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Need an advise
By help_needed123, history, 6 years ago, In English

Hello guys, I am doing cp for the past 1.5 years, but my rating on codechef is fluctuating between upper 3 star(1770<x<1850). I participated in a rated contest on codechef and again fell to 3 star from 4 star. I pretty much participate in each and every contest held here on codechef(rated-unrated), regular of cf(lower specialist there),hackerearth and anywhere I find any ongoing contest(atcoder,hackerrank). Is it that I am wasting my time by doing these contests while I am not showing any commendable improvement,and also in which I could study new things or am I going on the right path? Just need this small advise. Thank you.

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Is it that I am wasting my time by doing these contests while I am not showing any commendable improvement Yes, you are probably doing your time while doing only contests. You are not practising the problems, I saw you just submitted one problem on Codeforces.

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why can't you post with your original account?

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First of all, making a new account to post a question DOES NOT HELP, because the question you have asked needs us to have a proper look at your profile. How can we help you if we don't know what exactly you have been doing since 1.5 years?

Second, to improve you need to practice questions that are out of your comfort zone. If you have been doing this and are still unable to improve, then maybe yes you are wasting your time.

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