# Session-based recommendation on SIGIR E-commerce Data Challenge Leaderboard 2021

Source: [Session-based recommendation on SIGIR E-commerce Data Challenge Leaderboard 2021](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/session-based-recommendation-on-sigir-e-commerce-data-challenge-leaderboard-2021>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:50:21.090Z

Evaluation of session-based recommendation performance using MRR and F1 metrics on the SIGIR E-commerce Data Challenge Leaderboard 2021 dataset.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Session-based recommendation |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | SIGIR E-commerce Data Challenge Leaderboard 2021 |
| Metric | MRR |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 14 of 14 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [MRR](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/session-based-recommendation-on-sigir-e-commerce-data-challenge-leaderboard-2021.md?metric=MRR>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [F1](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/session-based-recommendation-on-sigir-e-commerce-data-challenge-leaderboard-2021.md?metric=F1>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | MRR | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Full Ensemble | 27.84 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| Final Ensemble | 27.71 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| XLNET-IM-2 | 27.46 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| XLNET-IM-3 | 27.41 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| XLNET-IM-FC-2 | 27.26 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| XLNET-IM-FC-3 | 26.93 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| XLNET-S-3 | 26.71 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| XLNET-S-2 | 26.69 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| XLNET-IM-FC-1 | 26.4 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| XLNET-IM-1 | 26.38 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| XLNET-S-1 | 26.34 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| TransfoXL-IM-2 | 24.21 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| TransfoXL-IM-3 | 24.06 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |
| TransfoXL-IM-1 | 23.17 | Not recorded | 68fa6a541e209131cea276e0 |

### Full Ensemble

MRR: 27.84. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51c0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Number of models":"60"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Final Ensemble

MRR: 27.71. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51bf.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Number of models":"24"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### XLNET-IM-2

MRR: 27.46. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51b4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Ensemble Strategy":"5-folds","Variant":"2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### XLNET-IM-3

MRR: 27.41. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51b5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Ensemble Strategy":"5-folds","Variant":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### XLNET-IM-FC-2

MRR: 27.26. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51ba.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Ensemble Strategy":"5-folds","Variant":"2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### XLNET-IM-FC-3

MRR: 26.93. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51bb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Ensemble Strategy":"5-folds","Variant":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### XLNET-S-3

MRR: 26.71. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51b8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Ensemble Strategy":"5-folds","Variant":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### XLNET-S-2

MRR: 26.69. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51b7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Ensemble Strategy":"5-folds","Variant":"2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### XLNET-IM-FC-1

MRR: 26.4. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51b9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Ensemble Strategy":"5-folds","Variant":"1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### XLNET-IM-1

MRR: 26.38. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51b3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Ensemble Strategy":"5-folds","Variant":"1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### XLNET-S-1

MRR: 26.34. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51b6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Ensemble Strategy":"5-folds","Variant":"1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### TransfoXL-IM-2

MRR: 24.21. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51bd.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Ensemble Strategy":"5-folds","Variant":"2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### TransfoXL-IM-3

MRR: 24.06. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51be.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Ensemble Strategy":"5-folds","Variant":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### TransfoXL-IM-1

MRR: 23.17. Result ID: 698e2a6dffc3901de09b51bc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a541e209131cea276e0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/competitions/tree/main/SIGIR_eCommerce_Challenge_2021>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Ensemble Strategy":"5-folds","Variant":"1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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