The skipped solutions have the same implementation as the problem was pretty straightforward in this case you can see hmm

CodeChef_admin Enjoyed the problems. Could solve first 2 in div1. The problems A and B were bruteforce and really liked implementing them. But the constraints were really tight for problem B.
Really enjoyed the contest. Hope we can have more Div 1 contests rather than lunchtime and Cook-off only.

That was a nice explaination

tourist is all alone after 3750 which shows how consistent he is. Though this post intrigued me to check what is the lowest rating ever at codeforces and I found from the rating table it is -49. I never knew we could have negative rating at codeforces

If the difficulty of problems are lowered it would affect the few deserving participants to reach Div 1 quickly though. Then the people who are comparitively slower but can solve the tougher problems will be at an disadvantage. Suppose A is 800, B is 900, C is 1200, D is 1500 and E is 1750 instead of 2000. Then E submissions will be substantially more and those people who are slower but can solve the tougher problems will be affected. I think it is an extreme cases but I guess many face the same issue.

Good luck!!

Yeah you are correct it is rather a way of advertising it to suit their needs for greater participation

First div 3 contest for me yay!! thanks to all the testers and it will be challenging as we have to solve more problems in less time!!