Why sort the submissions by solution size?

Revision en2, by codefforces, 2021-02-25 20:34:26

By default, submissions for a problem are shown in the increasing order of solution size. Example: https://codeforces.net/contest/1336/status/C?order=.

Why solution size, of all things? There are some submissions with extremely cryptic code and no line breaks whatsoever, perhaps purposely so, ending up in topping the list. For example, this submission tops the list by cramming all the code into one line (plus 2 lines for macros).

Instead, I think order by submission time would be more natural. That would first list the code of the contest toppers. Given their consistency, it's easy to follow them.

At least, is there an option in the settings to change this that I overlooked?

Tags submission, status page, solution size

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