Hello, Codeforces!

AC-Automation and I rui_er are glad to invite you to participate in Codeforces Round 864 (Div. 2), which will be held on Apr/08/2023 17:05 (Moscow time). Please note the unusual start time.

This round is rated for the participants with ratings strictly lower than 2100. You will be given 6 problems and 2 hours to solve them. All the problems are prepared by AC-Automation and me.

We would like to thank:

• darkkcyan for a perfect coordination and help with the problem preparation.
• AC-Automation for providing some rejected problems and helping me a lot in preparation.
• zplqwq for polishing English statements and editorials.
• Alexdat2000 for the Russian translations.
• N_z__, HQJ2007, 2_3_3, ShmilyTY, blobugh, fishy15, Celtic, 10circle, LXH-cat, Hanghang007, wsc2008qwq, KaguyaH, XG0000, Astolfoo, 5ab, Electric_Field, MagentaCobra, RedLycoris, Everule, ieeqwq, Dominater069, Sol1, happydef, geospiza, amenotiomoi, zengminghao, yoy68, .Miikka., yzy1, vectorwyx, vinfat, AliceLiCF, le0n and ak2006 for testing this round and providing valuable feedbacks.
• MikeMirzayanov for the great Codeforces and Polygon platforms.

• You

  for participating in this round.

There will be a finite number of interactive problems, so please see the guide of interactive problems if you are not familiar with it.

The main character of the problems is Li Hua.

Statements and editorials will be available in Chinese (Simplified) after the contest.

This is our first round. We've tried our best to make the round enjoyable. We are looking forward to your participation and hope you gain a non-negative delta in this round.

UPD1: Score distribution: 500 — 1000 — 1500 — 1750 — 2250 — 3000.

UPD2: Editorial is out.

UPD3: Statement in Chinese and Editorial in Chinese are out.