[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
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? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
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? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
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? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
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. 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? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
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? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
Ya.. i too agree... I regret why i was not able to attend 1A... Its the easiest... On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 6:24 PM, 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? -- Udhaya - - Life is to live, Be live every second - - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
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? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
round one, you need to be in 1000 out of 78xx frankly speaking 1 /8 round two, you need to be in 1000 out of 68xx frankly speaking 1 /7 round three you need to be in 1000 out of 58xx frankly speaking 1 /6 Considering all participant participate in all rounds On Sep 10, 8:19 am, 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? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
any one got mail of round one ? it's nearly Thursday over On Sep 10, 9:27 am, ASTS asthiwa...@gmail.com wrote: same for me not yet! but surely selected... On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:33 AM, jiangwen jiang jiangwen...@gmail.comwrote: not yet! 2009/9/10 Bey baltc...@gmail.com So have you guys received your confirmation email? Coz I haven't and I got more than 33 points. Or are you talking about the post on this forum earlier? 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? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
any one got mail of round one ? it's nearly Thursday over Not in California when you sent that email. :) You should have received it by now. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
So have you guys received your confirmation email? Coz I haven't and I got more than 33 points. Or are you talking about the post on this forum earlier? 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? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gcj] Re: Easiest Round?
not yet! 2009/9/10 Bey baltc...@gmail.com So have you guys received your confirmation email? Coz I haven't and I got more than 33 points. Or are you talking about the post on this forum earlier? 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? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
