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I believe that the div2 upper limit (the same as div1 lower limit) should be increased so that div2 contests are rated for codeforces' users with purple rating (or something like 2100 rating).↵
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**EDIT:**The main objective of my post is to make most **Div. 2 only** rounds rated for purle users also. . ↵
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This is beneficial becuaause thisit would distinguish their rating better, i. It would also mean a more frequent participation for those people and because most Div. 2 rounds are hard enough for them. The distribution of participants in div. 2 and div. 1 (when there is a correponding Div. 1 contest) could remain the same.↵
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I say that because I believe that div2 contest, which is good for the growth of the plataform. It makes no sense to make a purple coder wait for a Div. 1 round, which is rare due to the difficulty to come up with a Div1 D/E problem, when in most cases those users don't even read these harder problems at all.↵
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Another reason is because most Div. 2 rounds are hard enough for people with purple rating.(I assume their difficulty difficulty of contests should be sufficient to not transform the contestm in a "type race", which means that it is good that few people solve all the problems. I will try to convince you that we can make div2 contests rated for people with higher rating without breaking this principle).. ↵
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In my own experience I reached Div1 3 times and in all of them I did not solve 2 problems from the div2 contest.**EDIT:** Originally the title of this blog was "Please increase div2 upper rating limit" but this was missleading as I only want to allow div. 2 participation from purple guys in **Div. 2 only** contests. By Div. 2 only I mean the **contests that do not have a corresponding Div. 1 rated problem set**.↵
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**The distribution of participants in div. 2 and div. 1 (when there is a corresponding Div. 1 contest) could and should remain the same.**↵
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**Some data to back my suggestion:** ↵
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In [Codeforces Round #476 (Div. 2 only) [Thanks, Telegram!]](http://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/965/standings) only 1 person solved all the problems officially, and I would say that more than 95% of all the unofficial purple contestants solved at most 4 out of the 5 problems.↵
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In [Codeforces Round #477 (rated, Div. 1, based on VK Cup 2018 Round 3)] (http://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/966/standings/page/3), let's assume that the contestants who solved 4 problems would have a chance of solving all problems in the [corresponding div. 2 round](http://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/967/standings). Less than 50 (including red and yellow rated people) out of more than 450 div1 contestants solved at least 4 problems.↵
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In [Educational Codeforces Round 42 (Rated for Div. 2)](http://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/962/standings) only one red rated person solved all the problems and the vast majority of purple rated unofficial contestants could not solve 2 of the contests' problems. Also 3 legendary grand masters contestants could not solve all the problems.↵
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With that being said I suggest thatthe div2 upper limit should be 2200. Other possibility could be holding div 1.5 contests, but I believe that easy contest are the exception. If anything there should be a Div. 3 for those exceptions.most div. 2 only contests should allow rated participation of users with rating up to 2200, or less depending on the difficulty of the specific round. But please do allow participation of more users in Div. 2 rounds when the difficulty is sufficient, this is healthy for the plataform!↵
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I am open to discussing ideias in this regard.↵
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Thanks for reading :)
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**EDIT:**
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This is beneficial bec
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I say that because I believe that div2 contest
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Another reason is because most Div. 2 rounds are hard enough for people with purple rating.
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**The distribution of participants in div. 2 and div. 1 (when there is a corresponding Div. 1 contest) could and should remain the same.**↵
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**Some data to back my suggestion:** ↵
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In [Codeforces Round #476 (Div. 2 only) [Thanks, Telegram!]](http://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/965/standings) only 1 person solved all the problems officially, and I would say that more than 95% of all the unofficial purple contestants solved at most 4 out of the 5 problems.↵
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In [Codeforces Round #477 (rated, Div. 1, based on VK Cup 2018 Round 3)] (http://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/966/standings/page/3), let's assume that the contestants who solved 4 problems would have a chance of solving all problems in the [corresponding div. 2 round](http://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/967/standings). Less than 50 (including red and yellow rated people) out of more than 450 div1 contestants solved at least 4 problems.↵
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In [Educational Codeforces Round 42 (Rated for Div. 2)](http://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/962/standings) only one red rated person solved all the problems and the vast majority of purple rated unofficial contestants could not solve 2 of the contests' problems. Also 3 legendary grand masters contestants could not solve all the problems.↵
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With that being said I suggest that
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I am open to discussing ideias in this regard.↵
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Thanks for reading :)
