Yes, IMO round C was the easiest one, then round B and round A. You can not use brute force or naive approach to solve any large data set in round A, but it's possible in round B and C. Even in round C, problem B is just about some Math calculations.
Lucas Piva wrote: > Having participated in all 3 rounds, I personally thought that round C > was the easiest. > > Of course, round A was the easiest given that you only had to get one > small right, but you could not possibly guess you only needed a fast > small, so I think people were aiming directly at the larges at first ( > I was). > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Baroukh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Round 1A was a lot easier also regarding the problems ... >> And to qualify you needed 9 points against 45 for the round 1B. >> >> Regards, >> Cyril. >> >> On Sep 13, 9:49 am, Асямов Игорь <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I agree about that Round 1A was easiest to qualified, but not in problems,it >>> was harder than in 1B Round. >>> >>> 2009/9/12 Marian <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> I second that. >>>> Although I performed miserably and I though I'll have to compete in >>>> the morning round after I realized that my large dataset submission >>>> was wrong (losing 30 points), I was surprised that I was qualified >>>> with only 10 points. >>>> >>>> On Sep 12, 7:54 am, Vexorian <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Apparently the easiest round was 1A. With only 2000~ competitors >>>>> getting a positive score, and people advancing by just doing a brute >>>>> force algorithm for A. >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 9, 6:19 pm, Brian Watkins <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> It looks like I've been assigned to all the rounds: 1A, 1B, and 1C. >>>>>> Maybe you have, too. >>>>>> >>>>>> Which do you figure will be the easiest to advance in? And which will >>>>>> be the hardest? >>>>>> >>>>>> The first round will probably be the hardest because all the top >>>>>> coders will advance leaving only the dregs to compete against in the >>>>>> later rounds. >>>>>> >>>>>> But the last round will really be the hardest because it will be full >>>>>> of people who didn't manage to advance yet fighting for their very >>>>>> survival in Code Jam. >>>>>> >>>>>> On the other hand, the middle round will be the hardest because it is >>>>>> the most convenient time for the giant avalanche of genius Chinese >>>>>> coders. >>>>>> >>>>>> What do you think? >>>>>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
