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Seeking Advice: Stuck at Expert, How to Push to Candidate Master?
By navin_777, history, 2 hours ago, In English

Hello Codeforces community!

I recently reached the Expert tier, but I've noticed my rating has been hovering around the 1600s for a while now. I'm struggling to make the jump to Candidate Master and would love some advice from those who have successfully crossed this bridge.

Currently, I usually solve A, B, and C in Div. 2 rounds, but I almost always get stuck on D.

A few specific questions I have:

Practice Strategy: Should I focus mostly on solving problems rated 1700-1900, or should I be learning new, advanced algorithms?

Math vs. Implementation: I sometimes struggle with constructive algorithms and heavy math. Are there any specific resources you recommend for these?

Upsolving: How much time do you usually spend upsolving a problem before looking at the editorial?

Any advice, practice group invitations, or resource links would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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Maturity is when you realize that advice doesn't work.

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    Clearly you haven't even tried because no sane person would ever tell you to do this

    If advice doesn't work, then why are you giving him advice? Do you mean your advice doesn't work?

    Crap didn't realize OP was a clanker kisser the other comments didn't load for me

    Go back to leetcode

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Please explain how you refactored these two code snippets in 3 minutes.
1. https://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/2222/submission/372498420
2. https://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/2222/submission/372497209

Mike, please ban this cheater.

Oh, you want some advice? I suggest you don’t mistake the AI’s capabilities for your own.

navin_777

I had originally written a long response, but then I realized you were just asking a trash question and wasting other people’s time.

Here is what I had originally written
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I can only say you’re not stuck at Expert, judging by how stuck I am

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Is this a joke guys?!

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You are not even newbie

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