Step 1 : Openhttps://codeforces.com/& enter (log in) with your Codeforces username. Step 2 : Select theContestsoption from the navigation bar. Step 3 : Select the contest you want to take part in & then click theRegisterbutton. When the contest is about to start at the scheduled time...
telling someone to “practice” or “train hard” isn’t helpful since everyone already knows and agrees on that. It can serve as a reminder or motivation, but it doesn’t add knowledge
Participating in coding challenges can sharpen your problem-solving skills. Websites likeLeetCode,HackerRank, andCodeforcesoffer a range of problems to solve. Try to understand different approaches to the same problem and learn from others' solutions. b. Contribute to Open Source Open source projects...
Whats that? I tried to Google search but only got links on how to start competitive programming on topcoder. (As in read problems think algo solve etc...). But how does one navigate and solve actual questions? Thanks!topcoder, beginner, how to start ...
Alright, so codeforces seems good. Why only a rating range where you can solve ~30-40% of the time? Shouldn't you be practicing coming up with solutions on your own? Well, like I said earlier, you want to come across as many concepts as quickly as possible. If you're able to solv...
I've read many blogs here, and upsolving is always mentioned as one of the best ways to improve. I try to solve problems after contests, but I feel like I’m not making the most out of it. How do you approach upsolving? What helped you the most in getting better at problem-solvin...
I'm not looking for any shortcuts, I want to grow steadily while having good foundations in CP. I want to know the resources/practice-problems/approaches that helped you to reach 1200 from a total beginner. Thanks a lot.
It really seems to me that these are basic algorithms. HLD, Flows,matrix exponentation, CHT these topics are really extremely difficult. oh, if you start to understand them. To realize how they work and learn how to apply them in practice, it will cost a lot. For a beginner, these ...
And as absurd as it may sound, I believe that SOLVE and FAST are very different and almost independent parts, and you need to practice them separately. Let’s look at some contest, like a CodeForces round. For the sake of simplicity let’s assume that every problem has some difficulty, ...
not really sure as I didn't get a good look) some kind of satire/joke blog, I wanted to post some serious advice about things I (don't) like to see when people are PMing me. However I decided that this wouldn't be in the spirit of the blog and decided to make a separate blog...