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Why gym contests don't have any editorial?
By Emruz_Hossain, history, 9 years ago, In English

There are lot of interesting problems in gym. But there are no editorial for them (maybe codeforces has better reason for that). So it is very difficult to upsolve them as i don't have any hints ,can't see others solution or even can't see the test case where i am wrong. The only way to get hints is to knock somebody who has solved it. But sometimes it is time consuming as it depends on availability of other person. So upsolving is very hard for gym contests. What we should do in this situation?

Sorry for my bad English.

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First of all, some of the gym contests do have editorials.

For others, there are a few things you can do about this.

1 . Simply google solution

Some people put his/her solution in blog/github. If you copy and submit it, you'll be able to see other people's solution as well. (You can see other people's solution if you have accepted already) You can generate random testcases on your own, run your program and the AC program and compare the result.

2 . Google the contest itself

Some of the gym contests actually have official websites (especially regional contest), and they sometimes have solutions on their websites. Some have slides that describe the idea of solutions.

3 . go to announcement post

If the gym contest has an announcement post, sometimes you can find someone's comments that explain the basic idea of solution.

4 . Be a coach

If you enable coach mode, you'll be able to see all submissions for any problem without getting AC. Coach mode is not available for everyone though. (I think it is for red coders and yellow coders with 20 or 25 rated contests. I could be very wrong)

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    You can also add contest to your group, to be able to see solutions

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      How i can add a contest to my group? UDP: Got a way to add contest in group. Only div 1 participant can create a group.

      However thank you very much for nice idea.

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    Thanks a lot.

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