Marbles RTX Physics Contest - Animation offset

Hi,

Is there a way we can offset the animations for these two instances of the same thing, something like when one goes up, the other goes down.?
Is it within the rules to offset the animation for these pistons since it’s not technically changing the animation?

nvidia

There is a way to modify a .usd file:
https://graphics.pixar.com/usd/docs/USD-Glossary.html#USDGlossary-LayerOffset