The actual question is how to not get tricked by codeforces UI.
When I hover the cursor over a contest(in the performance graph), I can almost never reach the box with the link to standings as the focus shifts on to some other contest that is near that point in the graph. Is there any workaround for this ?
or does everyone play that game to run the cursor quickly towards the link before it shifts.
You aren't alone; this seems to be a common issue. The way I usually get around it is double-clicking on the graph until it zooms in to the point where I can click on the box without a different one appearing.
There used to be a section in the Contest bar, where we could be redirected to the particular contest standing using our rank. But now it's not there for some reason?