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2 years of Codeforces
By hung8A, history, 3 months ago, In English

It's been exactly two years (as of this blog) since the day I registered this Codeforces account, and also two years since the day I started cp. It's about time I look back on what I have achieved on this platform.

Solving ABC fast in Division 2's nowadays is more like a requirement than a goal for me, and instead of staring at C for about an hour getting no ideas, now I can (sometimes) do up to Div.2D's. I also improved a lot on stuff like dp, graph algorithms (dfs, bfs, stuff like that), which to me is a massive win, especially when this time last year I would barely understand the problem statement.

I also managed to stay consistently in Expert rank for the most part of the year, the only low being sometime around April. It was also amazing that I managed to hit Candidate Master once, which was (probably) a very big fluke, but I also had many great contests, and some not-so-good ones. Overall, I'm satisfied with all the progress that I've made.

Some highlights this year: R938 (very good performance on a Div.3), R942 (Math-forces), R968 (ft. a 115th minute D2 AC), R897 (where i solved E1, E2 and not D), R964 (my first Div.4 AK).

Probably no big goals for the next few years on this platform (except maybe a Div.3 AK), but I will still try to give it my best when I can.

Thanks for reading, and happy coding! :) (p/s: If anyone's wondering, I'm doing fine now. A new schoolyear starts in a few days, hopefully everything will be for the better.)

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3 months ago, # |
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What prevented you from going far than expert

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Congrats to your achievements and all, but, with all due respect, who cares? What exactly is the purpose of your blog? When GMs post about their achievements, they often include tips and valuable competition experiences. What does your blog offer? In its current state it's just showboating, sorry to break your bubble.

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    i think it is a good blog which shows his path from newbie to expert, tbh, no one cares about your opinion :clown:

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      i don’t understand people bruh because these kind of blogs are objectively just useless and time wasting

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    Is that alt account ? Ha Ha Ha Ha :)))) LOL Scared to write comments from main account :)

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      1) No, I practice on AtCoder 2) Am I wrong though?

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        yep yep you're genius babe:)

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Also same dynasty

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A breakthrough should help you reach beyond these, that from everyone is pairwise different so hope you (also myself) find out our own answers.

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R948 (You became CM) isn't highlight for you?

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