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By hackstar, history, 6 hours ago, In Russian
  1. The Speed Demon: Solves the first problems in 3-4 minutes, then disappears.

  2. The Debugger: Spends half the contest fixing one off-by-one error.

  3. The Code Golfer: Writes solutions in a single unreadable line of code.

  4. The Rating Enthusiast: Cries or celebrates for hours depending on the delta.5.

  5. The Strategist: Spends 90% of the contest figuring out which problem to solve.

  6. The Meme Lord: Writes problem comments or variable names as jokes.

  7. The Optimizer: Finds a $$$O(\log n)$$$ solution for a $$$O(n)$$$ problem unnecessarily.

  8. The Tester: Runs stress tests even for the simplest problems.

  9. The Philosopher: Comments on the beauty (or lack thereof) of a problem's logic.

  10. The Perfectionist: Refuses to submit until every edge case is covered.

Which one are you, or do you have a new archetype to add? Let me know in the comments!

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actually it's 11

u forgot cheaters

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The Flexer: Solves all the problems from behind to assert dominance.

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The Hacker: Spends 30% of the contest solving the easy problems and the remaining 70% stress-testing others' solutions.