A tough long challenge?

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Is it only me or you guys also think this long challenge is difficult than last time…as in prev. long challange i was able to solve 5 problems completely and one partially…but this time i was only able to solve 3 completely and one partially :sweat_smile: :slightly_smiling_face:

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As I’ve noticed, challenges when Alei is Admin(odd months) are tougher compared to others.

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ohh! i didn’t knew about that! Thanks for sharing! :smile:

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bro absolutely______ this contest questions have been f**king with my mind from the beginning
it’s kind of demotivating to get stuck in the third problem for 2 days.

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Same here brother ! But the time we are putting in these questions will be worth it :slightly_smiling_face:

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ya for sure :grinning:

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Everyone isn’t of the same level bro! Moreover, everyone is/was a noob at a certain point!

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The problems may be a little bit difficult, but in my opinion they’re really interesting compared to previous Long Challenges

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I agree. All the problems are less implementation, more idea based. EQDIV is the deal-breaker in Div 1.

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actually thats the fun part of long challenge

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I wished to learn to implement algorithms in long challenges, not just solve some case work puzzles for some enjoyment :frowning: .

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I definitely agree with you. I am just happy that this one isn’t as much of a nightmare as the july challenge.

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i think after May long challenge(toughest i think),this is also good one…

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True, most problems are observation based and math based :frowning_face:
I expected to see some good graph , dp problems that i could solve, unfortunately, these guys have put them at the very bottom. Can’t even bother to look at those having only about 50 submissions till now :zipper_mouth_face:

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Yes, but they shud include more algorithm based problems, rather than just observation based. Too many problems have math this time. Math with some algorithm is acceptable, but only math !! I don’t think any algorithmic knowledge at all is involved till Eqdiv problem. August Lunchtime & CookOffs were a wonderful contest as compared to this, as it had problems covering all domains (and of decent difficulty)

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Why not? You should at least read them and think about them if you have time.

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I was only able to solve first two questions :frowning:
Though I haven’t study DS &Algo yet (3rd Sem Student).

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One more fun thing to add, whenever alei is the author of the challenge question , don’t expect more than 60-80 people solving it to get some score.

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Exception in Feb

In Nanobots (May), he made the problem tougher by including this statement-

Ada programmed the nanobots to perform K=min(V,H) shots. Help Ada write a program that uses a strictly smaller number of shots.

I believe the number of AC solutions would have been more if this condition wasn’t there.

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