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are newer questions of the same rating tougher than before?
By 6eyes, history, 3 months ago, In English

cus im solving some 900s and the newer 900 seem wayyyy tougher than older 900 rated question

is there a reason why? or is it just me?

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short answer : YES . It is because problems are rated based on the performance of contestants in the contest , and as there are a lot of cheaters the rating is deflated .

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Yes. See for example https://codeforces.me/contest/466/problem/A, which is rated 1200 but would be rated 800 today. This is because contestants are improving.

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This is also very sad cause it means that there are much less relevant problems to train from

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So from now on we must learn, adapt and win.

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