Some guys from my university solve 800-rated problems daily just to show they are regular coders. Surprisingly, during contests, they now manage to solve Div. 2 A, B, C, and sometimes even D problems, which is unexpected. Not long ago, they couldn’t even solve A. Seeing such a sudden improvement in contests makes you wonder whether it’s purely practice or something else behind the scenes.
Whether it gets downvotes or not, I want them to feel ashamed.
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I believe codeforces will see a mass extinction of cheaters if Doakes was involved.
I can't believe all comments made from indian people, lol
800 level problems make you think. I also regularly solve 800 level questions, and struggle often with harder questions. However, the thinking I develop from just 800 level problems, sometimes helps me solve a hard/relatively medium level question once a while. If you master things like binary search, implementation, math and greedy, you will see that div2 contests are mostly those for A, B and C. A lucky/easier day with contest questions that are familiar to you can give you the ability to solve A,B and C with just 800 level q's. If D is a graph greedy question, then you can also solve it with a lot of focus and persistence.
In the beginning, for those who are new to competitive programming, starting with low rated problems is necessary. I did the same, and I have solved plenty of 800 rated problems.
But solving 800s regularly is not enough to guarantee solving even B in every contest. If you can already solve 800 rated problems, then you should move on. You can learn much more by practicing higher rated questions.
If someone can solve B or higher, it usually happens in a few contests, not consistently every time. And if a person can solve 1500 to 1600 rated problems during contests, then the real question is why they do not solve those problems regularly in practice?
Hmm cheaters ig.
1200 rating for 900 problem solves is crazy, whatever your doing is evidently not working for you.
If you’ve ever heard of CF Visualizer, you can put my handle there and check it. I think you meant that a coder who is new to competitive programming can reach any rank by solving only a few problems.
Please note that in my blog, I never stated any condition that someone must solve 900 problems to reach Pupil.
bro but genuinely how are you still 1200? you should be like 1600 by now with that many solves that is sus
In the beginning, I spent too much time on low-rated problems, which is why the number there looks higher. I’ve practiced around 70–80 problems each in the 1000 to 1400 range. Now I’m practicing 1500-rated problems.
High amount of solved problems not necessarily correlates with high rating.
thanks captain obvious but the user in this post specifically accused other people of solving 800s to appear consistent, which appeared to be what they did until they cleared it up in the comment above
Please read the blog again. I did not accuse people who are solving 800-rated problems.
I accused those who use AI during contests and then solve 800 rated problems in regular practice just to keep their profiles green, so that everyone thinks they are good programmers and that is why they perform so well in contests.
As someone who is rated 694, the idea that 800s "make you think" and that you can solve harder problems by just doing them is ridiculous
Consistently solving 800s will only give you div2a, div3a and maybe b, div4ab and maybe c
I only did 800s to start off with competitive programming or to do an easy problem when I feel like it, I quickly moved on to mostly doing 1000s and up
800s do not make you think, oftentimes I will see one and quickly come up with a solution and not even implement it because it's a waste of time — the longest I have spent on an 800 during a contest is 7 minutes
You can't talk about how you can solve div2abc by doing 800s when you've only solved one 900 and a 1100 when d2bs are often 1100+ and d2cs are mostly 1300+
haha, how do you know this is not my smurf account?
i feel like you would rather post on your main if you want to argue something because of "big rating = correct" mentality but ig I don't know lol also sorry if that sounded rude last time
It's all good! We all have different practice methods and learning methods, whatever works best ofc. Good luck for your next contests!
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If only Codeforces rewarded users who are able to find and report other users who cheat (with proper evidence, of course), that would be really fun.
Maybe by giving a “cheater hunter” badge, lol.
i wouldnt be suprised if these people cant solve problem A in offline contest.
Looks like you also like maintaining a daily streak, nice, man! Count me in too
yes 1% better everyday
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Vai apni kon university te poren?
BGC Trust University Bangladesh. Apni?
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now cuz of this post they will start copy pasting harder problems as "practice"
I was thinking the same thing this morning. Maybe it has already started.
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agree in my college too there are some people who do this , especially in code chef almost everyone cheat
I rated 1590, Although I can solve 1600/1700 ,sometimes can't solve 800/900 rating problems,haha. What you said just confirms the strength of some people in OI.