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By power_verse, history, 14 months ago, In English

I am currently a specialist at Codeforces, and I have been practicing for about 1 year. I am able to solve most problems up to 1600 rating, but I am struggling to reach expert rating.

I have the following questions:
1. What is the best strategy to follow to reach expert rating at Codeforces?

2. How many questions should I do and in how much time in DIV2 and DIV3 contest?

3. What rating questions should I practice?(Please share some quality problems websites or links)

4. Is it okay to practice 1800 and 1900 rated questions, even if I am not able to solve most of them?

5. How much time should I spend on a problem before I give up and look at the editorial?

6. Should I leave a problem and try it again on another day if I am not able to solve it?

7. Sometimes I am able to solve problems after the contest(easily) that I was not able to solve during the contest. How can overcome this problem?

I would appreciate any advice that you can give me.

Thanks :)

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By power_verse, history, 19 months ago, In English

I was giving contests by heart and was doing up-solving after each contest. But still, I am not able to reach a specialist. Can anyone share suggestions(Like how I can fast Solve DIV2C) and resources to achieve my Goal? Thank you so much for your attention and participation.

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By power_verse, history, 21 month(s) ago, In English

Can anybody share a best and effective strategy to reach candidate master from newbie.Like how much questions of which rating to be practiced, topics that should be covered,resources. Thanks in advance.

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