TIPS TO REACH DIVISION 1

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This is a pretty generic question, but I’d really appreciate it if you can give me some tips to reach division 1 fast (I just became a three-star coder).

Please tell me the topics I should emphasize, some contests where I should take part, some tips, etc. which will enable me to reach division 1 fast.

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oh man , me too

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easy way-only long challenges(solve as many as you can, google as much as possible)
hard way-long+increase speed, and try solving cook-off/lunchtime problem 3

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I just want to ask I am always failing to solve the 3 questions in cook-offs and lunchtimes.How shud I improve?

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I want to reach it the hard way. Any tips?

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same here bro…i had solve atmost 2 ques in short contests :frowning:

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can we xchange cellphn nos.?

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Yea sure
What’s yours @sayan_1999? We’ll talk via telegram or whatsapp.

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In my opinion most easiest way is to solve 3rd question in cookoff/lunchtimes.

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Hi,
Just wanted to ask… the hard way is quicker or not??

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@sayan_1999 @anon53253486 @ayush_dhaka_3 i think i am not the right candidate to answer this, because more often than not i fail to solve it too. :sweat_smile: :sweat_smile: :sweat_smile:
anyways, i guess we gotta do what grandmasters tell us to do, practice more

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Same here man

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One word : Practice Fking Hard :slight_smile:

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No, practice coding. :joy: :grimacing:

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lol…

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i started in dec(at that time i didnt even know c++ stls) i learned c++in dec and started doing it seriously from jan it took me 4 months to become 4 star here are some tips that worked for me-

  1. firstly give virtual contest on codeforces and try to make atleast 2 problems and make it as fast as possible

  2. dont go here and there learning various algorithms it will not help

  3. upsolving is the key to success(atleast 1 question per contest(virtual+live))

4)try only long challenge on codechef initially

5)then learn graph and tree(after atleast 3 months)

6)solve graph excessively

7)then jump to constructive (in my opinion it is the most general and frequently asked tag)

8)then try to solve 1800-1900 rating question on codeforces

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are bhai bhai :joy: :joy: :joy:

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Can you give your CF profile link?

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baki sab thik h …
yeh kya h bhai
many div1 in codechef are <1400 in cf

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And many >1650 are div2 in codechef.
Baically, I mean that we can’t compare the two sites.

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