How do these prizes sound?
1st Place: 100% of the XP required for 2nd level i.e. will start 3.0 on level 2
2nd Place: 150% of the XP required for 1st level i.e. will start 3.0 on level 1, with extra XP to boot
3rd Place: 100% of the XP required for 1st first level i.e. will start 3.0 on level 1
I haven't used specific numbers as I haven't decided on how big the gap is between levels, I don't want it to be piss easy but don't want players to have to no-life to get to the next level!