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By Xbalanque, history, 17 months ago, In English

Today's contest i gave, I got WA on every question, in last after 2 hours of trying hard i got problem A solved.

I will still lose rating points.

Why is it like this ? MY leetcode rating is 1400 but codeforces is not even 1000.

How should i practice and how do i get better and whats wrong with me ?

today's contest was too hard ?

Thanks!

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In 297333141 int duplicate_input_for_safety = current_input_value_for_the_lock;

why do you need duplicate input for safety lol

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I know this advice is overused but it is true nevertheless. I used to get irritated on not being able to solve problems too and used to think that I could not solve a problem simply because I didn't know enough DSA and stuff. But the simple truth is that these problems which you are getting stuck in require practice to crack. I took too long to solve A and B today, and the reason why is I had not solved enough problems of that rating range in a week or so. Your profile shows you have solved 17 problems till now. If you genuinely want to improve and are not here just for an ego boost or something, go to the problemset page, choose problems of around your rating range, and keep solving. Eventually, you will build pattern recognition and problem solving skills automatically.