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Tricks and help for improving
By __fn__, 13 months ago, In English

Hello Codeforces!

I have been doing cp for 8 months now and even if i feel like i have learned a lot of things my rating is not showing the same thing. Moreover It seems like i have the same level as i started back to February.

Some months ago i decided to start doing one Div3 virtual every day and upsolve the problems i wasn't able to do. Strange thing i most of the time perform good but during it but in real contest it not the same.

Last time during Educational Codeforces Round 154 (Rated for Div. 2) i end up solving only one problem but few minutes (5 to 10 min) after the end i was able to solve 1861C - Queries for the Array and i found that my solution for 1861B - Two Binary Strings was good but i loop from 0 to n-2 instead of n-1. That would have make it 3 problems and something like specialist performance since most of them were not able to solve that C

Here is graph of solve problem.

If anyone have an advice that can help me improve feel free to state it in the comment. Thanks

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13 months ago, # |
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How'd you get your solving stats?

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bro you are atleast in good position than me i am not able to solve b even after the contest please suggest me something to solve the b

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    13 months ago, # ^ |
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    I really don't know currently a way that help improve. As i was stating it in the blog my level seem to be the same as when i started in february so i'm not able to help you.

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I mean since you're doing well in virtual contests and not in online ones, I'd say you're just nervous and you just gotta find a way to get over the nervousness and not caring about your rating is a pretty good goddamn way. Also if you're sure it's not the nerves, it's probably the way you're practicing and I'd recommend finding a different way to practice.

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13 months ago, # |
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Try to solve between 1800 and 2300 first.

Even if each question takes you 5 hours

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    13 months ago, # ^ |
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    But if he can't solve C in the contest what is the benefit of solve so hard problems that it's out of his level

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      There is more focus and more time

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  1. Try to solve harder problems gradually. If you can solve problems at the 800 difficulty consistently (~80%), just try problems from 1000+ range.
  2. Be honest with yourself. Make sure you truly understand the solution inside out.
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By the way. Is doing virtual really relevant ?

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forget the rating

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