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By FzArK, 3 days ago, In English

مرحبا, Codeforces!

Translation: Hello, Codeforces!

We are super excited to invite you to participate in Codeforces Round 1007 (Div. 2), which will be held on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 17:35.

This round will be rated for all participants with rating below $$$2100$$$. Participants with higher ratings are encouraged to participate out of the competition.

You will be presented with $$$6$$$ or $$$7$$$ problems and $$$2$$$ hours and $$$15$$$ minutes to solve them. The problems are authored and prepared by Al-Merreikh, ApraCadabra, FzArK, limbo16, MOUFLESS, and Vectors_Master.

We would like to thank everyone who made this round possible:

The score distribution will be announced soon.

We hope you will find a non-empty subset of problems to be interesting. Good luck, have fun and see you in the standings on Friday!

Let's continue the series of announcements with a photo of the authors. We only managed to find one photo with three of us, another with two, and one with just a single person. Enjoy figuring out who’s who!

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1st cmt ._.

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ah yes! uncles round

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why am I very excited ? ^-^

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omg Syrian round wtf is electricity and peace

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first syrian contest

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Love These Photos <3

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As a tester , the judges are my uncles.

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i love this photo alot

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As a tester, I hope you do not face any ZaiBug while solving the problems.

If anyone is intrested to see one of the testers
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Good Luck Have Fun <3

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As a tester, I don't know what to write, so I'll tell you that 1+1=2 is a true statement. Please keep this in mind while doing the contest.

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As a tester, I've waited all my life to write this as a tester comment so now as a tester

Wait for it

Enjoy

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As a not-tester, i am sad

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hoping +ve delta...

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As a commenter I am exited.

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As a tester, I'm here. Hoorah!

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I am excited to participate

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I've never been so excited for a round before. The first Syrian contest. Hopefully the beginning of an era.

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OH WOWWWWWWWW.

Finally, the Syrian Contest, I hope it will be enjoyable. Thank you to those who contributed to its success.

hack

Pictures of uncles

In the first picture, ApraCadabra, MOUFLESS, and FzArK, from left to right.

As for the second picture, Vectors_Master is on the left and limbo16 is on the right.

As for the last picture, I don't know him, but I think he's Al-Merreikh.

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We are proud of you

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As a Shaitan, if moon sighting tomorrow, I can't participate but mindflux.

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As a contestant, I’m sure the contest will be great!

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As a tester: I want to say don't miss this round :)

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As author of one of the problems, I want money contribution

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A big salute to all Syrians

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yay our heros, i am very excited to participant

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as a tester, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

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The person in the third picture is not in the first picture.

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AS a Ahmad,I am excited to participate

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As a tester, I found the problems very interesting and cool

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The last point, "You for participating in this round." After clicking "You", I found something interesting!!!

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Wow contest by only CMs/Masters

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Ah yes, another Codeforces round—two hours and fifteen minutes of solving problems, debugging typos, and questioning my life choices.

My strategy is clear:

Open the first problem, feel confident. Write 10 lines of code, get a wrong answer. Add print statements. Realize the mistake was an off-by-one error. Fix it, submit again, still wrong. Enter existential crisis mode. If I somehow solve more than one problem, I will consider it a personal victory. If I end up with a grand total of zero, I’ll just say, "I was here for the experience."

Looking forward to the contest—whether I climb the leaderboard or just collect penalty minutes like Pokémon, it’s going to be fun!

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    This is the most accurate roadmap to a Codeforces round I’ve ever seen. You forgot the final step:

    Open the editorial and realize the solution was so obvious that I now need a five-minute break to reflect on my life choices. Honestly, my real goal for this contest is just to avoid a TLE on the first submission. If I manage that, I’ll call it a success. If not, well… at least I’ll have a beautifully crafted collection of wrong answers to admire.

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first syrian contest

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https://codeforces.net/contest/2070/submission/308193387 Can someone tell a failing test case for this greedy approach?

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Женя крутейший

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excited for the contest!

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Very excited!