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Codeforces Round #932 (Div. 2)
By i_love_penguins, 9 months ago, translation, In English

Hello, Codeforces! 😇

We are glad to invite you to participate in Codeforces Round 932 (Div. 2), which will take place at Mar/05/2024 17:35 (Moscow time) 🔥 😱 🤩

The round has been fully prepared by students of the School CPM 💓 (School of the Pedagogical Skills Center): IzhtskiyTimofey, AndreyPavlov, and myself. The theme of all the problems will be our beloved school 😈

This round will be rated for participants with a rating below 2100 😊 Participants with a higher rating can take part out of competition 😋

We would like to thank 💕:

You will be offered 6 problems and 2 hours to solve them! We tried to make interesting, beautiful, NP-complete problems with strong pretests 😁

Score distribution: $$$500 - 1000 - 1500 - 1750 - 2500 - 3000$$$ ✨

We wish everyone good luck in the round, and we would also like to wish good luck to the participants of the upcoming Open Olympiad in Informatics and ROI! 🥇

UPD: Editorial

UPD 2: Congratulations to the winners!

Div. 2:

  1. Sakura_lenlen

  2. keeping_practicing

  3. INeedCarb

  4. LJL_T

  5. yyyz04

Div. 1:

  1. tourist

  2. jiangly

  3. BurnedChicken

  4. m_99

  5. Sugar_fan

We apologize for the disbalance in our problemset. However, we hope these problem fun and interesting!

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Another Div2 !! YAY!

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As a tester, I can assure you that all tasks are interesting and worth trying to solve.

Also GL to all participants :)

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    hey how do i become a tester for a cf round?

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      i wish you the best in your testing career!

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      It seems to me that the author of the round should know you and trust you, that should be enough.

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As a school cpm student i recommend you to participate >.<

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    Is CPM some sort of online school ?

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      there are both online and offline classes

      i study offline

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As a top -1 contributor and tester of this round, I recommend you to participate in this round!

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    Bro posted only one blog and got the worst downwote damn! X_X

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    Another red flag

    I feel it is gonna be negative delta day :'(

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      downvoted rounds are always fun

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        Yeah you will certainly learn something! Rounds are definitely fun irrespective of Delta, but check the link in red flag, you'll get ma point

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In my opinion, the round is high-quality and has pleasant tasks.

Good luck to all participants!

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As a tester I highly recommend you writing this round!

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As a tester, I have enjoyed solving problems, and I hope the participants will enjoy it too!

GL HF!!! (◕ω◕)

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don't trust these guys

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yo

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As a tester, I think everyone should write this quality round

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Hoping for the best Div.2 round!

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Will the contest have interactive problems??

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Hope Um_nik can solve problem C.

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Why is this not on the home page yet? This post would definitely decorate the home page with all these cute emojis!

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    I think it takes some time for the announcement posts to be added to home page

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Hope to solve A and B in this round

Good Luck for every parcipicant!

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Omg! So many emojis!

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Dahm the post is so wholesome

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One of the most beautiful announcement ever!

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Hopefully i will back my Specialist rank

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emojiforces

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What is NP complete problems

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    Easiest class of problems that can be solved by simple bruteforce

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I also love penguins UwU.

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orz penguin round!!! 

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Another Div2 !! YAY!

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emojis;)

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Hope to see myself cyan!!

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Seems like SpeedForces looking at the score distribution

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Emojis spoiled a very good blog :(

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    yeah, I think there was a bit too much of them.

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as always hope for interesting and SHORT STATEMENT problems!

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Excited for a thematic twist! With problems inspired by your school, this round promises to be both nostalgic and challenging.

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As best pop singer in Russia, i recommend you to visit my concerts (and ofc participate in this round)

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this post so cutee XD

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Why the announcement looks like copy pasta of instagram's comment section

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bro used all his recently "used" emojis from his phone

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Legends say you'll turn gay after this round :v

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this guys are cool i know

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need to see authors' faces to know if this contest is reputable

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no interactive?

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Can you make it a dating contest(blog has some lovey dovey emojis ) aviralarpan3301 any suggestions?

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Please upvote, thanks.

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Don't use emojis again , please.

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Hoping to improve Problem solving skills.

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I hope to retrieve my rate :(

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I wish the authors made us some easy C problems this time

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I hope everyone gains some rating this round! (even if its impossible)

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is it just me or have Div2 contests become harder ;-;

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I wish the problem-setters specified that messages can be sent in any order in problem C.

It took me an hour and 3 WAs to realize that I was solving a much more difficult version of the problem.

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C and D should be swapped

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    I am sorry that C was harder than D. From testers' feedback the problem was even too easy for C, my apologizes

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      Maybe include more lower rated testers next time

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      i guess implementation was easy but but grasping the underlying logic may be challenging.

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Problem c seems like binary search..

any hints?

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D <<< C

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Thanks!

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C>D for me..

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    Is c a dp problem

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      C was greedy with heap. You can simplify the summation into sum(api) + max(bpi) — min(bpi) and brute force all pairs of bp, adding the smallest apis in the range of [min(bpi), max(bpi)] until you can't add anymore without going over l. It can be done with a max heap.

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      There is a fairly straightforward greedy solution.

      Re-order the messages so the values of $$$b$$$ are sorted in ascending order.

      Then if you want to pick $$$k$$$ messages in the range $$$[i, j]$$$, the minimum cost is just $$$|b_j - b_i|$$$ + the $$$k$$$ smallest values of $$$a$$$ in the range. Note that for a fixed $$$i$$$, this cost increases as $$$j$$$ increases.

      So we can start from each $$$i$$$ and iterate on $$$j$$$ and putting the values of $$$a_j$$$ in a multiset $$$S$$$. Then just remove the largest values from the set as long as $$$\sum_{x \in S}{x} + |b_j - b_i| \leq l$$$ and your answer is just the maximum number of values remaining in the set for any $$$[i, j]$$$.

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        Why are we not subtracting b when deducting a. Why not take k smallest b along with a in that range

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    How to do B ?

    My idea was looking for first element which is less than two occurence in the array.

    If occurence is 1 then answer -1,

    If occurence is 0,then construct two part from 0 to this element first then another portion after that,if possible answer is yes or no.

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      what i did :

      find mex of complete array = mex_complete now find the first index, say ind from left till which the mex is equal to mex_complete now you have two arrays from index 1 to ind and ind+1 to n; check if the second array's mex is equal to mex_complete. if no then -1 else print the indexes of above two arrays.

      Though I wasn't able to solve the same during the contest as I couldn't implement it well :(

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    D is basically math where you can solve in O(1) memory limit.

    The key equation is: (c+1)(c+2)/2 — each pair that will kill a number + pairs that kill two numbers.

    To calculate each pair that will kill a number, you find the pairs you can put to its left + the difference between that number and c.

    x-y and x+y will be either both even or both odds, so to find the number of pairs that kill two numbers, record the number of even and odd numbers and the calculate the pair combinations of each: ans+=(ll)((even-1)*(even)/2); ans+=(ll)((odd-1)*(odd)/2);

    The overall math would be this ten line code 249815852

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Can C be solved with greedy?

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This may sound like an excuse, but I spent much time trying to login to facebook

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Damn I got pranked hard by C xd

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Can someone explain why n^2logn solution fails for C for the given submission? https://codeforces.me/contest/1935/submission/249797192

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C > D

D is some high school mathematics and I worked it out within 10min after a lengthy, failed debugging session on C. Yes, I did read C and D at the same time. The reason why I didn't try D earlier was that I got an idea for C that works in O(n^2) but is very implementation-heavy, and eventually I did not get C.

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    EDIT: Just realised that the pi's are not necessarily in increasing order :|

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    Also I'm posting my WA2 submission for C here. I'll appreciate it if anyone would read through my code and give me a simple counter case:

    249821298

    Idea: sort messages by a (in a[n]) and b (in b[n]). Iterate over the lower bound of b(b[i]): { Iterate over the higher bound of b(b[j]). Add the bounding elements to sum and greedily choose elements with the lowest a (a[k]) which is within the bounds. If vis[x]=1, a[x] is not strictly inside the bounds; if sel[x]=1, a[x] has been selected. K is not reset because the choices will remain optimal for each j. } Finally check if the answer is 1 or 0.

    I think this should work within O(n^2) and should be optimal.

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      Input:
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Correct Output:
1

Your Output:
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      From the statement: "Note that the time to read a set of messages consisting of one message with number $$$p_1$$$ is equal to $$$a_{p_1}$$$."

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        if(a[i].val.first < l) → if(a[i].val.first <= l) WHAT A STUPID MISTAKE

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    high school??? kindergarten mathematics.

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      kindergarten??? my newborn cousin solved it with ease.

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In problem F, how do you create a valid set of edges in the $$$cost = (degree - 1)$$$ case?

The $$$cost = degree$$$ case seems much easier since for each [min_node, max_node] subtree range you can just sort the ranges in increasing order of min and then for each range except the first add an edge from [min_node — 1, min_node] ([min_node — 2, min_node] for the edge over $$$v$$$) to produce a valid tree.

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    I manage to solve these cases with $$$O(n)$$$ constructive method.

    The case with no subtree ranges $$$[min_{node}, max_{node}]$$$ that $$$min_{node} < v < max_{node}$$$ is simple, otherwise denote the maximum value of $$$max_{node}$$$ from such ranges by $$$MAX_{node}$$$.

    Then for each rage $$$[min_{node}, max_{node}]$$$ with $$$min_{node} < v$$$, add the edge $$$(min_{node} -1, min_{node})$$$ if possible. And for each range with $$$min_{node} > v$$$, add the edge $$$(max_{node}, max_{node}+1)$$$ if possible or otherwise add the edge $$$(MAX_{node}, MAX_{node}+1)$$$.

    The correctness can by roughly explained. The ranges with $$$min_{node} < v$$$ except for the leftmost one connect to a left one. The ranges with $$$min_{node} > v$$$ connect to a right one, or connect to a range that pass through $$$v$$$. Thus all the ranges head to the leftmost one and the result graph forms a tree.

    You can check my submission for more details.

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Problem C was harder than D. Spent most of the time in C.(T_T)

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Super Fast Editorial!!

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D >>> C （°0°）

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In C, did we have to find total time needed to read all messages optimally and then remove messages which take maximum time until time is >= l? or is this approach incorrect?

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I had trouble solving B even after getting the correct logic.

I thought the array can be divided in 2 parts always if there was an answer. I calculated the MEX of the whole array. Now I divided the array in two parts of size i(left array) and n-i(right array), where 1<i<n . I updated the MEX of the left and right array in each loop and if they were equal printed the indices. Here is my code, can someone help :

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll=long long;

void solve(int tt)
{
    ll n,x;

    cin>>n;
    ll a[n];

    map<ll,ll>mp;

    for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)
    {
        cin>>a[i];
        mp[a[i]]++;
    }

    ll mex=n;
    for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)
    {
        if(mp.find(i)==mp.end())
        {
            mex=i;
            break;
        }
    }

    ll mex2=0;
    for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)
    {
        if(a[i]==mex2)
        {
            mex2++;
        }

        mp[a[i]]--;
        if(mp[a[i]]==0 && a[i]<mex)
        {
            mex=a[i];
        }

        if(mex==mex2)
        {
            cout<<2<<endl;
            cout<<"1 "<<i+1<<endl;
            cout<<i+2<<" "<<n<<endl;
            return;
        }
    }
    cout<<-1<<endl;
}

int main()
{
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL);
    int T=1;
    cin >> T;
    for(int tt=1; tt<=T; tt++)
    {
        solve(tt);
    }
    return 0;
}
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    Input:
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Correct Output:
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Your Output:
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      I got it. I was wrongly updating my mex value of left array. Thanks :)

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nvm idk how to prove shit

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    You need to try add edges $$$(r, r + 1)$$$ too.

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      I can't think of a case where my construction would fail. The only place where it would add an edge of the form $$$(r, r + 1)$$$ would be when $$$x$$$ is rightbound for some segment. Could you give me a counter example if you have any offhand, my brain is fried from sleep deprivation atp QAQ

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        You can read editorial, in which proves why it enough to add $$$(l, l - 1)$$$ and $$$(r, r + 1)$$$ edges

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Too hard for C. I get stuck for more than half an hour, then I just solved it using two segment trees.

Update: no need for segment trees, because when you calculate the range from i to j, you only need to take k-st minimum value, no requirement it must contain the ends. (Since if it does not contains the end, all of them will also appear in the smallest range)

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    I was stuck for 1 hr and solved D in less time.

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    How did you solved it using segment trees?

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      I did 2d dp with a lazy segment tree where dp[i][j] = minimum score to take i values and taking index j. I used segtree to query for the min value of dp[i-1][k] where k < j to get the best for dp[i][j]. I needed to update ranges to account for the differences in b values.

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I think you should have swapped D and C. Nevertheless, tasks were very interesting

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I think latest trend is difficulty of D is less than C in div2. And System testing just after contest. :)

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is Div2 start getting harder ?

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    Div2 stopped being speedforces. Previous few contests were awesome.

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Thanks for fast editoral!

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Thanks for the contest, enjoyed all the problems.

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Me after solving B:

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Common in recent contests :

  1. Fast editorial
  2. Fast system testing
  3. difficulty of D is less than C.
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By By Expert

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I think D is easier than C problem.

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    smh even appeal copied from ChatGPT

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    Why go to such great lengths to try to convince people you're not a cheater when you clearly are one? Literally, if you put as much effort into practicing and studying as you put into cheating you could actually become good.

    "Please look into this matter". I did and lo and behold, you've actually already plagiarized from the same person once before in round 930. This is their solution for problem B: 248943799, and this is yours: 248959942. That time around it was way more obvious as you had the same variable names, and same syntax throughout the code. Are we to believe that this time now it was just a coincidence? lol

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why is this round listed as unrated in my profile even though this post says rated? do i need a rating before this contest?

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    Before delta rating is updated , it always shows unrated in your profile. In fact , it is a real rated round.

    You just need to wait for some hours for rating changing this round.

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Terrible luck with C and didn't even care to read D which was apparently easier today somehow :( Good Bye positive delta.

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strong pretests? lmao. my second question passed on the 5 pretests and i got wrong answer on test 6

very very strong pretests! thanku very much

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Good round overall, but problem C was a bit harder than usual (both the idea and implementation)

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Great contest! Thank you.

My only comments are

  • It was not very clear that $$$p$$$ doesn't have to be increasing in problem C
  • Problem D is easier than usual
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C is harder than D, but the score of C is lower than D.

Maybe I will never become a Candidate Master. :(

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It was a great contest. Problem D was a bit easier than C (even had more accepts) which was great because it teaches us to not get stuck on a problem and always remember to read the next ones. (and yes I made that mistake too) Thanks for the effort to make this great contest!

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    I just made a mislook at D as C and solve it in 10mins lol.

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Can anyone please elaborate the solution to Problem:C by using Dynamic Programming ..

DP[i][j] — Minimum time required to choose any subsequences of Messages in [0...i] such that the corresponding length is 'j'..

At the end , the final answer is to find the Maximum length (LEN) for which there exists atleast one 'i' such that it satisfies the inequality : DP[i][LEN] <=l .

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    I didn't submit the solution myself, but I proved it theoretically, aggregated solutions of problemsetters as well as participants, so I'm fairly sure it's correct, but you might want to treat it with more suspicion

    At first we sort messages by $$$b$$$ in increasing order.

    Let's denote $$$dp[i][j]$$$ — minimum time needed to see $$$j$$$ messages and the last message was $$$i$$$. It can be calculated as $$$dp[i][j] = a[i] + b[i] + min_{p<i}dp[p][j - 1] - b[p]$$$, if $$$j > 1$$$, and $$$dp[i][j] = a[i]$$$ if $$$j = 1$$$. The $$$min_{p<i}dp[p][j - 1]$$$ can be precalculated for each new $$$j$$$ using prefix minimum array.

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    my submission: https://codeforces.me/contest/1935/submission/249854472

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No more contests lined up after this, what am I supposed to do now lol? I knew there were an awful lot of contests in February, March is going to be dry.

I will try to touch some grass this month, and maybe go on a hike.

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    Great contest though, I had 2 wa's in A because I was using n instead of s.length() in for loop, a force of habit lol.

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Great problems. Enjoyed E the most.

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people found C harder than D, but I found D much harder.

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No upcoming rated contests :-(

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If it is kept swapping problem C with problem D, it will eventually increase the ability to solve problems with D difficulty during contest. Thanks for doing that.

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Any idea why the problem ratings have not been updated in so long? I still have no idea if the problems I failed to solve were genuinely hard or I am just a noob.

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I was able to solve only 2 questions and 2nd one being at the end, but i will surely do the 3rd also in the coming contests.

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Hello, can someone please identify what is the mistake with my implementation in Problem C? Any help is appreciated.

https://codeforces.me/contest/1935/submission/250036154

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You too? Hahaha, it can be easily done by swapping two variables

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