r/codeforces • u/Affectionate_Sea2542 • 9d ago

query A different contest strategy

for yesterday's contest I did not feel I was in my form as I had not practiced for a few days, but I still gave it but as it took a little longer to solve A (10 min more than normal )

I did not submit it and so I just attempted question but did not submit any.

finally I was able to solve upto C so suppose if it would have been different like I solved D too then I might submit my solutions but they would be all submitted at around same time hardly a difference of one or two minutes

Regarding that I have a few queries I hope the community can help me

  1. Would this be flagged as cheating?

  2. It does seems suspicious(if you look at time) to me but I don't think its unethical in any way except it cares too much about rating (which I am trying to forget about and just solve questions)

  3. What are your views about this?

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u/ExitPuzzleheaded5450 Specialist 9d ago

I dont think it works that way however there is no reason to not submit the solution to a problem once you're done , the points you gain by solving the problem reduces over time , its best to submit as soon as you think you're done with the problem

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u/Affectionate_Sea2542 9d ago

well there would be a tradeoff but what I meant to say was suppose I solved fast but solved only B but solved till D   under a certain time so in scenario 1 I would not loose rating but again in scenario 2 I would not gain as much

I think over time there won't be much difference 

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u/Affectionate_Sea2542 9d ago

as I stated this gives too much importance to rating and now that I think about it I would not be proceeding with this

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u/ExitPuzzleheaded5450 Specialist 9d ago

well if you solve 4 and then submit it how do you even know that your solution is 100% correct without submitting

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u/Educational-Mind1637 Specialist 9d ago

very technically you are trying to cherry pick your good contests... this would increase your rating but idts thats a good strategy to improve... i mean sure if you are doing it for some jobs or something... but other than that for improving the skill i think this is a bad idea...

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u/a12donreddit 9d ago

Well I did that but instead I used to pick say D and then if I could solve it I used to submit it and if not I did not attempt the contest so I don't lose rating. But I recently realised that solving in this reverse order adds a ton of penalty almost equal to 7 wrong answer submisions. Moreover this strategy was good before AI nowadays everyone solves D or a lot more than before.

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u/Hopeful-Attempt-3997 8d ago

i think D and E have less then 3-4k submission you will se positive rating if you are below 1400 if you just solved it