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Rutgers Programming Contest Spring 2026 Editorial
By MattTheNub, history, 3 weeks ago, In English

Thank you to everyone who participated in the onsite and the open mirror! Here are the solutions:

106414A - Fold Distance

Solution

106414B - The String Only Contains a, b, and c

Solution

106414C - Cakenap Sort

Solution

106414D - Doubting Thomas

Solution

106414E - BABA IS LOCKED

Solution

106414F - Approximate Three Sum

Solution

106414G - Longest Step-function Subsequence

Solution

106414H - NP-hard Problem

Solution

106414I - Ultimate Nim

Solution

106414J - Superset Polygon

Solution

106414K - Grid Coloring

Solution

106414L - MEXpected Value

Solution

106414M - XORzocity

Solution

106414N - Primemas

Solution
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Vote: I like it +16 Vote: I do not like it

As a tester, the Jiangly Block Decomposition in N was really beautiful. Great stuff!

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Vote: I like it +8 Vote: I do not like it

really enjoyed applying metropolis hastings algorithm and mcdiarmid's inequality to prove asymptotic bounds on N. thank you.

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Vote: I like it +13 Vote: I do not like it

N was too hard, plz nerf for Rutgers Contest Fall 2026

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