Hi all,

I hope you all are having a great day, if not I hope you do so soon.

This is an important question to me. I want to hear about your thoughts and experience.

Can a newcomer who has never participated in any type of contests (especially IMO and IOI) do very well in CP without a coach (by learning from whatever available on the internet without monitoring).

For me, it sounds very challenging, and I believe if I got a mentor for the past four years, I would have performed much better.

Please do share your thoughts and experience.

Much appreciated.