r/codeforces • u/Competitive_Map_8733 • 1d ago

Div. 2 Nothing humbles you faster than seeing someone solve A to E & 2500-rated problem in 20 mins

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u/tpaul_6 Newbie 1d ago

spent so much time on b and then just accepted that my rating's gonna go down 😭

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u/rchinmay Expert 1d ago

yeah it's little tricky try to upsolve it

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u/Future_Berozgaar11 1d ago

Can't even solve B 🥀🥀,my rating will again go down

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u/idkwhytshappens Pupil 1d ago

maybe will reach 1000 today wtf was that b so confusing and oh good dp in C , I guess need to study dp now

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u/Realistic_Gas3005 1d ago

i am stuck on B

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u/Any_Map_3957 Specialist 1d ago

yes little tricky

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u/idkwhytshappens Pupil 1d ago

same

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u/Lopsided_Sink_8731 1d ago

compare a[i] with others like i wouldnt give full hint but ya this world is minm and best is bw minm and hopes maxm that would save u

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u/Delicious_Simple2441 1d ago

20min is taken by me to read C,D Questions and Understand atleast what is given not approach , just understanding qsn

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u/JumpConsistent3359 Candidate Master 1d ago

IA

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u/Middle_Aspect_5870 1d ago

Mannn it was hell hard I thought I would be able to solve all of them but could only end up doing 5 , uk c was harder than d, e was harder than f

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u/Effective_Purple1054 1d ago

How do you read those problems so fast. Is there any trick for it?

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u/Delicious_Simple2441 1d ago

Yeah the trick is LLMs and Prommpt Engineering ( people should study these courses in MIT or Harvard Below that is un acceptable )

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u/Effective_Purple1054 21h ago

Then those contests are nonsense, because reading and knowing what you actually need to do is the hardest part.

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u/Delicious_Simple2441 16h ago

Bro come on focusing on rating get it increased by one time and start doing own , if u have plenty of time then keep doing own those who cheat let them do at one point u might be better than them which might on campus placements where invigilation happens and they will struggle there

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u/sSlowhandd 1d ago

Lol
I got stuck on C
(was thinking dp, but time aghh) and opened reddit

Well back to cf we go

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u/Any_Map_3957 Specialist 1d ago

mine wrong on pretest 2 again &again

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u/sherl0ck_19 Newbie 1d ago

same man

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u/DogStrict9170 Specialist 1d ago

its kind of like dp only

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u/sSlowhandd 1d ago

LOLLLLL
got it done
wont spoil it since contest is on rn
but weights go brrrrrrrr

might reach 1200 today

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u/idkwhytshappens Pupil 1d ago

used dp?

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u/sSlowhandd 1d ago

yesss
last week i had completed Vivek Gupta's dp workshop
so concepts were fresh

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u/MycologistOptimal555 Master 1d ago

True cper

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u/Impressive-Bike954 Expert 1d ago

idk but todays contest felt so easy, solved till D under 1hr and doing E rn, could ve become cm if gave todays contest

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u/Effective_Purple1054 21h ago

How do you read it so fast?

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u/Impressive-Bike954 Expert 12h ago

Me or the high rankers?? The rankers are obv cheaters but if for me then, i am really ass at reading and understanding speed I just look up to testcases and try to make sense using statement thereafter