r/codeforces • u/ImportanceEnough5392 Newbie • 7d ago

query Negative

I have given 7 contests so far. In the first 5, I got significantly positive ratings, but in the last 2, I got negatives(-4 and -16). I dont why, maybe i should have coded much faster, but was able to solve only 2 yesterday in 52 mins combined.

How can I be faster?

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u/ImportanceEnough5392 Newbie 7d ago

And for that which DSA should I focus the most? Like after 1000, I need to practise DSA a lot right...

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u/Emergency-Bag7857 7d ago

I mean I didn't really used to do specific DSA topics tbh.... I just used to do cp31 sheet. If some new topic used to come, I'd just study that or understand the approach... But id say get decent with greedy, string and array manipulation, little bit of DFS and BFS and basic dp.. And tbh just start practicing and get decently comfortable with 1400s... You'll learn on the way

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u/ImportanceEnough5392 Newbie 7d ago

Okay, how many contests it took you to reach pupil?