Hi,

The Problem

AC Code (2.5s): 56017075 (Or here if you can't view gym submissions)
TLE (over 30s, tested on custom private group contest with custom TL): 56017081 (Or here)

Regardless of the problem and its solution, the ONLY line that changes between the 2 submissions is the way I check if the state was calculated before or not. When I check it using if (ret != -1) it gives TLE, but when I check it using visit array is (visit[i][j] == vid) it passes. I don't even remove the extra memset for memoization array in each testcase when using the visit array. Why would this very small change result in that huge difference in time?