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RankNameScoreFinish TimeQ1 (3)Q2 (4)Q3 (5)Q4 (6)393 / 9769YoungForest181:36:400:05:130:11:240:44:591:26:40 2My ranking in the Cruel group has stayed at 14th. It seems this is where my level has converged. Recently, because I have been busy writing my master’s thesis, and on the other hand autumn rec

RankNameScoreFinish TimeQ1 (3)Q2 (4)Q3 (5)Q4 (6)139 / 10630YoungForest180:39:130:06:260:14:560:22:590:39:13I have performed well in weekly contests for four consecutive weeks. Happy. My group ranking has also stabilized at 15th. In the end, I still cannot enter the top 10, but I am already satisfied

RankNameScoreFinish TimeQ1 (3)Q2 (4)Q3 (5)Q4 (6)318 / 7446YoungForest181:07:290:12:380:16:420:57:29 20:41:265539. Sort Array by Increasing Frequency Warm-up problem. First count frequencies according to the problem statement, then sort by frequency. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2

RankNameScoreFinish TimeQ1 (3)Q2 (4)Q3 (5)Q4 (6)103 / 10984YoungForest191:19:510:06:360:12:020:39:44 21:09:51This week’s weekly contest continued the strong momentum, and my ranking was also very high. Together with last week’s ranking, my rank in the Cruel group rose to a new high, 11th. 1629. Slo

RankNameScoreFinish TimeQ1 (3)Q2 (4)Q3 (5)Q4 (6)224 / 11960YoungForest181:23:450:03:190:31:371:00:041:18:45 1This week’s problems were pretty good, and my own ranking was also nice. I ACed 10 minutes early. I like this kind of tense and exciting feeling. When I ACed 40 minutes early last week, I act

RankNameScoreFinish TimeQ1 (3)Q2 (4)Q3 (5)Q4 (7)893 / 8250YoungForest70:27:310:11:240:27:31nullnullI have crashed in two consecutive biweekly contests. The third problem passed two minutes after the contest ended. It was originally within my ability, but I got too anxious near the end. My state was

RankNameScoreFinish TimeQ1 (3)Q2 (4)Q3 (5)Q4 (6)94 / 11792YoungForest180:51:300:03:130:08:360:21:590:51:30All the problems in this contest were routine problems. I did not run into real difficulties and finally made it into the top 100 again after a long while. It was hard-won. My ranking in the Cru

RankNameScoreFinish TimeQ1 (3)Q2 (4)Q3 (5)Q4 (6)522 / 12138YoungForest120:49:070:05:120:11:280:39:07 2null1608. Special Array With X Elements Greater Than or Equal X A warm-up problem. Enumerate possible answers from small to large and check each one. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

RankNameScoreFinish TimeQ1 (3)Q2 (4)Q3 (6)Q4 (7)1667 / 8332YoungForest70:15:370:01:460:15:37nullnullI crashed again in this biweekly contest. Life really is full of ups and downs and then more downs… Problems 3 and 4 were actually still possible to solve, but my state during the contest was bad and

It has been three and a half months since I last wrote a weekly contest summary. It is indeed a pity that the habit of writing weekly contest solutions, which I had kept for half a year, was interrupted. But at that time, it was unavoidable. In July I was busy with my short paper; in August came the