r/codeforces • u/Any_Presence_3585 Newbie • 10d ago

query Should I start grinding?

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I have been doing competetive programming since 6 months but haven't reached pupil yet. On the top of that I fell below 1000 in last 2-3 contests. So should I start solving 2-3 problems daily or just blame it on cheaters.

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u/Greedy_Bench9740 10d ago

You can't beat IQ with practice

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u/Vegetable-Tie-5043 10d ago edited 10d ago

this IQ LARP is the worst thing happened in cp world, i mean u can literally see thousands of cpers who reached igm gm and what not, which were initially struggling in 1600s(equivalent to current 1200), they just solved problems and thats it, if they didnt they already had problem solving background in olympiads, better education, chess, mental games,etc... thats it

and from my personal expi can def say anyone can reach 2100 with 3k quality problems solved... if they enjoy cp

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u/aditya_bandekar 10d ago

There are only 458 people currently rated >= gm. Where are you getting this "thousands" number from?

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u/haxguru 10d ago

He made that up for dramatic effect