Yes, that's right. Don't you just love to see another "How to become a Candidate Master" blog lighten up the monotony, that is Recent actions?
Before we begin, I'll be plugging some useful blogs so you can choose to ignore these and make your own variant of "How/When/Why to become a Candidate Master/Expert/Newbie/LGM/Negative rated"! God knows we are aching to see it.
https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/83267
https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/66909
https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/75662
https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/98806
https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/98621
So, to elaborate on the blog title, is there a sure shot way of becoming a Candidate Master? Will the following checklist (feel free to add onto it) help others like me become a CM or would it be just another spell of being a hard-stuck expert?
- CSES, except for the sections of Advanced techniques, Additional problems, Geometry.
- Cursory glance of the CP 3 by Steven Halim, and Guide to CP by Antti Laaksonen
- USACO Silver & Gold.
- Pray to Ad-hoc forces and Speedforces gods?
