Contests
Author: Benjamin Qi
Good contests to participate in as well as a few tools.
Frequent Contests
These websites hold contests that I frequently participate in.
| Resources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIST | extensive list of contests | ||
| kenkoooo | keep track of which AtCoder problems you've done | ||
- AtCoder
- probably the highest quality, although difficulty isn't always reasonable
- Beginner / Regular Contests: 4 or 6 problems, ~100 min
- Grand Contests: 6 problems, 110 - 150 min
- Codeforces
- Div 1-4: 5-6 problems (with some variations), 2 to 2.5 hrs
- Topcoder
- Div 2, Div 1
- 75 min coding, 15 min challenge
- Solutions only tested after contest!
- Don Mills OJ
- at least one contest every month during school year
Other Websites
| Resources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| misc ICPC contests | |||
| Indonesian | |||
| Feb - Nov | |||
| Monthly "Easy" - quality is not always good | |||
| Monthly Long, Lunchtime, Cookoff - quality is not always good | |||
| apparently only "Hack the Interview" contests now | |||
| no regular contests anymore, archive is still worth a look | |||
Onsite Finals (Individual)
Let me know if there's something else I should try to qualify for!
| Resources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 from R3 | |||
| TopCoder | 16; 4 from SRMs, 10 from R4, 2 from wildcard | ||
| 25 from R3 | |||
| AtCoder | 8 from AGC | ||
Codeforces Tools
| Resources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| estimate rating changes! | |||
| recently updated | |||
| keep track of friends' progress | |||
| problem recommender (haven't used personally) | |||
| compare users | |||
| parse problem statements, submit, etc from command line | |||
| text editor using features from above | |||
Contest Tools
| Resources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| integer sequences | |||
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