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Getting stuck at solving problems above 1400 rating
By Herothenewdominator, history, 11 months ago, In English

Could somebody give me some advice like how to become string at solving questions which are rated 1400+, I really suck at it. Thanks a lot

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Don't get afraid by the problem.Always try to make Observations. It helps a lot. In early stage we overthink a problem and lost track,but once you have practiced enough questions then you will know if you have lost the track.

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Why do you need to be string at problem solving? Be an array at solving questions above 1400 rating. It will pay off istg

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Jokes aside, I think you should aim not for slightly above 1400, but for 1600-1700. If you will be able to solve this rated questions, you will be able to easily solve 1400. Sometimes it will require you a lot of time, but it is worth it, because it is a new experience. You can try to integrate easier questions as a warm up. Or, when approaching question, trying to think about easier version of the same question. Maybe the solution comes from it. Additionally, as the other guy mentioned, make observations and try to combine them.

Hoping this will help you!

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    Yea, I can confirm this

    I used to not be able to solve problem over 1000 rating

    But practice payed off and I can proudly announce that I have solved 10 problems today which are all in the range [1200 — 1800]

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    Thanks for the response!

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    One thing I wanted to ask

    these problems in the range of 1600-1800 require a lot of DSA or what?

    or are these mostly greedy based problems

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      Depends. There are some tasks that require some data structures like Trie, or Segment Tree. But in some times those might even appear in 1400-1500 rated problems. There might be greedy based problems in 1600-1800 rating threshold, constructive, interactive, anything, though there will not be complex topics such as FFT or flows

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