Hello Codeforces community, Coordinators, and @MikeMirzayanov!

First of all, I want to express my deepest gratitude to all the problem setters, testers, and coordinators. Thank you for dedicating your precious time and energy to providing us with such amazing contests. Your hard work is what makes this platform so great!

I am writing this blog as a humble learner to make a very small request on behalf of many Chinese students. I recently checked the schedule and noticed that there are currently no rounds planned between September 26th and October 10th. Coincidentally, this exact period overlaps with the Chinese National Day holiday, where we get a precious 7-day continuous break.

Many beginners and humble learners like myself were extremely excited to use this free time to practice hard and maybe improve our ratings a little bit. Seeing an empty schedule during our longest holiday makes us feel a bit sad and lost.

If any problem setters have a ready-to-go round, we humbly pray and beg that you might consider scheduling it during this holiday! It would mean the world to us.

Also, I must mention a tragic detail about the round on October 10th (Saturday). Due to our unique "make-up day" policy, Chinese students actually have to go to school on that Saturday. Since that round is held at 23:05 (Beijing Time), if we stay up to compete and then go to our morning classes... our head teachers will literally kill us. So, sadly, we have no chance to participate in that one.

Thank you so much for reading this small request. Wishing everyone high ratings and a great day!