Closing Remarks
Explore the role of contests and upsolving in competitive programming, learning how to analyze unsolved problems after competitions to improve your coding skills and prepare for more advanced topics. This lesson helps you build a strong foundation for ongoing success in programming contests.
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Participate in contests
Hopefully, I have provided you with enough resources to start competing in programming competitions.
Typically, such contests last for a few hours (2-5) with about five questions in a short contest, and up to 12 or more in longer contests. The questions gradually get harder, require more data structure and algorithms knowledge, and of course practice.
Upsolve
Upsolving is a very common term among competitive programmers. Basically, the idea is this: when you participate in a contest, say you ...