To go from pupil to specialist, my plan is to clear the third question of upcoming Div2 contests(with less priority on time and more on clearing the question itself). However, as I am mostly not able to clear the third question even with sufficient time during a contest(So far, I have been able to clear A and B), I wanted some advice from the more experienced members on codeforces, as I am starting to believe that my current method of preparation is not the most effective...
Specifically these questions mainly:
- What are the most common topic tags and difficulty level tag for d2c, and an effective practice regime to prepare for them?
- Any bonus tips are also appreciated.
- Also any tips to clear A and B faster is welcome. 4.(surely, this question must have been asked before, but I have not found anything relevant yet, so if anyone can link a blog regarding answers to the same, that is also cool)
also about 3: actually the best way to solve problems faster is solving them during contest and you can try to participate in virtual rounds so you can make mashups with div2A/div2B and use them for training
Be extremely consistent and try to give every contest. Try to solve atleast one more while upsolving the contest. Dont try to pace up for A and B they are generally easy, for C try to solve more greedy problems, focus on number theory, binary search, bit/manipulations. Sound number theory and adhok will will work out if you will give enough time to it.
Never get afraid of going for D to especially if it has maths
Hope it helps !!
If you can't solve C during the contest, solve it after the contest. Upsolve a lot of Cs
what is upsolve?
Like during the contest you are only able to solve upto B and you tried C but couldn't get the approach or somehow you are not able to solve then after contest again try the problem think for sometime if you able to solve by yourself then it's good else read editorial or see other people solution. Am I correct lis05
Right. Also try solving problem C in other contests
Practice Practice Practice...
solve c problems in previous contests.
you can use the A2Oj ladders, it will help.
good luck :)