We will hold AtCoder Regular Contest-- 229.
- Contest URL: https://atcoder.jp/contests/arc229
- Start Time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260905T2100&p1=248 ( Saturday! )
- Duration: 120 minutes
- Writer: sounansya, Nyaan, snuke
- Tester: sounansya, Nyaan
- Rated range: 800 ~ 2399
- Point Values: 400-500-500-600-600-600
We are looking forward to your participation!








This is my first ARC. I hope I can solve A.
Me too.I decide to take part in this ARC because I have always been used to taking contests on Saturday 8 p.m..Hope I can solve A to C,and wish me rp++ in CSP 2026.
and me
rp++,wish will
me too im too busy that have no time to take part in contests on CodeForces……
start!
I hope this will be fun
I cannot understand why ARC on Saturday, and ABC on Sunday.
same, I expected ABC on Saturday
Me too. And I want know the reasons awa.
Is there any expert who can help explain this?
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Thanks greatly.
That is possibly because the ABC 474 may be a prelims or related to any Japanese competition or selection process and thus, it is scheduled at an unusual time; something similar to ABC 422.
Wow, Thank you very much!
Why is A so hard to solve???
You shouldn't discuss game-related stuff during the match.
54 min left
One of my submissions was counted twice (one, two). Do you have checks to prevent resubmitting a byte-for-byte identical code?
Submitting the same code twice is your problem, Atcoder may not help you check it.
As far as I know, I only submitted once. Software glitches happen, there's no user-side way to do anything about that.
Oh that's my problem, I didn't know the whole story:( im sorry..
I solved A in 1 h 10 min!!! But I don't know how I passed!? In fact, THIS IS MY FIRST ARC!!! I'm so excited! awa
ABC time, ABC difficulty.
aaaaaaaa????arc--b=abcb????????
Compare the hardest problem with some ABC G, not each problem with each problem.
This may not be suitable for an ordinary person like me, right
I think B and C are much more easier than A. A is so hard to imple :(
Yes. I think C is easier than A and B.
Same here
Game Theory D is hard :(
I have only solved the problem A.Why are you all say ARC--?
I solved B and C at respectively T+00:46:06 and T+01:30:39,but I didn't solve A.
after contest ended,I go to Luogu discussion forum,and know that it has something to do with inversion pairs.
All in all,it's my first ARC.Wish my rating can increase !!!
September is a symbol of new things in China and I prove this today.
I think D is fun?or guessing riddles……C is easy thanB mmm,Ionly solved AC 555555
out-of-order ARC
Pretty sure construction for B is supposed to be "add An*2^(n-1) to X1", not "add An to X1". For example: 8 4 1, the editorial construction gets [3, 2] which is clearly incorrect, but having the proposed one gets [6,2] which works.
worst problem solve order of all time. A -> D -> run out of time on B. genuinely might be trolling with this one. one of the exactly 9 people to do this while everyone is instead screaming at the triviality of C