"just go and learn how to use binary search"

Solve more problems and listen to twice

just do some basic rating from 0-1200 problem on competitive platforms like CF, CC

Try to train daily (at least an hour) and do not sleep without solving at least a problem. Limit your going out and go with friends. In summary, you have to work hard on yourself (stay up late — don’t forget the contests — solve problems on CODEFORCES and the USACO GUIDE).

I wish you all the best :)

Use this one before Usaco TLE Also, don't solve problems higher than your rating by more than 300 or so this may let you feel you are not good and waste your time, also don't solve problems that are ez for you.

So, I suggest, going in the sheet I've sent its link and solve from it gradually starting from 800 and so on and once you didn't come up with the idea for around 1 or 2 hrs, leave it and then solve others from the sheet and after you finish things that you know, go to see if you can solve them now, if yes, that's great this is an improvement sign if not, see why you weren't able to, maybe topic that you don't know (so you must go to study it and solve some questions on it) or maybe it was a bit hard for you even a topic that you know, in this case look at the tutorial and its comments and learn from the experts there.

That's it :)

I use USACO GUIDE and have been feeling challenged by it until now, but I think it has made me better.

give up and go outside

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cp isn't worth it, quit.