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TCO18 Algorithm Finals
By scott_wu, history, 6 years ago, In English

Hey all, coverage of the TCO18 Algorithm Finals begins tomorrow at 12:45 CST. Check out the live broadcast on Twitch, featuring me and Lewin. Good luck to all the finalists!

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Cute is justice. I'm a big fan of ksun48. I hope ksun48 will win the contest!

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Isnt the stream supposed to start??

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Statements: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ASip1ajEtVRwsjhi2YhSbB4U5iL1IbxcYMPG5nI0elg/edit

Editorial: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HT7Hw2Yu1qx2YpLe_u-sRTG1lTp-Aai6nnXDnKR4HCc/edit#

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Any difference between this one and the medium one in the final?

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    in the medium you need to find the maximum distance between any two points; in 266D you need to choose the point to minimize the maximum distamce from this point to any other

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Lol, med is a great problem, but I have seen it discussed on Codeforces at least twice and I have solved it even before I saw it discussed.

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Congrats to Petr on winning!

Also congrats to ksun48 on getting the second place :)

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    tourist beat all by winning money.

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      No idea why this is downvoted but what they meant was that tourist won the most money on these TCO finals, and that's correct -- he won the marathon and was third in algorithms.

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    Will you be joining Kevin in MIT's ACM ICPC 2019 team? With you both on same team, MIT has a great shot at medaling gold this year.

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      Unfortunately, I'm not in their team.

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        That is such a damn shame.

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          Why is it a shame?

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            matthew99 could easily replace either of ksun48's 2018 teammates and get substantially better results. I think one of the guys, cliu568, is a pure math guy, but having an actual CP'er is magnitudes more helpful in contest. The other guy, desert97, is actually red, but matthew99 is still better (I'm basing that entirely on their contest history and rank).

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              How is it a shame I ask again?

              Its just that maybe they dont want to change their team because they practised together for so long time that they are more perfect team than with Xiao. Also there is a lot more than just forming team based on rating.

              Also I think he changed his team this time

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                ksun48 said their team was formed last minute. Kevin is a decorated CP'er and 'mathlete', he plays to win, just like in today's tco final. He should optimize his chances, but it won't happen now that matthew confirmed he isn't on their team. I mean really though, what is the point of two talented CP'ers from the same school going against each other, just put them on the same team! And it's sad for matthew that he won't be able to even attend icpc.

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                  Well, when it comes to maximizing chances, it would be better also to wait 2020 or even 2021, letting MSU and Umnik's team to win something in 2019 and 2020.

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