This is one of the things I like about these low poly comps. They force me to try and manage my work around a time schedule, and plan ahead. The first comp I entered here at the site I chose to submit even though it was far from done in my mind. I probably shouldnt have done that back then - but what the hell, I learned from it.
The "army of small" comp I entered too, but university didnt allow me to have enough time to finish up my piece to an acceptable level.
So from these two "failed" attempts to submit something that I could live with, I learned to plan in extra hours than I though I needed and begin in good time. Ironic that I this time got the submission dates wrong in my head (thought it was the 9th - no idea why). So my entry was messy and I didnt check my links before posting my entry. fixed a broken link after the submissions were over, so now I'm probably getting disqualified due to that. Hehe, you live and you learn, so next time I'll be reminded to keep an eye on the end date and submit in good time
My two cents of all this ranting would be: you learn from this to the next one