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Scores in TopCoder ? ;)
By Frez, history, 9 years ago, In English

How scores for submissions calculate after contest in topcoder?

When I submit a solution for problems for practice , it gave me 179 , 109 , 75 ,... for 250 score problem! How can i know it is full accepted or not ?

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The scores that see in the arena just number of points out of 250 that you would have received if you had taken the same amount of time to solve the problem during the contest.

To check the correctness of your solution, in the practice room, Click on Run System Test under the practice options menu.

IMO, its a pretty confusing layout and time penalties shouldn't be present in practice rooms.

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    I like that they are, so I can practice in close to real world conditions :)

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    Even though it's confusing, I think it's a nice feature because it lets users to measure themselves in terms of speed.

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Score in topcoder depends on the time between opening and submitting problem.

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    if point>0 means code is true and accepted ?

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If you are using the applet, you need to click "Run System Test" in the "Practice Options" menu. There should be a similar option in the web arena.

The point value you're seeing is based on how long you took to submit the problem after opening it. It means that if you were to submit that quickly in a real contest, and pass system tests, you would receive 179 points.

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Does it means accepted if score was >0 ?

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    No, it's like pretests. You need to click on "run system test" button.

    UPD: I was wrong. As riadwaw said, it's not like pretests. You'll get positive score anyway.

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      thank you !! ;)

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      it's not like pretests. you may fail even to pass samples and you'll get positive points anyway

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        Thank you for informing :) I didn't know that.

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        So how i know my submission got accepted ??

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          you read other comments in the thread

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            exuse me! thank you ;)

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