2 years of Codeforces

Revision en4, by hung8A, 2024-08-29 17:13:10

It's been exactly two years (as of this blog) since the day I registered this Codeforces account, and also two years since the day I started cp. It's about time I look back on what I have achieved on this platform.

Solving ABC fast in Division 2's nowadays is more like a requirement than a goal for me, and instead of staring at C for about an hour getting no ideas, now I can (sometimes) do up to Div.2D's. I also improved a lot on stuff like dp, graph algorithms (dfs, bfs, stuff like that), which to me is a massive win, especially when this time last year I would barely understand the problem statement.

I also managed to stay consistently in Expert rank for the most part of the year, the only low being sometime around April. It was also amazing that I managed to hit Candidate Master once, which was (probably) a very big fluke, but I also had many great contests, and some not-so-good ones. Overall, I'm satisfied with all the progress that I've made.

Some highlights this year: R938 (very good performance on a Div.3), R942 (Math-forces), R968 (ft. a 115th minute D2 AC), R897 (where i solved E1, E2 and not D), R964 (my first Div.4 AK).

Probably no big goals for the next few years on this platform (except maybe a Div.3 AK), but I will still try to give it my best when I can.

Thanks for reading, and happy coding! :) (p/s: If anyone's wondering, I'm doing fine now. A new schoolyear starts in a few days, hopefully everything will be for the better.)

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