And what about the people who spent time to come up with a correct solution because they were getting wrong answer when they tried this testcase while debugging? For it to be fair, it should be unrated. And I don’t understand why it needs to rated for travel reimbusement.
You mean they could have solved 3rd one if 2nd one was not there ?
Could be the case…
I don’t want it to be rated… But if they want to give travel reimbursement then i feel that removing it would be more fair…
Also I partially agree with you…
Some people could solved 3rd one instead…
But I also feel 3rd one was already open for them to solve…
What’s ur opinion then ? What’s a better solution ?
Tbh, they should move the travel reimbursement thing also to October. Give to top 75 in October Cook Off. 3rd one was open to solve. But why will someone solve 3rd one if they know they can solve 2nd one, given some time?
Vijju tried last one after solving 2nd one…
Some people can switch…
Yes shifting it(travel reimbursement) to next cook off will also be fair… let’s see what admins do…
This difficulty working on the site is the biggest issue in my opinion. Weak test cases and good use of libraries are just life (although I confess to being surprised that numpy is allowed, as it’s not in the Standard Library).
I agree with @aneesh2312, the travel reimbursement can also be given in October CookOff and I think it’s better to make the contest unrated else that would be unfair to many of us. Above all there were many issues with the contest, like there were all kinds of 405 errror and I remember the page started loading properly after 11:20 or around that…
Good research, but I don’t really understand complaining about a problem you didn’t solve. The people who have perhaps been hard done by are those who genuinely did solve it. The people who “got lucky” will be unlucky another time.
The solution is actually quick and pretty, with one aha! moment to get there.
LOL, its true that I could not solve the problem, but no one can hide the fact that there were a dozens of weak test cases in the problem…
I agree with you partially. I don’t agree that weak test cases should be just ignored, especially not when there are some extra prizes.
Tbh I don’t think codechef will do anything.
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Even I support u.I have seen that, how hard codechef team works in limited resources. Upvote from me
The fact that solutions like CodeChef: Practical coding for everyone pass says a lot about how well the problem has been prepared 
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Its really ubfair to make it unrated too…there are people who tried their best tocome in top 50…
And just becaz test cases are weak,doesnt mean that contest should be unrated.90% of people who solved 2nd solved using optimal approach…
Yeah i agree that server issue were there,bt it wasnt that extreme,atleast people could submit…(atleast many of my friends didnt face thar problem too severe…if any1 did then could make the contest unrated for them…its just that people have worked hard to solve sums they have(i gave contest despite having exam today)
I too support u
Can u tell how many in top 50 had wrong solutions?
I hardly can find 1 …
That’s true, what CodeChef has been able to achieve with such limited resources is appreciable. Besides the fact that they are currently one of the best CP sites alongside Codeforces and TopCoder is worth acknowledging. Besides blaming them in this situation ain’t gonna do any good. Point out the flaws and appreciate them for their hard work and effort. Running a CP site isn’t easy, sure they are gonna improve with time
I agree that server issues we’re not too extreme(at least for me)… Cuz I was able to submit and read questions…
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