Hello!↵
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I would like to conduct a survey about competitive programming in general, including when you started, how you practice and more.↵
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There are ten questions, and it should not take more than three minutes to finish it. You can click [this link](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBHPIyQZrG7a3NZfwXNpdvjNerE31Fs9l9AXJ6t94PMhB-8g/viewform?usp=sf_link) to complete the survey.↵
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Thanks for helping!↵
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**Update 1:** One of the questions, "How confident are you on being a red coder?" now allows decimals (from 1.0 to 5.0) as responses! Also you can submit more than once now.↵
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**Update 2:** A new question is added: "Which category do you belong to on Codeforces?" (sorry for not adding it previously)↵
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**Update 3:** The survey will be accepting responses until [Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 00:55 (UTC)](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Deadline+of+Survey+Responses&iso=20201022T0055). Results will be out in a few days.↵
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**Update 4:** The survey is no longer accepting responses. Thank you CF community for helping me fill in the survey! By the way, there are a total of **793** responses.↵
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#### **Update 5:** Results are out!↵
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**Q1: What is your current age?** (Responses: 793)↵
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0-9 (1.1%)↵
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10-19 (42.2%)↵
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20-29 (54.2%)↵
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30-39 (1.1%)↵
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40-49 (0.4%)↵
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50-59 (0.0%)↵
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60 or above (0.9%)↵
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**Q2: At what age did you start CP?** (Responses: 793)↵
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Most popular responses are from around 12 to 21 years old, in particular 21.8% of the respondents started at age 18, and 20.4% of the respondents started at age 19.↵
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**Q3: Which category do you belong to on Codeforces?** (Responses: 661)↵
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Newbie or Pupil: 29.3%↵
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Specialist: 17.5%↵
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Expert: 24.4%↵
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Candidate Master: 11%↵
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Master or above: 11.5%↵
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Grandmaster or above: 6.2%↵
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**Q4: Which programming language do you use mainly?** (Responses: 793)↵
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Most popular responses are C++, Python and Java. 89.8% of the respondents chose C++, 4% and 3.8% chose Python and Java respectively.↵
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**Q5: How much time do you spend on CP per week?** (Responses: 793)↵
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<1 hour: 4.3%↵
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1-2 hours: 6.8%↵
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3-5 hours: 18.7%↵
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6-10 hours: 26.7%↵
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11-20 hours: 22.8%↵
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21-30 hours: 10.8%↵
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31-40 hours: 4.7%↵
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More than 40 hours: 5.2%↵
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**Q6: How do you learn algorithms or data structures in general?** (Responses: 793)↵
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Online judges: 60.9%↵
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Books: 40.2%↵
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Tutorial sites: 59%↵
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Reading editorials of problems: 22.1% (I added this at a later time so the actual percentage may be larger)↵
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Other popular responses: YouTube, CF blogs, College courses, CP algorithms, Mentors, Friends, Codeforces EDU↵
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**Q7: Which online judges / contest sites / coding platforms do you use?** (Responses: 793)↵
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Codeforces: 97%↵
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AtCoder: 62.5%↵
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CodeChef: 56.9%↵
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LeetCode: 27.4%↵
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HackerRank: 24.1%↵
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HackerEarth: 20.3%↵
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UVa: 12.1%↵
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TopCoder: 6.9%↵
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CodinGame: 3%↵
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Other popular responses: USACO, Local judges, CSES, SPOJ, LightOJ, oj.uz, CS Academy, DMOJ, Timus↵
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**Q8: What is your attitude towards getting top 100 in a Codeforces Round?** (Responses: 792)↵
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My hard work paid off: 53.4%↵
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Oh I just got lucky: 43.7%↵
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I'm so pro: 6.6%↵
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I always get top 100, so it's nothing special to me: 3.3%↵
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**Q9: How confident are you on being a red coder/LGM?** (Responses: 793)↵
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Most popular responses: around 3.8 to 5↵
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Least popular responses: 1↵
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**Q10: If you are a student, is schoolwork or CP more important?** (Responses: 703)↵
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1 — Schoolwork is more important↵
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5 — CP is more important↵
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1: 5%↵
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2: 8.4%↵
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3: 18.3%↵
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4: 31.3%↵
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5: 37%
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I would like to conduct a survey about competitive programming in general, including when you started, how you practice and more.↵
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There are ten questions, and it should not take more than three minutes to finish it. You can click [this link](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBHPIyQZrG7a3NZfwXNpdvjNerE31Fs9l9AXJ6t94PMhB-8g/viewform?usp=sf_link) to complete the survey.↵
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Thanks for helping!↵
↵
**Update 1:** One of the questions, "How confident are you on being a red coder?" now allows decimals (from 1.0 to 5.0) as responses! Also you can submit more than once now.↵
↵
**Update 2:** A new question is added: "Which category do you belong to on Codeforces?" (sorry for not adding it previously)↵
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**Update 3:** The survey will be accepting responses until [Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 00:55 (UTC)](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Deadline+of+Survey+Responses&iso=20201022T0055). Results will be out in a few days.↵
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**Update 4:** The survey is no longer accepting responses. Thank you CF community for helping me fill in the survey! By the way, there are a total of **793** responses.↵
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#### **Update 5:** Results are out!↵
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**Q1: What is your current age?** (Responses: 793)↵
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0-9 (1.1%)↵
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10-19 (42.2%)↵
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20-29 (54.2%)↵
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30-39 (1.1%)↵
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40-49 (0.4%)↵
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50-59 (0.0%)↵
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60 or above (0.9%)↵
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**Q2: At what age did you start CP?** (Responses: 793)↵
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Most popular responses are from around 12 to 21 years old, in particular 21.8% of the respondents started at age 18, and 20.4% of the respondents started at age 19.↵
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**Q3: Which category do you belong to on Codeforces?** (Responses: 661)↵
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Newbie or Pupil: 29.3%↵
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Specialist: 17.5%↵
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Expert: 24.4%↵
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Candidate Master: 11%↵
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Master or above: 11.5%↵
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Grandmaster or above: 6.2%↵
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**Q4: Which programming language do you use mainly?** (Responses: 793)↵
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Most popular responses are C++, Python and Java. 89.8% of the respondents chose C++, 4% and 3.8% chose Python and Java respectively.↵
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**Q5: How much time do you spend on CP per week?** (Responses: 793)↵
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<1 hour: 4.3%↵
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1-2 hours: 6.8%↵
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3-5 hours: 18.7%↵
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6-10 hours: 26.7%↵
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11-20 hours: 22.8%↵
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21-30 hours: 10.8%↵
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31-40 hours: 4.7%↵
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More than 40 hours: 5.2%↵
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**Q6: How do you learn algorithms or data structures in general?** (Responses: 793)↵
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Online judges: 60.9%↵
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Books: 40.2%↵
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Tutorial sites: 59%↵
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Reading editorials of problems: 22.1% (I added this at a later time so the actual percentage may be larger)↵
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Other popular responses: YouTube, CF blogs, College courses, CP algorithms, Mentors, Friends, Codeforces EDU↵
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**Q7: Which online judges / contest sites / coding platforms do you use?** (Responses: 793)↵
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Codeforces: 97%↵
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AtCoder: 62.5%↵
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CodeChef: 56.9%↵
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LeetCode: 27.4%↵
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HackerRank: 24.1%↵
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HackerEarth: 20.3%↵
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UVa: 12.1%↵
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TopCoder: 6.9%↵
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CodinGame: 3%↵
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Other popular responses: USACO, Local judges, CSES, SPOJ, LightOJ, oj.uz, CS Academy, DMOJ, Timus↵
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**Q8: What is your attitude towards getting top 100 in a Codeforces Round?** (Responses: 792)↵
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My hard work paid off: 53.4%↵
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Oh I just got lucky: 43.7%↵
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I'm so pro: 6.6%↵
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I always get top 100, so it's nothing special to me: 3.3%↵
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**Q9: How confident are you on being a red coder/LGM?** (Responses: 793)↵
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Most popular responses: around 3.8 to 5↵
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Least popular responses: 1↵
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**Q10: If you are a student, is schoolwork or CP more important?** (Responses: 703)↵
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1 — Schoolwork is more important↵
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5 — CP is more important↵
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1: 5%↵
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2: 8.4%↵
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3: 18.3%↵
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4: 31.3%↵
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5: 37%
