10 Types of Contestants You'll Meet on Codeforces

Revision ru2, by hackstar, 2024-12-23 20:42:31
  1. The Speed Demon: Solves the first problem in 2 minutes, then disappears.
  1. The Debugger: Spends half the contest fixing one off-by-one error.
  1. The Code Golfer: Writes solutions in a single unreadable line of code.
  1. The Rating Enthusiast: Cries or celebrates for hours depending on the delta.5.
  1. The Strategist: Spends 90% of the contest figuring out which problem to solve.
  1. The Meme Lord: Writes problem comments or variable names as jokes.
  1. The Optimizer: Finds a $$$O(\log n)$$$ solution for a $$$O(n)$$$ problem unnecessarily.
  1. The Tester: Runs stress tests even for the simplest problems.
  1. The Philosopher: Comments on the beauty (or lack thereof) of a problem's logic.
  1. The Perfectionist: Refuses to submit until every edge case is covered.

Which one are you, or do you have a new archetype to add? Let me know in the comments!

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