Adding manual signal features (Impact Severity, Energy Ratios) boosted Class 2 F1 score but caused metric drop in Class 0 & 1, decreasing total leaderboard performance.
Root Causes
Multicollinearity: Re-creating Peak-to-RMS ratio when** Crest Factor** was already present.
- Dimensional Mismatch: Direct summation of unscaled velocity (mm/s) and acceleration (g).
-** Outlier Explosion**: Division by small RMS values creating extreme data spikes.






