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By WitchOfTruth, 3 years ago, In English

A few thoughts on editorials.

I do understand that writing good editorials is tough so I accepted that here and there they may have some issues, Some omit important details, some are overly complicated and some are written like authors couldn't bother less and just translated someone's solutions from c++ into English. But let's put it aside for a moment.

On the other hand, is there any legit reason not to post editorials automatically and immediately after the end of a contest?

It is really annoying to wait for an editorial and at the same time it seems a really low-hanging fruit that should not require much development.

The only possible reason I may think of is that an editorial may not be written yet at the time of a contest. But this is a problem per se. Why do we even have contests without prewritten editorials? It should be strictly forbidden to schedule a contest without an editorial. Just like you cannot hold a contest without problems, you should not be able to hold a contest without an editorial. I would think editorials could also be a convenient tool to verify the problems for a coordinator, strange it is not the case. Ideally I would also like editorials themselves to be tested by coordinators but that is probably too much to ask for now.

Anyway. Editorials are not optional/auxliliary or whatever. They're an integral part of a contest.

Note that given that editorials have to be written anyway, requiring them being prewritten should not lead to any additional efforts yet it will improve participants' experience.

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By WitchOfTruth, history, 4 years ago, In English

The search on the site is terribly broken

Say I want to find all tutorials, I search "tutorial"

What I see is only four blog entries.

Even though there are plenty blog posts which have [Tutorial] in the title and tutorial in the tags, search dosn't show them. I kind of can accept that full-text search imperfect, that's ok, but even search by tag doesn't work

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By WitchOfTruth, history, 4 years ago, In English

Just felt like gathering some data about hacks. Parsed around ~400 last contests
Probably it would be worth it to also include SFT, but whatever
Educational 96 is not finished yet but also whatever

Last 100

847 Educational Codeforces Round 96 (Rated for Div. 2)
30 Codeforces Global Round 11
248 Codeforces Round #674 (Div. 3)
0 2020 ICPC, COMPFEST 12, Indonesia Multi-Provincial Contest (Unrated, Online Mirror, ICPC Rules, Teams Preferred)
97 Bubble Cup 13 — Finals [Online Mirror, unrated, Div. 2]
86 Bubble Cup 13 — Finals [Online Mirror, unrated, Div. 1]
20 Codeforces Round #675 (Div. 2)
1 Codeforces Round #672 (Div. 2)
70 Codeforces Round #671 (Div. 2)
58 Educational Codeforces Round 95 (Rated for Div. 2)
3 Codeforces Round #673 (Div. 2)
11 Codeforces Round #673 (Div. 1)
73 Codeforces Round #667 (Div. 3)
121 Grakn Forces 2020
4 Codeforces Round #669 (Div. 2)
5 Codeforces Round #670 (Div. 2)
23 Codeforces Round #668 (Div. 2)
4 Codeforces Round #668 (Div. 1)
0 Central-European Olympiad in Informatics, CEOI 2020, Day 2 (IOI, Unofficial Mirror Contest, Unrated)
0 Central-European Olympiad in Informatics, CEOI 2020, Day 1 (IOI, Unofficial Mirror Contest, Unrated)
19 Codeforces Round #665 (Div. 2)
407 Educational Codeforces Round 94 (Rated for Div. 2)
427 Codeforces Round #661 (Div. 3)
85 Educational Codeforces Round 93 (Rated for Div. 2)
73 Codeforces Round #666 (Div. 2)
9 Codeforces Round #666 (Div. 1)
22 Codeforces Round #664 (Div. 2)
22 Codeforces Round #664 (Div. 1)
11 Codeforces Round #662 (Div. 2)
923 Codeforces Global Round 10
7 Codeforces Round #663 (Div. 2)
116 Educational Codeforces Round 92 (Rated for Div. 2)
23 Codeforces Round #660 (Div. 2)
0 Baltic Olympiad in Informatics 2020, Day 2 (IOI, Unofficial Mirror Contest, Unrated)
0 Baltic Olympiad in Informatics 2020, Day 1 (IOI, Unofficial Mirror Contest, Unrated)
39 Codeforces Round #656 (Div. 3)
5 Codeforces Round #659 (Div. 2)
110 Codeforces Round #659 (Div. 1)
10 Codeforces Round #658 (Div. 2)
4 Codeforces Round #658 (Div. 1)
49 Educational Codeforces Round 91 (Rated for Div. 2)
18 Codeforces Round #657 (Div. 2)
0 ICPC Challenge 2020: Marathon
0 ICPC Challenge 2020
0 ICPC Challenge 2020: Practice
1 Codeforces Global Round 9
418 Codeforces Round #653 (Div. 3)
355 Educational Codeforces Round 90 (Rated for Div. 2)
13 Codeforces Round #655 (Div. 2)
2 Codeforces Round #654 (Div. 2)
19 Codeforces Round #651 (Div. 2)
37 Codeforces Round #652 (Div. 2)
9 Codeforces Global Round 8
256 Codeforces Round #650 (Div. 3)
1116 Educational Codeforces Round 89 (Rated for Div. 2)
22 Codeforces Round #648 (Div. 2)
35 Codeforces Round #649 (Div. 2)
34 Codeforces Round #646 (Div. 2)
7 Codeforces Round #647 (Div. 2) — Thanks, Algo Muse!
26 Codeforces Round #647 (Div. 1) — Thanks, Algo Muse!
314 Codeforces Round #644 (Div. 3)
321 Educational Codeforces Round 88 (Rated for Div. 2)
20 Codeforces Round #645 (Div. 2)
0 Microsoft Q# Coding Contest — Summer 2020
0 Microsoft Q# Coding Contest — Summer 2020 — Warmup
10 Codeforces Round #643 (Div. 2)
150 Educational Codeforces Round 87 (Rated for Div. 2)
127 Codeforces Round #642 (Div. 3)
141 Codeforces Round #640 (Div. 4)
9 Testing Round #16 (Unrated)
39 Codeforces Round #641 (Div. 2)
35 Codeforces Round #641 (Div. 1)
103 Codeforces Round #638 (Div. 2)
0 Kotlin Heroes: Practice 4
0 Kotlin Heroes: Episode 4
2 Codeforces Round #639 (Div. 2)
7 Codeforces Round #639 (Div. 1)
173 Codeforces Round #636 (Div. 3)
294 Educational Codeforces Round 86 (Rated for Div. 2)
58 Codeforces Round #637 (Div. 2) — Thanks, Ivan Belonogov!
63 Codeforces Round #637 (Div. 1) — Thanks, Ivan Belonogov!
4 Codeforces Round #633 (Div. 2)
3 Codeforces Round #633 (Div. 1)
49 Codeforces Round #635 (Div. 2)
5 Codeforces Round #635 (Div. 1)
191 Codeforces Round #634 (Div. 3)
2421 Educational Codeforces Round 85 (Rated for Div. 2)
30 Codeforces Round #632 (Div. 2)
10 Codeforces Round #630 (Div. 2)
0 April Fools Day Contest 2020
29 Codeforces Round #631 (Div. 2) — Thanks, Denis aramis Shitov!
7 Codeforces Round #631 (Div. 1) — Thanks, Denis aramis Shitov!
123 Codeforces Round #629 (Div. 3)
142 Educational Codeforces Round 84 (Rated for Div. 2)
197 Codeforces Global Round 7
34 Codeforces Round #628 (Div. 2)
1274 Codeforces Round #627 (Div. 3)
16 Codeforces Round #626 (Div. 2, based on Moscow Open Olympiad in Informatics)
8 Codeforces Round #626 (Div. 1, based on Moscow Open Olympiad in Informatics)
22 Codeforces Round #625 (Div. 2, based on Technocup 2020 Final Round)

Top-100

Educational Codeforces Round 85 (Rated for Div. 2) 2421
CodeCraft-19 and Codeforces Round #537 (Div. 2) 2342
Educational Codeforces Round 58 (Rated for Div. 2) 1967
Codeforces Round #611 (Div. 3) 1886
Educational Codeforces Round 61 (Rated for Div. 2) 1837
Educational Codeforces Round 72 (Rated for Div. 2) 1439
Codeforces Round #521 (Div. 3) 1359
Educational Codeforces Round 55 (Rated for Div. 2) 1354
Codeforces Round #505 (rated, Div. 1 + Div. 2, based on VK Cup 2018 Final) 1317
Codeforces Round #627 (Div. 3) 1274
Educational Codeforces Round 67 (Rated for Div. 2) 1269
Codeforces Round #507 (Div. 2, based on Olympiad of Metropolises) 1218
Codeforces Round #506 (Div. 3) 1217
Codeforces Round #531 (Div. 3) 1183
Educational Codeforces Round 89 (Rated for Div. 2) 1116
Educational Codeforces Round 81 (Rated for Div. 2) 1096
Educational Codeforces Round 47 (Rated for Div. 2) 978
Codeforces Round #552 (Div. 3) 949
Codeforces Round #504 (rated, Div. 1 + Div. 2, based on VK Cup 2018 Final) 943
Codeforces Global Round 10 923
Codeforces Round #555 (Div. 3) 919
Codeforces Round #624 (Div. 3) 911
Codeforces Round #560 (Div. 3) 872
Educational Codeforces Round 52 (Rated for Div. 2) 860
Educational Codeforces Round 96 (Rated for Div. 2) 847
Codeforces Round #497 (Div. 2) 819
Codeforces Round #570 (Div. 3) 798
Codeforces Round #527 (Div. 3) 796
Educational Codeforces Round 63 (Rated for Div. 2) 790
Hello 2019 785
Educational Codeforces Round 66 (Rated for Div. 2) 782
Educational Codeforces Round 83 (Rated for Div. 2) 774
Educational Codeforces Round 54 (Rated for Div. 2) 721
Educational Codeforces Round 49 (Rated for Div. 2) 697
Educational Codeforces Round 51 (Rated for Div. 2) 694
Codeforces Round #501 (Div. 3) 604
Codeforces Round #510 (Div. 2) 589
Educational Codeforces Round 74 (Rated for Div. 2) 573
Codeforces Round #529 (Div. 3) 549
Educational Codeforces Round 73 (Rated for Div. 2) 544
Codeforces Round #540 (Div. 3) 497
Educational Codeforces Round 50 (Rated for Div. 2) 497
Educational Codeforces Round 53 (Rated for Div. 2) 482
Educational Codeforces Round 71 (Rated for Div. 2) 472
Good Bye 2018 441
Educational Codeforces Round 80 (Rated for Div. 2) 437
Codeforces Round #661 (Div. 3) 427
Codeforces Round #494 (Div. 3) 419
Codeforces Round #653 (Div. 3) 418
Educational Codeforces Round 94 (Rated for Div. 2) 407
Educational Codeforces Round 69 (Rated for Div. 2) 405
Codeforces Round #535 (Div. 3) 378
Educational Codeforces Round 90 (Rated for Div. 2) 355
Educational Codeforces Round 60 (Rated for Div. 2) 344
Codeforces Round #547 (Div. 3) 336
Educational Codeforces Round 88 (Rated for Div. 2) 321
Codeforces Round #579 (Div. 3) 320
Educational Codeforces Round 79 (Rated for Div. 2) 317
Codeforces Round #644 (Div. 3) 314
Codeforces Round #533 (Div. 2) 306
Codeforces Round #575 (Div. 3) 300
Educational Codeforces Round 56 (Rated for Div. 2) 298
Codeforces Round #595 (Div. 3) 296
Educational Codeforces Round 86 (Rated for Div. 2) 294
Codeforces Round #566 (Div. 2) 294
Educational Codeforces Round 65 (Rated for Div. 2) 291
Codeforces Round #587 (Div. 3) 290
Codeforces Round #578 (Div. 2) 288
Educational Codeforces Round 76 (Rated for Div. 2) 281
Codeforces Round #598 (Div. 3) 281
Codeforces Round #520 (Div. 2) 279
Codeforces Round #511 (Div. 2) 276
Codeforces Round #544 (Div. 3) 269
Codeforces Round #513 by Barcelona Bootcamp (rated, Div. 1 + Div. 2) 262
Codeforces Global Round 1 261
Codeforces Round #650 (Div. 3) 256
Educational Codeforces Round 78 (Rated for Div. 2) 255
Codeforces Round #674 (Div. 3) 248
Codeforces Round #590 (Div. 3) 245
Educational Codeforces Round 48 (Rated for Div. 2) 236
Codeforces Round #515 (Div. 3) 231
Codeforces Round #563 (Div. 2) 228
Codeforces Round #609 (Div. 2) 216
Educational Codeforces Round 77 (Rated for Div. 2) 216
Codeforces Round #596 (Div. 2, based on Technocup 2020 Elimination Round 2) 204
Codeforces Global Round 2 203
Codeforces Round #498 (Div. 3) 199
Codeforces Round #499 (Div. 1) 198
Codeforces Global Round 7 197
Codeforces Round #634 (Div. 3) 191
Mail.Ru Cup 2018 Round 2 191
Codeforces Round #534 (Div. 2) 188
Codeforces Round #556 (Div. 2) 184
Codeforces Round #511 (Div. 1) 181
Codeforces Round #496 (Div. 3) 179
Codeforces Round #636 (Div. 3) 173
Manthan, Codefest 18 (rated, Div. 1 + Div. 2) 171
Codeforces Round #565 (Div. 3) 170
Codeforces Round #586 (Div. 1 + Div. 2) 168
Codeforces Round #572 (Div. 2) 166

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