I would agree with this. My guess is 550k-600k for 1st place and 250k-300k for 50th place. Eevn that entails finding 4 people that can move from 2P-1K in one year which outside the rarified air of FT is still fairly unusual.

Unless you participate in an internet forum like FT or work in a place where you just got a project that will entail you and your co-workers travelling a LOT more, it would be very difficult to form a productive team.