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Why sometimes score calculation is in terms of time penalty whereas sometimes its the points achieved?
By rav317, history, 4 years ago, In English

Like in the recent Div 3 round it was time penalty as the score whereas in Div 2 it was points of the questions.

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In Div3 and Educational Rounds, Score is calculated based on time penalty whereas in Div2 and Div1 rounds, it is based on points taken.

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    Next question: why is this?

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      The model where points are used is because they want to weight the problems. In the other model all problems count equal.

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