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Does a2oj Ladder really works ?
By Sazzon, history, 8 years ago, In English

Hi!

I'm currently trying to improve my problem solving skills to score high here! Recently a friend of mine suggested that I should start solving the a2oj Ladder (which I am!). But I started noticing that most of the problems there are from old rounds and 90% of those are pretty easy. It gets harder along the way or should I try something else ?

Thanks in advance for any nice tips!

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8 years ago, # |
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Ladders A and half of B are for total begginers. I would suggest you next strategy:

  1. Pick topic
  2. Learn theory
  3. Do as many as you can problems related to that topic
  4. Repeat
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8 years ago, # |
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yes they do ,in the same way any ordered pset works ,if a pset is too easy (there many definitions for "too easy" but for me I prefer the "you can solve +70% easily" definition) then it's not worth it and you should try a harder one.

my main training for the last 3 months has been solving problems from the 1700 ,1800 and 1900 ladders and the result is that my team qualified to the ACM ICPC and today I got into div 1

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    Nice work!

    My current training is solving almost all questions on UVa judge and learn the theory slowly. But I really want to become good here too so I'm solving those ladders too.

    Thanks!

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5 years ago, # |
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http://cfladders.rf.gd/

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