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redirect: wowsuchsecret/

The page tells the player that they were too slow:

Screenshot of the "You were too slow" page

While the message may look like someone outperformed the player in the contest, it actually refers to something else. The page this message is displayed on has a different URL than the original, found in the previous puzzle: /ysoslow/. The original URL, /wowsuchecret/ immediately redirects to the former — thus, "You were too slow" refers to the fact the player have not stopped loading the page fast enough to intercept the redirect. Another hint is hidden in the description: there are lots of idioms containing word "head" — the goal is to look into the <head> section of the original URL.

Solving the puzzle can be therefore done by looking at the source of the original page. In Chrome, for example, this is possible by putting view-source: in front of the address.

Redirect page source screenshot