After 2 months of hard practice, I finally managed to climb from gray to specialist! I knew this moment would come soon, but I didn't expect to perform so well out of the blue — I unexpectedly took 721st place in todays Div. 2. Overall, I feel like I'm making big steps and rapidly learning — I used to get stuck on Div. 2 A and B before, sometimes even failing to solve B, but now I'm able to solve A-D. It's starting to get easier to notice patterns and break down problems to solve them with already known algorithms. I'm looking forward to seeing how far I can go!

I would say 'til the next contest, but I probably won't post until I reach expert. So, hopefully I'll write again soon!