2026 7th Annual Folding Challenge (Jan 24-31 2026) Hosted by [H]ardForum

[Fluxmaven]

@pio Since the other ones are in hours, I'd just keep it consistent and go with 168 hour. 

 

Good job everybody! I had a great time as always.

 

Special thanks to @Bastiaan_NL for going above and beyond. I was on the fence about trying to go for a billion during the week or being content with what I was doing. You reminding me that I wasn't being EXXXtreme!!!11!! enough was a big help. 

[Bastiaan_NL]

15 minutes ago, Fluxmaven said:

@pio Since the other ones are in hours, I'd just keep it consistent and go with 168 hour. 

 

Good job everybody! I had a great time as always.

 

Special thanks to @Bastiaan_NL for going above and beyond. I was on the fence about trying to go for a billion during the week or being content with what I was doing. You reminding me that I wasn't being EXXXtreme!!!11!! enough was a big help. 

Thanks bud, you did great too!
You know I was just kidding, just trying to push you all to do more than you were planning to. No matter if it was 1 billion, or 5 million, as long as we improved our output to move up the rankings as a team, we achieved our goal. 
Thanks everyone who participated  
 

[bonami2]

Thanks everyone for participating — I honestly didn’t expect this many people to jump in!

For the Horde! …I mean, the cause!

[pio]

On 31/01/2026 at 13:47, Bastiaan_NL said:

Thanks bud, you did great too!
You know I was just kidding, just trying to push you all to do more than you were planning to. No matter if it was 1 billion, or 5 million, as long as we improved our output to move up the rankings as a team, we achieved our goal. 
Thanks everyone who participated  
 

When I saw you were folding, I knew I had to go all in!  Was a ton of fun.  Thank you to everyone who participated!

I'll get those postbits fixed up and distributed this week.

[Sir Beregond]

Was fun, thanks everyone!

[BWG]

I noticed today that hertz9753 is about to pass my wife, Patsy. In case you do not know, Mike Hertz was a man that some of us had the priveledge of his kindness making an impact on our lives. It made me think about how the folding community will always be about folding@home and that a lot of us, and our families, were brought into this movement with us. I've been absent due to my hobbies taking a back seat to my direct family is the way to summarize it best. Many of us have moved on. But, to those who read this, no matter who you are, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you have ever done for this community no matter what forum your ties are with.

 

Shameless plug for Philistine fudge to see if anyone still talks to him because my wife misses her Peppermint Patsy Fudge.

 

Clearly what @Bastiaan_NLdid for this event was beyond crazy, and you know what, we love this man for it! Don't be bashful, sir, that was NOT cheap! Incredible!!!