(this is more of a vent post but if i'll read any suggestions in the comments)↵
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For the last 6 months, I felt like I've had some horrendous luck/consistency with my contests:↵
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- [contest:2124]: Misread [problem:2124E], lost a ton of time. **(-63)**↵
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- [contest:2129]: Decent contest, could be more optimized but overall it's not bad. **(+40)**↵
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- [contest:2127]: Absolute disaster, somehow managed to save myself by still clearing 5 problems. **(-71)**↵
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- [contest:2135]: Good contest, no catastrophic errors. **(+78)**↵
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- [contest:2147]: [problem:2147C] costed me a lot of time and 4 penalties. **(-47)**↵
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- [contest:2152]: Got lucky with [problem:2152F], [problem:2152E] was a bit slower than what I wanted. **(+60)**↵
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- [contest:2159]: Misread a condition in [problem:2159C] ($a_i \le n$ instead of $a_i \le 10^{9}$), dropped around 110 places from that. **(+4)**↵
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- [contest:2161]: Lost an unreasonably absurd amount of time on implementing [problem:2161E]. **(+5)**↵
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- [contest:2164]: Massively overthought [problem:2164E], thinking took about 90 minutes. **(-28)**↵
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- [contest:2165]: Was insanely close to solving [problem:2165D]. **(+12)**↵
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- [contest:2157]: Lost a bit of time and 6 penalties to [problem:2157C]. **(-9)**↵
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- [contest:2174]: Overthought [problem:2174C1]. Overflow bug on [problem:2174C1], accidentally deleted the partially finished [problem:2174C2] code while fixing it. Was 5 minutes too slow to submit [problem:2174C2]. **(-17)**↵
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- [contest:2180]: Absolute disaster again, [problem:2180E] solved around 5 minutes after contest ended. **(-63)**↵
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- [contest:2178]: Good contest, though I should have went for [problem:2178G] instead of [problem:2178I]. **(+94)**↵
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- [contest:2183]: Lost 70 minutes implementing [problem:2183D2], overthought [problem:2183F]. **(-36)**↵
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- [contest:2190]: Overthought [problem:2190D], finished implementation 1 minute after contest ended. **(+15)**↵
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Any extra advice on how to be more consistent in contests, besides from:↵
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- Doing virtual contests (last virtual contest I did was a while ago and I haven't had much time since).↵
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- Practicing problems of similar difficulty and tags to the problem that caused the bad performance (didn't make a big difference).↵
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- Being more relaxed during contests (didn't really make a difference either).↵
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- Get more sleep (I haven't noticed much of a difference).↵
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- Stop caring about rating (Would be nice but I doubt I can do that, at least not until i hit a specific rating).
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For the last 6 months, I felt like I've had some horrendous luck/consistency with my contests:↵
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- [contest:2124]: Misread [problem:2124E], lost a ton of time. **(-63)**↵
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- [contest:2129]: Decent contest, could be more optimized but overall it's not bad. **(+40)**↵
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- [contest:2127]: Absolute disaster, somehow managed to save myself by still clearing 5 problems. **(-71)**↵
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- [contest:2135]: Good contest, no catastrophic errors. **(+78)**↵
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- [contest:2147]: [problem:2147C] costed me a lot of time and 4 penalties. **(-47)**↵
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- [contest:2152]: Got lucky with [problem:2152F], [problem:2152E] was a bit slower than what I wanted. **(+60)**↵
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- [contest:2159]: Misread a condition in [problem:2159C] ($a_i \le n$ instead of $a_i \le 10^{9}$), dropped around 110 places from that. **(+4)**↵
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- [contest:2161]: Lost an unreasonably absurd amount of time on implementing [problem:2161E]. **(+5)**↵
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- [contest:2164]: Massively overthought [problem:2164E], thinking took about 90 minutes. **(-28)**↵
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- [contest:2165]: Was insanely close to solving [problem:2165D]. **(+12)**↵
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- [contest:2157]: Lost a bit of time and 6 penalties to [problem:2157C]. **(-9)**↵
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- [contest:2174]: Overthought [problem:2174C1]. Overflow bug on [problem:2174C1], accidentally deleted the partially finished [problem:2174C2] code while fixing it. Was 5 minutes too slow to submit [problem:2174C2]. **(-17)**↵
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- [contest:2180]: Absolute disaster again, [problem:2180E] solved around 5 minutes after contest ended. **(-63)**↵
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- [contest:2178]: Good contest, though I should have went for [problem:2178G] instead of [problem:2178I]. **(+94)**↵
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- [contest:2183]: Lost 70 minutes implementing [problem:2183D2], overthought [problem:2183F]. **(-36)**↵
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- [contest:2190]: Overthought [problem:2190D], finished implementation 1 minute after contest ended. **(+15)**↵
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Any extra advice on how to be more consistent in contests, besides from:↵
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- Doing virtual contests (last virtual contest I did was a while ago and I haven't had much time since).↵
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- Practicing problems of similar difficulty and tags to the problem that caused the bad performance (didn't make a big difference).↵
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- Being more relaxed during contests (didn't really make a difference either).↵
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- Get more sleep (I haven't noticed much of a difference).↵
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- Stop caring about rating (Would be nice but I doubt I can do that, at least not until i hit a specific rating).
