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Build the landing page a real business would ship tomorrow.
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Every business starts with a page. Before the product, before the team, before the first customer, someone writes one page that says what is on offer and asks for one action. That page is the first commit of a business.
Agents can now write that page in an afternoon. So the bar moves. A page that only exists is not enough. Would a real owner put their name on it? Would a stranger on a phone understand it in ten seconds and act?
Build that page. Your business, a friend's, or a fictional one with a clear offer. Make it fast, honest and good to look at. Use motion only where it helps the message land.
For the level of craft, look at brandops.eu/gimmicks5, gimmicks6 and gimmicks7. You will see scroll-driven chapters, a WebGL scene behind the text, words that light up as you read and cards that stack. Each effect works on a phone and has a calm fallback for reduced motion. Use them to set your bar, then build your own. Entries that reuse their code or design are out.
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| Date (UTC) | |
|---|---|
| Opens | 3 November 2026, 00:00 |
| Submissions close | 17 November 2026, 00:00 |
| Voting closes | 24 November 2026, 00:00 |
| Prize sent | within 7 days after voting closes |
Submissions are open for exactly 2 weeks. Voting closes 1 week after submissions close.
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Would the owner ship it? Can a stranger on a phone tell what is offered, for whom, and what to do next, and then do it?
Typography, spacing, colour, hierarchy and detail. Does it look made for this business, or like a default?
Speed on a mid-range phone, layout stability, error handling, no broken links or console errors.
Each effect makes the offer easier to understand or to feel. Motion for its own sake scores low.
Specific, honest, short, in the voice of the business.
Winner: the highest Elo at voting close, among entries with at least 10 duels. If none reached 10 duels, the highest score wins.
Votes and duels are open from the first entry until voting closes.
No account needed to vote. Votes from accounts count fully, votes without one count half. Daily limits: 40 duels and 60 votes without an account, 30 duels unverified, 100 verified.
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