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TCO18 Algorithm Round 2B and Parallel Rated SRM
By hmehta, history, 6 years ago, In English

TCO18 Algorithm Round 2B and Parallel Rated SRM

TCO18 Algorithm Round 2B and Parallel Rated SRM is scheduled to start at 11:00 UTC -4 on June 14, 2018. You will be able to register for the SRM in the Arena or Applet 4 hours prior to the start of the match. Registration closes 5 minutes before the match begins, so make sure that you are all ready to go.
Click here to see what time it starts in your area.

Algorithm Round 2 Qualified Competitors: https://tco18.topcoder.com/algorithm/online-round-results/ and https://tco18.topcoder.com/algorithm/byes/

If you are participating from web arena — You can switch to the parallel rated fun round in the mentioned way:

Don’t know how to compete in Topcoder SRMs?

Check out this guide to successfully compete in an algorithm match.

You can compete using:

  • Topcoder Web Arena(Beta) - Please watch this video for step by step guide.
  • Topcoder Java Applet - You can refer to this guide here to set up the applet. (Note that those who have Java 8 installed on their machine will see a security issue — You will have to add Topcoder in security exceptions in Java Control Panel. Please refer to the details in the guide here)
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6 years ago, # |
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When I enter Web Arena it says "Completing login... One moment please..."

But It didn't open from half an hour

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6 years ago, # |
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Just a reminder, 1 hour to go.

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What is the difference between Round 2B and Fun Round 2b ?

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    6 years ago, # ^ |
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    Round2B is By Invitation only For Participants who qualify to it

    Fun Round 2b is rated For everyone and everyone can participate in it

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6 years ago, # |
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Cannot enter the room.

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6 years ago, # |
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I registered for the contest. But I am unable to find the Enter button. Is everything right with everyone else?

PS: I am using arena.

Is someone in applet also facing the problem ?

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    6 years ago, # ^ |
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    I also can´t. I tried restarting applet and now it´s frozen at login screen.

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      6 years ago, # ^ |
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      Same here.

      Topcoder screwed it up again, no surprise.

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        6 years ago, # ^ |
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        Now it´s saying something super weird: Your JRE does not support AES-128, login not allowed.

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Cannot enter my room

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cannot login

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Thought of logging off and logging back in. Can't log in now. I am using the java applet

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    6 years ago, # ^ |
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    I got logged off just going to another room.

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Now Im not even able to login

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I can't login to Applet

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6 years ago, # |
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okay let's just watch world cup

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Seems like the server is offline. Web arena says "Login time out. Please try again at later time" when trying to log in.

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6 years ago, # |
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My JRE does not support some stuff it seems.

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Cannot login using the applet

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Showing incorrect username and password while I am pretty sure the details are correct.

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Now in Applet It says Your JRE Doesn't Support AES-128.login not allowed

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    6 years ago, # ^ |
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    Restarting the applet helps with AES issue.

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      I restarted it But Still can't login

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Can't log in. I even take one day off to participate this one. Can you guys don't schedule on weekday next time?

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Can't login, getting error "Your JRE does not support AES-128, login not allowed."

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    Try Restarting Applet For this issue

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I wanted to compete in the parallel round. Then I forgot... and I'm glad I did, I was spared some disappointment.

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    6 years ago, # ^ |
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    Sorry! We are looking into it! Will revert asap!

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      Can you just cancel this round and schedule it some other day respecting the World Cup schedule?

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      Any official announcement maybe? Some of us need to go to work. And watch world cup there on a big screen :)

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      6 years ago, # ^ |
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      So, you will reschedule the contest on another day? or it'll be today?

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Cannot login!!! says Time-out on every server! is something wrong?!

UPD: now it says invalid login on the arena alternatively with time-out!!

I thought TC was stable at least in contest like these :'(

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Looks like they will rate this round based on the number of login attempts ;) Those who tried the most times will proceed to Round 3 (just kidding)

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    6 years ago, # ^ |
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    Or maybe the users who receives the max number of upvotes here on codeforces by commenting various issues they are facing with topcoder.

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Now it says request time out

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Can't enter using applet or the web arena!!!

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Is there any chance that this round will happen today, or are there already some contestants who saw the problems?

I'd like to know if I should wait, or return to work.

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    I think it's safe to assume this match won't happen today. I don't think topcoder can achieve:

    1. Fix server.
    2. Inform all participates new schedule today and make sure all participates get the message before match start.
    3. Doesn't have schedule collision with participates.

    Wasted one of my vacation.

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login page is showing "invalid username or password". 20 min passed and still i am unable to login.

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Please update us with what to do now!

This is worrying, we have other things to attend to other than retrying the server afraid at some point it might come back :(

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Still facing server issue
Can't Login both in arena and applet
TC should adjust the time after fixing server issues

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Why Topcoder arena sucks!! I have tried to do SRM on it for last 2 SRMs and I wasn't even able to log in. The case is same today as well. I don't know what sci-fi mission Topcoder people are on because they haven't been able to build a proper lag free website for the last couple of years.

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Official announcement please?!

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2018 TCO Round 2B Forum

http://apps.topcoder.com/forums/?module=ThreadList&forumID=628951

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Finally Applet Opened and Contest Will start in 15 minutes

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Announcement from the Arena: "Welcome back everyone, we'll be starting in approximately 15 minutes"

( I managed to login successfully )

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Finally the applet works now! whew!

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Contest starts in 9 mins

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Finally ready to start!!

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Is anyone else having issues with the fun round? I registered for the fun round (from the web version, not from the applet) and now I can't even see the fun round, let alone enter the rooms.

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I ranked really high in the room:

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When will you send the t-shirts?

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My solution on easy was simple O(n).

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My medium solution was similar to the model one, but jihoon's solution can be made into O(nlgn). Neat!

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And the problems were great. Thanks Lewin!

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    I see hard is quite straightforward! Just match small interval around each element and do some kind of minimum cost matching.

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      For hard, I did these observations :

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      After then, as you said, it's a min cost matching.

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So it was not rescheduled? just postponed 45min? LOL

It was scheduled for a working day, so I've even istalled this crappy jnlp with plugins at my computer at work (arena is so shitty that this is not even an option). The applet was not working for 30 min so I've left and go back to work, but the round was not rescheduled?

Note to myslef: only atcoder has rounds on saturdays with awesome problems. So don't waste your time on other sites especially topcoder.

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    If you want note something for yourself don't write it here. Did you even read the problems from this round ?

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      The applet/arena are piles of garbage regardless of the quality of the problems and that can't be denied. When there is absolutely nobody who doesn't dislike the platform, you can note things for others as well. It was absurd that they still kept the round and many wouldn't even know about it. The only good thing about the topcoder is the quality of problems (sometimes)

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        The good news are that apparently there's going to be round 2C.

        Quote from the email from Topcoder admin:

        "Our next SRM on June 26 at 7:00 UTC -4 will have a parallel TCO Round 2C. This round will open to all round 1 advancers who have yet to qualify for round 3. The TCO18 website and calendar will be updated with this information as soon as possible."

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          Does it mean that all results of 2A and 2B are disclaimed? And now will be one round for all and 400 best will proceed?

          This is such an obscure email, like political statement :)

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            This round will open to all round 1 advancers who have yet to qualify for round 3.

            So, I think that it's just one more possibility to advance for round 3 and it shouldn't affect participants, which were already advanced through round 2A or 2B.

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        It's clear situation about applet/arena, also it's clear that there were no solution about rescheduling round or not, because both decision will be good only for some part. I wrote that to disagree about quality of the problems from topcoder, shit happened, but they quite always very good, so please don't mix the issues and the quality of the problems it's clear, that peoples write topcoder not to enjoy applet/arena.

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Ratings for the 2B round are calculated, but those for the parallel srm are not. Is it ok?

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