritKai -- predawn ridge run, single take 3842 votes
- 3 @MovementMomMaeve -- backyard mobility flow w/ kids 3104 votes
- 4 @SoloCanyonSeb -- climbing rest-day stretch sequence 2768 votes
- 5 @DesertSprintNia -- track interval, golden hour 2401 votes
2 Winner Rationale
Avg Score
9.14
Range
8.6–9.5
Scores
25
Top criteria
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Entry rules compliance 9.5 / 10 (95.0%)
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Authentic movement (no staged shots) 9.4 / 10 (94.0%)
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Brand fit (Outdoor Lifestyle x Functional) 9.2 / 10 (92.0%)
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Production craft (composition, audio, edit) 9.0 / 10 (90.0%)
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Originality vs cohort 8.6 / 10 (86.0%)
Judge notes
- “Single take, no cuts. The kind of clip a creator-led brand wants to repost.”
- “Reads as a real day on the trail, not a campaign shoot. That's the point.”
- “The 47s pacing is restrained — every beat lands.”
- “Best 'gear-in-context' framing in the cohort; product is visible without being centered.”
- “Outdoor Lifestyle audience fit is uncommonly clean here.”
3 Audience Signal
Votes per entry
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@CassidyLanes -- 47s parkour cut on the Marin headlands 4317 votes
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@TrailGritKai -- predawn ridge run, single take 3842 votes
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@MovementMomMaeve -- backyard mobility flow w/ kids 3104 votes
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@SoloCanyonSeb -- climbing rest-day stretch sequence 2768 votes
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@DesertSprintNia -- track interval, golden hour 2401 votes
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@PNWPaddlerJoss -- SUP balance series, foggy bay 1987 votes
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@TundraThuy -- snow-covered tempo run 1654 votes
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@CityPlyometricsRen -- rooftop circuit 1322 votes
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@RanchYogaMir -- sunrise mobility w/ horses in frame 1108 votes
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@RidgeRunnerOzzie -- single-track downhill flow 947 votes
Audience choice
@CassidyLanes -- 47s parkour cut on the Marin headlands
4317 public votes
Voting trend
14 days of voting activity.
4 Integrity Summary
Total
47000
Legitimate
45007
Suspicious
1218
Blocked
775
Risk flags
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high
Stylometric Cluster
Three entry-batch clusters (12 entries total) shared a common edit-grade fingerprint and identical micro-cut cadence — flagged as coordinated submissions and auto-disqualified.
Auto-blocked
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medium
Vote Velocity Anomaly
775 votes from a single /24 subnet within a 4-minute window on Apr 7 — auto-blocked. Distinct from voting-trend peak which has steady cross-region distribution.
Auto-blocked
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low
Duplicate Account Signal
1218 votes routed to manual review for shared device-fingerprint + new-account characteristics. Pending judge deliberation; not auto-blocked.
These are integrity signals to support human review, not final proof of fraud.
5 YouTube Intelligence
@CassidyLanes -- 47s parkour cut on the Marin headlands
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Stylometric fingerprint available.
@TrailGritKai -- predawn ridge run, single take
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Stylometric fingerprint available.
@MovementMomMaeve -- backyard mobility flow w/ kids
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@SoloCanyonSeb -- climbing rest-day stretch sequence
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Stylometric fingerprint available.
@DesertSprintNia -- track interval, golden hour
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6 Sponsor Recap
Views
1210000
Votes
47000
Entries
247
Top entries
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@CassidyLanes -- 47s parkour cut on the Marin headlands
4317 votes · score 9.42
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@TrailGritKai -- predawn ridge run, single take
3842 votes · score 9.18
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@MovementMomMaeve -- backyard mobility flow w/ kids
3104 votes · score 8.94
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@SoloCanyonSeb -- climbing rest-day stretch sequence
2768 votes · score 8.61
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@DesertSprintNia -- track interval, golden hour
2401 votes · score 8.42
Prizes
- #1 — Aurora Activewear Creator Partnership + cash USD 5000
- #2 — Aurora Activewear Gear Drop + cash USD 1500
- #3 — Aurora Activewear Gear Drop USD 750
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