# Public test vs private test

**URL:** <https://community.drivendata.org/t/public-test-vs-private-test/5634>\
**Category:** MagNet: Model the Geomagnetic Field\
**Created:** [December 20, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/public-test-vs-private-test/5634 "2020-12-20T09:01:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![motoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@motoki](https://community.drivendata.org/u/motoki)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/public-test-vs-private-test/5634/1 "2020-12-20T09:01:48Z")

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Hello,

I am wondering how the private test and public test is split. Are they more or less the same? Or what we see is what we got (no private test) 😃

Many thanks

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**Author:** ![cszc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cszc](https://community.drivendata.org/u/cszc)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/public-test-vs-private-test/5634/2 "2020-12-21T16:22:32Z")

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Hi @motoki! There is indeed a private test set, and it is more or less the same as the public test set.