"YAY I'M GM!!!" blog So recently I became red on CF and my happiness knows no boundaries. For achieving the red color, I would like to thank those who helped me the most. [user:dmikhalin,2024-12-01], my first informatics teacher who inspired me to do competitive programming [user:gmusya,2024-12-01], teacher in B parallel of the main programming club in Russia, who answered many of my questions and helped my a lot And all the teachers of parallel A! I'd like to tell a timeline of my progression. Three years ago when I ended 8th grade I got a giant boost of motivation after I learned segment tree and dsu from CF EDU (that's actually useful try it). In summer school I got to expert (that was so cool, I still remember how I solved problem F from div 3, back then it was difficult). Then I continued to grind CF. Before 9th class I learned that there is a strong programming club from Tinkoff, so I decided to try to get there. Easily the best decision, this club gave me a gigantic boost during these ...

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