May 10, 2007
I'm very proud of my performance on today's TopCoder Single Round Match 348. First place in my room, and 7th overall in Division 2! How I wish today's match had cash at stake...
I would've ranked higher (at least 3rd overall, in fact!) if I hadn't resubmitted for the 1000-point problem, which got me a huge deduction. I had to recheck my solution because I noticed that the return type was long and my code only counted ints. And it later turns out that none of the system tests had a return value that exceeded int's capacity...
After dipping down to Division 2 for the past three matches, I'm now back to Division 1 with a blue rating! The competition is going to be tougher but at least I can really feel that I'm improving and that I'm more prepared for the harder problems.
I would've ranked higher (at least 3rd overall, in fact!) if I hadn't resubmitted for the 1000-point problem, which got me a huge deduction. I had to recheck my solution because I noticed that the return type was long and my code only counted ints. And it later turns out that none of the system tests had a return value that exceeded int's capacity...
After dipping down to Division 2 for the past three matches, I'm now back to Division 1 with a blue rating! The competition is going to be tougher but at least I can really feel that I'm improving and that I'm more prepared for the harder problems.
Labels: :D, contests, programming, TopCoder
Congratulations!
I suggest you use some plugins to avoid some repetitive tasks and automatically execute test cases. I use ExampleBuilder, and you can also try TZTester, with a version modified for C# by Petr.
Best of luck to you in the next contests!
Congratulations! Malapit na bang lumabas ang Punzki at Ateneo sa Top 10 rankings?
@Anonymous: Thanks for the tips! I've been looking to use plugins ever since I started but I've been too busy concentrating on just getting the problems solved! :D I guess I will try using them in practice problems, once I figure out how to install them. :)
@Doc: Thanks, Doc! Not anywhere near, but that is definitely the long-term goal. Hope I'll get there (then I'll retire and just coach the Ateneo ACM teams)!
You can be one of the coaches, even now, without being at the top of TopCoder. We need all the help we can get. If you're still around by "live-in" ACM practice week, we hope you can help us by being one of the coaches. Thanks.