On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Alexei <alexei.kopy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, problems were easiest in 1C, then 1B, and then 1A. > In 1C the shortest time to solve all problems was 30+ mins, in 1B 40+ > mins, in 1C 50 mins. This does not mean that it was an easier problem set. It could mean that the solutions were shorter to code, but harder to think of, although I believe in this case it was the former.
> > On Sep 13, 5:23 am, Huy Phan <dac...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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 <cyrilk...@gmail.com> 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 <igor9...@gmail.com> 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 <marian.olte...@gmail.com> >> >> >>>> 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 <vexor...@gmail.com> 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 <wildu...@gmail.com> 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? > > > > -- Piva --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to google-code@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
