as you can see in my profile, I have 365 days in a row in codeforces
before a year, I started CP with a simple programming background
I always wanted to start CP and learn DSA and how to implement them in problems, how to think better, how to be a good problem-solver!
until the opportunity shined
our national Olympiad (LOI) started in the previous year, as the first time since 10 years ago, and I find this opportunity is the best for me to start CP and learn DSA
My beginning
We took a course before the LOI, and my first coach was Hussien_Ibrahiem, I'm really very proud to be one of his students, he taught the first step, and showed me the road, I learnt a lot of him, he was the one that made me to understand what is CP, and how beautiful is this world!
He stayed with me along to way until the IOI, and I'm really happy that I met him in IOI, thank you coach on all your efforts <3
LOI Champion
After we took the first course in LOI, it was time for the qualification contest, I was really happy that I finished the contest in 18 minutes!
now, it is time for the final contest, LOI!
I don't know how to express my feelings when I was afraid that I won't win LOI when I were stuck on the last problem and couldn't get the last subtask
I completed the first three problems with perfect result in 19 minutes, but I took 1 another hour to solve the last problem with the prefect result!
I was really happy then when I got the first place and being LOI24 champion ^_^
Libya IOI24 team
After the LOI and in May, we took an intensive training (for the top 20 places in LOI) for a month, then we took a summer camp for a week, after that, we had the team selection contests, I completed the first contest in 1 hour and 9 minutes, and completed the second one in 26 minutes
and again, I got the first place and qualified to represent my country ^_^
and I'm happy for being expert at this training <3
thanks for EOI organizers and their help, and thanks for the coaches in the training and the camp
Ahmed_Aladdin Magdy98 JoeSherif Ma7moud7amdy Hussien_Ibrahiem
and thanks for Errichto and Huawei for IOI24 camp!
IOI
We competed at IOI for the first time since 10 years ago! it was a beautiful feeling to compete in an international Olympiad <3
to be honest, I did very bad in the first day and placed 310 out of 362 :( but in the second day, I followed a specific strategy rather than the random one in the first day, and I'm happy that I placed 210 out of 362 in the second day ^_^ I don't remember what was my final place in the ranking (the website isn't working anymore :( ), but in IOI stats, my rank is 276 I'm really happy for living such an experience like IOI in my life! and I'm happy that I currently have the highest score in IOI of my country <3
and what is the best thing at IOI ? the best thing is that I met with amazing people the Libya IOI team had a preparing camp with the Egyptian IOI teams, and I'm happy that I met smart people like them!
AbdelmagedNour Octagons Ahmed57 ismail-but-noob methanol Hexagons MinaRagy06 NourWaelAli
it was a dream, but I'm really happy to meet them, and I'm really happy to meet the legend Bakry and take a picture with him <3
it was so nice to meet Phantom_Performer in real life, he is such a nice person! he was the first person that I asked about how to prepare for IOI, and he did tell me how he started and how to learn and think, I'm really happy to know such a person!
another person that I'm really happy to know and met at IOI, is bashkort, I knew him from APIO24 and asked him about a problem in that competition, and then I asked him how to improve myself for IOI, and he did give me a lot of information, how to follow a strategy to gain as much as possible at IOI, resources to learn from, and he was always giving me advices to improve, I'm really happy to know him <3
I'm hoping for the best in the next steps, and I hope to meet more nice persons in my CP journey! let's go ahead for CM ^_^
if you complete reading this post, here, take a heart <3
good luck to you all ^_^
