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Silver badge: Have a puzzle voted as the best puzzle of the quarter by the community as part of the best-of series

The community runs an automatic quarterly vote - called the best-of series, in which people can submit other peoples puzzles which they think stood out that quarter. The community then votes on which puzzle was 'best' that quarter. The highest voted puzzle at the end of the quarter would receive the badge. This badge is awardable multiple times, but normally only is one awarded per quarter. (Multiple could be awarded per quarter if the vote ends in a tie.)

This badge is awarded once the corresponding best-of post slips off of Hot Meta Posts (~2 weeks). Best-of-year posts (example) don't count for this badge. Note that during the February 2026 backfill, the current post scores were used instead of checking what each score was at the time, for simplicity.

Quartermaster

Meta post

Silver badge: Have a puzzle voted as the best puzzle of the quarter by the community as part of the best-of series

The community runs an automatic quarterly vote - called the best-of series, in which people can submit puzzles which they think stood out. The community then votes on which puzzle was 'best' that quarter. The highest voted puzzle at the end of the quarter would receive the badge. This badge is awardable multiple times. Normally only one is awarded per quarter. (Multiple could be awarded per quarter if the vote ends in a tie.)

This badge is awarded once the corresponding best-of post slips off of Hot Meta Posts (~2 weeks). Best-of-year posts (example) don't count for this badge. Note that during the February 2026 backfill, the current post scores were used instead of checking what each score was at the time, for simplicity.

Quartermaster

Meta post

Silver badge: Have a puzzle voted as the best puzzle of the quarter by the community as part of the best-of series

The community runs an automatic quarterly vote - called the best-of series, in which people can submit other peoples puzzles which they think stood out that quarter. The community then votes on which puzzle was 'best' that quarter. The highest voted puzzle at the end of the quarter would receive the badge. This badge is awardable multiple times, but normally only is one awarded per quarter (Multiple could be awarded per quarter if the vote ends in a tie)

This badge is awarded once the corresponding best-of post slips off of Hot Meta Posts (~2 weeks). Best-of-year posts (example) don't count for this badge. Note that during the February 2026 backfill, the current post scores were used instead of checking what each score was at the time, for simplicity.

Quartermaster

Meta post

Silver badge: Have a puzzle voted as the best puzzle of the quarter by the community as part of the best-of series

The community runs an automatic quarterly vote - called the best-of series, in which people can submit other peoples puzzles which they think stood out that quarter. The community then votes on which puzzle was 'best' that quarter. The highest voted puzzle at the end of the quarter would receive the badge. This badge is awardable multiple times, but normally only is one awarded per quarter. (Multiple could be awarded per quarter if the vote ends in a tie.)

This badge is awarded once the corresponding best-of post slips off of Hot Meta Posts (~2 weeks). Best-of-year posts (example) don't count for this badge. Note that during the February 2026 backfill, the current post scores were used instead of checking what each score was at the time, for simplicity.

Quartermaster

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1. Badge Name (25 characters): Quartermaster
2. Badge Class (Bronze, Silver, Gold): Silver
3. Badge Description (200 characters): Have a puzzle voted as the best puzzle of the quarter by the community as part of the best-of series
4. Awardable Multiple Times? (Yes or No): Yes - but only one awarded per quarter (Multiple could be awarded per quarter if the vote ends in a tie)
5. Criteria to Earn: The community runs an automatic quarterly vote - called the best-of series, in which people can submit other peoples puzzles which they think stood out that quarter. The community then votes on which puzzle was 'best' that quarter. The highest voted puzzle at the end of the quarter would receive the badge.

This badge is awarded once the corresponding best-of post slips off of Hot Meta Posts (~2 weeks). Best-of-year posts (example) don't count for this badge. Note that during the February 2026 backfill, the current post scores were used instead of checking what each score was at the time, for simplicity.

Quartermaster

Meta post

Silver badge: Have a puzzle voted as the best puzzle of the quarter by the community as part of the best-of series

The community runs an automatic quarterly vote - called the best-of series, in which people can submit other peoples puzzles which they think stood out that quarter. The community then votes on which puzzle was 'best' that quarter. The highest voted puzzle at the end of the quarter would receive the badge. This badge is awardable multiple times, but normally only is one awarded per quarter (Multiple could be awarded per quarter if the vote ends in a tie)

This badge is awarded once the corresponding best-of post slips off of Hot Meta Posts (~2 weeks). Best-of-year posts (example) don't count for this badge. Note that during the February 2026 backfill, the current post scores were used instead of checking what each score was at the time, for simplicity.